From part 2 of the John Fanta interview by Zack Cziryak
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TROVE: What are your thoughts on Seton Hall being left out of the NCAA Tournament this past season?
FANTA: “It was a crime that Seton Hall was not included in the NCAA Tournament, and then they proceeded to back that up by winning the NIT championship. The Pirates deserved to be in the NCAA tournament. They did not beat UCONN, they commanded UConn, a UConn team that went 37-3 and won the national title and won their six NCAA Tournament games by a combined 140 points. And Seton Hall was not included in the NCAA Tournament after beating Connecticut and beating a Marquette team that made the Sweet 16. Not to mention Seton Hall had an intent to schedule. Intent to schedule is supposed to matter to the committee. Did you schedule power conference opponents? Did you challenge yourself? Seton Hall couldn't have predicted USC going down a cliff. They couldn't have predicted Rutgers having a bad year. Now you could counter and say, 'well, should they have won those games?' Of course you'd like to win those games. But to me, Seton Hall had a good intent to schedule. They challenged themselves. In conference play they've become the first team in the history of the Big East to go at least five games, over .500 in conference play, and not be included in the NCAA Tournament. That's just mind boggling, mind boggling. And I can understand Seton Hall fans saying 'of course it happens to us.' It was a snub. It was wrong. Seton Hall deserved to be in and then being excluded was a miss by the committee, a mistake, and that was proven when Virginia only managed to score 14 points in t
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TROVE: What are your thoughts on Seton Hall being left out of the NCAA Tournament this past season?
FANTA: “It was a crime that Seton Hall was not included in the NCAA Tournament, and then they proceeded to back that up by winning the NIT championship. The Pirates deserved to be in the NCAA tournament. They did not beat UCONN, they commanded UConn, a UConn team that went 37-3 and won the national title and won their six NCAA Tournament games by a combined 140 points. And Seton Hall was not included in the NCAA Tournament after beating Connecticut and beating a Marquette team that made the Sweet 16. Not to mention Seton Hall had an intent to schedule. Intent to schedule is supposed to matter to the committee. Did you schedule power conference opponents? Did you challenge yourself? Seton Hall couldn't have predicted USC going down a cliff. They couldn't have predicted Rutgers having a bad year. Now you could counter and say, 'well, should they have won those games?' Of course you'd like to win those games. But to me, Seton Hall had a good intent to schedule. They challenged themselves. In conference play they've become the first team in the history of the Big East to go at least five games, over .500 in conference play, and not be included in the NCAA Tournament. That's just mind boggling, mind boggling. And I can understand Seton Hall fans saying 'of course it happens to us.' It was a snub. It was wrong. Seton Hall deserved to be in and then being excluded was a miss by the committee, a mistake, and that was proven when Virginia only managed to score 14 points in t
