Omaha World-Herald sports columnist Tom Shatel will serve as co-chairman for a "Mock NCAA Basketball Bracket" session, a first-of-its-kind event Wednesday at the NCAA National Offices in Indianapolis.Shatel and 23 other members of the United States Basketball Writers of America will participate in an unprecedented examination into the process of selecting the field for the NCAA men's basketball tournament. The NCAA is holding the mock selection seminar in conjunction with its February orientation meeting of the Division I men's basketball committee.
Shatel is president of the United States Basketball Writers of America. Andy Katz, ESPN.com and USBWA vice-president, will join him as the other committee chairman.
MSNBC.com columnist Ken Davis, one of the two dozen mock bracket selection committee members, writes that the journalists have been promised the same menu and the same snacks that the real committee members receive.
"We will even take a TV break, to watch a portion of the North Carolina-Duke game," Davis writes. "Committee members often break away from their bracketing to watch important conference tournament games that could impact the seeding process."
Shatel says he will write about the event for Sunday's editions of the newspaper.
4 comments:
Well since Tom thinks the MVC is the best basketball conf in the country, he will surely have 10 MVC teams in the tourney!!! What a idiot, how is he even involved in picking mock tourneys????
Good luck with your big, bad Missouri Valley! Do you think they can maybe get anyone past the Sweet 16 this year? If so, that would make it the best conference in the country! Viva la Evansville and Drake! Watch out for the powerful Missouri St and Indiana St teams come March! Maybe we could fit in another 1,000 people in the Quest Center and try to break the world record for quietest crowd!
I once had someone argue with me that the Qwest Center was better than any Big XII Conference arena. That includes atmosphere! He didn't care that I brought up Phog Allen Fieldhouse, Gallegher-Iba Arena, Hilton Coliseum, Lloyd Noble Center and others!
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Sh-sh-sh-shatel sh-sh-sh-should n-n-not do this.
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