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OT: East #2

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BFieldHusky said:
No one is picking us, and we are kind of off the radar. I love it.
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Lot's of BB material - but unlike a 24 team, not sure how this group responds to it.

We shall see - no one is picking us, nor should they.

Hurley is on display. Let's see what you got Danny.
 
Kemba15 said:
Is this confirmed ? I see a random guy on Twitter circulating the times and it was picked up by some real accounts but I don’t know if it’s legit
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It’s unofficial. Only Matt Norlander gets the tip off times. Not sure how he became the steward of that job but I have his tweets on alert lol
 
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NJHusky said:
Why would they put us and St. John’s in same bracket? I thought goal was to separate conf teams
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Only requirement is 1-4 seeds are separated. So as long as we're on opposite sides and wouldn't play until the Elite 8 it's fine. And both teams preferred the East region so it made sense
 
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RuffRuff said:
We have EASILY the most entertaining bracket. Pitino, Scheyer, Self, Cornin, Hurley, Izzo. My lord, talk about a collection. Louisville.

That's 6 of the top 10 brands in college hoops.

Couldn't ask for more - Elite 8, no excuses. We get UCLA on EST, a MSU team that can't score well with a limited front court.

I like that we landed in the East, and geography. About as good a situation as you can ask for. We also get the Friday/Sunday games with an extra day of rest for Silas & Stew.

Good situation. Elite 8 or bust.
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This. Both our seed and our draw was fair.

And could everyone quit the damn whining about St. John’s also being the East. We should be so lucky if we get to the regional final to have them waiting for us rather than Duke. That’s your complaint? (And yes, I would have given them a 4 rather than a 5 but if you accept we’re as high as we are because of what we did before conference play started, quit whining that St Johns is paying for having not accomplished a damn thing before conference play started.)

By the way — 2 rounds in Philly and then 2 in DC happened in ‘06. And ended with George friggin Mason.
 
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bendm said:
Not anymore. The s-curve is trumped by geographic preference aside from the 5 not being paired with the 1.
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They still use the S-curve, but they make exceptions for conference schools and non-conference rematches, and geography is a factor. There is also scrubbing which can move a school up or down. Conference schools seeded 1 to 4 are not put in the same region if possible and schools that played 3 times during the season can't meet until the regional final which is how St. John's got into the East with UConn as they are a 5 seed and they wouldn't meet until the regional final.
 
UConnJim said:
They still use the S-curve, but they make exceptions for conference schools and non-conference rematches, and geography is a factor. There is also scrubbing which can move a school up or down. Conference schools seeded 1 to 4 are not put in the same region if possible and schools that played 3 times during the season can't meet until the regional final which is how St. John's got into the East with UConn as they are a 5 seed and they wouldn't meet until the regional final.
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I know…I was responding to the comment that said the 1&2 seeds should have been paired strictly based on s-curve. That doesn’t happen anymore. The curve determines the seed lines but then bracketing Is primarily based on geographic preference as demonstrated by the fact that #8 MSU is the only team that didn’t get their preference.

It wasn’t because we already played Zona and UF already when we wouldn’t meet them until the elite 8 and the 1&2 seeds didn’t need to be shuffled around due to conference affiliation this year.
 
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aceboon said:
Looking at how things shook out between UConn and Florida given they were battling for the last #1 seed, how does everyone feel? I'd rather our placement in the East...
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Except for Houston Florida has it good
 
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aceboon said:
Looking at how things shook out between UConn and Florida given they were battling for the last #1 seed, how does everyone feel? I'd rather our placement in the East...
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I would take Florida's bracket or Houston's for that matter. Pretty easy
 
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Henry said:
We're the higher seed than UCLA. Why should they get more rest til Sunday than us? Plus people in LA will have a game that starts late afternoon for them.
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The games times are not about fairness or respect. They are about maximizing TV viewership. And if you think they could get more viewers by flipping game times, take it up with the supercomputers and formulae used by CBS. But between you and CBS do you want to guess where the smart money is?
 
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