2.1 Bracketology

[Jerry1714]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology

Still a 9 seed, versus Pitt with the winner (us) playing Iowa (in Iowa).

Cincy a 10 seed versus Duke.

 

[UConnStats]

Cincy actually matches up well with Duke. They could sick Clark on Ingram and Caupain on Allen. Cincy can beat themselves with their terrible shooting though.

 

[OkaForPrez]

LOL, no way they take a team as dangerous as cinci and match them up with Duke. It will be Cinci vs. Wichita St. They will drop them down a seed line to do so. Duke will get some schill mid range Pac team.

 

[Jerry1714]

Fans in Iowa would be pretty happy I am sure to see a Iowa/UConn and Duke/Kansas 2nd round matchups, sounds like a final four.

 

[tykurez]

Not that these matter one iota ... but an Iowa round 2 matchup would be a nightmare. That team is good.

 

[SirHypeAlot]

Iowa would murder us - let's improve our position please

 

[JimHurley]

Iowa would murder us - let's improve our position please

I'd much rather play Iowa than the other 3 one seeds. Plus, I'd be more worried about Kansas anyway.

 

[Hi-Low]

Glad we are maybe a 9 seed right now, TX & Michigan wins looking better & better....may give us more margin for error if continue to rise.

On the negative side we 0-3 vs top 4 in the AAC with 5 to play against...really need to go 4-1, maybe 3-2 if we win at Memphis Thursday.

 

[Jerry1714]

I'd much rather play Iowa than the other 3 one seeds. Plus, I'd be more worried about Kansas anyway.

Give me Nova of any of the 1 seeds.

 

[4in16]

I don't consider us in 4th/5th in the AAC we are tied in the loss column with eligible teams, and until we are swept by a team ahead of us we have just as good a shot at the 1 seed in the conference tournament.

 

[Silk31]

Glad we are maybe a 9 seed right now, TX & Michigan wins looking better & better....may give us more margin for error if continue to rise.

On the negative side we 0-3 vs top 4 in the AAC with 5 to play against...really need to go 4-1, maybe 3-2 if we win at Memphis Thursday.

Yea those wins are like wine, they have gotten better with time.

I think many of us, myself included, had overblown the ramifications of that Cincy loss as it relates to our tourney chances. Loses to Cincy wasn't an issue - it was more the way in which we lost that game.

We have ample opportunity left to solidify ourselves in the field. I do not agree with the Magic #1 post either where we can only afford to lose 1 more game. The bubble continues to be weak and as long as we avoid the horrible loss to a team like ECU or UCF then we should be ok...or at least I hope so

 

[Ts5034]

I know its all about matchups, but I would like to see us moving up to the 6 seed line. I dont know if its possible to get any higher based on our resume right now. The reason a 6 is a good seed is because you gett the 11 in the first round, then you would move on to play the winner of the 14/3 matchup which there have been a number of upsets in that game over the years. Also, you could avoid the 2 seed until the sweet 16 and the 1 seed untio the elite 8. I just think there will be a huge drop in quality of teams after the top 2 seeds.

 

[Jerry1714]

Yea those wins are like wine, they have gotten better with time.

I think many of us, myself included, had overblown the ramifications of that Cincy loss as it relates to our tourney chances. Loses to Cincy wasn't an issue - it was more the way in which we lost that game.

We have ample opportunity left to solidify ourselves in the field. I do not agree with the Magic #1 post either where we can only afford to lose 1 more game. The bubble continues to be weak and as long as we avoid the horrible loss to a team like ECU or UCF then we should be ok...or at least I hope so

I think part of the board is just simply unaware of the landscape of college basketball which is why after every loss the board is littered with silly NIT discussions. After we lost to Temple you would have thought w may not even get an CBI invite.

Washington is in the field, and not a last 4 in, with losses to Oakland and Santa Barbara and 1 Top 125 RPI OOC win. Syracuse lost to St. Johns and they are in right now.

 

[Hi-Low]

Yeah I agree hard to project exactly what the bubble will be with 9 or 10 conference games left for most schools in the country. Maybe we squeeze in at 22-9, just don't want to find out...feel much safer at 23-8 or better.

 

[Excalibur]

We can afford 2 more regular season losses. A third probably puts us on the wrong side of the bubble. If we are mixed in with the rest of the crud between 50-70 in the RPI, you can count on the selection committee favoring the P5.

 

[OkaForPrez]

Yea those wins are like wine, they have gotten better with time.

I think many of us, myself included, had overblown the ramifications of that Cincy loss as it relates to our tourney chances. Loses to Cincy wasn't an issue - it was more the way in which we lost that game.

We have ample opportunity left to solidify ourselves in the field. I do not agree with the Magic #1 post either where we can only afford to lose 1 more game. The bubble continues to be weak and as long as we avoid the horrible loss to a team like ECU or UCF then we should be ok...or at least I hope so

Its the fact that it was at home that's troublesome. We've got a lot of work to do on the road now.

 

[mdkhusky]

You guys are rediculous. Lunardi said before the UCF game that if we lost that game we'd be in the last 4 in still..

 

[4in16]

Its the fact that it was at home that's troublesome. We've got a lot of work to do on the road now.

Gotta win on the road vs Temple and Cincy to avoid getting swept is key.

 

[Penfield]

We can afford 2 more regular season losses. A third probably puts us on the wrong side of the bubble. If we are mixed in with the rest of the crud between 50-70 in the RPI, you can count on the selection committee favoring the P5.

I am thinking 24-9 including the AAC tourney is what it is going to take to feel confident on Selection Sunday.

 

[Sonofabeach]

Most of the blue bloods in the midwest

 

[Penfield]

Most of the blue bloods in the midwest

4 teams w/ at least 4 National Championships.... and Kansas too.

 

[BoatShow]

Hoping to be a 7 seed in the Brooklyn pod..

 

[HooperScooper]

Even Jerry Palm, who didn't even have UConn in his bracket 2 weeks ago, has them as a 10 seed today.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

My take away from all this bracketology talk is that it's not so much about UConn's resume on it's own merits, it's comparing that so-so resume against all the other teams out there. There just aren't enough really good teams this year to fill out a bracket. We might have gotten lucky that the Huskies are having a mediocre year in a year when there aren't enough worthy teams to fill out a bracket.

As I always say about bracket talk this time of year, just win baby. That takes care of everything.

 

[lange10]

4-1 road record is encouraging with games at SMU, Cincy, Temple, Memphis remaining. Let's see how we fair at Memphis this Thursday with Brimah back in the fold and go from there.

 

[Jerry1714]

Even Jerry Palm, who didn't even have UConn in his bracket 2 weeks ago, has them as a 10 seed today.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

My take away from all this bracketology talk is that it's not so much about UConn's resume on it's own merits, it's comparing that so-so resume against all the other teams out there. There just aren't enough really good teams this year to fill out a bracket. We might have gotten lucky that the Huskies are having a mediocre year in a year when there aren't enough worthy teams to fill out a bracket.

As I always say about bracket talk this time of year, just win baby. That takes care of everything.

This is not something unique to this year, the bubble last year was horrific. Ok State was a 9 seed with an 18-13 record. UCLA got in with 13 losses and RPI of 50. An 8 loss Bosie State was given an at large.

While CBB has gained a lot of parity, the middle of it has been pretty mediocre for a few years now.