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Perhaps if they can muster up one more injury before tourney time they can climb back into the one spot.
This article just released on ESPN
What I have a hard time understanding is what is quoted below. By the way, Welmann is the NCAA Committee Chair.
"Do you reward teams for what they have done in the season, or do you project what they are going to do?" Wellman said. "If you are projecting what they are going to do, then that injury of course takes on more importance. If you are rewarding them for what they have done in the season, then you just base your decisions, whether it be selection or seeding, upon what they have shown thus far in the season and their accomplishments this season. I think that is a discussion that we will have in the committee room."
A discussion as how much of a hit the team should take if Embiid is out indefinitely is completely understandable and expected. However, it truly amazes me that after this many NCAA Tourney's the committee doesn't have an agreement as what to do. That is, 1) if a star player is not available for the tourney, their seed should be reflected of 2) the team's seed will not be impacted due to an injury no matter who the player and impact that they had over the course of the season. I never thought there was any question about it and the having the committee chair go on to say that he tends to lean towards the latter is crazy to me.
If the committee has ANY member who thinks that they shouldn't take a team's status in question when a star player is injured during the seeding process, then why in the hell is there constant dialogue about the committee likely taking it easy on teams that lost during the regular season when a star player was out whether that be due to injury or suspension? The two situations are linked and shouldn't have any inconsistency.
I think the whole thing is ridiculous and tend to think the good ole Welmann is just talking out of one side of his mouth and will very likely do the opposite. I think he knows very well that if it continues to look like Embiid is out, then Kansas' seed will suffer somewhat. Then again, this is the NCAA we are talking about.
This article just released on ESPN
What I have a hard time understanding is what is quoted below. By the way, Welmann is the NCAA Committee Chair.
"Do you reward teams for what they have done in the season, or do you project what they are going to do?" Wellman said. "If you are projecting what they are going to do, then that injury of course takes on more importance. If you are rewarding them for what they have done in the season, then you just base your decisions, whether it be selection or seeding, upon what they have shown thus far in the season and their accomplishments this season. I think that is a discussion that we will have in the committee room."
A discussion as how much of a hit the team should take if Embiid is out indefinitely is completely understandable and expected. However, it truly amazes me that after this many NCAA Tourney's the committee doesn't have an agreement as what to do. That is, 1) if a star player is not available for the tourney, their seed should be reflected of 2) the team's seed will not be impacted due to an injury no matter who the player and impact that they had over the course of the season. I never thought there was any question about it and the having the committee chair go on to say that he tends to lean towards the latter is crazy to me.
If the committee has ANY member who thinks that they shouldn't take a team's status in question when a star player is injured during the seeding process, then why in the hell is there constant dialogue about the committee likely taking it easy on teams that lost during the regular season when a star player was out whether that be due to injury or suspension? The two situations are linked and shouldn't have any inconsistency.
I think the whole thing is ridiculous and tend to think the good ole Welmann is just talking out of one side of his mouth and will very likely do the opposite. I think he knows very well that if it continues to look like Embiid is out, then Kansas' seed will suffer somewhat. Then again, this is the NCAA we are talking about.
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