Colorado Buffaloes Not Selected To Play In 2011 NCAA Tournament
by Jon Woods on Mar 13, 2011 4:49 PM MDT
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The Colorado Buffaloes have been left out the 2011 NCAA Tournament after a season that included three wins over a five seed, a win over a four seed, and a win over an eleven season. The Buffs had a much better resume than many of the bubble teams that were inexplicably chosen to the tournament. Clemson, Michigan State, Michigan, UAB, VCU, USC the list goes on. The Buffs were shafted here, plain and simple. St. Mary's, Virginia Tech and Alabama were others that were disappointed when their names weren't called, but none had the wins that Colorado did.
Colorado is a lock for the NIT Tournament now, but it is going to be hard for the team and fans alike to get up for that lame excuse for a tournament after the shocking disappointment today. Cory Higgins, Levi Knutson and the other seniors have got to be completely devastated right now and I hope that Tad Boyle can continue to remind the team of what a special season this has been. Alec Burks is most likely still off to the NBA, but him reconsidering that decision as a response to today's circumstances is the only positive I can possibly find. As fans, we have to hope that Boyle can continue to build this program to the point where we no longer have to wonder whether we will make the tournament or not, and can just sit back and find out our seed and opponent.
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One of the biggest snubs of all time. Absolutely inexcusable.
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I'm still stunned....I don't know what to say
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They let 5 teams in with 14 losses....haha
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That's more 14 loss teams
Than have gotten in from 1985-2010 when tourney expanded to 64! Buffs got jobbed! Now they gotta run deep into NIT to prove the committee wrong.
On the positive at least we get a shot at more home games! Our athletic dept can use the extra $$$!
Jay bilas a voice of reason...who did uab beat, who did vcu beat
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This is ridiculous guys
Forget VCU and UAB…how can the committee in good conscience let KSU be a 5 seed, and then leave out the 21 win team that BEAT KSU three times? It makes no sense!
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by Jeffrey Morton on Mar 13, 2011 4:57 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
the NCAA proves again
it’s who you play, not who you beat. what a travesty.
by Rainbow skyline on Mar 13, 2011 4:58 PM MDT reply actions
Not that it's worth anything, but . . .
Virtually everyone is saying CU should absolutely have been in:
Seth Davis
Digger Phelps
Dick Vitale
Fran Fraschilla
Joe Lunardi
etc.
The only one backing their non-inclusion is Dakich, and his argument doesn’t make any sense (they played a tough out of conference schedule . . . it dosn’t matter that they didn’t beat anybody). Apparently beating ranked teams five times and being 6-7 against RPI top 50 teams isn’t as important as losing to tough out of conference oponents . . .
yea i just heardd that they playe a "great" out of conference schedule, didnt win any of them
and also lost 5 of their last 7 conference games! meanwhile unworthy colorado didnt play anyonee of note out conference, goes through the gauntlet of the big12 and upsets several top ranked teams, one of which is the current 5 seed but no we didnt play anybody!
One of the biggest hosejobs I've ever seen
Sorry, guys. CU deserved much better.
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Positivity
Look we clearly got fucked. But I’ve done my bitching in the other thread. I love where we are. Boyle is an awesome coach. We are gettinthe fuck out of the big12 conference and into the pac10. I’m really optimistic considering how well we played given it was boyle’s first year. We finished in the top half of big 12 had 6 rpi top 50 wins. There are more people showing up at Coors than ever. Can’t let this bring us down. Go Buffs!
by LABuff6236 on Mar 13, 2011 5:13 PM MDT reply actions 2 recs
Hell yea
Time to pull together and support the team. SHOULDER TO SHOULDER!
by MinnesotaBuff1 on Mar 13, 2011 5:20 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm so disgusted.
I thought BCS was bullshit…but this is just beyond bullshit
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yea but they almost beat unc!
come on be fair sweeping a top ranked team is good but being competive (sorta) against top renked NCAA darlings is better!
I'm really sorry guys. This is just such BS
Will go down as the biggest snub of all time (in my opinion) and will hopefully bring change to the selection committee and process
Shit happens when you win championships
Ridiculous decision.
