February General CBB Discussion Thread

[JungleLobo]

Houston loss. Check.
Illinois loss. Check.
Iowa State? Tbd. Currently losing.

Perception is that BYU has not led at the half this year, until tonight?

 

[RuffRuff]

Like you said in one of your posts, Joshua Jefferson is the former St. Mary's player UConn should have gotten. Having said that I am watching Aidan Mahaney on ESPNU and he looks like when he played at St. Mary's. He is the leading scorer so far in this game. It's UCSB vs Hawaii.

Mahaney is a fine player when he's not going up against good athletes. He's actually having a nice year for UCSB, shooting 40% from 3.

 

[uconngb]

I didn't see the arms wrapped around him.

That pretty much means draped on him. Which you said was “fine”

Lol

 

[HooperScooper]

Well that sucked. Have to say that Michigan didn't look like a #1.

The RuffRuff jinx

 

[bendm]

Ok so 1 seed in the South is the goal. Ideally without Houston as the 2/3. I think that means we need ISU or KU to get the 2 seed since they’re also in the Big12 and Houston would have to go elsewhere.

So we want ISU to lose to BYU and KU to beat Houston next week, and for Houston ti keep losing.

 

[auror]

Ok so 1 seed in the South is the goal. Ideally without Houston as the 2/3. I think that means we need ISU or KU to get the 2 seed since they’re also in the Big12 and Houston would have to go elsewhere.

So we want ISU to lose to BYU and KU to beat Houston next week, and for Houston ti keep losing.

Honestly the Iowa State 1 seed, UConn 2 seed in the South draw was pretty sweet.

That is unlikely to happen if it's UConn 1 seed, unless Iowa State finishes ahead of Houston on the 2-line but behind someone like Purdue or Illinois.

 

[Leebo]

Well that sucked. Have to say that Michigan didn't look like a #1.

I heard they were the best team ever assembled.

 

[uconngb]

I heard they were the best team ever assembled.

Until they ran into the “elite” defense of Duke

 

[auror]

 

[bendm]

Honestly the Iowa State 1 seed, UConn 2 seed in the South draw was pretty sweet.

That is unlikely to happen if it's UConn 1 seed, unless Iowa State finishes ahead of Houston on the 2-line but behind someone like Purdue or Illinois.

Why can’t it look like this:

East
1 Duke
8 Purdue

Midwest
2 Michigan
7 Houston

West
3 Zona
6 Illinois

South
4 UConn
5 ISU

 

[auror]

Why can’t it look like this:

East
1 Duke
8 Purdue

Midwest
2 Michigan
7 Houston

West
3 Zona
6 Illinois

South
4 UConn
5 ISU

ISU is about 500 miles closer to Chicago, so would be placed in Midwest as the top 2 seed if Michigan isn't the #1 overall.

 

[bendm]

ISU is about 500 miles closer to Chicago, so would be placed in Midwest as the top 2 seed if Michigan isn't the #1 overall.

If I were ISU I’d rather play the #4 overall than the #2 overall who would have homecourt. Plus Iowa is closer to Houston than we are. Why would it matter if Michigan is 1 overall versus 2 overall?

 

[aceboon]

Hopefully AJD has something left down the stretch of this game, gonna have to backpack and not get to sit

 

[auror]

If I were ISU wouldn’t you rather play the #4 overall than the #2 overall who would have homecourt?

They don't get a choice, it's just a procedure thing. Only the #1 overall gets to pick their pod/region. Less travel is generally better for teams, and the NCAA sells a lot more tickets by minimizing travel distance overall.

 

[gsmooth]

UCSB and Hawaii in a good game. There's a good loud crowd. I guess everyone got their surfing and beach fun in before the game.

 

[NewBlood]

Why can’t it look like this:

East
1 Duke
8 Purdue

Midwest
2 Michigan
7 Houston

West
3 Zona
6 Illinois

South
4 UConn
5 ISU

Call me crazy but I see an all chalk final four here with two rematches, Zona vs UConn, Duke vs Michigan.

 

[gsmooth]

Santa Barbara 66 vs Hawaii 66 . Sb has ball with 39 seconds left.

Later Edit: UCSB 68 Hawaii 66 on UCSB on offensive rebound put back but there's 8 seconds left with Hawaii timeout.

Later Edit: Hawaii ties game with put back and Aidan misses half court shot that just barely misses at the buzzer. Game is going into OT.

 

[bendm]

Call me crazy but I see an all chalk final four here with two rematches, Zona vs UConn, Duke vs Michigan.

I tried to lay it out strictly according to potential S curve but we’d be on dukes side of the bracket

 

[aceboon]

Mahaney nearly made a halfcourt buzzer beater to win it, tied going to OT

 

[gsmooth]

Mahaney nearly made a halfcourt buzzer beater to win it, tied going to OT

I so wanted that shot to go in just for him.

 

[gsmooth]

Damn Mahaney just fouled out.

 

[auror]

BYU letting Iowa State back in the game by going ice cold from behind the arc.

 

[bendm]

They don't get a choice, it's just a procedure thing. Only the #1 overall gets to pick their pod/region. Less travel is generally better for teams, and the NCAA sells a lot more tickets by minimizing travel distance overall.

According to those parameters shouldn’t we have been the 2 seed in the east this morning?

 

[superjohn]

I really don't understand why everyone has Peterson going #1 over Dybantsa.

 

[auror]

According to those parameters shouldn’t we have been the 2 seed in the east this morning?

Yes, but other stuff happened down the line.