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We had a nice Q1 opportunity on December 9th. That should be the end of the discussion IMO
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If all falls even here, and it's fairly subjective as to what that would mean (they win out, we win out, they win out, we lose the BETC), that H2H has to register.
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Might be my favorite bracket projection i've seen. Any way we can avoid Houston/Florida in the South good by me
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Makes no sense why the top 2 seed would get sent out West w/AZ.
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Everyone thinks it's down to us and Florida at #4/#5 overall. There's basically no way we don't end up in the South together.
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since when has the selection committee shown to place seeds accordingly? Every year teams are placed and left leaving people scratching their heads.
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I believe each seed is rated in groups. The weekest 2 seed is in the bracket with the strongest 1 seed. The strongest 2 seed is in the bracket with the weekest 1 seed. and so on...
Give me this in a heartbeat
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Yup
Does UConn hold a Trump card?
With Selection Sunday still two weeks away, the debate is all hypothetical for now. But if the Huskies and Gators are next to each other in the seeding hierarchy on Selection Sunday, UConn holds a potential Trump card. The Huskies topped Florida on Dec. 9 inside Madison Square Garden. That was before the Gators hit their stride, but it could be a data point the selection committee considers in a tight race.There are limitations on the significance of head-to-head results in the seeding process, because upsets are a part of college basketball's fabric, and leaning too hard into head-to-head could lead to seeding discrepancies. But in a scenario where two teams fighting for a spot on a certain seed line played on a neutral court, it could be something the committee considers.
Bracketology: Florida emerges as UConn's top challenger for fourth No. 1 seed as chase pack thins out
As the calendar flips to March, the race for the final No. 1 seed is thinning out
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Agree, and the way he’s framing this, UConn’s better off as the 2 seed in the BE tourney so they can get 2 more Quad 1 wins.
But let’s say it plays out that way & UConn wins the BE tourney. Barring a loss at Marquette Saturday, UConn would then be 10-2 in Quad 1. And if Florida wins out, they’d be 14-5. Imo, Uconn would still clearly deserve the 1 seed over FL.
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Thought I would set up a poll about this. Would you rather potentially face the more dominant team (Florida) or a team with a home court advantage (Houston) in the Elite 8 of the South (Houston) Region?
Honestly, I think we beat either one. There isn't a 2 seed I'm really that scared about. As someone recently pointed out, while FL is on a nice run, it's not exactly a bunch of great teams they have been beating up. Alabama and Arkansas maybe, but Miss, Georgia, SC (twice), a rapidly fading A&M, all after losing at home to a meh Auburn team isn't exactly murderer's row.
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I wouldn't count on it. The only thing you can count on with the NCAA selection committee is completely hair brained nonsense nobody expected
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Should be... isn't
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I love this "before Florida hit their stride" nonsense. Same is true of UConn. Reed missed the 2 previous games and wasn't 100%. Mullins was still coming back from injury and this was only his 4th game overall.Yup
Does UConn hold a Trump card?
With Selection Sunday still two weeks away, the debate is all hypothetical for now. But if the Huskies and Gators are next to each other in the seeding hierarchy on Selection Sunday, UConn holds a potential Trump card. The Huskies topped Florida on Dec. 9 inside Madison Square Garden. That was before the Gators hit their stride, but it could be a data point the selection committee considers in a tight race.
There are limitations on the significance of head-to-head results in the seeding process, because upsets are a part of college basketball's fabric, and leaning too hard into head-to-head could lead to seeding discrepancies. But in a scenario where two teams fighting for a spot on a certain seed line played on a neutral court, it could be something the committee considers.
Bracketology: Florida emerges as UConn's top challenger for fourth No. 1 seed as chase pack thins out
As the calendar flips to March, the race for the final No. 1 seed is thinning out
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Matchup details aside, Florida. I love the quasi rivalry we've got going with them
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But then every March when the brackets come out, fans pull out this criteria, then look at the brackets and then say.... wait, what???
