Disagree with them winning helps us get seeded with Duke. It doesn’t work that way. 2 seeds get preferences in location by seed like #1 seeds do. They don’t put #1 overall with #8. Those preferences are limited by conference opponents so #5 gets to choose but can’t pick a region with a conference opponent. We want to be #5.
Bracketology already had ISU as a 2 and Illinois as a 3. I think/hope Illinois is a 3 with their L. Regardless of that, we won’t be in the east if Duke is #1 overall and the only team that I think would jump Duke is Zona due to Dukes HtH win over UM.
No, If Duke is #1 overall we cannot be in the East if we are 5th on the s curve. Thats the reward for being #1 overall. Yes 2 seeds get geographical preference too and the goal is to limit aggregate travel among teams of the same seed, and yes Teams Also can’t be put in the same region with a conference member, but the committee will try to balance the seeds first and foremost. Having the best 1 and 2 seeds in the same region would not be balanced.
If Iowa St is ahead of Illinois at this point (and I would argue they have a good case) then I totally see your point.
Too much thinking about this stuff, goodness. The most important thing is hoping we starting playing NC caliber. Tonight is a decent test given our first two games, and now they are confident and on a role.
This is stuff worth discussing there’s no hot takes involved. Let’s start playing well but also get a favorable draw.
LOL!!! Would be funnier if you had been the one that posted up above, "Everything doesn’t need to be a hot take."
I mean, I'm not going to overthink the hows and whys and s curve regional limitations, but I'd be ecstatic to be the #2 in a wounded #1 seeded Duke region for sure.
The favorable draw is going to be more about the 7/10 and 3 seed we get paired up with, not the 1 seed. There is no way of anticipating that at this point. We will have to likely go through one of the big 4 in the Elite 8. They're all good.
Yeah we’re talking about the potential elite 8 matchups which are expected to be chalky …who the heck are you to police conversation Mr hot take?
Speaking of which... after Carroll was crying his eyes out on the bench, I really wanted to see Hurley come to him in the handshake line. I'm glad they finally cut back to it because he did not disappoint.
Lol, that was funny Mr Minutes Distribution. Each team has to win 3 games to even get to that game, and I'm not sure there is any one team we match up with better with.
Thanks Im familiar with how the bracket works…I speculate on recruiting and minutes distributions in the off season when there’s nothing else to talk about. You spout off dumb hot takes on a daily basis that annoy almost everyone. Don’t tell me what I can/can’t discuss.
I was joking man - take it easy. All good.
How many games can Illinois lose and still be on the 2-line. At this point I think it’s UConn, ISU, MSU, and Houston with only the order in question. Maybe Kansas still with a shot?
Kind of hard to call him out for getting cocky after seeing Hurley after the B2B. Would be the epitomy of hypocrisy.
It’s not true. They avoid it but they also prioritize putting teams close to home and the highest seed is prioritized. If we are the true 5 and want they East, they’d call us the 6 and make it happen. I expect all four 1 seeds to be so close that it doesn’t matter. #5 chooses after #4. The S curve is almost never maintained.
What was the technicality? I remember when the story first broke and assumed it would be a wrap for his career at UF and then it went away quietly.
Very quietly - lot's of smoke, somehow it was blown under the rug.
