poop on ranked mid-major teams

poop on butler.

the 16th/17th-ranked bulldogs lost to cleveland state in the horizon league championship tuesday night, losing 57-54 as the vikings rained threes in indianapolis. awesome, right? everyone loves an underdog!

nope.

by losing, butler handed cleveland state its first berth in the ncaa tournament since 1986. again, awesome, right? this is what makes march MAD!

nope.

see, here's the thing. butler was going to make the dance regardless of last night's result. but now, we have to deal with TWO horizon league teams in the tournament.

yes, the last time they were there, the vikings upset the 3rd-seeded hoosiers and generated some serious excitement. but would you really rather watch cleveland state instead of teams like maryland or arizona? these squads are in danger of not making the tournament if random upsets like this continue to happen in mid-major conference tournaments.

so poop on you, butler bulldogs, for ruining the dreams of fans of ACTUALLY exciting teams in the REAL basketball conferences. while all 16,000 cleveland state students are undoubtedly quite excited about their berth, i'm sure that the crowd of 29,000 (and 240,000 alumni!) at college park is raving mad.