Dear AAC and it's fans

[The Viking]

I like that the kid got some time. I hope he gets vhis confidence back, because he can be dynamite. But on a personal level...he deserved it! He came to UConn despite not being able to play in the NCAAs his freshman year. The kid has heart and devotion to the team. You get him minutes when you can, and hope he can come through. He's shown he's not afraid of the big moments.

the thing that kills me about Omar is that lately it seems like he's been getting good looks and the shots look good but then they just barely rim out.
He needs a couple 3's in a 2 minute span to get his brain clicked and ready to go again
Don't forget the Cuse upset last year, he had some huge 3's in that game as well.

 

[nomar]

Maybe less time crying about seeding and more time not embarrassing yourselves on the court.

Sorry -- did someone get embarrassed? I must have missed it. I was watching UConn beat a senior-heavy, streaking St. Joe's.

 

[Husky25]

Doing different things doesn't mean they are unrelated.

Project this system on to the CFP next January. Kingsbury has Texas Tech running on all cylinders. They are taking advantage of coaching changes and player attrition in the Big 12. They have no losses and ranked #2 in the country. All indications are that they should be in the playoffs and seeded #2. Are you okay if the Committee picks a #5 Alabama team with two losses as the #2 seed and drop TTU to #4 or even out of the playoff for whatever reason? I don't.

 

[Waquoit]

63. Those other games don't count as "tourney" games.

Yeah they do. They are the 1st round games.

 

[noeynox]

Winning ugly is better than having two of your teams go out in the first round. Ask the ACC Duke/NC State.

 

[CTBasketball]

If Memphis can win 2 in a row, they will have the testiculos going into MSG.

 

[champs99and04]

I was really embarrassed by Louisville beating Saint Louis by 15 and UConn beating 'Nova by 12 today.

AAC now 5-1 in the tournament. The one loss was by four points to a team that just played one of the tournament favorites to the wire. If the AAC wanted to prove that their teams got under-seeded, they're doing a pretty damn good job right now.

 

[tzznandrew]

Yeah. I think Villanova might start complaining about how underseeded a certain AAC team was.

 

[aceboon]

abandon ship like a mugf_cker

 

[temery]

Yeah they do. They are the 1st round games.

I've run many tournaments, and have never heard of feed-in games referred to as 1st round, until this tournament.

EDIT: I guess my real problem is calling the round of 64 the 2nd round of the tournament. It's not - it's the first game for 60 teams.

 

[pepband99]

1) 1st round games are def. tourney games. Winners get the same units everyone else does.
2) Maybe I had blinders on, but how much of the "whining" this self-important blowhard is complaining about actually came from the schools/fanbases? I heard a great deal of noise from the ESPN talking heads and whatnot, but not much else of substance.

 

[whaler11]

You know who else complained about the seeding? Vegas. You know, the guys who actually know how to evaluate teams... And they thought some of the seedings - in particular Louisville were a joke.

But hey, maybe you know more about college hoops than Vegas.

Some of you guys are seriously brain dead.

Most of the complains from Vegas are wrongheaded - as the loudest voices don't seem to understand the tourney is seeded on resumes - not current form power ratings. Alan Boston was one of the loudest and spent all week saying Dayton shouldn't even have been a candidate.

As for the AAC being 5-1...

A: You see that you get the chance to play the games

B: WHO YOU PLAY MATTERS A HELL OF A LOT MORE THAN WHAT YOUR SEED IS

So in conclusion since this seems to be difficult for people obsessed with 'respect' and the little number next to the team names in the bracket:

A couple of AAC teams were underseeded. It was never worth hundreds of posts crying about it because as you now can see in this very tournament - who you play matters a hell of a lot more than the little number next to your name.

 

[Robertelamin]

Some of you guys are seriously brain dead.

Most of the complains from Vegas are wrongheaded - as the loudest voices don't seem to understand the tourney is seeded on resumes - not current form power ratings. Alan Boston was one of the loudest and spent all week saying Dayton shouldn't even have been a candidate.

As for the AAC being 5-1...

A: You see that you get the chance to play the games

B: WHO YOU PLAY MATTERS A HELL OF A LOT MORE THAN WHAT YOUR SEED IS

So in conclusion since this seems to be difficult for people obsessed with 'respect' and the little number next to the team names in the bracket:

A couple of AAC teams were underseeded. It was never worth hundreds of posts crying about it because as you now can see in this very tournament - who you play matters a hell of a lot more than the little number next to your name.

