The NCAA Bracket Selections are Questionable

 I'm very displeased by the selection committee's NCAA bracket this year. Plenty of raised eye brows and questions across every region. Naturally, everybody has a different view on things, but I've never questioned the committee's decision as much as I have this year. It was a crap-shoot of a year so the decisions were tougher than ever, but certain things don't make any sense considering the way the conference tournaments played out. Let's weigh in on what is wrong with the 2016 NCAA tournament.

　
The Michigan vs Tulsa #11 Seed Play-In Game

First and foremost, I'm completely on board for the new technical "first round" of the tournament being 2 play-in games. However, I am not on board for a play-in game resulting in the winning team snagging a seed as high as the 11th. Bubble teams should not have a play-in game for that high of a seed. Michigan got no love at all even after their victory over Indiana in the Big 10. Why is Syracuse an automatic 10 and Michigan is a play-in 11? Oh and how can we forget their opponent... Tulsa. Tulsa? EW! Monmouth and San Diego State got fucked over big time. Nobody seems to be able to wrap their heads around the fact that the committee selected Tulsa to be a potential #11 seed. Neither can I. Our last impression of them was their blowout loss to Memphis in their conference tournament matchup. Michigan should absolutely handle Tulsa and I hope so because I'll take them over Notre Dame. Once on the bubble and now with a chance to jump all the way to 11. Go Wolverines! Please don't let a hideous team like Tulsa into the big dance.


Oregon Getting the #1 Seed over Michigan State

Oregon dominated the Pac-12 tournament. The Ducks completely shit all over Utah in the Pac-12 final and that more than likely made the selection committee cum in their pants enough to rank Oregon a 1 seed over Michigan State. The Pac-12 and Big 10 conferences are far from apples and oranges. The Pac-12 SUCKS! Oregon is the most overrated 1 seed I can recall of in my opinion. To boot, Oregon probably has the easiest road to the Elite 8 out of all the 1 seeds. Kansas, North Carolina, and Virginia all deserved their 1 seeds. The Spartans finished the regular season the #2 ranked team overall and won their conference tournament and they get appointed a #2 seed? You've got to be fucking kidding me. Oregon should not have gotten been granted the 1 seed over Michigan State.


The SEC Championship Meant Jack Shit

John Calipari goes in on the Selection Committee

Both Kentucky and Texas A&M finished 26-8 with a 13-5 conference record. Both Kentucky and Texas A&M played in the SEC Conference tournament championship. Kentucky beat Texas A&M and became the SEC Conference champions. Kentucky's hard fought overtime winner gave the SEC champions a 4 seed and the runner-up A&M Aggies were rewarded a 3 seed. Somebody please explain to me how the fuck this makes sense?


 Duke Once Again gets the Benefit of the Doubt

Lets face it. This wasn't Dukes year. Double digit losses, back to back home losses against shitty ACC teams, and an early exit to Notre Dame in the ACC tournament. The Blue Devils 23-10 record and 11-7 conference record was still good enough to land Coach K's team in as a god damn 4 seed. Duke is typically either in the Final 4 or bounced before the sweet 16. I think Duke can take down Baylor and Oregon pending no upset. It wouldn't surprise me at all. In fact I 100% expect it. This was the first Duke team in a long time that really deserved no respect. I'm going either first round knock out to NC Wilmington or an Elite 8 appearance for Duke. No in between.


#2 Seeds with Easier Potential Future Matchups than #1

Villanova, Oklahoma, and Xavier all have easier roads to the Elite 8 than North Carolina and Virginia. Nova should cruise past everyone. I know the #7 Iowa upset looks flashy but Iowa really finished the season like shit. Miami gets a lot more love than they deserve. They are both mediocre teams. Oklahoma is team that relies on heavily on the 3 ball. That was something I wanted to hold against them in the tourney but they should be able to beat either potential Texas team in the Sweet 16. The potential Xavier/WVU matchup is definitely a juicy one. I know a lot of people are on the Wisconsin cock but I think the X-Men are too big for the Badgers. It wouldn't phase me if Wisconsin gets bounced by Pittsbugh either. Back to that XU/WVU matchup... West Virginia did their domination at home and Huggy Bears Mountaineers will not have that advantage. I'd rather go through West Virginia than Kentucky. Providence is a scarier second round matchup than Wisconsin as well. The Tar Heels got a tough ass road for a 1 seed. We'll more than likely see that flashy UNC/UK matchup of two major conference champions in the sweet 16. Both teams got a really bad luck of the draw there. Virginia has it rough too. Not only having to have to potentially go through Michigan State yet again, they have a potential Purdue/Iowa St matchup to worry about.


Maryland Deserved a Higher Seed than 5

Seeing California and Duke with higher seeds than Maryland doesn't sit well with me. Iowa State as a 4? I'm on the fence with that. Maryland is more qualified than Cal and Duke. And out of the fellow #5 seeds they should have been paired up with any #1 seeds region EXCEPT Kansas. Why the Pac-12 got more love than the Big 10 doesn't make any sense to me. The committee didn't separate anyone out of the Big 10. Maryland, Indiana, and Purdue were all selected as 5 seeds. If your going to put Maryland as a 5 at least put them in Oregon's region. Hell, the committee probably thought they were doing the Terrapins a favor by not putting them with their Oregon love crush.

Oregon State in the Tournament

More love for the Pac-12 from the committee. There aren't many big wins from Pac-12 teams that aren't wins amongst themselves. The Pac-12 beat up on the bad competition. Especially the piss poor competition from the bottom 5 teams of their conference. Oregon State had 12 losses and went 9-9 in their conference. Putting Oregon State at a #7 seed is saying they are better than so many lower ranked teams like Providence for example, and that is very disrespectful to the more deserving schools. USC barely even belongs in the tournament. Both teams just given pretty solid seeds. Oregon State should of been the play-in game over Tulsa. Bottom line, Oregon State got in because of Gay Payton Jr. The committee knows that the name Gary Payton in the tournament is a good thing for college basketball.




So that's my beef with the selections made for 2016 NCAA tournament. I'll be giving my predictions and analysis as the week goes on for the Big Dance. Whether the selection committee fucked things up more than usual or not, it was a crazy year and nothing will take the excitement out of this tournament. We are fastly but slowly approaching one of the most fun weekends in sports. Also one of my richest or brokest weeks of my life.