Leaving Colorado out is a straight joke.
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
Bilas said RPI means "Really Poor Indicator" love it
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For what it's worth
I just sent coach Boyle an email reinforcing my support of the team and recognizing what the team accomplished. I also am making a small donation to the golden buff fund. I say we use this opportunity to show support however we can. Can’t make a donation, no worries just send your support. Might be good for the team to know how much we are all behind them. Those kids and the staff put in so much work only to get jobbed by some suits in Indianapolis or wherever this selection takes place.
Clearly an East Coast bias.....
Split with Missouri ( 11 seed)
Beat Texas in our 1 meeting this year ( 4 seed)
Beat KSU 3 F’ing times (5 seed)
Congratulations CU, for those wins, you get nothing….
I’m sorry, I could care less about the NIT.
Unconscionable
Clemson, VCU, UAB… all holding spots that being to Colorado, Virginia Tech, and possibly even Alabama and St. Mary’s.
It’s the tiniest consolation that even ESPN agrees that Colorado is at the top of the snubbed list – one of the worst in recent memory? – because I need some outlet to channel my righteous indignation. Eff that.
I thought even Harvard has a better case for a bid than VCU and UAB
Shit happens when you win championships
by Andrew Clark on Mar 13, 2011 5:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Epic screw job
For whatever it’s worth coming from an OU fan, feel absolutely terrible for you guys and your team. Atrocious decision, absolutely atrocious.
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Feel sorry about the 5 seniors
Me too. Especially Higgins
He's shocked.
He guesses the committee weighted the games in november and dec more heavily than the games in february and march.
He’s said the team is devastated and he feels horrible for the 5 seniors that will never have another chance to be in the NCAA tournament.
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i just got hit hard by this
i looked up the bracketology on espn just now and saw lunardi’s bracket and it included colorado and for some reason i thought it was the actual bracket…I came to ralphie report to see the discussion on the good news and saw that we didn’t make it…wow…
Politics
Point the finger to the person who served on the selection chair for the Big 12. Why would he he stand up for CU? I am so excited to be done with the crappy Big 12 conference. This is a spit in the face from the conference we are leaving.
Pac 12 lets go
The committee member from that conference has to step out of the room when that conference's teams are considered.
by Texas Wahoo on Mar 13, 2011 11:38 PM MDT up reply actions
Yes....
I’m sure they have no hallway discussions at all the entire time they are out there….
Don’t be naive.
Just like the voting for host city of the 2018 and 2022 world cups was on the level . . .
Back room/hallway/alley discussions and deals always occur at these type of things.
by blooming rock on Mar 14, 2011 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm not quite sure what you think Beebe was doing.
If you don’t let CU in, I’ll let you seed all of the other Big XII teams too low?
The committee obviously didn’t think much of the conferences west of the mississippi.
by Texas Wahoo on Mar 14, 2011 11:37 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm not the only one who thinks you're naive:
Look, I like your participation on this site and have generally agreed with your commentary/positions. You’re dead wrong on this one.
I'm not suggesting there aren't games being played.
I’m just suggesting that I don’t think Beebe was in there trying to make sure CU didn’t get picked. If CU gets picked, the Big XII would get 11/12ths of their winnings. If Beebe was really striking deals to keep CU out, shouldn’t the deals have included getting another Big XII bubble team in?
It’s not like the other Big XII teams were done any favors (except for maybe the Kansas schools). Both Texas and Texas A&M were given lower seeds than everyone else expected.
What is the similarity between all of these occurrences? They all had low RPIs. I think the reason the Buffs got screwed (as did Texas and A&M), was because the committee put too much stock in the RPI (which is extremely flawed).
How about this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31g0YE61PLQ
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That is great. Going to have to tweet that one...
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well played
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F the Big 12 and it's remaining members
My only positive will be watching chumps like K-State, Kansas, Misszou, and Texass, get their beatdowns early and often in the tourney, 11 freaking teams from the Big East, another BS move. Lets face the facts, the Buffs weren’t good for east coast ratings, plain and simple, this was a screw job.
