I may have posted this before but I had a very close friend who left her corporate job to work in a university admissions office. She quickly became disenchanted because she realized that the plethora of criteria affecting admissions was really used to be able to make particular decisions largely subjective if so desired. She emphasized this was not the norm but that it was also utilized; neither rarely or frequently but it was applied.Gotta wonder whats goin on. I read Charlies remarks and I have to wonder because for me its very confusing. How can teams struggle in the second half of the season and lose to unranked teams and be thought to be a 1 seed. Why are some teams considered a 1 seed because they won their conference tournament and not UConn? If injuries and returning players play a part in deciding rankings how much better does it get having Azzi and Caroline back? The teams that struggled down the stretch pretty much had their starters on the floor. UConn didnt until the BET and in the BET UConn showed us a different much improved team. The team that dominated the BET is similar to the team that started the season.
Im not sure if its me but I have to wonder if there are anti UConn people trying to sway the rankings and the NCAA pairings? I mention that because of the pairings UConn faced last season. UConn had the tuffest road to the FF and made the Final game. Another concern is how the games will be called. That one you can think about. For me its a concern.
I look at this UConn team now and with Azzi and Caroline back and hopefully Griff we are balanced on both sides of the ball with great outside shooters, with bigs underneath and altogether they can all create their own shot and shoot at a very high percentage from the floor and at the line. Will opponents be good enough to guard and stop UConn? Will defenses play physical and that physicality not be called fouls? If we need to make foul shots who is better then Azzi and Lou and UConn as a team.
For these reasons I cant see UConn losing unless they have injuries or in big time foul trouble.
If UConn faces SC I believe our outside shooting could make the difference. I say that thinking of LVille beating a very good Griner/Baylor team with their outside shooting. I believe UConn can put up alot more points then most teams they will face and because of that trying to defend UConn 5 on 5 would be very difficult. I am really looking forward to tomorrow nite. FWIW my 1 seeds are
SC
UConn
Indiana
Iowa
Because some are scared of who UConn might have to face thus jeopardizing yet another streak.I just don't understand this obsession with seedings. What difference does it make?
Oh, if the NCAA has UCONN as a #1 seed, I will seriously enjoy Charlie Bracket whining about the incorrectness of UCONN as a #1 seed.Sunday night at 8, I believe. ESPN.
We like to "rag" on ol' "good time Charlie." He's low-hanging fruit. You're right. 90% of his comments are nothing more than click-bait, and often time we fall for it.Why all this angst about Charlie Creme? The poster who calls his stuff clickbait is exactly right. It may be interesting to read, but its purpose is the same as those screamers on Fox Sports and ESPN whose opinions are designed only to rile up the fans. some years Charlie gets it right and some he's way off. Now that the Selection Committee has periodic "reveals," he has become less relevant, and I think he realizes it. Think of him as entertainment that's only somewhat related to the Selection Committee reality.
Forego, THIS is what the Boneyard likes to do. We like to piss, whine, moan, and complain about anything we think is not right, is unfair to us, or excludes or disrespects us. We're spoiled. That's who we are. Just as wealthy people are ok with living like they're rich, We're ok with complaining. Don't forget, this is our forum. We're complaining to each other, not to other fan bases' chatrooms/boards. We could win the national championship, and there would still be a few negative comments about how the team or various players played.Cheez. None the final seedlings have been announced and the forum is already in full complaint mode. Don’t worry about it. It will over soon when the real debating will begin. To answer some of the more prominent questions in this thread, the following is provided:
Regardless of what they preach the primary criteria the selection committee applies is to assign teams in the manner that will promote parity.
The rest of the criteria such as SOS, wins vs losses, away game records, the so-called body of work, the team’s record in the latter part of the season and what ever other criteria you can think of take a back seat to pushing parity.
The selection committee always goes into great detail about the criteria it applied during the one question and one partial answer period after the selections are announced. Listen carefully, the criteria changes every year.
For all of the newer members or those of us who have forgotten it’s called a conspiracy.
