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• Monday, March 20, 2006 10:17 AM

  Timeouts and the mid majors

  while King (and many posters) are right that players shouldn't be able to call timeouts while falling out of bounds or scrambling on the floor - I like the idea that timeouts can only be called when the ball is dead (so sue me for being a bitter Michigan fan in 1993). as far as the mid-majors, Vitale made a point that is not getting enough recognition. he said that if the selection committee is making a value judgment that it is "opening up" the tournament for reasons of promoting athletic "diversity" (among conferences, geography/small schools) - then it should just be honest and say so. he and others like Packer are angered when the Committee pretends that they are picking the 34 "best" teams, which is not realistic. it's like college admissions - a selective private school could concievably say - we're admitting only valedictorians with a 1400 SAT and 3.7 GPA - believe me, the average selective college gets enough applications that it could adhere to such a standard. However, the college makes value judgments that it wants a "diverse" student body with athletes, musicians, artists, student journalists, keg party specialists and so forth. the point with both college admission officers and the NCAA Selection Committee is that they should be honest about the value judgments their making. and honestly, what's more intriguing - Bradley and George Mason or watching the teams that finished 6th and 7th in the ACC or Big 12?

  —Tyler
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