Reading a couple of comments from the ESPN Blog – after a writer asked if the VCU run actually warranted expansion.

Eamonn Brennan – Oh my god, no. Please never say that again. Take a look at the NIT bracket and tell me you want to see any of those teams in this tournament. No thanks.

Jay Bilas – Final Four or out in 1st Round, Selection argument against VCU and UAB still the same. Neither w/ better credentials than CU, VT, UA, SM

Eamonn Brennan – I mean, stubborn though it is, I agree with Bilas. Saying VCU has proven the selection argument wrong is like saying Ohio State shouldn’t have been a No. 1 seed because they lost. That’s not how it works

While I appreciate sticking to your statements, since Bilas criticized the committee for including VCU and UAB, I don’t think you can have it both ways. First of all, Alabama and Colorado are still playing – reaching the semi-finals of the NIT. So, yes, I would have been interested to see how they could have done against the NCAA teams. But at the end of day, the Selection Committee’s job is to identify the teams that are best capable of winning the National Championship. The fact that you think Alabama, Colorado, Virginia Tech and St. Mary’s belonged in the tournament before VCU and UAB means that you think at this point that the tournament should be expanded further because you believe those teams also could win the tournament and they got left out. But to continue to make the argument that a school at VCU who has made the Final Four shouldn’t have made the tournament is insane. At a certain point, you should either let the topic drop or admit you were wrong about the Rams. But to stubbornly continue to say that they shouldn’t have even been in the tournament is silly.