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Makes sense. I think we need to play ourselves into a 4 seed at this point.
 
There is very little difference between 5 and 4 seeds. It's really about matchups in the 1st round. Now if UConn get upgraded to a 3 seed then that would be better for them. Probably need to win BET.
 
Marat said:
There is very little difference between 5 and 4 seeds. It's really about matchups in the 1st round. Now if UConn get upgraded to a 3 seed then that would be better for them. Probably need to win BET.
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Someone else can confirm but I thought top 4 seeds in each region get some preference on location
 
For those saying UConn didn’t look good today- it was a win that was, for the most part, never in doubt against a solid, on the bubble NCAA tournament team. We weren’t playing Stonehill or Delaware State out there. A little perspective is good sometimes.
 
auror said:
The thing is, Indiana and Kansas St also did it to themselves. Kansas St lost to Butler! By double figures! And have lost 5 of their last 7.

Indiana also had a stretch where they lost 5 of 7 and got swept by Northwestern.

All 3 teams had crappy stretches, but our good stretch was the best of the 3 and our numbers reflect that.
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IU had two starters go down with injuries mid season. They are starting to play as a team now with an all American putting up some big numbers
 
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August_West said:
We did this to ourselves.

But….The metrics ?
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shizzle787 said:
Told everyone they were bs. This is a lesson in OOC scheduling going forward.
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That we shouldn't play in big tournaments pre big east conf play? What is the ooc scheduling fix ? Not to play cupcakes ?
 
Marat said:
That we shouldn't play in big tournaments pre big east conf play? What is the ooc scheduling fix ?
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Less cupcakes and better quality cupcakes. The tournaments and challenges are fine.
 
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shizzle787 said:
Told everyone they were bs. This is a lesson in OOC scheduling going forward.
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This makes no sense. When you look at our total body of work, we are pretty solidly a top-10 or 15 team. We have only dropped in rankings/seedlings because we haven’t played as well within the conference. We have great OOC wins! And the advanced metrics - which could be overrating us or underrating others, I don’t know - should predict our performance going forward, not our seeding.
 
We can argue about this all day. With the exception of blowing out Marquette we’ve been a fairly ugly basketball team, even when we win, for months. I think that factors in. Today was more of the same. If we shoot even “ok” we win by 24.

Just keep winning and it won’t matter.
 
shizzle787 said:
Less cupcakes and better quality cupcakes. The tournaments and challenges are fine.
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I would hazard a guess UConn only team in country that went 5-0 in OOC vs P6.

There will until the end of time always be 5 games in OOC schedule against lesser opponents that are varying level of cupcakeness.
 
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Seed at yesterday's announcement on left, parentheses AP ranking :

1. Alabama (1)
2. Houston (2)
3. Purdue (3)
4. Kansas (5)
5. Texas (6)
6. Arizona (8)
7. Baylor (9)
8. UCLA (4)
9. Tennessee (10)
10. Virginia (7)
11. Iowa State (19)
12. Kansas State (12)
13. Indiana (14)
14. Marquette (11)
15. Gonzaga (13)
16. Xavier (16)

So only Miami (15) was in the AP top 16 and not in the seeded group, but they were in the next four with Creighton (18), SMC (17) and UConn(20). So it does appear the committee follows the AP poll.

Bold = lost 2/18
Underlined = lost this past week

21-25 AP poll

SDSU (21)
TCU (22)
NC State (23)
Providence (24)
FAU(25)

That's 13 losses in the AP poll this week, 3 today in the 16 seeded teams and 9 total in the 16 seeded teams, 10 while including the next four.

NC State (UNC) and Purdue (OSU) play tomorrow but shouldn't make a difference to UConn's ranking, though both could be upsets (more likely UNC than OSU winning).

I think it should be something like this next week for BE teams:

Marquette - 9
X - 17
UConn -18
Creighton - 20
PC - 22
 
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huskymedic said:
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Maybe Cronin should be grateful for the opportunity to get used to traveling across the country every single week. Their move to the BIG10 says that local travel doesnt mean anything anyway. I find this to be insane as you could simply stay in the pac12 if you dont want to travel east
 
www.espn.com

Men's college basketball Power Rankings: Alabama stays No. 1 but is it time to talk Kansas?

Despite the loss at Tennessee (which got the Win of the Week), the Crimson Tide hold onto the top spot -- but the No. 1 competition is heating up.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

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14. UConn Huskies (20-7)
Previous ranking: In the waiting room
This week: vs. Providence (Wednesday), at St. John's (Saturday)

UConn felt like the biggest surprise omission from the NCAA's bracket reveal Saturday afternoon. The Huskies are in the top 10 in the NET and the top 10 of every predictive metric -- while also possessing five Quadrant 1 wins, including against Alabama by 15, Iowa State by 18 and Marquette by 15. Their home loss to the Red Storm during a difficult 1-5 stretch in January is the lone negative on the résumé, although none of the profiles in the 4-seed range are without imperfections. UConn has four games left, and should be the favorite in all. Running the table until the Big East tournament would likely secure a top-four seed, leaving the mock reveal a distant memory.
 
