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ncaa prediction? seeds

This might be a very hot take, but I sort of think if we get sent out West we’ll perform better.

MSG comes with big expectations, and even bigger pressure.
 
alphasigko said:
I hope that I am wrong, but after our performances in the 2nd half of the tourney win over PC, and last night's horrible overall showing, we drop to a 5 seed.
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Last night wasn’t horrible. The team that lined up on the other side of the court from us has lost 6 times all year, once to us. We had 5 shots to win the game. They didn’t fall.

We missed a few free throws, had two failed switches that cost us 6 points and paid our tax for Taliek’s 3 against Pitt 20 years later to Cam Jones.

I’m really tired of this we’re UConn this is unacceptable BS. Respect this team. It’s a great one. They lost a tough game against a great team and yes it wasn’t our A game. Great teams survive bad shooting nights, this was a bounce away from being a scenario where we did.
 
auror said:
We discussed this in another thread a week ago or so, and the question of whether Arizona wants Denver or Sacramento is intriguing. By a straight line, Denver is closer, but by best driving route, Sac is less miles. The brackets I've seen are split about where to put them. But it does have a ripple effect of possibly sending Gonzaga to Albany. But this depends on where committee slots in Gonzaga. They improved their profile and may get a 2 above Baylor. If so, then that would push Baylor to one of the southern sites and still leave Albany open.
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Every school in D1 is required to submit their preferences for first/second round sites as well as regionals. This submission is considered for reasons like this.
 
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CardiacAndre7 said:
Horrible showing? How so?
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I reference Chief's Briefs that explains it all. It was a winnable game that was lost due to many mental errors, not the least of which was the poor play by Hawk and AJ and poor in-game coaching decisions (yet again). Example: no TO during the last drive to put in the double BIG during the last play of the game.
 
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I think it's a tossup between a three seed and a four seed and in all candor, considering what I've seen across all of college hoops this year I'm not sure there really would be that much difference (with exceptions of any specific matchups that would be more unfavorable than seedings would normally indicate) between the seeds numbers.

While I hope I am wrong, I strongly believe that we won't be in the east as this would lead to a one seed having to play us at MSG in the sweet 16.
 
ToolzieFan said:
Lunardi still has us as a 3, and we actually passed Tennessee despite the loss.
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OkaForPrez said:
Last night wasn’t horrible. The team that lined up on the other side of the court from us has lost 6 times all year, once to us. We had 5 shots to win the game. They didn’t fall.

We missed a few free throws, had two failed switches that cost us 6 points and paid our tax for Taliek’s 3 against Pitt 20 years later to Cam Jones.

I’m really tired of this we’re UConn this is unacceptable BS. Respect this team. It’s a great one. They lost a tough game against a great team and yes it wasn’t our A game. Great teams survive bad shooting nights, this was a bounce away from being a scenario where we did.
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Finally someone that sees the picture clearly. Joey C hits one of those 3's or Hawk hits his we are not hearing this stuff. Comes down to we missed too many open 3s and too many free throws. Again, how did we lose by only two with poor performances from more than one player? I think it means we are a good team but we can't afford to lay another egg, especially Andre. We go as Andre goes.
 
Right on the 3/4 line, wouldn't be surprised by either.

I expect we'll be in Albany either way. Really hope we don't get a 4/13 with Iona.

I think if a #3 we're more likely to be in MSG, less so if a #4 (they don't want to potentially disadvantage the #1 seed in the Sweet 16 that badly). Honestly, I wouldn't mind going elsewhere.
 
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I’ve said this in another thread but I have my doubts the committee will put us in the East as a 3 or a 4 seed after the home crowd we had in ‘14 vs Iowa St and Mich St. Don’t get me wrong, it was awesome, but they might see it as a competitive disadvantage to the other top seeds. It would be fantastic, but I just don’t think it will happen. I think it’s more likely we’ll be a 3 seed in Albany for Rds 1&2, and then be sent out of the region.
 
alphasigko said:
I hope that I am wrong, but after our performances in the 2nd half of the tourney win over PC, and last night's horrible overall showing, we drop to a 5 seed.
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How does the 2nd half of the PC game influence seeding? The committee looks at wins and losses. They don't break up games into sections to see what a team did. UConn was favored by 7 and they won by 7. None of us were happy with the 10 minute melt down but it has absolutely no influence on seeding.
 
HooperScooper said:
How does the 2nd half of the PC game influence seeding? The committee looks at wins and losses. They don't break up games into sections to see what a team did. UConn was favored by 7 and they won by 7. None of us were happy with the 10 minute melt down but it has absolutely no influence on seeding.
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The committee absolutely does not have time to evaluate 8-minute stretches of individual games. They look at results.
 
HooperScooper said:
How does the 2nd half of the PC game influence seeding? The committee looks at wins and losses. They don't break up games into sections to see what a team did. UConn was favored by 7 and they won by 7. None of us were happy with the 10 minute melt down but it has absolutely no influence on seeding.
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25 hours until we find out
 
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I suspect we'll be a 4 seed.

As far as results, I'll be upset if we lose in the 1st round, content if we lose in the 2nd round and ecstatic if we make it to the 2nd weekend.

I'm going to predict we make it to the sweet 16
 
superjohn said:
Should be a 3 seed, hopefully in the East.

There's a tremendous amount of pressure on Hurley now to perform in this tournament. He's got the program in a great place where we're better each season, recruiting is humming, and a top 10-15 team nationally...

The elephant in the room is no Big East regular season titles, no Big East tournament titles, and no NCAA tournament wins. He's getting a rep/already has a rep as not being a big game coach. He can change all that the next week+. Things are going to get kind of ugly if we don't make it out of the first weekend, so let's make sure we do.
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My serious curiosity as to your opinions is based on you using the pronoun "we," just as I usually do in referring to UConn. I trust you as a knowledgeable fan and supporter, and I have acknowledged the quality of your comments as the season has matured.

"There's a tremendous amount of pressure on Hurley..." is voiced by use of the passive verb "to be."

Who do you believe is putting the pressure on Hurley?

It could be several sources: himself, his family, the UConn Athletic Department, major boosters, University administration, CT-based media, national media, the casual fan base, fans who are active within social media, the latter of which includes The Boneyard.

I'm interested in your take, and that of anyone else who wants to weigh in.

Related to The Boneyard, what would you assess as the split between those who could be identified predominantly as pressure sources versus those who could be identified predominantly as support sources.

I consider myself strongly as a support source, and I've argued that emphasis placed on pressure over support works to the team's detriment. Even with Hurley's detractors casually criticizing his mental & emotional stability & maturity, there seems to be little that will dissuade those who are skeptical or unhappy with his performance from adding to the pressure by concentrating on negative outlook, pessimistic predictions, and sarcastic doubt. Do you or anyone else have anything to offer that would support making the 'inner game' easier for the team?

Thanks in advance to anyone courageous enough to address such hard-to-measure considerations.
 
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Penn State just did us a big solid by beating Indiana. One less team that could have leapfrogged us by winning their conference tourney. Now we need Marquette and Duke to win tonight and we’re guaranteed a 3 seed
 
I've got them as the last 3 seed, with Xavier as the first 4 seed. If Xavier wins, they flip.
 
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