When Charles Barkley and Dick Vitale agree on anything it is worth noticing. When they both agree that Alabama got shafted, they got shafted. For Barkley it was head to head competition. Bama beat Georgia twice. So you do you take Georgia. You make them a 10 seed which meant they were never on the bubble. It would be appropriate to gag at this point.
Colorado beat Kansas State 3 times. Kansas State goes NCAA and the Buffs go NIT. USC goes and they beat no one. None of this makes sense. It does make NCAA sense. NCAA sense if first you lose your common sense, and move into the Committee Zone. Here is another problem. The NCAA owns the NIT. That means that some teams that should be in the NCAA might end up in the NIT to make a more marketable tournament for television. Can you say USC? Everyone in the nation knows that Alabama should be in the NCAA over Georgia. There have been bad years for the selection committee. This year will set a new standard for NCAA stupidity which is a continuation of the Cam Newton type logic. THE SEC SHOULD FIRE MIKE SLIVE WHO HAS ABOUT AS MUCH PULL AS A DEAD MULE.
The real question in my mind is whether Alabama can get "up" for the NIT? To date Anthony Grant has some a real ability to get his team ready. Alabama will be as ready as Hines, Green, and Hillman are ready. If the seniors and teaam star show some sis boom bah for the Tournament Bama might win the NCAA. At least we could all get to go to New York. Bama is undefeated at home and I see no reason to think that should come to an end.
Coastal Carolina is a good team. They can beat Alabama. I don't think they will. Their is something special about this Crimson Tide edition that seems to defy the imagination. Bama may so mad they might win the NIT to make the NCAA look bad. No wait, the NCAA already looks bad. How about they make the NCAA look unnecessary. All of this could resolved by having a new entity for major powers. Or just let everyone in the tournament. Basketball is a tournament sport. Since we are now letting in 11 teams from one league we have gone past the need for leagues. I think that their are 37 at large bids. That means that between the Big Ten and Big East a total of 18 teams got bids. The Big East number 11 gets a bid instead of the number 2 SEC team. That crazy talk. That's crooked thinking. That's what happens when you get a bunch of egg heads in a room who drift into the NCAA logic zone.
I am not going into any details about Coastal Carolina. You can get that on Al.com. This has been a wonderful season. I watched the most exciting 7 minutes of basketball in the history of my own eyes when Bama beat Georgia last Friday. That made the season for me. But other things stand out. The Tide beat the SEC West to death. They also beat SEC East. The Tide beat Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia twice, South Carolina. They got Higginsed out of a win at Vandy. Only Florida soundly beat the Tide in the SEC not that it mattered to the NCAA. But we should all be very proud of this team. Coach Gottfried is clearly a better talking head than a coach. It worked out well for everyone.
The old saying of "it's not getting knocked down that matters, it matters how you get up." We did that. A rocky start gave way to a splendid finish. Make sure you go to the game. We have home court advantage as long as we win all the way to NYC. This NIT mess took me back to CM and Bear at the NIT. That NIT was a major breakthrough for the Tide. I can close my eyes and see Leon Douglas knocking baseball great Ron Brewer into the Minnesota band. I remember the excitement of the Garden. I hope to relive some of those special moments part two.
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