I just hope this motivates the team for next season to destroy the Pac-12.
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at this point I want the Big 12 teams to go deep....
esp KState…let them wreck some teams and further CU’s cause to show we should have been there.
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by RockyNuggets on Mar 13, 2011 6:47 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just had my first look...
at the members of the selection committee. It was a terrible committee for us.
1) Big 12 conf chairman was on there: Why would he fight for a spot for us when we spurned his conference with our move to the PAC 12?
2) Wake Forrest AD: Why would he want us to get in to the tourney when the coach he hired from us did so terribly?
3) No one from the PAC 10
There was just no one in our corner or who we could have expected to be in our corner. I FULLY believe that this was a political statement about us leaving the Big 12.
If I hear one more person say that it was our early season performance that did us in I am going to throw something through the window. WE HAD A BRAND NEW COACH. You’d expect there to be some turbulence. If anything, this should have been a vote in our favor because of how far we came along.
Suck it Dan Beebe!
probably reason 1a and 1b we didn’t get in.
So #1 seed in the NIT anyone?
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I didn't know Dan Beebe was on the committee...fishy...really fishy
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by Jeffrey Morton on Mar 13, 2011 7:00 PM MDT up reply actions
NIT Selection Show on ESPNU
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Colorado #1 in the seed in the lower left bracket
going against Texas Souther
CSU in same bracket against Fairfield
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I'm pretty sure the Committee members who are tied to a team cant address them when that team is discussed
To avoid a potential conflict of interest, committee members must leave the room when their own school (or schools, in the case of the conference commissioners) is being discussed, although they may answer factual questions (about injuries, etc.) if asked. An athletic director may be present when other schools from his or her conference are discussed, but he or she may only speak if asked.
from wikipedia of course
We still got screwed but I think it may have been more incompetence than conspiracy
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Do you actually think they said "Hey let's leave CU out b/c the are moving to the Pac-12"?
We 100% deserved to get in but I think it had more to do with the committee wanting to give more at-large bids to mid majors.
Conference Breakdown of Committee members.
1 Big Ten
1 Atlantic 10
1 ACC
1 Big East
1 Southland
1 Big Sky
1 WAC
1 Big West
1 Big 12
1 Conference USA
Seems like a lot of Mid Major conferences have a say in selection process. More than they should. If its about making money VCU cant offer more than CU and Virginia Tech. I think it was more about them trying to get more mid majors in.
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No.
Of course I don’t believe they straight up colluded to freeze us out.
What I am saying is that politics absolutely play a roll, even with the nice :you have to abstain in situations where your teams are involved" rules. Your analysis above simply proves my point.
Your original comment above was that they are incompetent. I argue they are very competent and achieved the goal they set out for… your analysis immediately above is proof of my assertion.
Was getting over the sting
till ESPN just ran Championship Week encore w/video of all the teams celebrating getting to the Big Dance (a pre-one shining moment montage). Total bummer!
hmmmm, gotta keep this clean
m-word.f-word.ing.bull.s-word.
you guys got screwed hard. complete joke that you didn’t get in.
I’ll go further than what Tad Boyle said, and point out that it is almost like the regular season doesn’t matter at all. When you look at what happened with Kentucky and Florida (UK #4 seed, UF #2 seed, they played in SEC tournament championship, with UK winning), you can say the conference tournament certainly doesn’t matter.
So, what exactly is the committee looking at? Preseason rankings?
The real losers in all of this are college basketball fans, because they don’t get to see Burks or Knutson or Higgins. Fans won’t get to see what a terrific job Boyle did in turning around your program this season, and see how far y’all have come from last season. Ir’s a g-word.d-word shame.
I'm still pissed
I just cannot get over this. I was listening to the selection show while driving home from a trip with my fiance. I was excited to see what seed they got and who they were playing. i was just excited for once to see one of my teams in the tourney and to actually have a team to pull for. It was going to be really exciting once…then I just started swearing I couldn’t believe it. Everybody had said they were in so I was just stunned to hear UAB and VCU on there.
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