Bracketology This Week

[Wbbfan1]

Bracketology with Charlie Creme

When looking at the Match Ups the Bridgeport and Stockton Regions are the toughest for the #1 Seeds.

Bridgeport: Washington or Maryland are tough outs for UConn for them to get to Final Four.
Stockton: Florida St and maybe Texas would be tough for Miss St to beat to get to Final Four.
Okla City: No Competition for Baylor from any team.
Lexington: While So Carolina can be beaten in this region, IMO if they lose it will because they play poorly.

 

[triaddukefan]

A potential Tenn-Duke game in the second round? That would be a coaching matchup of EPIC proportions

 

[JavaMan]

A potential Tenn-Duke game in the second round? That would be a coaching matchup of EPIC proportions

Did you often color outside the lines as a child?

 

[triaddukefan]

Did you often color outside the lines as a child?

I can hardly remember what i had for dinner yesterday..... and you expect me to remember things from 40 years ago???

 

[JavaMan]

Bracketology with Charlie Creme

When looking at the Match Ups the Bridgeport and Stockton Regions are the toughest for the #1 Seeds.

Bridgeport: Washington or Maryland are tough outs for UConn for them to get to Final Four.
Stockton: Florida St and maybe Texas would be tough for Miss St to beat to get to Final Four.
Okla City: No Competition for Baylor from any team.
Lexington: While So Carolina can be beaten in this region, IMO if they lose it will because they play poorly.

I hope Miss St doesn't end up in Bridgeport. They've got a score to settle ...and they're looking pretty good ...with miles to go before they sleep!

 

[EricLA]

Those are Charlie's predictions, but 2 things. First, way more hoops to be played. Second, no way would the committee "reward" UCONN by putting 3 seed Maryland in their bracket.

 

[CocoHusky]

Did you often color outside the lines as a child?

I can hardly remember what i had for dinner yesterday..... and you expect me to remember things from 40 years ago???

So you were a child 40 years ago? Seems like only yesterday.

 

[Wbbfan1]

Maryland's closest Region is Bridgeport. I'll be shocked if Maryland isn't in UConn's Bracket unless they get a #1 Seed which is unlikely.

Those are Charlie's predictions, but 2 things. First, way more hoops to be played. Second, no way would the committee "reward" UCONN by putting 3 seed Maryland in their bracket.

 

[triaddukefan]

Creme really should wait til Tuesday to put up these projections... especially with all of these big monday games.

 

[UcMiami]

That first committee reveal was interesting, but with MD likely to win out and a bunch of the teams in front of them adding 2 or more losses, I just don't see MD as anything lower than a high two seed. I don't care if those losses come against top teams and are considered 'good', a team with 4+ losses vs. MD with one loss to UConn ...

 

[triaddukefan]

That first committee reveal was interesting, but with MD likely to win out and a bunch of the teams in front of them adding 2 or more losses, I just don't see MD as anything lower than a high two seed. I don't care if those losses come against top teams and are considered 'good', a team with 4+ losses vs. MD with one loss to UConn ...

Definitely pulling for Ohio State in their matchup with Maryland. First one to 100 wins that game. Shame on the Big 10 for only scheduling them once in the regular season.

 

[UcMiami]

Definitely pulling for Ohio State in their matchup with Maryland. First one to 100 wins that game. Shame on the Big 10 for only scheduling them once in the regular season.

With all the leagues becoming so big, the unbalanced schedules are a real problem. The alternative is worse of course with the OOC being seriously curtailed. At least with the tournaments the best teams in the conferences usually end up playing twice even if they are not scheduled in the reg season. And of course it got a little over the top with UConn/ND playing four times per year for three years running.
But SC/Miss St, and SC/TN being one offs or Duke/ND, etc. as well as MD/Ohio St it does hurt with the home team being advantaged.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Charliw is saying Maryland seeding is hurt by a down-cycle Big 10, but that was not going to be a surprise to anyone. Net, net, Brenda chose the more than crème-puff OOC schedule and now is living with the consequences. Charlie: " Sure, Brenda Frese probably under-scheduled given her talent, but the Big Ten hasn't given her team any opportunity to make up significant ground in the strength of schedule metric the way ACC and SEC teams typically do." Weak Big Ten continues to hurt Terps

 

[easttexastrash]

Would love to see a UCONN vs Maryland match-up in the regional finals. Washington would not have a shot at beating UCONN, IMO.

 

[chrissaran]

Maryland could beat any of the teams that are 2 seeds. However, with SC losing, and more upsets on the way, nobody will know until the conference tournaments are finished.

 

[drweo]

Maryland's closest Region is Bridgeport. I'll be shocked if Maryland isn't in UConn's Bracket unless they get a #1 Seed which is unlikely.

Why not Lexington?

 

[Plebe]

Would love to see a UCONN vs Maryland match-up in the regional finals. Washington would not have a shot at beating UCONN, IMO.

That's funny, I was just thinking that it should be Baylor-Maryland in the Elite 8.

 

[Plebe]

Why not Lexington?

Last year Maryland was also a #2 seed and was sent to Lexington, not Bridgeport.

 

[easttexastrash]

That's funny, I was just thinking that it should be Baylor-Maryland in the Elite 8.

We would leave them on the side of the road like a road-kill turtle.

 

[triaddukefan]

We would leave them on the side of the road like a road-kill turtle.

Why leave them on the side of the road? Why not rip open the shell and take out the meat to make a tasty turtle soup?