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But once the first one is ashore it is no longer a deserted island. :P

It sucks for Maryland but I don't expect better from the committee.

Being a 4 seed would have been somewhat ok (not really) if they hadn't put us in Kentucky's bracket. Wonder if there were some ACC people on the committee who didn't appreciate MD leaving.

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Being a 4 seed would have been somewhat ok (not really) if they hadn't put us in Kentucky's bracket. Wonder if there were some ACC people on the committee who didn't appreciate MD leaving.

Toughest bracket certainly. I'll look at it like each win will be even sweeter as each one was even harder earned.

When they get to the Sweet 16 then they can show the Harrison twins what they have missed out on.

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One of the committee guys, Scott Barnes, is being interviewed on CBS. Gottlieb said he was confused about MD and GTown being equal seeds. Basically said the committee thought highly of GTown because of the "eye test". LOL!

The eye test? What a joke. This is why us Maryland/Baltimore guys always feel like everyone's against us. It's crap like this.

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Toughest bracket certainly. I'll look at it like each win will be even sweeter as each one was even harder earned.

When they get to the Sweet 16 then they can show the Harrison twins what they have missed out on.

Beating Kentucky would be an unbelievable win. We just don't match up very well against them. They're huge.

I guess the committee hates the Big Ten and has a hard on for the Big 12. But if that's the case, why is Wisconsin a #1 and why is Indiana in the tournament?

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The eye test? What a joke. This is why us Maryland/Baltimore guys always feel like everyone's against us. It's crap like this.

The first step was putting an end to the long losing streaks. Consistently winning again will bring back some of the respect (the O's are in a different situation because even if they keep winning this year it could all change next year because of the free agent situation).

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Beating Kentucky would be an unbelievable win. We just don't match up very well against them. They're huge.

I guess the committee hates the Big Ten and has a hard on for the Big 12. But if that's the case, why is Wisconsin a #1 and why is Indiana in the tournament?

I'm pretty sure Kentucky could make a pretty solid team in the NBDL. The Terps have nothing to lose now. Let's hope they wreak some havoc in the best bracket.

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Beating Kentucky would be an unbelievable win. We just don't match up very well against them. They're huge.

I guess the committee hates the Big Ten and has a hard on for the Big 12. But if that's the case, why is Wisconsin a #1 and why is Indiana in the tournament?

I've always thought they gave too much weight to a teams history/name.

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I don't care about what ESPN and CBS have to say about college basketball because of stuff like this. All of the commentary predictably states that the committee did a good job, while MD/Georgetown get the same seed, a 10 loss team has a 3, Iowa State has a 3, UCLA and Ole Miss are in the tournament, etc. What a horrible bracket overall, you cannot reward teams for playing in a good conference when they are within a game of .500 in conference.

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