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Message: [QUOTE="cap2nine, post: 235571, member: 1855"] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]Their seeding and their place in the tourney were accurate in my view. No one can take anything away from the Racers fantastic season but you have to consider the level of their competition across the entire year. They did have a couple of solid wins against St. Mary's and Memphis. But, they both got bumped in the 2nd round. 15-1 in conference is impressive but who really in the OVC was going to challenge them? And, who do you truly think they are better than from the BE? Obviously not Marquette. Better than ND? Better than G'town, Cinci or Louisville? To be honest I would love to have seen Murray State play a BE schedule. I think they would have held their own but come the end of the season I just don't know that they would have finished better than 10-8 or 11-7. You say that the opposing comments are not backed up with stats or facts but when you are comparing out of conference teams it’s hard to draw direct comparisons. But, you could look at the RPI for some indication, along with the other #6 seeds. Murray at 22, SDSU at 27, UNLV at 19 and Cinci at 43. I'm sure that the Bearcats were slightly benefited by BE affiliation and for knocking us out of the BE tourney. Furthermore, the BPI (preferred) shows Murray ST. at 34, SDSU at 40, UNLV at 28 and Cincinnati at 36. Those are only 2 ranking systems but I feel they show a fair and accurate measurement for the seeding in this case. Probably the best stat/fact though is that they lost to MU. So I guess I have to ask, where would you like to have seen them seeded and playing? As a #5 out of Albuquerque or a #4 out of Portland? I firmly believe that if they were undervalued and seeded too low, they would have beaten Marquette in their virtual home game. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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