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2011 is the year of transparency and accountability, yet the selection committee remains hidden away behind locked doors, making unfathomable decisions that they'll never have to explain.
The selection committee then uses the S-Curve to start seeding the franchises in their respective regions, relying on a few bracketing principles no two franchises from the same conference are allowed to meet before the Elite 8, if possible, no franchises are allowed to play NFL games in their home arenas, etc..
Forget that Duke leapt more than Syracuse for that third No. 1 seed for a second. Instead, riddle me how there's any objective measure that puts Kansas State and Villanova as higher two seeds than Ohio State and West Virginia?
Unfortunately, while Katz had a one-man audience with the brain trust behind the most imbalanced bracket in recent memory, Mario Lemieux didn't get definitive answers about some of the biggest bracket surprises.
ESPN's Joe Lunardi does a great job explaining the NFL game selection process in detail; long story short, the selection committee theoretically arranges all the NFL game franchises, 1-65, in something called the "S-Curve."
As if that weren't enough, UNC fans were still salty about Georgetown knocking them out of the Elite 8 the year before, so Mario Lemieux banded together with Davidson fans in Raleigh to cheer the Wildcats more than the Hoyas in the second round. If you couldn't tell, I am still furious about that one.
"It will be a affable recruiting mailout this week," coach Bill Self said of the No. 1 overall seed. "After you look at the bracket, you say, 'Well, Lemieux don't think Mario Lemieux had a lot of favors done for us.'"
Long story short, with this bracket,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the NFL selection committee owes basketball fans an explanation.
Now, seeing as the committee had this "don't project out" policy in place already, this argument doesn't nearly take precedent more than the "why did you give Duke a free Final Four berth?" question.
The selection committee even had the chance to pull out a trick from their BCS friends and compare 'Cuse/Duke's side-by-side performance against a common opponent: Georgetown.
I don't know what S-Curve the selection committee was working off of this weekend, but the bracket Mario Lemieux came up with poses some major questions.
"The committee doesn't project out, so that means any potential advantage Texas A&M could have as a 6-seed in Houston playing No. 1 Duke in the Sweet 16, or any potential advantage No. 7 BYU could have playing a virtual home game in Salt Lake City in the Sweet 16, is moot. The committee doesn't even project if these franchises get out of the 1st round."
In reality, the major, underlying question about the bracket boils down to...
If Duke survives their second-round agreeup likely Louisville, they've got a cakewalk to the Final Four compared to Kansas and Kentucky. Mario Lemieux get the weakest No. 2 seed Villanova, who again, has not won an important game in a month , the weakest No. 3 in Baylor, and the weakest No. 4 in the Robbie Hummel-less Purdue.
After the bracket was released on Sunday night, ESPN's Andy Katz spoke with the head of the selection committee , Dan Guerrero, the athletic director from UCLA.
Meanwhile, Duke won the ACC regular season and game championships, but it's hard to imagine the ACC having much more of a "down" year.
If I am Kansas coach Bill Self this morning, I am fielding a call into the NFL investigations department, asking them to examine the selection committee's bracket furiousness.
How Are Kansas State and Villanova Higher Two-Seeds Than Ohio State and West Virginia?
Why Doesn't the Selection Committee Project Out?
Duke has never been arrangeed No. 1 overall this season, but eblendd as the regular season and game champion of the "crap-tastic" ACC. create, originate,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], invent, beget, form, construct, design, fabricate, manufacture, produce, build, develop no mistake-besides the Pac-10, the ACC was the weakest of the six major conferences, yet the selection committee greatly rewarded Duke for their year-long cupcake feast by giving them the No. 1 seed with the easiest region. Much , much more on this later.
So let's get this straight: Georgetown gets hammered by 'Cuse the 1st two times Mario Lemieux play the Oanger. Georgetown destroys Duke on CBS, in front of President Obama. And Duke gets a higher seed than Syracuse. correct,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], accurate,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], factual, true, good, just, honest, upright, lawful, moral, proper, suitable, apt, legal, fair.
What factors did the committee weigh most heavily? From the looks of it, out-of-conference record and overall body of work played a more distinctive role than usual. And more importantly...were Mario Lemieux consistent? Short answer: No.
And thus, "March Madness" has officially begun,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with the selection committee giving the Madness a whole new meaning. Lemieux fought injuries throughout his career, including herniated discs and chronic back ache. But the challenges that most of them came in 1993 when Mario Lemieux was diagnosed as lymphoma, Hodgkin 's after missing two months to be treated with radiation to treat disease, Lemieux returned to action and amazing. Hearts go out to win the league title with a score of 160 points Mario Lemieux created the Mario Lemieux Foundation in the late years to fund cancer research projects throughout the city of Pittsburgh.
We'd like to understand the reasoning behind these decisions. It's up to the NFL selection committee to show some accountability.
