Fun Bracket. Bouk vs the OK State kid could be fun. A matchup of lottery picks.
Would prefer this bracket as well
For sure over lunardi last bracket.
Odd to name a sports team after a long since demised economy car.
They have postseason ban this year (unless they win their appeal sometime in the next two weeks)
I think I heard that after I post my comment
I'm not buying Houston. Certainly not buying they are 3 seeds higher than us. We split with them last year. We've improved considerably since last year. Have they? I don't actually know.
Other way around. They've appealed, so they are temporarily eligible until after the NCAA rules on the appeal. They don't have to win the appeal to play, they just can't lose it before.
That's actually fascinating. Seems backwards from the typical violation/investigation. I've become pretty anti-sanction since the UNC thing. If blatant/open cheating doesn't warrant suspension I'm not sure what does. I suppose I should be pleased with the NCAA's new incompetence by design.
Wasn't that some sort of informal rule at one point. Maybe even a formal rule. Don't seed the teams in such a way that would allow conference opponents to play each other in the first 2 rounds. Unless a conference gets 10 teams in. Or some large number where it cannot be avoided.
Making sure that there can't be 3 Big East teams in the Final Four again, eh?
That’s what I thought too. Not going to happen. Rule or not they do actually try to avoid inter league matchups until at least the sweet 16. Prefer to wait until the Elite 8 If possible. Putting 3 Big East teams in the same bracket is also a huge dis.
They are a great team, and I know that this is a tired trope, but watching that game last night it's pretty obvious that most of the teams in that conference aren't only not good at all, they mentally beat themselves before they even step on the court. There were multiple St. Mary's kids throwing the ball away or playing hot potato with it trying to avoid looking stupid. They're definitely a top five team in the country, and probably the best on their day, but I'll be fascinated as always to see if they can run a gauntlet of great teams in a short space that won't fold like cheap suits.
To be fair, this is just Jerry Palm filling in the slots. Perhaps the actual committee will take some of these considerations seriously.
i'd take an 11 over a 8/9 as long as it's not a play in game. having said that i think we are clear of the 8/9 slots at this point (assuming we win our first game in the BET knock on wood)
