UAB shows the stupidity of the NCAA

Blazers were overmatched...

I was not one of those fans who thought that UAB didn't deserve their NCAA bid. They won the Conference USA regular season championship and there are some pretty good teams that play in the league. I was one of those that thought the Blazers would be eviserated in the first game. They were. It was a pounding that left no doubt that not all bubble teams are created equal.

The only question I have to quote my friend W. Jefferson Sherrer is whether they were a train wreck or a dumpster fire. Regardless of which you choose what happened to UAB was pretty awful. Clemson, a basement scrapper in the ACC clobbered the Blazers 70-52. It wasn't that close. If UAB got into the tournament due to the "eye test" then someone is blind. Still, it was nice to see another school for our state play in the Tournament. Alabama State plays tonight against Texas San Antonio and prepare for another rout. As the punster said, UAB was right in the thick of things until the opening tipoff.

Not beating a dead mule here... 

      Clearly, something or someone needs to step forward and say, this isn't working. If UAB gets a bid to the NCAA over someone like New Mexico or Witchita State the bus is broken. So how do we fix the problem?  Seriously, your personal idea might be better than anyone in the big NCAA dumb machine has considered. I'd like to see what you propose be done. It is my personal belief that every member institution be allowed to play in a huge end of the year hoopla. We could call it the Really Big Dance or someone idiotic name dreamed up by some focus group in LA. If you have been watching the Witchata State vs. Nebraska NIT game you have to wonder where the hell has WS been. It appears that Nebraska isn't any better than UAB.  Its been a long time from that historic night in Birmingham when those two teams first met. 

Bama faces New Mexico in round two...

     For a lot of those fanatical basketball followers New Mexico and "The Pit" bring back some fond memories. The Pit is one of those areanas where home fans are given the go ahead to act abusive, arrogant, and loud. They are kind of like one of those Westerns when the townfolk realized almost all the bad guys are shot up and then the vigilante committee meets to discuss rope strenght. Alabama will have its hands full of Lobos whatever night they meet. That appears to be next Monday night. That's NCAA logic - give the teams day to get ready for game one and then almost a week for game two. The last time we saw Alabama the Tide gave up only 44 points to Coastal Carolina. The last time we saw the Lobos they have up 52 points to BYU's Jimmy Freidette.


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