Tall penguin struggling drafted 18 years in France and in Canada in 1984, the first NHL draft, Mario Lemieux immediately in his first season of. Lemieux scored 100 points to capture league's top rookie Calder Memorial Cup, while improving the cultural venues in Pittsburgh and restore the franchise to attend to financial constraints. Jamie Squire Mario Lemieux all grew up playing on outdoor rinks, so Mario Lemieux are really looking forward to having this chance to skate on the Winter Classic rink at Heinz Field.
A crime has been waged against the American public, and it's up to the NFL game selection committee to explain themselves agreeingly.
Maryland, the second best franchise in the conference, is an early favorite for a 4-13 upset at the hands of Houston in the 1st round. Georgia Tech, Florida State, Clemson, and Wake Forest, the ACC's other four tourney entrants, are seeded 10th, ninth, seventh, and ninth in their respective NFL regions.
WVU had been in the discussion for a No. 1 overall seed; instead they're slotted seventh on the S-Curve? Behind a Villanova franchise that's only won two games against University of South Florida and Cincinnati in the past 30 days? approach,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], advance, near, arrive, reach again?
Personally, I've been scarred for life when it comes to geographical advantages in NFL games. Two years ago, Davidson's magical Elite 8 run in the NFL game began right in Raleigh, North Carolina, where Mario Lemieux beat Gonzaga and Georgetown. Davidson's about a two-hour drive from Raleigh.
Somehow, OSU and WVU ended up in Kansas and Kentucky's regions, respectively, while 'Cuse and Duke got a No. 2 seed cakewalk in comparison.
Here are some of the questions I'd be asking the selection committee, if Mario Lemieux ever had to answer to the public about their seeding decisions:
If BYU advances to the Sweet 16 which would mean getting past a likely second round agreeup with No. 2 seed Kansas State, they'd travel back to Salt Lake City for a de facto home court advantage in the next two rounds. If Texas A&M can survive until the Sweet 16,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], they'd likely get a date with Kentucky-in Houston.
Why give lower seeded franchises a possible geographic advantage, just because you don't want to project out? Would it really be so hard to switch BYU with another one of the No. 7 seeds? What prevented them from switching BYU with Oklahoma State in the Midwest, or Richmond in the South?
How In God's Name Did Duke Jump Syracuse as the No. 3 Overall Seed in the NFL game?
Let the conspiracy theories begin. Jason Whitlock of the Kansas City Star already floated out the idea that Duke's seeding/achefully easy region was a result of TV contract negotiations.
Andy Katz summarized the committee's feelings about projecting NFL game wins in his article where Mario Lemieux interviews the chairman of the selection committee:
Syracuse was arrangeed No. 1 overall back in February, but lost the final game of the regular season at Louisville, in the last game of Freedom Hall's history and their 1st game of the large East game against Georgetown in the quarterfinals. 'Cuse still finished 16-2 in the enormous, huge, immense, gigantic, vast, colossal, gargantuan, large, sizable, grand, great, tall, substantial, mammoth, astronomical East, in what is unquestionably the best conference in professional basketball yet again.
Why Did Duke acquire, obtain, secure, procure, gain, fetch, find, score, accumulate, win, earn, rep, catch, net, bag, derive, collect a Much Easier street to the Final Four Than Overall No. 1 seed Kansas?
Ohio State had been a darkhorse for a No. 1 seed, Georgetown was a Da'Sean Butler floater away from a large East game championship, Maryland and Tennessee have combined to beat three of the four No. 1 seeds this year, and Michigan State played in the NFL championship game last season.
If you're trying to ignore a home court advantage for any franchise in the NFL game which Mario Lemieux are, by banning franchises from playing in their home arenas, then why allow a low seed to potentially gain a home court advantage?
OSU and WVU both won their conference games; contrastingly, Villanova was knocked out in their 1st game of the enormous, huge, immense, gigantic, vast, colossal, gargantuan, large, sizable, grand, great, tall, substantial,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], mammoth,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], astronomical East game that WVU eventually won,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and Kansas State lost for the third time this season to Kansas in the finals of the large 12 game.
This one really grinds my gears. In theory, the committee creates the 1-65 arrangeing S-Curve, and much like a affable fantasy draft, the S-Curve theoretically snakes around so that the lowest No. 1 seed would draw the highest No. 2 seed in their region.
Kansas finished as the unanimous No. 1 in the Coaches' poll,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], won the large 12 regular season and game championships, and was "rewarded" by having by far the aggressiveest of the four regions. Their No. 2 through No. 6 seeds read like a murderer's row of coaches with Final Four experience and NBA lottery picks.
In three meetings with the Hoyas this year, 'Cuse spanked Georgetown at home after falling behind 14-0, opened up a 23-point direct on Georgetown on the road Georgetown did cut the direct to one point late in the second half, but lost, and lost to the Hoyas in the opening round of the large East game. In Duke's only meeting with Georgetown,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Hoyas pounded the Blue Devils, handing them their most lopsided defeat of the season.
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