ESPN Still Sucks???

I think I've mentioned before that I hate ESPN. There's plenty of reason to be a hater. For one, their website has too much junk on it. It takes forever to load and it's too confusing to find anything.

There are shows on ESPN about people playing video games. There are shows that pretend to go through a fake college football playoff schedule. Who cares? It doesn't really exist!

And then they don't get their facts correct. Take this poll on their site the other day. The question asks, "3) Which of these head coaches in the East Regional would you most want preparing your team for the NCAA tournament?" The 6th option is Gregg Marshall, Winthrop. Gregg Marshall does not coach at Winthrop anymore. He's been at Wichita State for a year. I shouldn't be too hard on ESPN. After all, their a sports show. You wouldn't expect them to know much about sports would you???

And then there's Skip Bayless. You know he sucks when there's an online petition to have him removed from television. Anyway, he was bashing the tournament selection committee for selecting mid-majors who won their conference tournaments and didn't win the regular season. He particularly pointed out Winthrop.

If Bayless would have done his homework instead of opening his mouth and exposing his ass, he would have known that Winthrop and UNC Ashville tied for the regular season title for the Big South conference with UNCA getting the number 1 seed because they beat Winthrop twice. HOWEVER - UNCA's biggest win was against Winthrop.

UNCA's list of wins includes Furman, Lees-McRae, Campbell, Western Carolina, Tusculum, and Montreat. Other than Campbell and Western Carolina, the other are D-II schools.

Winthrop, on the other hand, had wins against Georgia Tech, East Carolina, Old Dominion, and #19 Miami. Get this, Bayless. Winthrop beat a ranked team this year. And yes, Winthrop had a couple of cupcakes, as well, but the point is Winthrop played tougher games and won some of them.

And let's not forget about last year's first round win against Notre Dame and the fact that Winthrop has been to the dance 4 years in a row and 8 of the past 10 years. I know that previous records have no bearing on the selection committee, but you'd think with Winthrop's rise in the public's eye, Bayless would have a clue. But unfortunately, he does not.

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