Bball Girl
02-09-2008, 06:10 PM
Interesting article by Mechelle about participating in a mock bracket set up by the NCAA so former coaches and journalists can understand the process.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/columns/story?columnist=voepel_mechelle&id=3237791&campaign=rsssrch&source=mechelle_voepel
Because it was time to seed some teams -- or as many as we could get done. We got to 24, and then put the top 16 into actual regions. This is where my nightmare came in. I had voted for North Carolina as a No. 1 seed, but the Tar Heels ended up in the 2-seed line -- underneath No. 1 seed Tennessee in the Greensboro Region.
Yikes! Having Tennessee and UNC 1-2 in a region -- which happened in 2006 in Cleveland -- was something I ripped the committee for doing back then. Did I have the same set of knives ready to throw at myself now that "our committee" was doing that?
Well, plenty of people around the table also didn't see that potential matchup adding up, either.
The committee list is also quiet interesting...among them Marsha Sharp!
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/columns/story?columnist=voepel_mechelle&id=3237791&campaign=rsssrch&source=mechelle_voepel
Because it was time to seed some teams -- or as many as we could get done. We got to 24, and then put the top 16 into actual regions. This is where my nightmare came in. I had voted for North Carolina as a No. 1 seed, but the Tar Heels ended up in the 2-seed line -- underneath No. 1 seed Tennessee in the Greensboro Region.
Yikes! Having Tennessee and UNC 1-2 in a region -- which happened in 2006 in Cleveland -- was something I ripped the committee for doing back then. Did I have the same set of knives ready to throw at myself now that "our committee" was doing that?
Well, plenty of people around the table also didn't see that potential matchup adding up, either.
The committee list is also quiet interesting...among them Marsha Sharp!