VT Robbed

**R13** · March 17th, 2008, 07:48 PM

I meant VT should be in the tourney

**burton2019** · March 17th, 2008, 08:31 PM

auto qualifiers should be eliminated, if you dont take care of business in the regular season then you are [censored] out of luck, IMO

prime example....georgia, they luck out and make a run in the sec tourney and win it....for what? the right to be eliminated in the 1st round??

btw...i really thought VT was in

**sup-rbeast** · March 18th, 2008, 08:42 AM

The way I look at it, if you can't take care of business in your conference tournament, you're out of luck. Every team that steps out on the floor during the tournaments knows that if they win they are in. Everyone has the same chance...if you can't rise to occassion, you may sit at home.

**gcdevil22** · March 18th, 2008, 09:35 AM

so in a conference where there are two top ten teams, you're pretty much out of luck or you have to play lights out

one thing is for sure...if Georgia is in the ACC they don't even make the NIT

**sup-rbeast** · March 18th, 2008, 09:44 AM

There can only be one champion...and personally, I feel that the only teams that truly have a claim to be "deserving" are the ones who have the automatic bids. They sealed their bid with a win. Every team had the chance and those that failed are at the mercy of the committee. Sometimes a player or a fan just has to look themselves in the mirror and say "we had a chance and we blew it"...Really I don't see the argument. If VT had won the ACC tournament, they would be there. They didn't, and they got left out, and they don't have much of a case for whining.

**sup-rbeast** · March 18th, 2008, 09:45 AM

If UGA was in the ACC and did what they did in the SEC tournament, the ACC would actually have 5. teams in...not 4 in and 10 whining..lol

**1inStripes** · March 18th, 2008, 09:47 AM

Who's to say that if VT is in the SEC they make the NIT? Georgia got on a lucky run, but took care of business, and done it in tougher fashion than anyone else in recent memory has had to do by winning 2 games in one day, and beat 2 teams that qualified for the NCAA tourney.

**sup-rbeast** · March 18th, 2008, 09:49 AM

One thing is for sure, VT can now concentrate on something they can actually win at....bass fishing. or maybe x-box 360.

**pvfan** · March 18th, 2008, 09:50 AM

Haha, you really don't watch the ACC much do you? It takes a miracle to win the ACC Tournament if your not a school from the state of North Carolina, two teams this decade have played for the national title (one winning it) without winning the ACC Tournament who are not from the state of NC. The year UNC won it all they didn't even win the ACC Tournament. I guess we could go back to the old days and play it at Reynolds Coliseum and just hand it to NC St every year, it's bad enough it's on lock down in Greensboro/Charlotte it's really not a fair system at all. 75% of the crowd is UNC/Duke when they play in the state of North Carolina. It's the farthest thing from a neutral site you'll ever see, I don't see how you can penalize teams for not winning in that environment.