Quick and Dirty Mock Tourney Committee Exercise

[Benny B]

Last year a few of us were talking about doing a full-blown mock committee process this year, but that talk died down as the season started... likely having something to do with somebody deciding to get his wife pregnant about 9 months ago.

So I'm just going to go straight to the short-short version; hopefully it will provide some insight to the committee selection process (or not and we'll just have fun with it)... for anyone who would like to participate:

STEP 1 - PRELIMINARY BALLOT

INSTRUCTIONS:

Submit your ballot via PM to Benny B before 11:59p tonight (Mar 6); each ballot must contain two lists:

1. "The Locks" -- The first list consists of teams that you believe should receive an at-large bid, regardless of any pending conference tourney (auto-bid) results, e.g. don't put Michigan on the list, but don't leave Gonzaga off because you think they'll win the auto-bid.  There is no minimum but there is a maximum of 36 teams on this list.

2. "The Bubble" -- The second list consists of all of the teams you believe deserve (or might possibly deserve) additional consideration/discussion depending on the results over the next 6 days.  There is no minimum or maximum number of teams you may put on this list; however, no team may appear on both lists.

I will tabulate results tomorrow morning and provide instructions on the next steps in-thread.
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FYI:

Gold-Warrior balloting rules apply... you may write-in "Marquette" on either list, but those results will be ignored for purposes of this exercise (trying to stay objective here, at least initially)... we'll get to how Marquette fits into this eventually. 

Ballots that are just plain dumb or nonsensical will be tossed, unless they are moderately entertaining and/or introduce a new way to mock teams we dislike.

Also, ballots must be submitted via PM only.... do not list your teams in-thread as those results will also be ignored.  Feel free to ask questions in-thread, however.

Finally, I don't have all the time in the world on my hand, so I may cut off the ballots after the first 15-20 received.  I will not disclose names of those who submit ballots, but if you do want to disclose/discuss your ballot in-thread, please wait to do so until after the deadline.... trying to keep this as objective as possible. 

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

MU 1 seed!
Im sure it would be really objective.  Unfortunately too invested for muscoop peeps for this type of thing to be worth anything

[Benny B]

MU 1 seed!
Im sure it would be really objective.  Unfortunately too invested for muscoop peeps for this type of thing to be worth anything

The results are irrelevant... the point here is to gain a greater understanding of the process.

[barfolomew]

I don't need any exercise in this regard.
I already mock the Tourney Committee for being both quick and dirty.
#thatswhatshesaid

[ZiggysFryBoy]

The results are irrelevant... the point here is to gain a greater understanding of the process.

#respect.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Do we take small conference teams in our locks?

[#UnleashSean]

Do we take small conference teams in our locks?

If they are deserving I'd assume. Basically if you think they make the tournament no matter how many bid stealers etc.

[GooooMarquette]

Gold-Warrior balloting rules apply... you may write-in "Marquette" on either list, but those results will be ignored for purposes of this exercise (trying to stay objective here, at least initially)... we'll get to how Marquette fits into this eventually. 

I see you adopted some of your rules from how MU's handled write-ins of Warriors when they asked us about the nickname....

[MUBigDance]

Ballots that are just plain dumb or nonsensical will be tossed, unless they are moderately entertaining and/or introduce a new way to mock teams we dislike.

I love it 😊

[Benny B]

Those of you who submitted an Preliminary Ballot, please check PM inbox for next round of voting and respond ASAP.



After the Preliminary Balloting, there are currently 37 teams locked into the Field of 68, twelve of which are auto-bids.  25 teams have been placed into the At-Large field:

Arizona, Auburn, Cincinnati, Clemson, Duke, Florida, Houston, Kansas, Kentucky, Miami, Michigan St., Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio St., Purdue, Rhode Island, TCU, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Villanova, Virginia, West Virginia, Wichita St., & Xavier

There are 51 additional teams "Under Consideration," 29 of the 51 by virtue of appearing on at least 20% of the Preliminary Ballots and the remaining 22 by virtue of being a regular season conference champion.

[Benny B]

Check emails for next instructions (sent yesterday evening)... still waiting on three of you.

[Benny B]

Check emails for next instructions (sent yesterday evening)... still waiting on three of you.

You know who you are....  Rank the teams and cross out those from the list that should not be considered.

[Newsdreams]

You know who you are....  Rank the teams and cross out those from the list that should not be considered.

They probably have a hangover

[Benny B]

Check PM's for next round of voting, and please respond ASAP.... going to try to work through as many of these ballots as possible today.