St. Marys didn't make the big dance - Dick Vitale should take a chill pill
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I can't believe that ESPN spent close to 15 minutes arguing back and forth about the fact that St. Mary's didn't get into the NCAA tournament.
Dick Vitale just couldn't let it go. A legit argument could be made for many bubble teams but at some point you need to just let it go.
I could say that Vitale needs to get a life but of course basketball is his life so that won't do.
Dick Vitale just couldn't let it go. A legit argument could be made for many bubble teams but at some point you need to just let it go.
I could say that Vitale needs to get a life but of course basketball is his life so that won't do.
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They tried to but the teams they scheduled, who were NCAA tourney teams last year or the year before, all had bad years: Oregon, Kent State, Providence, SDSU, Pacic, Utep, Cal State Fullerton and Southern Illinois. They also scheduled, and beat, NCAA tourney bound Utah State. Most of these games were on the road. St. Mary's bad luck was these teams had bad years. So you shouldn't say "schedule some quality opponnents" as that's a tad unfair in this instance. Maybe you should say "schedule some quality opponents and hope those opponents don't all have bad years...."
West Coast Conference Tournament Results
DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT RECORD
March 8 vs. Portland* W 71-61 25-5
March 9 vs. No. 10 Gonzaga* L 83-58 25-6
Regular Season Schedule and Results
DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT RECORD
November 14 Seattle Pacific W 86-55 1-0
November 18 Fresno State W 99-85 2-0
November 23 Vanguard W 86-54 3-0
November 27 vs. UTEP* L 75-62 3-1
November 28 vs. Cal State Fullerton* W 79-54 4-1
November 30 vs. Providence* W 81-75 5-1
December 4 at Kent State W 75-69 6-1
December 13 vs. San Diego State* W 67-64 7-1
December 17 at Oregon W 78-73 8-1
December 20 at Southern Illinois W 65-52 9-1
December 23 at Pacific W 74-65 10-1
December 27 San Jose State W 87-78 11-1
December 28 Morgan State W 76-60 12-1
January 2 at Cal State Bakersfield W 80-74 13-1
January 9 Santa Clara W 63-62 14-1 (1-0)
January 11 at San Francisco W 66-54 15-1 (2-0)
January 15 Loyola Marymount W 78-53 16-1 (3-0)
January 17 Pepperdine W 96-46 17-1 (4-0)
January 22 at San Diego W 65-42 18-1 (5-0)
January 29 at No. 10 Gonzaga L 69-62 18-2 (5-1)
January 31 at Portland L 84-66 18-3 (5-2)
February 5 San Francisco W 79-58 19-3 (6-2)
February 7 at Santa Clara L 70-52 19-4 (6-3)
February 12 No. 10 Gonzaga L 72-70 19-5 (6-4)
February 14 Portland W 77-65 20-5 (7-4)
February 19 San Diego W 65-61 21-5 (8-4)
February 21 No. 25 Utah State W 75-64 22-5
February 26 at Pepperdine W 62-49 23-5 (9-4)
February 28 at Loyola Marymount W 70-57 24-5 (10-4)
March 13 Eastern Washington W 85-65 26-6
If you don't belong 100% and people have any doubts on your ability to make it far, you don't deserve to have the shot to play for the title. The best of the best are in, and that's all that matters to me.
<< <i>Schedule some quality opponents and get a few big wins, then you might deserve a shot. >>
Tell that to your football program.......
yo, tap next time they call me I'll pass on your comment, but obviously you don't know much about their strength of schedule. This year being the exception.
After losing to Gonzaga by 2 points at home on 2-12, St. Marys got back on track and went 7-1 the rest of the way, losing only to Gonzaga again in the conference championship game (an ugly loss).
Had Mills not been injured, it is probable that St Mary's would have not lost to Portland and Santa Clara. It is probable that St. Mary's would have beaten Gonzaga 2 of 3 games, to finish the season 29-3 or 30-2.
Tough luck for St. Mary's. They had a good season. Maybe they will catch fire in the NIT and win the NIT crown. If so, they can proudly chant "We're #66
yo, tap next time they call me I'll pass on your comment, but obviously you don't know much about their strength of schedule.
You can say whatever you want IrishMike. You don't offend me. I am a UCLA fan and my Bruins thumped your Irish like they were a division II women's team. So tap that!
As for St. Mary's, you are talking about two different things. Initially you said they should "schedule some quality opponents." I explained that they did do that but this year the teams turned out to be not so high quality. You now are saying "stength of schedule." I agree 100% that the SOI is weak. I am not stupid. I am merely pointing out that they should get some minor reward for TRYING to make a tough schedule.
As Good said it doesn't really matter anyway... because they aren't going to win more than a game either way so who really cares.
I was mearly trying to hold you to your comments but whatever. It doesn't matter. This is just message board. Go back to the coin board. You are probably more comfortable there.
Tap OUT
I would much rather hear from Jay Bilas and Bobby Knight than Vitale anymore.
Chill pill is right. Or a hit off Michael Phelp's bong lol
So St. Mary's can now say that they are at no worse than #81 (65 in the NCAA, plus the 16 first round winners of the NIT). If they win on Monday they can say they are no worse than #73.
You are right about Mills v. Curry. Should be a good one. You are correct also... it's all for the battle to be the 66th best team in the country!
I suspect that the two star guards will put on a very entertaining show, even if it is ONLY the NIT tournament to determine who is #66.