Bracketology - Week 14
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Does this mean Charlie has implicitly moved UConn to the 7-spot on the S-curve?
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I don't understand why USC is still a 1 seed after losing to an unranked, and possibly a non tournament team, Iowa.
Oh wait, it's Charlie's bracket.
Oh wait, it's Charlie's bracket.
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Out of SCar, UCLA, USC or NDame I'd rather see UConn face UCLA.
USC? This is not real. Texas as a 5? It all comes down to how UConn plays the two non conference games coming up. They win they are a 1 if they don't they don't deserve to be a 1.
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It's a quad 1 loss.
Who should jump them for the #1 seed?
The only resume that I can see being possibly better is Texas.
The big thing that USC has is a win over a top-10 NET team (UConn), and on the road. Texas doesnt.
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Possible but not necessarily. UConn could be 6th with LSU 7th. But LSU can't be in SC's region, so LSU and UConn get swapped.
Even slightly possible for UConn to have been 5th.
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If USC is still a #1 and TX is a #2 I'd rather see UConn a #3 in that Region 4 than a #2 in Region 2 with SoCar!
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They'll each lose games but who will they lose to? They'd have to have some bad losses to offset the fact that their wins are better than ours.
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Many top twelve [where the FF teams typically reside this time of year] head-to-head matchups still to come in the regular season, and conference tourneys. At this snapshot, Texas would be the 4th Regional #1, UConn is the #2 in the 4th Regional, and LSU the #2 in the 3rd Regional, which puts USCal the #2 in the 2nd Regional with USCarolina ["Will the real USC please stand up?!?" for a spot in the FF]
Go Huskies!!! Thrash the Orange Evil Empire!!!!
[in the "puking Orange all over the place" <== Shea had a great quote for the Knoxville "house"]
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Committee ain’t putting UConn ahead of USC right now.
USC is 5-2 against Quad 1
UConn is 3-2
And USC won AT UConn
Trojans are no lower than 5th currently.
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So we drop down to a #3 Seed. It worked out last year.
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Not even sure about that? We will lose at South Carolina. Assuming we run the tables in the BigEast our best win will be UNC.
Might be a 4 seed or worse not among the top 16.
Might be a 4 seed or worse not among the top 16.
We could slip to a #3 seed, but just too much carnage among teams in current 8-16 group to knock us out of there.
Nobody among Duke, UNC, KSU, TCU, NC St, tOSU, KY, OK, MD and even TN is really stepping up to seize an opportunity. KSU and KY leaders right now.
Many of these teams still have 3-5 more losses coming as they run into tough part of schedule, and all will take presumably a conf tournament loss.
UConn at worst ends 30-4 going into ncaa, with NET rating probably still in top 7.
Nobody among Duke, UNC, KSU, TCU, NC St, tOSU, KY, OK, MD and even TN is really stepping up to seize an opportunity. KSU and KY leaders right now.
Many of these teams still have 3-5 more losses coming as they run into tough part of schedule, and all will take presumably a conf tournament loss.
UConn at worst ends 30-4 going into ncaa, with NET rating probably still in top 7.
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This ^^
The way I see it right now is:
1s: UCLA/Notre Dame/South Carolina as locks unless something bizarre happens
Could be #1 seed or a high #2: Texas, USC, LSU
Then it's sort of the wild west where teams either don't have quality wins but no egregious losses (ex. UCONN), or they have some quality wins but also bad losses (ex. Ohio State, TCU, Duke, Kentucky, etc).
Kansas State/Kentucky appear to have the inside track to getting 2 seeds if they win the games they're supposed to. I think the bigger issue for UCONN though is this likely takes them out of the running for the top 2 #2 seeds on the S-curve, meaning that they're likely going to be placed in UCLA or South Carolina's regional. Both would be awful matchups for UCONN, IMO. If I'm Geno I'd much rather be a 3 or even a 4 seed in a bracket with the likes of USC/LSU than have to face Lauren Betts or SC's athletic lineup prior to the Final Four.