http://www.metafilter.com/tags/midmajor/rss tag posts with midmajor Sun, 26 Mar 2006 16:28:45 -0800 Sun, 26 Mar 2006 16:28:45 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/50393/By-George-and-other-puns <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/ncaa/wires/03/26/2060.ap.bkc.ncaa.upset.uconn.0536/">March Madness:</a> <a href="http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/brackets/viewable_men">11th seeded</a> <a href="http://www.gmu.edu/">George Mason</a> upset UConn in the <a href="http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens">NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament</a> this afternoon, continuing their <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/team?categoryId=71716">unexpected</a> <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=2244">streak</a> of <a href="http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/ncaatourneyupset.html">upsets</a>. Their wins <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-sp.steele26mar26,0,6185690.column?coll=bal-sports-columnists">validate</a> not only their <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/12/AR2006031201416.html">inclusion in the tournament</a>, but the rising <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney06/insider/columns/story?id=2366099">status</a> of <a href="http://midmajority.com/">mid-major</a> conferences. The most prominent <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/0323p2main0323.html">critic</a> of the inclusion of these smaller schools has been CBS analyst <a href="http://cbs.sportsline.com/cbssports/team/bpacker">Billy Packer</a>, who <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2366077">verbally assaulted</a> the head of the <a href="http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens/story/9183455">selection committee</a> on<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11814533/"> live TV</a> just <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/12/AR2006031201496.html">two weeks ago</a>, and has yet to <a href="http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/colleges/14133498.htm">apologize</a> for his obvious error. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.50393 Sun, 26 Mar 2006 16:28:45 -0800 NCAA basketball marchmadness packer littlepage cbs sports georgemason college midmajor media finalfour upset cinderella kyleg