As a Bowling Green fan, I admit that in order to GUARANTEE themselves a
spot in the tourny, BG failed to do what they needed to do.  On the other
hand, a late season sweep in the playoffs of a team that swept BG during
the season and was in the top 10 (I'm talking about Western Michigan)
showed (I believe) that BG deserved an at large bid.  BG beat Michigan
State at the end of the season when MSU had it all on the line and then
went on to massacre Western in the playoffs,and to me, I think it showed
that BG deserved a spot.  I do understand the criteria where the
conference tourny champions get a spot automatically and that is how
Providence and Harvard got in and BG didn't.  I just think it's sad to
see that a team like BG who did what they did at the end of the season
didn't get the chance to move on.  It's in the past now and all I can say
is wait til next year!  Maybe the field should have been expanded to 13
teams for this season only ;-)
 
Alex
 
 
 
 
On Mon, 25 Mar 1996, Cheryl A. Morris wrote:
 
> The only deserving team in the next four for a bid would be Bowling Green, but
> they will readily admit they didn't do what they had to do to earn themselves
> a chance at the plate.  I caould see even more moribund play by teams at the
 
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