Tennessee (2-seed) loses to Mercer (7-seed) in first round of NIT

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Tennessee (2-seed) loses to Mercer (7-seed) in first round of NIT

Normally,  I don't think this would be board worthy.  But after Tennessee Coach Cuonzo Martin complained yesterday about how the SEC was treated like a mid major in the NCAA tournament selection, I can't resist.

For those who missed Martin's comments, here are the ones from yesterday:

Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin predicted two weeks ago that the SEC would earn six bids.

Martin said the SEC's three bids were an ''embarrassment'' after the brackets were revealed, and he didn't back down from those comments Monday. He said Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama are ''NCAA tournament teams'' that landed in the NIT.

''It's almost like a mid-major mentality in this league, when you've got your second-place team that doesn't get in the NCAA tournament,'' Martin said. ''This is a BCS league. It's one of the best leagues in America. That shouldn't happen.''

The SEC's non-conference performance indicates it actually wasn't one of the best leagues in the nation this season.

And then Tennessee and Kentucky went on to lose in the first round of the NIT, to Mercer and Robert Morris respectively.  That's a true power conference right there.

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March 20th, 2013 at 11:01 PM | #HALOL (Score:5 Normal)
EZ Bud
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#HALOL

This is MICHIGAN

March 20th, 2013 at 11:01 PM | S! E! C! (Score:5 Normal)
ckersh74
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S! E! C!

March 20th, 2013 at 11:05 PM | Treated as a mid major is (Score:5 Normal)
Wolverine Devotee
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Treated as a mid major is doing a disservice to mid majors. Since the SEC is 0-2 so far against them in postseason play.

March 20th, 2013 at 11:25 PM | not even mid-major (Score:5 Normal)
MH20
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I would say Robert Morris and Mercer qualify more as "low-major" teams, so apparently Kentucky and Tennessee are actually D2.

"The difference between a man and a boy is, a boy wants to grow up to be a fireman, but a man wants to grow up to be a giant monster fireman."

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March 21st, 2013 at 12:26 AM | Also (Score:5 Normal)
MH20
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I kept wanting to think that Mercer had beaten a few other "BCS-level" teams earlier this season, and then it hit me:

Mercer defeated Alabama.  In Tuscaloosa.

S-E-C!

(Mercer also beat Florida State in Tallahassee)

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March 20th, 2013 at 11:26 PM | Well, 1-2. Point still stands (Score:2)
WolvinLA2
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Well, 1-2. Point still stands though.

March 20th, 2013 at 11:05 PM | This couldn't be more (Score:5 Normal)
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This couldn't be more perfect.

Michigan: 903–315–36 (Best in NCAA)
vs Ohio State: 58-44-6
vs Notre Dame: 23-16-1
vs MSU:  68-32-5
vs B1G: 522-197-24
vs SEC:  20-8-1
vs PAC 12: 48-24-1
vs Big 12: 10-5-1<

March 20th, 2013 at 11:07 PM | I take too much pleasure in (Score:5 Normal)
LongLiveBo
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I take too much pleasure in this for being an educated adult male with real world problems.

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March 21st, 2013 at 9:40 AM | Welcome to mgoblog (Score:4 Normal)
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Yeah, welcome to mgoblog

March 20th, 2013 at 11:07 PM | Well (Score:1)
TIMMMAAY
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After news of the AJMFRHG's antics, I'll take any solace where I can find it. Mid-major mentality indeed.

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March 20th, 2013 at 11:56 PM | misry (Score:2 Normal)
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misery loves company brother... and I've often found solace in other people's failures... does that make me small, I guess...

 

We are the dead.

March 20th, 2013 at 11:09 PM | Somewhere (Score:2 Normal)
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Somewhere tonight, Commissioner Slive's is drinking himself to obvilion and I'm LOVING IT! SUCK IT, SEC!

March 20th, 2013 at 11:22 PM | Gotta be kinda dissapointing (Score:2 Normal)
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Gotta be kinda dissapointing for the conference when two of your four best teams go out in the first round of the NIT. Florida's (I picked them) potential Final Four run is the only thing keeping the SEC from being a total non factor in college basketball this year.

It'd be nicer to see this happen in football, but I'll take what I can get. 

March 20th, 2013 at 11:32 PM | I have Florida (Score:1)
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going far also. I'm about to change that.

All right Lemmings. Bring the heat.

March 21st, 2013 at 12:09 AM | Yeah (Score:5 Normal)
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Yeah. Florida lost to both Kentucky and Tennessee within the last 25 days. Who just lost as heavy favorites to mid-majors. I know the transitive property doesn't always apply in sports, but wow, that doesn't inspire confidence. 

March 21st, 2013 at 1:01 AM | Florida is crazy overrated. (Score:3 Normal)
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Florida is crazy overrated. No good wins besides Wisconsin early in the year (I think).

I got the shotgun. You got the briefcase. It's all in the game though, right?

March 21st, 2013 at 10:06 AM | Not really, I think.  In (Score:1)
Soulfire21
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Not really, I think.  In their wins, they blow people out, ther losses come by 1-2 possessions in 5 of their 7, eventually Florida will win games that come down to the wire like that, and I like them to start doing so in the tournament.

HAIL.

March 21st, 2013 at 11:21 AM | They blew out Marquette as (Score:2)
JBE
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They blew out Marquette as well.

