Explain to Stanford, Louisville, Baylor and Maryland

[#1florida]

How is South Carolina a number one seed?

 

[chrissaran]

Four losses. No clue.

 

[mhshuskies]

Stanford is and neither Maryland or Louisville should be, but Baylor is the one that might deserve an explanation. The reveal was made prior to Sunday games.

 

[#1florida]

Stanford is and neither Maryland or Louisville should be, but Baylor is the one that might deserve an explanation. The reveal was made prior to Sunday games.

What about N C State?

 

[TerpWomenFan]

What about N C State?

That was my first thought.

 

[oldude]

Baylor is a tough defensive team, but they can be offensively challenged, and quite frankly the Big 12 is probably the weakest P5 conference from top to bottom.

 

[meyers7]

How is South Carolina a number one seed?

Unless they win the SEC Tourney, they probably won't be. That last "Reveal" doesn't mean anything now. Hell, it didn't mean anything by they time they revealed it. Last Sunday's games and the Conference Tourneys will change it.

Realize, that of those 16 teams in the Reveal, all but 6 of them (hopefully) will have another loss before the Selection Sunday/Monday (whenever it is).

 

[#1florida]

That was my first thought.

I agree, my mind was not completely in gear.

 

[ConnecticutBB]

Only my opinion but I believe the list was ready for publication prior to any of the games on Sunday regardless of the outcomes....A plan for all to review, discuss and up the interest in all the upcoming conference games....increases viewings of future games which increases profits for all....$$$$

 

[Sky ball]

Only my opinion but I believe the list was ready for publication prior to any of the games on Sunday regardless of the outcomes....A plan for all to review, discuss and up the interest in all the upcoming conference games....increases viewings of future games which increases profits for all....$$$$

Or Click Bait?

 

[Kaizen]

According to Voepel,

Hemisfair region: 1. South Carolina, 2. NC State, 3. Indiana, 4. Oregon
The Wolfpack went from No. 6 last time to No. 5, and according to Bracketologist Charlie Creme, NC State is still in the mix for a No. 1 overall seed.

I said many time his is a rotten creme.

 

[bluedevil]

He should be creamed for having NC State a 1

 

[Bald Husky]

Stanford is and neither Maryland or Louisville should be, but Baylor is the one that might deserve an explanation. The reveal was made prior to Sunday games.

Not impressed with Baylor at all, but I agree with the rest. SC is not a #1, and I can't believe the committee does not see it. Maybe they know that the Nike ball won't be used in the tournament, giving them an accommodation like an injured player coming back.

 

[thatguyed]

How is South Carolina a number one seed?

Only with a Wilson ball.

 

[topogigio]

Leftover impact from last year's championship banner!

 

[Carnac]

According to Voepel,

Hemisfair region: 1. South Carolina, 2. NC State, 3. Indiana, 4. Oregon
The Wolfpack went from No. 6 last time to No. 5, and according to Bracketologist Charlie Creme, NC State is still in the mix for a No. 1 overall seed.

I said many time his is a rotten creme.

That would be a very tough draw for SC. NC State is a serious contender this year. Don’t sleep on them.

 

[Twolf]

Baylor is a tough defensive team, but they can be offensively challenged, and quite frankly the Big 12 is probably the weakest P5 conference from top to bottom.

The one team out of the Big 12 I wouldn’t sleep on is Iowa State if you drew them in the dance. They aren’t consistent, but they can really shoot the 3, and you can’t foul them. They have some really good freshmen, (not UConn good freshmen) who will be very good D-1 players the next 3 years. They are 83% as a team from the FT line & hit 10 3’s a game. Besides Baylor, West Virginia is the only other team that could make some noise. Overall, you are correct, the league is not as strong, but Texas is recruiting well under Vic & will get stronger. As of today Baylor is a 2, West Virginia a 4, Texas a 7, Iowa State an 8 seed. Oklahoma & Oklahoma State are in, but not much of a threat IMO.

 

[Plebe]

Why is Stanford included in the question? They're overall #2.

South Carolina has a far better resume than Baylor and Louisville. It's not even close. If you're just counting the number of losses, then you have no idea how resumes are evaluated.

I would give NC State the edge over SC for the last #1 seed. SC does have more Quadrant 1 wins, and NC State's two losses are "softer" than any of SC's losses, but NC State has two wins that are far better than SC's best wins.

 

[Kaizen]

Based on AP polls, South Carolina is #7 overall, that is far away from the #1 seed.

 

[Kaizen]

This is what rotten Creme said about SEC Conference. I say Texas A&M will beat South Carolina in the conference, they already beat South Carolina 65-57.

SEC: March 7, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN2 (Greenville, South Carolina)

South Carolina: With championships in five of the past six years, the SEC tournament has become the Gamecocks' domain.

Predictions for all 31 women's college basketball conference tournaments

Thirty-one automatic berths are up for grabs during Championship Week. Which teams will win their conference tournaments and NCAA auto bid?

www.espn.com

 

[bbsamjj]

Baylor has beaten...ZERO teams ranked in the top 25. One of their losses is to Arkansas, a team SC has beaten.
Louisville has beaten....one team in the top 25 (DePaul) who likely won't be ranked next week.

MD has a stronger resume: They have wins over Indiana, Arkansas, Rutgers; and no bad losses.

SC has beaten: Kentucky (2x), Arkansas, Gonzaga, and Georgia. Three of their losses are to #1 seeds, and the other is to Tennessee (a top 16 team).

I think unless either implode in conference tourney, SC and NC St are likely meeting in the Elite 8, no matter who is #1 or #2.

 

[Ron and Vida]

Only with a Wilson ball.

Creme has a Wilson ball prominently displayed in his display case when doing TV interviews.
Perhaps he’s giving us a clue as to his reasoning for ranking SC as a number one seed

 

[Ron and Vida]

How is South Carolina a number one seed?

Creme said it best:
It’s because they have four quality losses !
The spinmeister turning four losses into a positive

 

[Vowelguy]

Creme has a Wilson ball prominently displayed in his display case when doing TV interviews.
Perhaps he’s giving us a clue as to his reasoning for ranking SC as a number one seed

Creme does not rank the teams. He tries to predict how the committee will rank the teams.
Those are very different things.