If we are going to bed in the final four, we have to beat someone good. I will be satisfied as long as UCONN is not in the same grouping as South Carolina.Gotta wonder whats goin on. I read Charlies remarks and I have to wonder because for me its very confusing. How can teams struggle in the second half of the season and lose to unranked teams and be thought to be a 1 seed. Why are some teams considered a 1 seed because they won their conference tournament and not UConn? If injuries and returning players play a part in deciding rankings how much better does it get having Azzi and Caroline back? The teams that struggled down the stretch pretty much had their starters on the floor. UConn didnt until the BET and in the BET UConn showed us a different much improved team. The team that dominated the BET is similar to the team that started the season.
Im not sure if its me but I have to wonder if there are anti UConn people trying to sway the rankings and the NCAA pairings? I mention that because of the pairings UConn faced last season. UConn had the tuffest road to the FF and made the Final game. Another concern is how the games will be called. That one you can think about. For me its a concern.
I look at this UConn team now and with Azzi and Caroline back and hopefully Griff we are balanced on both sides of the ball with great outside shooters, with bigs underneath and altogether they can all create their own shot and shoot at a very high percentage from the floor and at the line. Will opponents be good enough to guard and stop UConn? Will defenses play physical and that physicality not be called fouls? If we need to make foul shots who is better then Azzi and Lou and UConn as a team.
For these reasons I cant see UConn losing unless they have injuries or in big time foul trouble.
If UConn faces SC I believe our outside shooting could make the difference. I say that thinking of LVille beating a very good Griner/Baylor team with their outside shooting. I believe UConn can put up alot more points then most teams they will face and because of that trying to defend UConn 5 on 5 would be very difficult. I am really looking forward to tomorrow nite. FWIW my 1 seeds are
SC
UConn
Indiana
Iowa
Creme's strategy of putting click bait out there to improve his marketing appears to be working. Charlie Creme has little or no influence on the selection committee.
Why don't you want to be in the same bracket as South Carolina?If we are going to bed in the final four, we have to beat someone good. I will be satisfied as long as UCONN is not in the same grouping as South Carolina.
To save the best game of the year for the last!Why don't you want to be in the same bracket as South Carolina?
And a stated principle of the committee in bracket-setting is to make that someone's strength commensurate with what our performance has fairly earned.If we are going to be in the final four, we have to beat someone good
If you wind up a 2 or 3 seed, you would not want to have to beat South Carolina to even make it to the Final Four, particularly when you have a streak of 14 straight Final Four appearances. Losing to South Carolina in the Final Four would be one thing, but them keeping us out of the Final Four would really hurt.Why don't you want to be in the same bracket as South Carolina?
people are so obsessed with these "streaks" that really don't matter. What matters at Uconn is winning NATIONAL TITLESIf you wind up a 2 or 3 seed, you would not want to have to beat South Carolina to even make it to the Final Four, particularly when you have a streak of 14 straight Final Four appearances. Losing to South Carolina in the Final Four would be one thing, but them keeping us out of the Final Four would really hurt.
What the heck does overall component mean?For those who want a boiled down version of the of how the selection committee evaluates teams, this is from the NCAA's site:
Criteria used by the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee to evaluate a team includes (alphabetically):
Throw it all into a blender, mix it up, then add personal bias... LOL (this last is my comment)
- Availability of talent (injured or unavailable players)
- Bad losses
- Common opponents
- Competitive in losses
- Conference record
- Early competition versus late competition
- Head-to-head outcomes
- NET ranking
- Non-conference record
- Observable component
- Overall record
- Regional Advisory Committee region rankings
- Significant wins
- Strength of schedule
UConn is currently #2 in the NET. LSU is #3, which gives me some concern over the accuracy of the NET.
If they're quoting TonyC than they're much smarter than I thought they were.the selection committee may not read charlie, but they DO read the BY ... their opening statement is actually: "heres what Tonyc said"...
If they're using TonyC, you won't get any argument from me, so carry on selection committee!the selection committee may not read charlie, but they DO read the BY ... their opening statement is actually: "heres what Tonyc said"...
"Observable" component: the eye test.What the heck does overall component mean?