South Florida better than half the field

@Professor1258

 Lol they won their conference tournaments. They are not at large bids.

@Professor1258

 Dude Howard and Wagner won their conference tournaments lol

that's not the point. I never claimed they were at large bids. Regardless USF waxes both of those teams by double digits. The point is that there is a problem with the tournament structure, especially in a year when there was so many bids stolen.

Have to admit, still stumped as to why South Florida wasn't given an At Large bid.  On the Eye Test, to me, they belong in for the high quality season they had.

They are far from top 50.

You will not find one ranking system that even has them in top 75.

Barttovik, who i think is a better gauge than Kenpom, has them at 92

Can South Florida beat anyone in the NCAA tournament? Sure. Are they better than some "auto" bids. Definitely. Are they better than any "at large" bids. No. I can find one independent source that says South Florida is better than any at large bid. If you can, point one out.

I loved the year South Florida had. It was awesome for college basketball.  They looked great when i watched them p[lay. But context is everything.

Those were great odds on heels. they definitely have a good shot and the National. Good luck brother!

As I stated earlier in this thread....this is the exact reason they don't deserve an at large bid

USF was 89th in the Kenpom Rankings,  78th in the Net Rankings, and 103 in Strength of Schedule

one quad 1 win, four quad 3/4 losses. not even close to bubble.

Alot of your teams listed are the winners of conf. tour., which has nothing to do with SF not being in, most snubs to teams that were in nut ended up out has to do with teams being in not really trying to win. 5 teams were kicked out as a result of upsets in tour., big east has 3 teams, sure more had the numbers to get in. Colo. and Ore. in finals and story was Ore. had to win to get in and they did so the committee took Colo. out and Ore. got their spot.

And I would guess SF fans do not travel to games, which since money is all the ncaa cares about. BUTTS IN SEATS.

UCF -4.5...you might wanta get you some of that.

Is this FAU's resume? Its looks mighty similar.

So this topic is about a USF team that didn’t even get seeded in the NIT

UFC -4.5 tells you all you need to know about South Florida 

NEVER heard of either of those rankings.  Upon looking at the former, it appears to be a persons or peoples interpretation of data to manipulate the figures to yield the results one wants to see.  I could use other sites and their statistics to why they should have been selected (but won't).  Everyone has the right to their opinion.  The selection commit picked who they wanted based upon their factors.  My comment/question was more along the lines as to why didn't the head of the process address it after the field was set.  An "in general" reason doesn't cut it (with me).  The 68 are in and will be ready for battle on gameday.   with your action.

NEVER heard of either of those rankings.  Upon looking at the former, it appears to be a persons or peoples interpretation of data to manipulate the figures to yield the results one wants to see.  I could use other sites and their statistics to why they should have been selected (but won't).  Everyone has the right to their opinion.  The selection commit picked who they wanted based upon their factors.  My comment/question was more along the lines as to why didn't the head of the process address it after the field was set.  An "in general" reason doesn't cut it (with me).  The 68 are in and will be ready for battle on gameday.   with your action.

UCF -5 Book itttt

understandle not to have heard of them if you don’t follow college basketball…

@Professor12

It’s like this every year.  Most of the NIT is better than 20-25 teams in the tourney. 

@TJZags598

 But Wagner, Howard ? Big East is weak too? 3 teams. Probably should've been 4-5 teams. 

Hey Genius: Maybe you should actually watch a team play first before you doubt them. Smarten up kid, and stop laying points with the far weaker team. Or we might put a 50 spot on your dome in the first half again!

@Professor1258

 Cool guy

I was born in a tundra on the ice mountains!

Final score: South Florida 83, Central Florida 77.

There was a brief time in the second half when the Bulls weren't at their best, let alone playing well, but that past. Good teams do that (find a way to win). To me, no surprise USF got the job done tonight. Congratulations to those of us smart enough to wager them straight up and against the spread.  

Go ahead, try to sell me on they aren't a top 68 team.  Spoiler alert, no matter how you try to spin it, you will fail.  On to the next round.   

What do sports bettors care about the most? Teams that cover.

I don't care if South Florida plays in a weak conference.

South Florida and North Texas covered a lot of games this season.

For that reason alone, I thank the two teams.

I'm rooting for both teams.

It's true. I guess I didn't mention earlier in the post that South Florida is 20-8-3 ats this year. I am just curious where all the hot shots are bashing this team for literally no reason because they think they are smarter than people who actually watched USF this year, and know they are good. And, for the record. I don't even think UCF is that bad.. Clearly a level or two below, but the American conference in my opinion has some decent quality compared to other mid major conferences etc. 

Guys like Finster are supposed to be sharp, but doesn't factor the ats and lets his ego get the best of him. Facts are the facts, and the fact of the matter is this team is good. We still get every sausage eating jabroni in here thinking they know more than us about it though. I just find it funny at this point. 

ugh don’t remind me I’d rather have usf in than uva.. betting uva tonight was a slow painful death..