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For all the conspiracy theorists out there (I'm fast becoming one), here are the ten members of the 2007 Men's Basketball Selection Committee:
Gary Walters - Princeton AD (07) - Chairman
Dan Guerrero - UCLA AD (10)
Christopher Hill - Utah AD (09)
Laing Kennedy - Kent St AD (10)
Jonathan LeCrone - Horizon Commissioner (08)
Craig Littlepage - Virginia AD (07)
Stan Morrison - UC Riverside AD (11)
Thomas O'Connor - George Mason AD (09)
Mike Slive - SEC Commissioner (09)
Gene Smith - Ohio St AD (11)
With back-stratching being the treatment of choice in Indianapolis last year, I'll be keeping an eye of the following teams to see who may benefit from preferential treatment this season.
San Diego State: A fringe bubble team, but still more qualified that 2006 Air Force. Having a Mountian West rep did the conference a world of good last season, as along with Falcons getting an undeserved bid, the Aztecs received a pretty favorable seed
Old Dominion, Drexel and VCU: ODU and Drexel have reasonable at large profiles, similar to that of George Mason last season. VCU won the Colonial outright. Having a fellow Colonial rep on the committee may ensure multiple bids for the conference in consecutive seasons.
Alabama, Ole Miss, Georgia: Realistically, the SEC should only get four bids-Florida, Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Kentucky. However, I would be highly surprised if one of these other teams is not called on Selection Sunday. SEC teams have always managed to be on "the right side of the bubble" in the past, and with their commish on the committee, you have to think five will thrive.
Butler: Unquestionably, the Bulldogs belong in the Dance. However, a seed that could be slipping to the 7-8 range may not have its expected free fall with the Horizon commish helping their cause.
Virginia: Surprisingly, the only committee member who didn't exactly help his mates would be last year's chairman, Craig Littlepage. With Littlepage's Cavaliers in the talks this season, they may be the prime candidate for the Tennessee treatment(A ridiculously inflated seed) this season.
Also, they probably deserve it, but UCLA and Ohio State will undoubtedly be one seeds.
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So is Kent State going to be dancing, or what?
Yeah, they'll be dancing...on your GRAVE!! Hahahahahah!!!
That's probably a huge reach considering they're 79 in RPI and not even leading the MAC. If that happens, I'd officially write Princeton and demand Walters be permanently barred from working in higher education.
Of course, they could win the MAC auto bid, that last statement was for them getting an at large.
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