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March 20th, 2013 at 11:36 PM | Also have Florida in the (Score:4 Normal)
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Also have Florida in the final four (point differential is the best predictor of future performance, etc, etc) but would totally be willing to blow a bracket for further embarassment of the ESS EEE SEE

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March 20th, 2013 at 11:49 PM | Florida out to the Gophers in (Score:5 Normal)
redwings8831
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Florida out to the Gophers in the 2nd round.

If you can't get into college go to State.

March 21st, 2013 at 11:36 AM | Yup (Score:1)
funkywolve
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That's what I have too.

March 20th, 2013 at 11:26 PM | Mid Majors (Score:5 Normal)
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Are insulted to be compared to the SEC

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March 20th, 2013 at 11:48 PM | I like it (Score:1)
the Glove
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I like it

March 20th, 2013 at 11:30 PM | Not Bama, and I think the (Score:5 Normal)
Shaqsquatch
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Not Bama, and I think the dude in the back is Mizzou's coach, but I still find this appropriate:

 

March 20th, 2013 at 11:34 PM | Deserved. (Score:2)
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Deserved.

Denard has spent the offseason working really hard and smiling at people.

March 20th, 2013 at 11:39 PM | You just (Score:2 Normal)
Hugh Jass
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can't make this stuff up!

If someone ever invented a low fat vitamin - filled vegetable that tasted like fudge covered Rice Krispies treats - I'd probably eat better

 

 

March 20th, 2013 at 11:41 PM | Now that's what I call poetic (Score:5 Normal)
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Now that's what I call poetic justice.



But I'm sure somewhere, someplace, Commissioner Slive is giving absolutely zero shits about his conference's basketball woes.



All he's thinking about is his NFL factories, future SEC football dominance and an almost certain 8th straight national title.

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March 20th, 2013 at 11:42 PM | Living in the south it's so (Score:5 Normal)
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Living in the south it's so funny to listen to the tone in sports talk when basketball rolls around. Haa!!

March 20th, 2013 at 11:46 PM | I still don't see him (Score:-1 Offtopic)
March 20th, 2013 at 11:52 PM | What? (Score:5 Normal)
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He's saying that a 2nd place SEC team deserves to be I the show. FYI the B1G has more than 2 teams.

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March 21st, 2013 at 7:46 AM | Maybe he had just watched (Score:2)
Mmmm Hmmm
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Maybe he had just watched that BW3 commercial where 256 teams make the tourney. March-May Madness!

March 20th, 2013 at 11:52 PM | That's not what he was (Score:5 Normal)
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That's not what he was saying. He specifically said that Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee were tournament teams but didn't get in. He was not calling out his league (because then he was calling of himself) he was bitching. And this is what he gets.

March 21st, 2013 at 1:08 AM | Drink less (Score:1)
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Drink less

I got the shotgun. You got the briefcase. It's all in the game though, right?

March 20th, 2013 at 11:48 PM | HA HA! (Score:5 Normal)
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March 21st, 2013 at 12:00 AM | Ummm (Score:2 Normal)
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I don't think you know how "respectively" works...

"And then Kentucky and Tennessee went on to lose in the first round of the NIT, to Mercer and Robert Morris respectively.  That's a true power conference right there."

For my privacy, my new username is "non-Oriental non-Andrew"
 

March 21st, 2013 at 12:00 AM | ... (Score:2)
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...

God dammit.  

I blame the cold medication.

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March 21st, 2013 at 12:07 AM | Who the hell cares? (Score:1 Normal)
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Who cares?  Was it that hard to figure out?

March 21st, 2013 at 9:56 AM | wow (Score:3 Normal)
oriental andrew
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who knew ghosts were so touchy...

For my privacy, my new username is "non-Oriental non-Andrew"
 

March 21st, 2013 at 12:24 PM | Oh we're touchy. (Score:0 Flamebait)
March 20th, 2013 at 11:56 PM | Lol (Score:0 Trolling)
March 21st, 2013 at 12:19 AM | I certainly understand the (Score:-1 Trolling)
March 21st, 2013 at 12:39 AM | This coming from the guy who (Score:5 Normal)
TheGhostofYost
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This coming from the guy who said "No way this team beats MSU.  They will get embarassed again."

You make me look like an optimist, which is saying something.

March 21st, 2013 at 12:44 AM | Well at least I have that (Score:1 Normal)
Ty Butterfield
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Well at least I have that going for me...which is nice.

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March 21st, 2013 at 12:50 AM | Live in (Score:4 Normal)
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the Knoxville area, and I can't ask for any better way to start off NCAA Tourney week.  Idiots were complaining that they should've been a one seed in the NIT.

2013 will be the year.

March 21st, 2013 at 12:52 AM | They 'posed ta be ESS EEE (Score:4 Normal)
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They 'posed ta be ESS EEE CEE!

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March 21st, 2013 at 1:04 AM | SEC Speed (Score:5 Normal)
5th and Long
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So SEC speed refers to tournament exits?

March 21st, 2013 at 2:03 AM | I did think Bama should have (Score:1)
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I did think Bama should have made the tournament but not the other two.

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March 21st, 2013 at 2:29 AM | The SEC cleansing of the NIT is almost complete (Score:5 Normal)
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March 21st, 2013 at 2:58 AM | Sorry for the thread jack... Sparty No (Score:-1 Overrated)
March 21st, 2013 at 5:55 AM | This is old (Score:5 Normal)
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The kid graduated in 2012, and this happened about a year ago. He was just "sentenced" recently.

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