NCAA Still Holds Grudge Against UNLV

Memo to the NCAA: Jerry Tarkanian no longer coaches at UNLV. Sure his name is on the basketball court, but it is not right to penalize this club for the sins of its past. Maybe the NCAA selection committee got confused by an RPI of 10, and thought that they should have been a No. 10 seed.

And does this mean that UNLV was in danger of not making it to the tournament if they had lost on Saturday?

There cannot be any reasonable explanation for why UNLV is a No. 7 seed other than a grudge. Or maybe they had a bad experience in Vegas during All-Star weekend. The selection committee says that RPI counts. That's obviously not true. The selection committee says that the last ten games mater. Obviously not. UNLV went 9-1 down the stretch, beating ranked teams Air Force (at the time) and BYU. This selection is a joke, but now the burden is on the team to actually go out and make the selection committee eat their seating.

More bracket bitching.

BYU and Nevada were also given no favors. The Cougars will be an No. 8 seed. Which you have to figure was going to happen after UNLV tumbled all the way down to No. 7.

The Wolf Pack's seeding is an absolute joke. Nevada is ranked No. 10 and if you want to use the RPI as justification to drop the team down to a No. 7 seed, how can you justify pushing UNLV all the way down to No. 7? Let's just put it out there; the NCAA selection committee uses any reason to justify screwing the mid-majors. If a team struggles down the stretch, if you are Air Force, you are out of the tournament. If you are Duke you get a No. 6 seed. Makes sense. If you are a top 10 team who loses in the conference tournament, you get a No. 7 seed if you are Nevada. If you are Duke, you get a No. 6 seed.

Long Beach State received an absolute gift with a No. 12 seed. And you know the rule, they now have a one-in-four chance of advancing to the Sweet 16.