Welcome to the spin zone!

 

[UConnJim]

Some of you guys are seriously brain dead.

Most of the complains from Vegas are wrongheaded - as the loudest voices don't seem to understand the tourney is seeded on resumes - not current form power ratings. Alan Boston was one of the loudest and spent all week saying Dayton shouldn't even have been a candidate.

As for the AAC being 5-1...

A: You see that you get the chance to play the games

B: WHO YOU PLAY MATTERS A HELL OF A LOT MORE THAN WHAT YOUR SEED IS

So in conclusion since this seems to be difficult for people obsessed with 'respect' and the little number next to the team names in the bracket:

A couple of AAC teams were underseeded. It was never worth hundreds of posts crying about it because as you now can see in this very tournament - who you play matters a hell of a lot more than the little number next to your name.

You just don't get it. Seeding matters, not only for the quality of opponents that you will meet, but also for economic reasons. Economically, the ACC and A-10 benefitted by having their conferences overrated as they got more teams in the tournament which gives the conference a greater possibility of NCAA credits which = money! By SMU not making the tournament, the AAC lost the opportunity to make more money and by lowering the seeds of the AAC teams, the ability to earn credits got harder.

The top 5 in the AAC this year were very good teams, but the conference was not respected. Hopefully, the AAC is gaining respect with each tournament win as this will help the conference in the future.

 

[temery]

1) 1st round games are def. tourney games. Winners get the same units everyone else does.

Do winners of the feed in games get more or less than the teams that lose in the round of 64?

What about the losers of those first four feed in game?

 

[Yonick]

Some of you guys are seriously brain dead.

Most of the complains from Vegas are wrongheaded - as the loudest voices don't seem to understand the tourney is seeded on resumes - not current form power ratings. Alan Boston was one of the loudest and spent all week saying Dayton shouldn't even have been a candidate.

As for the AAC being 5-1...

A: You see that you get the chance to play the games

B: WHO YOU PLAY MATTERS A HELL OF A LOT MORE THAN WHAT YOUR SEED IS

So in conclusion since this seems to be difficult for people obsessed with 'respect' and the little number next to the team names in the bracket:

A couple of AAC teams were underseeded. It was never worth hundreds of posts crying about it because as you now can see in this very tournament - who you play matters a hell of a lot more than the little number next to your name.

Hey Whaler, guess what???? UConn won last night, we are in our 15th sweet 16......And how did your team do???

 

[pepband99]

Some of you guys are seriously brain dead.

Most of the complains from Vegas are wrongheaded - as the loudest voices don't seem to understand the tourney is seeded on resumes - not current form power ratings. Alan Boston was one of the loudest and spent all week saying Dayton shouldn't even have been a candidate.

As for the AAC being 5-1...

A: You see that you get the chance to play the games

B: WHO YOU PLAY MATTERS A HELL OF A LOT MORE THAN WHAT YOUR SEED IS

So in conclusion since this seems to be difficult for people obsessed with 'respect' and the little number next to the team names in the bracket:

A couple of AAC teams were underseeded. It was never worth hundreds of posts crying about it because as you now can see in this very tournament - who you play matters a hell of a lot more than the little number next to your name.

Don't leave skidmarks backtracking so hard.

 

[emshorts]

i'll bet these "losers" weren't feeling "special" about being the higher seeds
as many college coaches say, survive and advance...style points go out the window

5VCU75----12Stephen F. Austin77
5Oklahoma75----12North Dakota State80
3Duke71----14Mercer78
6Ohio State59----11Dayton60
11Dayton55----3Syracuse53

 

[Marty Jackson]

abandon ship like a mugf_cker

One key distinction. whaler was never on this ship...

 

[Senore]

Don't leave skidmarks backtracking so hard.

Good Lord, that poor fool is trying to double down?? Who is the Whaler and who does he root for? (I am fully prepared to LMAO at the answer)

It turns out, 'the eye test" doesn't mean diddly squat once the games take place because the tournament itself is all about match ups. And not only that, defensive-specialist ballgames seem abhorrent to basketball fans whose only take on abilities are what a team looks like on offense. Turns out, as proven last season, good defense wins championships because it is always there. Watching Brimah and Nolan and Daniels make Pinkston eat leather was thrilling to this defense fan - as was watching St Louis go a record 0-15 from beyond the arc because Louisville focused on not allowing that.

