Then why bother having teams that have no shot at a national
championship even play? Well, there goes 2/3rds of Division-I for
college basketball. And as much as I love the Mid-American Conference,
why bother allowing them to compete, even if they go undefeated, they
still have no shot to win it all. Last year, what kind of shot do you
think Denver had for a national title? About as much as Syracuse's
on-the-bubble first-round-and-out team in the basketball tourney.
 
I'm trying to bring D-I hockey to Syracuse right now and they response I
get is, it's going to cost too much to put together a national
championship contender so try? When I say that we could put together a
MAAC competitive team like Niagara, they only think of why bother to do
it if you can't be a national contender. This obviously isn't the point
of collegiate sports. So give the champion of the MAAC and CHA a bid to
the tourney. Yeah, there's a snowball's chance in hell that they'll win
but just think of all those march madness upsets.....can you remember
last year....Niagara over Michigan.
 
Eric Burton wrote:
>
> > Look at the basketball tourney, those questions still come up. Does
> > Southwest Missouri State at 23-2 or Michigan at 17-13 deserve to be in.
> >
> > Looking at last year, I think that a team like QU deserves that spot for
> > their play over an at-large like Denver.
> >
> The answer to the first question should be with out a doubt yes, your
> talking about a big ten school opposed to a team SMSU that plays in a second
> tier league. Same goes for QU, until they prove they can beat someone like a
> BU or BC or Michigan, Minnesota, UND Wisconsin or some one other than a
> second tier team I say no.
>
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