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I think you meant "Who do you have ahead of them"
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I think you meant "Who do you have ahead of them"
Marquette looks great. X will need to play a phenomenal second half after spotting Marquette a 15 point lead at halftime.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
We aren’t a 5 seed. We should be a 3 but probably will end with a 4 . I’d much prefer the 3 in this case , I’d give up msg to sign up for a 3 , I think playing a 14 and 6/11 winner is a huge advantage over a 13 and 5/12 this year. Marquette just played their way into a solid 2 with win tonight, honestly if UCLA loses tonight and/or Purdue goes down tomorrow they may have a very outside chance at a 1, totally doubtful, but a very small percentage chance. It at minimum deserves a glance by the committee.Id say best case is a 4 but likely a 5 but people nationally seem to really like this team so we may luck out and get a 4.
20 minutes left. Hope you're not counting your money yet.We aren’t a 5 seed. We should be a 3 but probably will end with a 4 . I’d much prefer the 3 in this case , I’d give up msg to sign up for a 3 , I think playing a 14 and 6/11 winner is a huge advantage over a 13 and 5/12 this year. Marquette just played their way into a solid 2 with win tonight, honestly if UCLA loses tonight and/or Purdue goes down tomorrow they may have a very outside chance at a 1, totally doubtful, but a very small percentage chance. It at minimum deserves a glance by the committee.
I agree, this team doesn't do well under pressure - being at MSG adds a ton.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.
I think Baylor falls off the 2 lineLunardi has us in the East as the 3 with Purdue as the 1 and Baylor as the 2. I would love everything about that tbh, I think both teams are a bit overrated and obviously we would have the significant advantage of playing in Albany and MSG.
Im not trying to be a jerk here. We lose by 2 to a comparable Marquette team and now MSG is a liability? Give me MSG games all day!I agree, this team doesn't do well under pressure - being at MSG adds a ton.
I'd say Duke winning would favor UConn because it would prevent UVA from surpassing them.Please tell me that Duke doesn't matter how we will be seeded tomorrow. I can't pull for them with a clear conscience.
Dukes gone from being just meh, a month ago, to scary good. Hope they up in the south going thru Greensboro and seeing Alabama the second weekend. Meanwhile, place UCONN in Albany, having to get past Purdue the 2nd weekend.I'd say Duke winning would favor UConn because it would prevent UVA from surpassing them.
Lunardi's 2:45am update has UConn a 3 in Greensboro.
Amazingly, the team playing in Albany that's geographically closest is 13 seed Iona.
Fans, myself included, have called it our Home away from home for years but the numbers don't really back that up. Overall including this week we are 68 W 60 L. Under Hurley we are 6 W 6 L.Im not trying to be a jerk here. We lose by 2 to a comparable Marquette team and now MSG is a liability? Give me MSG games all day!
I saw this. There's been way too much ink spilled about MSG, but not being in Albany as a #3 seed would be a travesty.Lunardi's 2:45am update has UConn a 3 in Greensboro.
Amazingly, the team playing in Albany that's geographically closest is 13 seed Iona.
Dammit, thought I switched Creighton and Mich St to avoid the BE and B1G clashes. Anyway, switch Creighton and MSU. And switch Illinois/Memphis and USC/Boise St. for same reason.I predict:
I don't recall if Alabama is actually allowed to play in Birmingham, but if not, just switch it to Orlando and the UVA pod goes to Birmingham.
At this point we are a 3 or a 4 and you can make an argument for either one against other teams on those same seed lines and not be totally wrong either way. Our entire resume is very good and compares to any team on the 3 line. That said, weirder things have happened if we got seeded as a 4I’m not great at understanding how they pick seeds, but it seemed like we were a 4 seed, beat Providence (Q2 W), lost to Marquette (Q1 L), and now we’re a consensus 3?
Doesn’t make sense in my head, can someone explain to me? Is seeding that sensitive, or are other things happening around the country to help us
Those are pretty lackluster numbers, I'll agree. But when I thought about them playing out west, I felt a little safer only because I think a loss at MSG would hurt too much. I think that's in the back of our minds. I'd still rather play thereFans, myself included, have called it our Home away from home for years but the numbers don't really back that up. Overall including this week we are 68 W 60 L. Under Hurley we are 6 W 6 L.
If that was our 'home' win/loss record everywhere no one would be happy.
It's great for us fans, but I'm not convinced it's great for our team.
I predict:
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I don't recall if Alabama is actually allowed to play in Birmingham, but if not, just switch it to Orlando and the UVA pod goes to Birmingham.
If Marquette is the East 2 seed then UConn as a 3 seed won't be in the East.The later edits from a bunch of places keep us out the of the east, but still as a 3. Sigh.
They'll probably make it but I don't think they're a lockOne thing I don't get is why is Providence a lock? Only team they've beaten in the last 3 weeks is Georgetown (who they are about to lose their coach to). 3-8 Q1, 0-7 vs teams neutral or away that will make the NCAAs. Total record of 10-11 in non-Q4 games. 55 NET, 44 Kenpom. That's a NIT team.