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NCAA Announces Mixup in Seeding
(AP) - The NCAA Women's Basketball Selection Committee announced today that a mistake was made in the brackets for the Women's Tournament. The University of Georgia will not be playing Belmont in Minneapolis in Round 1 as reported yesterday on ESPN.
The Bulldogs will instead be playing the Palestine Liberation Organization's All-Star team out of the newly created Damascus Bracket.
"It was a terrible mix-up, and we do apologize for the confusion," said Alice Manhands, chairman of the Women's Selection Committee. "We have a long and distingished track record of error free selections, and of screwing Andy Landers. Clearly, this is an embarrassing mix-up."
Over the course of almost 30 years, the NCAA has consistently placed Andy Landers' squad as far away from Athens, Georgia with as cripplingly disadvantageous of a match-up imagineable. The idea that the organization would put the Bulldogs in a bracket where they could avoid playing UConn in Hartford, Tennessee in the Sweet 16, LSU in Round 2, or being seeded in the West region sent up red flags in Athens.
"We knew it was mistake," said Landers. "There's no way that I could be so lucky as to get Georgia Tech in Round 2; given that I own them. I knew not to expect such generosity from a committee that has devoted its existance to giving me the shaft."
Georgia now prepares for its journey to Syria where it will play the upstart PLO squad. This of course assumes that Landers' players can obtain passports in time.
"The idea of Georgia getting placed in UNC's bracket in Dallas and not alongside Duke in Greensboro. That's impossible. I'd never catch a break like that from those old broads," said Landers.
Seriously...this is the best draw for Andy that I can remember. He's in the weakest region facing the weakest #1, and weakest #2 seed with no clear home crowd bias in favor of the opposition unless he makes the Final Four. Plus, he avoids his personal nemesis programs (UT, LSU, UConn and Rutgers) for 4-5 rounds.
Great seeding for Georgia. Even if it was on accident.
See Also:
-- Lady Dawgs back in Tourney - AJC
-- Three seed pleases Dawgs - ABH
PWD
5 comments:
I just spewed sweet tea all over the keyboard. It wouldn't be nearly so funny if it weren't so damned accurate.
I just crapped my pants a little while literally laughing my ass off!
Good work. "The Damascus Bracket" Hysterical!!!
Al Qaida is a weak #1 seed. And Hamas has dropped 4 of their last 5.
We'll still lose, cuz Landers still sucks. Maya Moore or whatever her name is just won ANOTHER Naismith award... and she's going to UConn. Honestly, who can really blame her? I'd rather to play for a REAL coach too... and try to win some meaningful games somewhere along the way.
As usual, JMHO.
Ga placed 3 freshmen on the all SEC team. That speaks volumes for Andy, like he really needs something other than his record to speak for itself. You do not have to have the Naismith of the world to win. Just an eye for potential, which Andy has. Sure with injuries, luck here and there, who knows, we would have a few NCAA Championships. Andy has earn the right to coach at UGA until he decides to retire. Call it Tenure.
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