St. John's Rick Pitino, Providence's Kim English, UConn's Danny Hurley shared disappointment after three 20-win Big East squads were snubbed by the NCAA selection committee.
Dreams die hard, particularly in March. The Big East Conference found that out Sunday as three 20-win teams — Providence, Seton Hall and St. John's — were all snubbed by the
selection committee. And the news caused a firestorm of discussion as Big East coaches were vocal in sharing their disappointment. Shortly after the news, coach Rick Pitino told the National Invitation Tournament selection committee that St. John's didn't want to play in the also-ran event.
Tournament. Providence coach Kim English was much more blunt in his reaction to the situation. 'I think the analytics are bull----,' English said. 'I think you can schedule bad teams in your non-league and beat the snot out of them, and beat 'em by 50 and 60. 'And I think coaching for so long has been a gentleman agreement,' he continued.
Tournament, too. Creighton coach Greg McDermott, whose Bluejays earned a 3-seed, said the snubs had 'kind of taken some of the buzz off. Hard to believe, and I certainly recognize that the committee's got a very difficult job … but we're the second-best league in the country and we have three teams in the top three seed-lines. A team that went 13-7 is not worthy to get in? … If you win half your games in the Big East, you should be playing in the postseason.
selection committee chairman Charles McClelland, commissioner of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, said five bids were stolen during the conference tournaments — and one of those was going to go to Indiana State, which fell in the final of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament to Drake. The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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