And to add insult to injury - Drexel, IF they win, plays the winner of Oklahoma State and Marist. Oh .. yea .. and if that be Oklahoma State, the Oklahoma State team has first choice of hosting the game.

Niagara (automatic bid, mind you) has to PLAY IN to the main tournament. Grrrr .. so I think the NCAA tournament should:

(a) get rid of the play-in game; an automatic bid is an automatic bid IMHO

(b) rethink the selection process. The top 4 on the NIT are Clemson, Mississippi St., Air Force and West Virginia.

(c) Look north of the Mason-Dixon line, and east of the Mississippi River.

Now that I have THAT out of my system, I'd best get working on my tournament picks.

Cheers to you (and jeers to the committee), Anne