January: Other NCAA Games

[UConnTrumbull]

Same coach that called out the Edey foul discrepancies. He knows ball!

 

[RuffRuff]

Baylor about to go down at home to TCU will further mush our KP. We better start winning. These OOC wins are dropping in value like rocks of late.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Baylor goes down at home to a bad TCU team. Awful weekend for UConn.

 

[controlfade]

Def. B2B into a historic class into guys like Steph and Cling looking like impact rookies has got the wheels on motion.

And if you don’t think the Duke brand, coach K is the reason Scheyer can recruit, the ganja you’re smoking is much stronger than mine. If he went to Illinois he’d be just another guy.

See how much a name matters for UNC, Indiana, UCLA .etc…
The Duke brand carries weight but no where near what it did with Coach K and if you don’t think Scheyer could recruit somewhere else, your naive. This was seen as crucial for maintaining the Duke basketball legacy after Coach K's retirement; essentially, Coach K believed Scheyer ability to recruit was the best option to carry on the Duke culture and maintain a high level of success.
He may not be a great X & O coach but the guy can recruit.

 

[RuffRuff]

KP 30, Net 32, divide those by 4 and our seed looks a lot closer to 8 than it does to 4. Texas, Baylor and Zags all look like frauds. Dayton has been tanking, KP 66, Colorado is 90. Our best BE win is at home in OT to Xavier.

This team needs to come out and show something and soon.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

It is apparent that many have a different opinion than I do but I am not concerned at all with how teams that we've played (and will not play again) do the rest of the way. How we end this season will be entirely on us (and whether we can or cannot figure things out). Nothing that Baylor, Gonzaga, Memphis or Texas does the rest of the way will help or hurt us in figuring it out. That will be on us.

 

[auror]

KP 30, Net 32, divide those by 4 and our seed looks a lot closer to 8 than it does to 4. Texas, Baylor and Zags all look like frauds. Dayton has been tanking, KP 66, Colorado is 90. Our best BE win is at home in OT to Xavier.

This team needs to come out and show something and soon.

By WAB our best BE win is at GTown and then at Butler and then home Xavier.

 

[RuffRuff]

By WAB our best BE win is at GTown and then at Butler and then home Xavier.

Xavier KP 47

Butler 90 and was amidst losing 9 in a row

Gtown 76 and has lost 4 in a row including DePaul at home

You might want to run a quick fact check.

To the other post, who we are in the tourney is not predicated by our past schedule, but how we are seeded certainly will be. Matchups do matter, especially with this team, so unless you look forward to playing Duke or Auburn in the second round after we face a team of equal seeding in the first game, I’d say worth watching. 2011 and 2014 are outliers not the norm.

 

[auror]

Xavier KP 47

Butler 90 and was amidst losing 9 in a row

Gtown 76 and has lost 4 in a row including DePaul at home

You might want to run a quick fact check.

To the other post, who we are in the tourney is not predicated by our past schedule, but how we are seeded certainly will be. Matchups do matter, especially with this team, so unless you look forward to playing Duke or Auburn in the second round after we face a team of equal seeding in the first game, I’d say worth watching. 2011 and 2014 are outliers not the norm.

"best win" and "beat team we beat" are not the same. You said the former. WAB is a good measurement for best win because it factors not only quality of the team but also location. It's a lot harder to win on the road than at home.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

To the other post, who we are in the tourney is not predicated by our past schedule, but how we are seeded certainly will be. Matchups do matter, especially with this team, so unless you look forward to playing Duke or Auburn in the second round after we face a team of equal seeding in the first game, I’d say worth watching. 2011 and 2014 are outliers not the norm.

I could well be wrong but as I see it, we will end up being good enough or we will not. Either outcome will be entirely on us. It will not matter if we end up as a five seed, an eight seed or any other seed.

 

[gsmooth]

I could well be wrong but as I see it, we will end up being good enough or we will not. Either outcome will be entirely on us. It will not matter if we end up as a five seed, an eight seed or any other seed.

I get it. Control what you can control.

 

[navery12]

KP 30, Net 32, divide those by 4 and our seed looks a lot closer to 8 than it does to 4. Texas, Baylor and Zags all look like frauds. Dayton has been tanking, KP 66, Colorado is 90. Our best BE win is at home in OT to Xavier.

