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Hello?
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Bob Ryan in today's Boston Globe:
- Another New England entry wasn't so fortunate. Three-time America East champion Vermont finally got a well-deserved 13 seed. And what does the committee do? For the third year in a row it puts them up against one of them ath-a-letic teams. Two years ago they were a No. 16 and it was Arizona. OK, that's life. Last year they were a No. 15 and it was UConn. They couldn't exactly complain. But this time they play well enough to get advanced two notches and their reward is Syracuse? Geez. Committee guys, have a heart.
Couldn't the committee at least have found some orderly bounce-pass team against whom the Catamounts might at least be able to compete on a physical basis? How is Vermont supposed to get the ball inside to Taylor Coppenrath against a Syracuse zone that covers enough ground to defend Central Park? I guess public empathy with retiring coach Tom Brennan only goes so far. You want to talk matchups? Niagara, a 14 seed, has a better chance of winning its game against No. 3 Oklahoma than No. 13 Vermont does of winning its game against No. 4 Syracuse. That's not even debatable.
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At the risk of sounding clicheed, I guess that's why they play the games.
My father-in-law picked up a bottle of 2003 Rosenblum Rockpile Road zin today. Excellent.
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