NCAA Committee:Notre Dame Is Now #2, Guess Who's #3

[JavaMan]

Better résumé moves Irish ahead of Gamecocks at No. 2 overall

The NCAA Division I committee's second unveiling of its current top-10 teams in seed order likely won't look that different than the Feb. 1 reveal. The teams are expected to stay the same; however, look for the order to be different. Notre Dame should supplant South Carolina as the No. 2 overall team, which will shake up the regional placement for some of the top seeds.

The Pac-12 should continue to be the most represented conference with four teams in the top 10. Those four -- Oregon State, Arizona State, Stanford and UCLA -- also represent the most teams from one league in our top 16, which would look like this if the season ended today. A complete, 64-team bracketology will be posted Tuesday on espnW.

1. Connecticut: The small chance that the Huskies could relinquish the top spot disappeared with their dominant performance at South Carolina on Feb. 8. There probably isn't a safer assumption in sports than UConn ending up as the NCAA tournament's No. 1 overall seed.

2. Notre Dame: If the committee agrees that the Irish are now the No. 2 overall team, that would put Notre Dame as the top seed in the Lexington Region with South Carolina going to Dallas. That would open the door to a scenario where both Kentucky and Louisville could also get placed in Lexington.

3. South Carolina: The Gamecocks drop one spot on the overall board because Notre Dame's schedule has been stronger and the Irish's loss lone loss to UConn was more impressive than South Carolina's defeat at the hands of the Huskies. Notre Dame was closer and more competitive with the Huskies on the road than the Gamecocks were at home.

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[Kaizen]

If SCAr loses to Tenn tonight, Baylor can be #3.

 

[DaddyChoc]

I thought you was gonna say Tennessee is #3

 

[Kaizen]

I thought you was gonna say Tennessee is #3

ESPN may agree Tenn is #3 if they beat SCAr tonight....

 

[Sonny44]

Better résumé moves Irish ahead of Gamecocks at No. 2 overall

The NCAA Division I committee's second unveiling of its current top-10 teams in seed order likely won't look that different than the Feb. 1 reveal. The teams are expected to stay the same; however, look for the order to be different. Notre Dame should supplant South Carolina as the No. 2 overall team, which will shake up the regional placement for some of the top seeds.

The Pac-12 should continue to be the most represented conference with four teams in the top 10. Those four -- Oregon State, Arizona State, Stanford and UCLA -- also represent the most teams from one league in our top 16, which would look like this if the season ended today. A complete, 64-team bracketology will be posted Tuesday on espnW.

1. Connecticut: The small chance that the Huskies could relinquish the top spot disappeared with their dominant performance at South Carolina on Feb. 8. There probably isn't a safer assumption in sports than UConn ending up as the NCAA tournament's No. 1 overall seed.

2. Notre Dame: If the committee agrees that the Irish are now the No. 2 overall team, that would put Notre Dame as the top seed in the Lexington Region with South Carolina going to Dallas. That would open the door to a scenario where both Kentucky and Louisville could also get placed in Lexington.

3. South Carolina: The Gamecocks drop one spot on the overall board because Notre Dame's schedule has been stronger and the Irish's loss lone loss to UConn was more impressive than South Carolina's defeat at the hands of the Huskies. Notre Dame was closer and more competitive with the Huskies on the road than the Gamecocks were at home.

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Agree. The second safest assumption in sports is UConn ending up as the NCAA tournament's Champion

 

[ChicagoGG]

If, if, if all of that scenario plays out.....I will definitely watch ND vs South Carolina. That will be epic. And yes, I think we can take Baylor in the #1/#4. And whoever wins the #2/#3 will be so exhausted it would make life easier.....as if, I said, IF, all played out as shown above.... (no mojo messes intended...)

 

[Huskies Rule]

If SCAr loses to Tenn tonight, Baylor can be #3.

No way, K. Not that SC needs any extra motivation, but unless I read the Gamecocks all wrong, they will be highly motivated to kick some Tenn-butt tonight. After getting manhandled by UConn, getting knocked down to #3 in the polls, trying to secure the SEC title (for what it's worth ) and wanting to administer the coup-de-grace to a once-great dynasty in free-fall, SC should whomp Tennessee. It could get ugly, especially painful for all the Thompson-Boling-ites.

 

[SCGamecock]

I thought you was gonna say Tennessee is #3

I was thinking Temple or Tulane....

 

[Blueballer]

If SCAr loses to Tenn tonight, Baylor can be #3.

TENN over SC - Now THAT would be a shocker. Never would have thought I'd say that a couple years ago.

 

[huskyd]

Notre Dame should, IMO, be #2, not only because of its record but because of the players with whom the Irish built its record. Earlier in the season, it appeared that ND was snake-bit, what with injuries and Reimer's departure. Muffet deserves an emphatic tip of the hat (Coach of the Year?) for holding the team together and driving them to succeed. The question is: should SC be #3? After the score in the Gamecock game was 4-4, SC was toast; never was UConn threatened again. The game was never competitive; I sweated more in the Temple game on Sunday. On a purely competitive basis, ND certainly should be up there. Other teams gave the Huskies some trouble: Maryland, DePaul, even the frisky Bulls of USF. I never predict the outcome of games, BUT could the latent talent in UT explode tonight against SC???