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The s curve defines who the 2 seeds are then it’s all about geographic preference with two exceptions: the top 4 teams in each conference need to be sorted into different regions (so Illinois can’t be in the Midwest with UM and Houston can’t be in the west with Zona) and the top 2 seed can’t be paired with the 1 overall seed. So Florida would be in the East if Duke weren’t 1 overall.
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Playing Houston should be like playing an upgraded version of Seton Hall. A dogged defensive team that frequently struggles offensively. UConn has certainly had enough experiences this season against a team like that. It would be an aesthetically awful watch, but at least there's a good amount of experience there.
Florida's size still has to be a major concern, even if UConn handled it decently the first time. Limiting open floor turnovers and being efficient on offense would be vital because Florida is likely to get 8-10 more shot attempts because of offensive rebounding.
I think Houston on the "road" would be the better choice.
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I can’t believe what I’m reading. don’t see anyway that playing Houston at HOME would be preferable to playing Florida on a neutral court. They’d both be deserving 2 seeds. Florida is not that much better than Houston so as to make up for the latter’s home court advantage.
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Biggest B.S. in all sports. Any sport. Both teams hadn't hit their stride-
Its like when youre a kid and your mom takes you shoe shopping and youre embarrassed because one of your classmates sees you in the store- mom was always right when she said "honey, they're shopping here too"
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I love this bracket for UConn. Purdue is so flawed, Texas Tech is without Toppin and Florida doesn’t strike fear in me.
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Duke gets a layup there, AZ gets the tough draw. We get a good path to the Elite 8, it's all you can ask for.
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If they even get there. Tickets will be allocated and while they have a crowd advantage, it wouldn't quite be a home game. Meanwhile, both teams would be in Pods the first weekend. Even then Houston would need to win a sweet 16 game to face UConn. It's not worth worrying about.
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The last paragraph is nonsense and reveals the biased opinion of whoever wrote that. It implies that the UConn win was an upset, by the way, so it shouldn’t be considered as relevant.
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8 teams that can win it all. No surprises.
UConn has one of the best two-way point guards in the country in Silas Demary Jr. In Alex Karaban, Solo Ball and Braylon Mullins, the Huskies have a shotmaking trio matched by very few teams. There's plenty of depth. And Hurley has a top-10 defense, one that was among the very best in America for the first three months of the season.
Don't discount UConn's championship pedigree, either. The Huskies have a coaching staff and multiple players who have done it before -- twice. That matters in March.
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UConn has one of the best two-way point guards in the country in Silas Demary Jr. In Alex Karaban, Solo Ball and Braylon Mullins, the Huskies have a shotmaking trio matched by very few teams. There's plenty of depth. And Hurley has a top-10 defense, one that was among the very best in America for the first three months of the season.
Don't discount UConn's championship pedigree, either. The Huskies have a coaching staff and multiple players who have done it before -- twice. That matters in March.
The 8 teams that could win the men's NCAA basketball title
It's a no-brainer if one of these eight teams wins in April. For the remaining 357? Better luck next year.
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It's so hard to synchronize UConn from who was hurt, who wasn't there. You'd think if all that mattered that much, they'd have dominated the BE. It's a very weird team/season so far, whereas we'll likely see what they really are over the next couple weeks. They're like a box of chocolates right now, I'm hoping we get the caramel nugget in March.
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Well, one player who's done it before twice, but I like the sentiment.8 teams that can win it all. No surprises.
UConn has one of the best two-way point guards in the country in Silas Demary Jr. In Alex Karaban, Solo Ball and Braylon Mullins, the Huskies have a shotmaking trio matched by very few teams. There's plenty of depth. And Hurley has a top-10 defense, one that was among the very best in America for the first three months of the season.
Don't discount UConn's championship pedigree, either. The Huskies have a coaching staff and multiple players who have done it before -- twice. That matters in March.
The 8 teams that could win the men's NCAA basketball title
It's a no-brainer if one of these eight teams wins in April. For the remaining 357? Better luck next year.
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