March other NCAA games

[homunculus]

If the purpose of the NCAA tournament is to have the best 68 teams in the nation compete for a national championship, then seeding should be done by metrics and only the top 68 Division I teams should be included. It would certainly make the 1-16 matchup more interesting most of the time as opposed to a rare event.

Also, metrics are not perfect. Gonzaga in the top 10. CCSU having a better defense than us. Whatever you think of our defense, it’s better than what I just watched.

 

[REB1094]

Gonzaga had a REALLY bad week in January, otherwise was 25-6 with the losses being West Virginia (bad), Kentucky, UConn, UCLA, St Mary’s twice (all fine). Most of which being pretty close losses and most of their wins being pretty big wins

I guess I can see why the computers think they’re better than they are. I don’t feel good about them in the tournament, but they’re WCC champs for now

 

[RuffRuff]

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Gonzaga had a REALLY bad week in January, otherwise was 25-6 with the losses being West Virginia (bad), Kentucky, UConn, UCLA, St Mary’s twice (all fine). Most of which being pretty close losses and most of their wins being pretty big wins

I guess I can see why the computers think they’re better than they are. I don’t feel good about them in the tournament, but they’re WCC champs for now

They have a well balanced roster, a prototype for every common role (PG, athletic 3, shooting 2, low post big, stretch bigs) it’s just that none of them are really plus, other than Nembhard. Do like the kid Huff, not the most imposing big but plays hard and you can tell he hates to lose. If he hit the weight room could interesting.

STM has an assortment of large unathletic mules they can throw at you down low, which other than Saxson, are not very good. Their guard play looks reminiscent of 1961 basketball, little creation off the dribble.

 

[UCfor3]

So is Seton Hall and the Huskies some how lost to them.

Way to bring up the worst memory of the season during championship week Debbie downer. Just kidding. Any given day you could lose to almost anyone if you play lousy. Last years UConn juggernaut lost at SH also. Think the point was that even though the ACC is down, hard to believe VaTech won 8 ACC games over the course of a whole season with such a bad offense. SH didn't win 8 BE games despite the BE being bad this year.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Happy March Madness Wednesday!

Games are on today from 11:30 AM to 1:30 AM. I've made sure to schedule some parent phone calls during this afternoon's conference tournament games so I have a healthy distraction.

 

[buddy]

I'm old enough to remember when its purpose was to see who would have the privilege of losing to UCLA.

Me too!