More Complaints and Headscratching...

Once you get past Syracuse and Drexel's snubs, The field itself has some real question marks. I'll go from the bottom up...

16's-Niagara in the Play-In Game even though the two teams with the lowest RPI's in the tournament were JACKSON STATE (32 spots lower than Niagara) and Florida A&M. Seems like someone was a little afraid of what Jesse Jackson would say if two predominantly black colleges had to play for the right to get into the field of 64.

15's-Texas A&M Corpus Christi not playing Texas A&M , we all could've told our receptionists that Corpus Christi was the big one with the 12th Man and the ROTC students and they may have believed us. Although it does give me two opportunities to make my "Texas ATM" joke.

14's-No problems here although Daren's fiancee's Redhawks are only dancing because of a clock malfunction.

13's-Albany in as a 13, when their team was much better last year, actually winning the America East regular season when they were the 16th seed. Almost as if the committee got lazy and pencilled them into Vermont's spot.

12's-Except for Odie, an uninspiring line of 12 seeds to pick over 5s. And Odie's playing Butler. Be much easier to pick them if they were playing USC or Virginia Tech.

11's-George Washington is better than Old Dominion or even Illinois, really?

10's-Creighton, they're the team that won the 5th rated conference in the country right? You say if they played Texas Tech on a neutral site, that one could go either way? And Southern Illinois the team they beat without much drama is 6 lines higher than them?

9's-Gary Walters must have had a REAL good time at Purdue and there must be pictures.

8's-I knew Syracuse was in trouble when their only marquee win before Feb. 26 got slotted an 8 seed.

7's-Reviewed my favorite RPI site to try to make decisions on my own and one thought jumped at me. What did Indiana do to make this tournament? Besides be close to Purdue?

6's-Notre Dame and their 309th ranked Non-Conference Strength of Schedule gets Winthrop, that one's almost too good to be true.

5's-USC was sent to Spokane to setup a matchup with Texas and about 300 camera shots of Vince Young in attendance.

4's-I know about their home record but who the hell is picking Virginia to be in the Sweet 16?

3's-I only saw Washington State once but I have a hard time buying them as a 3 seed. Another upset pick jumping at me.

2's-No problem with the 2's just the handjob everyone's giving Georgetown. You can't say things like "Georgetown is one of the best 2 seeds I've seen in a long time" then turnaround and say "Syracuse didn't beat anybody".

1's-Florida sent to the Midwest and Ohio State sent to the South???