Those of you who have been playing here at our little site for a while know that we’re big Washington Huskies fans. It’s been a tough year in Huskyville, but hey, it was a young team and a rebuilding year.
The Dawgs went 19-13, 8-10 in the Pac-10 and had some good wins. U-Dub beat UCLA, Oregon and USC. They were feel-good wins in a lost season.
Sure, we knew UW wasn’t going dancing this season, but we were anticipating an NIT game in a very strong NIT field. Maybe even at home.
What’s that? Washington didn’t make the NIT? Really? Oh, well fuck you very much then.
Strange. We’ve been ripping the Stanford Cardinal pretty good over at The ‘House, who, after tossing the Selection Committee’s collective salad, are dancing.
A little comparison, if you will.
Stanford:
Record: 18-12, 10-8 Pac-10
RPI: 65
Big Wins: Washington State, UCLA, at Virginia, Texas Tech.
Notable Loss: At home against Air Force. By 34. Thirty fucking four.
Washington:
Record: 19-13, 8-10 Pac-10
RPI: 81
Big Wins: UCLA, Oregon, USC, Stanford.
Notable Loss: Oregon State.
Those resumés aren’t all that different. And the NIT committee — may they rot in hell — thinks that UW is 32 teams worse than the Cardinal?
We’re confused. Then again Arkansas got an at-large bid and Drexel got an NIT three-seed. Is Josh Heytvelt dealing now? Gotta be.
Here’s a list of the eight-person selection committee. In case you want to get a hold of them for any particular reason.
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