Piggybacking
Off of a complaint over at DFIG. It is obvious that there is no favoritism towards the boys in baby blue, even beyond the ACC and Swofford. I mean, look at the brackets! You have everyone in random places such as Denver, Tampa, Detroit and UNC travels all the way to…..Raleigh. Well, ok so they get the first two games right in their back yard but they move on, if they win, to the new location. Looking at the brackets again, we see that the Heels head all the way to…..Charlotte. What the HELL!! I searched the entire bracket structure and can’t find anyone, even the #1 seeds getting that much home court favor. Leading off of DFIG’s comments about UNC bandwagonners and their ticket hoarding, this does not seem anywhere NEAR fair. I hope someone in the colleges that has to put up with this crap complains as the baby blue boys have way too much going for them in terms of favor through the regular season to keep this crap going in the tourneys as well.
But I am a biased Clemson fan, what do I know.
Holler!
Yeah, ESPN.com got on the topic. The women’s tourney has always been bad about this (#1′as playing on their home court, literally) but the men’s is getting that way. In an article talking about things that needed to be changed, this issue pretty much topped the list. UCLA making the Final Four two years in a row without leaving the state of Cali is another primae example. Though I will say playing in some place like Sacramento, 7 or 8 hours away, isn’t quite as beneficial Charlotte only a ocuple hours down the road and LOADED with alums. Hopefully the committee takes notice of the undercurrent that is starting to build.