Shouldnt Clarkson and Michigan fans also look at the fact they get to play
the high seeded teams coming off a game the day before?  If they played them
in the final four as suggested they all would be equally rested.  They also
get to scout teams up close that first night, which the other games
participants cannot do...
 
At 11:31 AM 3/17/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Eeyore wrote:
>>
>> Mike Machnik wrote:
>>
>> > Rick Comley did not set the policy of avoiding conference matchups.  That
>> > is set by the NCAA and holds true across all sports.
>>
>> This may be, but someone ought to have the sense to point out that
>> policies need to be adjusted for circumstances.  The general NCAA is
>> thinking in terms of sports that have a larger number of conferences (up
>> to thirty-some in basketball).  Someone should introduce them to the
>> simple mathematical concept that if there are only four conferences into
>> which the four brackets are divided, then you have to allow for
>> conference match-ups.  Otherwise, this is what you get.  I have been
>> informed that Rick Comley is no longer on the committee, so I take back
>> that part of the statement.  Other than that, though, I still maintain
>> that it is the responsibility of this committee to produce the seedings.
>>  One part of this job is to make the NCAA realize the absurdity of this
>> kind of regulation.
>>
>> It is particularly galling, since the criterion isn't even met.  I think
>> that Michigan State is a tougher team than raw computation of the
>> numbers indicates.  After all, they beat Michigan twice this year.  It
>> is not at all unthinkable that they will beat Minnesota on Saturday.  If
>> this happens, what do you get?  A Michigan-Michigan State match-up that
>> is not only between conference rivals, but repeats a conference final
>> from last night.  Excuse me?  Isn't it to avoid this that Minnesota got
>> shifted up a bracket?  Today, the NCAA was both stupid and inconsistent.
>>
>> J. Michael Neal
>>
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>TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP YOU HAVE TO BEAT EVERY TEAM YOU PLAY.  WHAT DOES
>IT MATTER WHICH ORDER YOU ACCOMPLISH IT IN?
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