Does anyone here believe that UConn or Louisville would not thrive against a team like Oregon who wants to run and gun? I can see it now, if one of them won 98-92. "They're back!!" would be the expert opinion. Too bad because they missed the real games where teams grind out wins and advance.

The AAC was criminally underseeded and the very deserving SMU left out. The freaking A-10 got their 6th seed in their tournament - UMass - into a 6th seed in the NCAA tourney, only to be butt-slapped brutally, which we all could have called easily.

 

[Marty Jackson]

Some of you guys are seriously brain dead.

Most of the complains from Vegas are wrongheaded - as the loudest voices don't seem to understand the tourney is seeded on resumes - not current form power ratings. Alan Boston was one of the loudest and spent all week saying Dayton shouldn't even have been a candidate.

As for the AAC being 5-1...

A: You see that you get the chance to play the games

B: WHO YOU PLAY MATTERS A HELL OF A LOT MORE THAN WHAT YOUR SEED IS

So in conclusion since this seems to be difficult for people obsessed with 'respect' and the little number next to the team names in the bracket:

A couple of AAC teams were underseeded. It was never worth hundreds of posts crying about it because as you now can see in this very tournament - who you play matters a hell of a lot more than the little number next to your name.

not sure what's more frustrating, your original post which was simply being 'douchey' for attention, or this post in which you really think that you alone get it, while the entire BY (and Vegas) doesn't.

 

[Senore]

not sure what's more frustrating, your original post which was simply being 'douchey' for attention, or this post in which you really think that you alone get it, while the entire BY (and Vegas) doesn't.

True story. That was remarkably douchey. And I live around UK fans. I know douchey.

 

[Marty Jackson]

You just don't get it. Seeding matters, not only for the quality of opponents that you will meet, but also for economic reasons. Economically, the ACC and A-10 benefitted by having their conferences overrated as they got more teams in the tournament which gives the conference a greater possibility of NCAA credits which = money! By SMU not making the tournament, the AAC lost the opportunity to make more money and by lowering the seeds of the AAC teams, the ability to earn credits got harder.

The top 5 in the AAC this year were very good teams, but the conference was not respected. Hopefully, the AAC is gaining respect with each tournament win as this will help the conference in the future.

the bigger damage was actually putting 3 of the teams in the same bracket.

 

[Marty Jackson]

Good Lord, that poor fool is trying to double down?? Who is the Whaler and who does he root for? (I am fully prepared to LMAO at the answer)

It turns out, 'the eye test" doesn't mean diddly squat once the games take place because the tournament itself is all about match ups. And not only that, defensive-specialist ballgames seem abhorrent to basketball fans whose only take on abilities are what a team looks like on offense. Turns out, as proven last season, good defense wins championships because it is always there. Watching Brimah and Nolan and Daniels make Pinkston eat leather was thrilling to this defense fan - as was watching St Louis go a record 0-15 from beyond the arc because Louisville focused on not allowing that.

Does anyone here believe that UConn or Louisville would not thrive against a team like Oregon who wants to run and gun? I can see it now, if one of them won 98-92. "They're back!!" would be the expert opinion. Too bad because they missed the real games where teams grind out wins and advance.

The AAC was criminally underseeded and the very deserving SMU left out. The freaking A-10 got their 6th seed in their tournament - UMass - into a 6th seed in the NCAA tourney, only to be butt-slapped brutally, which we all could have called easily.

for every post pointing out the seeding disparity for the AAC, there was just as much chatter around Uconn's favorable draw. Yes, the #7 seed was lower than projected, but a lot of people here also pointed out that uconn matched up well against St. Joe's and Villanova.

 

[Senore]

for every post pointing out the seeding disparity for the AAC, there was just as much chatter around Uconn's favorable draw. Yes, the #7 seed was lower than projected, but a lot of people here also pointed out that uconn matched up well against St. Joe's and Villanova.

Once again, that just shows the veracity of "matchups" being so important. Aaide from that, seeding the A-10's #6 seed into the #6 spot in National Seeding was a mistake the size of the Grand frigging Canyon. I was laughing so hard the day that came out I was hospitialized.