![]() ![]() Any time these conferences, which should never be called mid-major, have the next-level teams selected should be praised. And both Colorado State and Saint Louis made the list of four replacement teams. WINNERS: Non-Power 5 bubble teams Utah State, Wichita State and especially Drake were treated fairly by the committee. 3 seed despite trailing Oklahoma State by 14 spots in the NET. West Virginia, whom the Cowboys beat twice in the past two weeks, got a No. LOSERS: Did the committee lose its cable signal while Oklahoma State was playing? The Cowboys were much closer to being a 2-seed than the No. 2 seeds, the same can be said for the top four lines compared to the rest of the field. Just as there was a convenient separation point between the No. WINNERS: The committee also nailed the top 16 teams, which can be a subtle element that often sets up the entire flow of the tournament. 2 in Michigan's bracket and the possibility of the Wolverines not being at full strength in the later rounds. The Crimson Tide will have to settle for being No. 1 seed in most years, but we ran out of regions. LOSERS: Alabama was good enough to be a No. It's rare the line between the elite and very good falls exactly after four teams, but that is the case this year and the selection committee got it right. WINNERS: The four top seeds - Gonzaga, Baylor, Illinois and Michigan - were correctly selected and placed. But we can all smile a little and hope this NCAA tourney in some small way helps put COVID-19 in the rearview mirror. ![]() And, tragically, we can't bring back any of those we lost in the pandemic just because the Big Dance has returned. ![]() The world didn't stop turning because we didn't have a basketball tournament. My co-author David Smale calls Selection Sunday "the biggest non-sporting sporting event" in America. WINNERS: 68 teams, approximately 1,000 college basketball players and millions of March Madness fans around the world. Winners and losers from Selection Sunday as college basketball readies for the 2021 NCAA tournament, according to Joey Brackets: Joe Lunardi's 2021 NCAA tournament bracket winners and losers You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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