Texas Southern vs Fairleigh Dickinson

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FDU (19-15) locked up an automatic berth on a technicality – simply by reaching the Northeast Conference final. The top seed Merrimack beat the Knights by a point in the conference championship, but the North Andover school was ineligible for the NCAA Tournament as a transitional Division I program.

Texas Southern's men's basketball (record 14-20) clinched berth to NCAA after a 61-58 win on Saturday in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament championship game.

 

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And????

 

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And????

Pretty unlikely path for both. The prize? Zach Edey and Purdue.

 

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YSU playing OSU well. They are actually a step faster than the Cowboys.

 

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FDU (19-15) locked up an automatic berth on a technicality – simply by reaching the Northeast Conference final. The top seed Merrimack beat the Knights by a point in the conference championship, but the North Andover school was ineligible for the NCAA Tournament as a transitional Division I program.

Texas Southern's men's basketball (record 14-20) clinched berth to NCAA after a 61-58 win on Saturday in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament championship game.

Merrimack won their conference in their very first season in Division I and won a road game over Big Ten's Northwestern (who plays against Boise St. in the Dance tomorrow).

I'm not exactly sure what the purpose is to make a "transition" team sit out the postseason. If a team jumps from a lower division but is already capable of winning at their new division, why not let them compete in the postseason? I don't think they have any sort of unfair advantage if they're jumping from a lower division.

 

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Merrimack won their conference in their very first season in Division I and won a road game over Big Ten's Northwestern (who plays against Boise St. in the Dance tomorrow).

I'm not exactly sure what the purpose is to make a "transition" team sit out the postseason. If a team jumps from a lower division but is already capable of winning at their new division, why not let them compete in the postseason? I don't think they have any sort of unfair advantage if they're jumping from a lower division.

NCAA technicality, I guess. Agree with your point.

 

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Merrimack won their conference in their very first season in Division I and won a road game over Big Ten's Northwestern (who plays against Boise St. in the Dance tomorrow).

I'm not exactly sure what the purpose is to make a "transition" team sit out the postseason. If a team jumps from a lower division but is already capable of winning at their new division, why not let them compete in the postseason? I don't think they have any sort of unfair advantage if they're jumping from a lower division.

The logic is that it would prevent a loaded D2 team from jumping up, making the tournament and then deciding to drop back down shortly afterwards. Morris Brown, Winston Salem St, and Birmingham Southern all didn’t complete 4 year transitions and went back to D2. They all sucked though.

 

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Texas Southern was the 8 seed in the SWAC tournament. They barely made their conference tournament.

 

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The logic is that it would prevent a loaded D2 team from jumping up, making the tournament and then deciding to drop back down shortly afterwards. Morris Brown, Winston Salem St, and Birmingham Southern all didn’t complete 4 year transitions and went back to D2. They all sucked though.

So, ugly stepsisters not Cinderellas.