does anybody have a compare of MU's 06 v 07 seasons?

[NYWarrior]

ie, wins/rpi/ road wins, SOS etal?

[Tom Crean's Tanning Bed]

This is a 7:

W-L:  19-10
Conference Record:  10-6
RPI:  31
SOS:  22
Non-Conference RPI:  60
Non-Conference SOS: 101
Vs. Top 50:  3-6  (Pittsburgh, Georgetown, Connecticut)
Vs. Top 100:  9-10 (N-South Carolina, @ Seton Hall, @ DePaul, @ ND, DePaul, ND)
Road/Neutral:  6-8
Last 10: 5-5


And this is an 8:

W-L:  23-9
Conference Record:  10-6
RPI:  22
SOS:  17
Non-Conference RPI:  42
Non-Conference SOS:  98
Vs. Top 50:  5-6 (Pittsburgh, @ Pittsburgh, N-Duke, Villanova, @ Louisville)
Vs. Top 100:  8-8 (N-Texas Tech, Providence, West Virginia)
Last 10:  5-5
Road/Neutral:  8-5

I won't even get into some of the teams that were seeded 4-8 this year.  Unbelievable. 

[NavinRJohnson]

Starters/second leading scorers/defensive players of the year lost prior to final game:

2006 - 0
2007 - 1

I'm really not sure why so many are struggling with this so much. Now, if McNeal comes back by Thursday, that's an entirley different matter - and frankly in that case, perhaps shame on MU for not making sure the committee had all the correct information.

Now, if that is not the reason, then I am as confused as the next guy, but I'm pretty sure it is.

[Tom Crean's Tanning Bed]

Even without McNeal, if you are looking at how we were seeded relative to several of the 4-8 seeds (Butler, USC, Virginia, Vanderbilt, BYU, Boston College, Indiana, Duke-I'm looking in all y'alls directions), that still should not account for recieving an 8 seed.

To me, it looks like the NCAA decided to piss all seeding principles thoughout the bracket from spots 4-12 on down the drain just for the potential cutesiness of some 1st and 2nd round matchups, like the MU-MSU "Izzo Bowl", a MU-UNC 30th Anniversary rematch in round 2, OSU-Xavier in Round 2, Illinois-SIU "Weber Bowl" in Round 2, the Jay Wright Villanova-Kentucky job audition in Round 1, that may draw some additional ticket sales and more TV viewers is pretty sad indication of where the actual principles of the NCAA lie.

[as802]

i think you're absolutely right.  horsecrap.