NCAA Basketball Preview 2014-15: SWAC

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This is a preview that is much like doing a root canal, it's painful, but necessary.

The SWAC has been the standard of NCAA futility as they have not had a team make the NCAA Tournament as anything but a 16-seed this millennium.  Alcorn State was a 15-seed in 1999 and the most outstanding player of the tournament was Richard Hamilton.  Their standard of poor play predates the original pay-in game that begin in 2001, with SWAC team participating in the opening round eight out of a possible 14 teams.

To add injury to insult, four SWAC teams were ineligible for postseason play last season due to low APR scores.  That left only six of the 10 teams in the conference eligible to make the NCAA Tournament despite every team taking part in the SWAC Tournament.

The good news is, the scores are up in the SWAC as Alabama State is the only team in the conference ineligible to make the field of 68.  The fact that Alabama State is ineligible will not help the SWAC try to avoid the play-in game as they tied with Southern for the best overall record in the conference at 19-13.
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Read the rest: http://www.dudesonsports.com/conference-previews/2014/8/10/ncaa-basketball-preview-2014-15-swac
 
I Like the fact the assistant coach who left last year is back.  i think that is Donnie March.  He's a good x and o guy which i felt was lacking last year.
 
Bad review, SU almost beat Gonzaga two years ago and that team is practically gone now.  I hate reading reviews from people who are not familiar with the SWAC .... Texas Southern is the team to beat right now, at the very least b/c they're defending Tourney champs and have a former Final Four coach.
 
Yeah agreed. This review by NBCSports is better and more in depth:
http://www.tigerfans.net/boards/showthread.php?tid=411
 
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