Should some of these small conf hope the best team LOSES the conf tourney

[hogsanity]

take the conf Gonzaga is in.  GOnz is in the big dance REGARDLESS, so wouldn't their conf benefit from them LOSING their conf tourney?  Or the Patriot.  Bucknell is a lock, imo, after their performance last year and beating syracuse at the carrier dome this year, so the Patriot league would benefit from Bucknell getting upset. 

[silvertip]

Yep, this is a problem every year. Hawgs chances of making it are much better if the SEC gets 6 instead of 5. That will probably come down to how many sorry little teams get in by winning the tourney in their sorry little conf.

MVC has it even worse than the SEC. They have 5 teams in RPI top 30. But will prolly only get 4 bids.  Unless their 5th place team--Mo St right now, wins their tourney.

[hogsanity]

NO way the SEC gets 6.  Well, I wont say no way.  But bama/ar/and Ky would have to all go 5-1, and I dont see that happening.

IMO, too much weight is now put on the RPI.  Yes, THE MVC has 5 teams like that, but how would these teams be doing if they played night in and night out in the ACC/Big 10/SEC etc?

[LA HAWG]

Yep, this is a problem every year. Hawgs chances of making it are much better if the SEC gets 6 instead of 5. That will probably come down to how many sorry little teams get in by winning the tourney in their sorry little conf.

MVC has it even worse than the SEC. They have 5 teams in RPI top 30. But will prolly only get 4 bids.  Unless their 5th place team--Mo St right now, wins their tourney.

I guess Arkansas is a sorry big team.

[Hog_from_Tulsa]

If Bucknell, Gonzaga, and Northern Iowa all get upset....then we should worry......however, it seems rather unlikely that all three would go down in their tourneys.....