Help Me Understand This Seeding: Florida State and MD in CT's Bracket?

[Los24]

Call me old fashioned, but why bother with projected brackets? They have no meaning. Time enough to discuss the real brackets.

You know how ironic that sounds when most of the threads on BY are hypothetical...?

 

[Los24]

Coach Auriemma has said repeatedly that UConn has weaknesses that get hidden, not eliminated, by the team's strengths. At this point in the season, every coach that has to play UConn knows what those weaknesses are and is game-planning to exploit them. So any quality team UConn plays is ready with some strategies. In the case of the better teams and coaches, they still believe this is the year UConn is vulnerable, and they believe they are the ones who can do it. They have seen the FSU, Baylor, MD, ND, S. Car, Tulane games. Although UConn won all those, there were lessons to be used against the Huskies. So beyond maybe the first round of the NCAA, it wont matter which teams the Huskies play against. They all will be bringing their A games.

You can say the samething for UConn in regards to game planning for their opponent.... Except we have the best coach and players.

But I understand (using a football term,) any given Sunday! Look at Dayton last year.

 

[tkaes]

Coach Auriemma has said repeatedly that UConn has weaknesses that get hidden, not eliminated, by the team's strengths. At this point in the season, every coach that has to play UConn knows what those weaknesses are and is game-planning to exploit them. So any quality team UConn plays is ready with some strategies. In the case of the better teams and coaches, they still believe this is the year UConn is vulnerable, and they believe they are the ones who can do it. They have seen the FSU, Baylor, MD, ND, S. Car, Tulane games. Although UConn won all those, there were lessons to be used against the Huskies. So beyond maybe the first round of the NCAA, it wont matter which teams the Huskies play against. They all will be bringing their A games.

Well, they will all certainly be intending to bring their A games and will all believe they will be bringing their A games. The proof is always in the pudding.

 

[cohenzone]

You know how ironic that sounds when most of the threads on BY are hypothetical...?

They usually don't have a million permutations.

 

[Vowelguy]

After watching the SEC Tournament games, I can't see how SEC deserves 8 teams in the NCAA Tournament. Past South Carolina and Miss. St., I can't see any other SEC team better than University of Oregon team in PAC-12 & UO finished 6th. Their quality of play is not up to PAC-12 & ACC. California could beat any of the SEC Teams that finished 3rd or higher. This is a weak conference. I know others disagree, and I may eat my words come tournament time, but I'm putting it out there for debate.

Again, it's a team-by-team evaluation. 7 SEC teams is a sure thing. Auburn is really the only bubble team. If you want to make a case for Cal over Auburn, that could be done. But no one else in the PAC has a shot, and there are nowhere near enough bubble teams to knock out LSU.

 

[nwhoopfan]

The Pac 12's problem is that the top 4 hardly lost any games to anyone outside the top 4 and the bottom 6 are all too closely lumped together. Two teams went 6-12 and four went 5-13. If there could've been a bit more separation and one or two teams won 7-9 games instead of 5 or 6, there would probably be a couple more bubble contenders. Utah, Colorado and Cal all won 10 or more in OOC but just didn't win enough in conference and didn't beat the good teams.

 

[Plebe]

The Pac 12's problem is that the top 4 hardly lost any games to anyone outside the top 4 and the bottom 6 are all too closely lumped together. Two teams went 6-12 and four went 5-13. If there could've been a bit more separation and one or two teams won 7-9 games instead of 5 or 6, there would probably be a couple more bubble contenders. Utah, Colorado and Cal all won 10 or more in OOC but just didn't win enough in conference and didn't beat the good teams.

The thing that absolutely killed Cal was losing at home to both Utah and Colorado in February. Before that they were looking like a potential #9 seed. They have quality wins over Oklahoma, UCLA and Oregon. But those two losses at home just buried them. They finished 6-12 in conference, and when they really needed another quality win against the top 4 down the stretch, they just couldn't get it despite multiple opportunities.