Cappers Buzz

Didn’t it always seem like the teams that nobody thought belonged in the tournament on selection Sunday used to be undervalued in the first round of the NCAA tourney and usually put forth a big effort?  Well, this season those 4 teams were Baylor, Oregon, South Alabama, and Arizona (who I actually didn’t have a real problem with being in now that they were healthy).  They went 0-4 SU/ATS, failing to cover by a combined 37 points!  3 of the losses were by double digits, and the Baylor game really wasn’t as close as the final indicated.    This was also the case last season when 3 teams I remember that ended up on the right side of the “bubble” on Selection Sunday, Texas Tech, Old Dominion, and Stanford, were all thoroughly embarassed in the first round. 

Also, rememember how most (not all, but a good big), of the “snubs” often were good play-against material in the first round of the NIT?  They would hang their head, their coach would give an interview complaining on Sunday night, etc, and then they’d sleep walk through the NIT.  Well those teams this year, Arizona St., Illinois St., Virginia Tech, and Dayton?  5-0 SU/4-1$ in the NIT thus far. 

Maybe the committee should take notes for next season?