This team needs to come out and show something and soon.

That is not how the NET rankings are used, it's not going to align with a team's seed like that for the committee. It's just a way to group wins on the team sheets for the committee

 

[RuffRuff]

That is not how the NET rankings are used, it's not going to align with a team's seed like that for the committee. It's just a way to group wins on the team sheets for the committee

I know it’s not that literal, likely within 1-2max seeds of it. My guess is right now we’re sitting at around a 6 seed and closer to a 7 than we are a 5.

 

[WrenchFan69]

I could well be wrong but as I see it, we will end up being good enough or we will not. Either outcome will be entirely on us. It will not matter if we end up as a five seed, an eight seed or any other seed.

We've never had a 5 or 9 seed champ. Why not us

 

[AllHusky]

What an odd take. How do you figure? Scheyer hasn't really proven anything. If they continue to flam out in the tournament, how long until his seat gets hot? What happens to the brand then? Also the ACC is getting worse.

Programs that have had success can suck right away with a bad coach. Look at Louisville post Pitino. Syracuse. UNC has teetered so far with Davis.

UConn has won titles with 3 different coaches in the last 26 years. Think about that.

Kentucky with 3 titles and different coaches back to 96, unless eyesight bad, don't see anybody else with 2.

 

[navery12]

I know it’s not that literal, likely within 1-2max seeds of it. My guess is right now we’re sitting at around a 6 seed and closer to a 7 than we are a 5.

It's still early, but there's 68 sites releasing brackets already and we're the 3rd 5th seed on Bracket Matrix. The feeling on this UConn team from outsiders is nowhere near as negative as half of this board

 

[AllHusky]

Just win baby!!

 

[superjohn]

It's still early, but there's 68 sites releasing brackets already and we're the 3rd 5th seed on Bracket Matrix. The feeling on this UConn team from outsiders is nowhere near as negative as half of this board

Exactly. You take the best player off of any team in the country and they are going to struggle and still if AK makes his ft's we beat Nova. If the refs call the clear shooting foul we're likely in overtime with the momentum against Creighton. We always struggle with Creighton, McDermott has Hurley's #.

If we look bad with McNeeley back it's time to worry, right now isn't the time.

 

[controlfade]

It's still early, but there's 68 sites releasing brackets already and we're the 3rd 5th seed on Bracket Matrix. The feeling on this UConn team from outsiders is nowhere near as negative as half of this board

and committee will factor in Liam's injury, esp considering the effect it has had.

 

[RuffRuff]

It's still early, but there's 68 sites releasing brackets already and we're the 3rd 5th seed on Bracket Matrix. The feeling on this UConn team from outsiders is nowhere near as negative as half of this board

These brackets don’t include the Saturday loss, so a 6 seed is probably the right call.

For those curious:

The Bracket Project's Bracket Matrix - 2025

And yeah, lot of games left to play.

 

[navery12]

These brackets don’t include the Saturday loss, so a 6 seed is probably the right call.

For those curious:

The Bracket Project's Bracket Matrix - 2025

And yeah, lot of games left to play.

Maybe, but the only people who think that's a bad loss are the people on this board. It'll have a minimal impact to our seeding when you lose to another tournament team in conference play

 

[RuffRuff]

Maybe, but the only people who think that's a bad loss are the people on this board. It'll have a minimal impact to our seeding when you lose to another tournament team in conference play

Not a bad loss, a lost opportunity amongst a group of wins that are losing value.

 

[controlfade]

Maybe, but the only people who think that's a bad loss are the people on this board. It'll have a minimal impact to our seeding when you lose to another tournament team in conference play

some people on this board just get their rocks off by being negative on everything.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

and committee will factor in Liam's injury, esp considering the effect it has had.

People always say this but is there tangible proof of this in the past? I don’t actually remember an example. Luckily we have had mostly healthy squads in the last few title-winning seasons.

 

[RuffRuff]

People always say this but is there tangible proof of this in the past? I don’t actually remember an example. Luckily we have had mostly healthy squads in the last few title-winning seasons.

Won’t mean much if we don’t make a mark with Liam back. If we can prove we are a much better team with him back, and we’ll have the chance, might swing a seed line. Otherwise doubt it does much, a resume is a resume. Do you think if Hopkins came back and PC got hot, the committee would disregard the rest of the season?