HeGotGame said:
www.espn.com

Men's college basketball Power Rankings: Alabama stays No. 1 but is it time to talk Kansas?

Despite the loss at Tennessee (which got the Win of the Week), the Crimson Tide hold onto the top spot -- but the No. 1 competition is heating up.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

i

14. UConn Huskies (20-7)
Previous ranking: In the waiting room
This week: vs. Providence (Wednesday), at St. John's (Saturday)

UConn felt like the biggest surprise omission from the NCAA's bracket reveal Saturday afternoon. The Huskies are in the top 10 in the NET and the top 10 of every predictive metric -- while also possessing five Quadrant 1 wins, including against Alabama by 15, Iowa State by 18 and Marquette by 15. Their home loss to the Red Storm during a difficult 1-5 stretch in January is the lone negative on the résumé, although none of the profiles in the 4-seed range are without imperfections. UConn has four games left, and should be the favorite in all. Running the table until the Big East tournament would likely secure a top-four seed, leaving the mock reveal a distant memory.
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Seth Davis had UConn at 14 too. I wonder if the NCAA committee will be swayed by the overwhelming consensus that they have UConn too low (and other Big East teams too) and some others like Indiana and K-State, too high.
 
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HeGotGame said:
www.espn.com

Men's college basketball Power Rankings: Alabama stays No. 1 but is it time to talk Kansas?

Despite the loss at Tennessee (which got the Win of the Week), the Crimson Tide hold onto the top spot -- but the No. 1 competition is heating up.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

i

14. UConn Huskies (20-7)
Previous ranking: In the waiting room
This week: vs. Providence (Wednesday), at St. John's (Saturday)

UConn felt like the biggest surprise omission from the NCAA's bracket reveal Saturday afternoon. The Huskies are in the top 10 in the NET and the top 10 of every predictive metric -- while also possessing five Quadrant 1 wins, including against Alabama by 15, Iowa State by 18 and Marquette by 15. Their home loss to the Red Storm during a difficult 1-5 stretch in January is the lone negative on the résumé, although none of the profiles in the 4-seed range are without imperfections. UConn has four games left, and should be the favorite in all. Running the table until the Big East tournament would likely secure a top-four seed, leaving the mock reveal a distant memory.
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Borzello has always looked at UConn favorably and without bias. Might be the only ESPN guy I can tolerate.
 
JMick said:
For the first time all year he looked confident attacking the rim. Hopefully it wasn't just a blip and he can keep it up through the rest of the year, because he needs to be a net positive when he's on the court.
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He still hesitates when he gets the ball and they sag off him. He needs to be aggressive.
 
caw said:
That's 13 losses in the AP poll this week, 3 today in the 16 seeded teams and 9 total in the 16 seeded teams, 10 while including the next four.
I think it should be something like this next week for BE teams:
Marquette - 9 (10)
X - 17 (16)
UConn -18 (18)
Creighton - 20 (19)
PC - 22 (20)
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Man were you close.
 
HeGotGame said:
www.espn.com

Men's college basketball Power Rankings: Alabama stays No. 1 but is it time to talk Kansas?

Despite the loss at Tennessee (which got the Win of the Week), the Crimson Tide hold onto the top spot -- but the No. 1 competition is heating up.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

i

14. UConn Huskies (20-7)
Previous ranking: In the waiting room
This week: vs. Providence (Wednesday), at St. John's (Saturday)

UConn felt like the biggest surprise omission from the NCAA's bracket reveal Saturday afternoon. The Huskies are in the top 10 in the NET and the top 10 of every predictive metric -- while also possessing five Quadrant 1 wins, including against Alabama by 15, Iowa State by 18 and Marquette by 15. Their home loss to the Red Storm during a difficult 1-5 stretch in January is the lone negative on the résumé, although none of the profiles in the 4-seed range are without imperfections. UConn has four games left, and should be the favorite in all. Running the table until the Big East tournament would likely secure a top-four seed, leaving the mock reveal a distant memory.
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ok, which super duper espn thing is the one?
i mean, it 's not like this one came out only yesterday. wait, it actually did.
#5
ESPN's computer model, the Basketball Power Index, has updated its top 25 rankings on Sunday morning.
ESPN Computer Releases New College Basketball Top 25 Rankings

chasing data dork mania can cause scoliosis. word.
so, there u have it. espn - #5 or #14 at the same time. data for everyone!

seeding - take ap rank, divide by 4, and add beagling to keep it, or add 1, or subtract 1. seeding. even a toddler can learn this.
bro, i got to maintain...

cuz it's all gettin insane in the membrane, and in the data game.
 
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