NCAA selection thread

[BFieldHusky]

Another crappy late start. Hate that slot.

Really? I love it. Get to enjoy Thursday and most of Friday before we play.

 

[Devland]

If we get by Oklahoma the problem with Florida is we're not going to catch the by surprise. We're 2 time defending champion. They'll be ready

 

[BugsyCT]

Is the 9:25 start confirmed? I’ve seen it listed at 1245 and 715 as well

Confirmed Friday 9:25pm on TNT

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The complete 2025 NCAAM season schedule on ESPN. Includes game times, TV listings and ticket information for all Men's College Basketball games.

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[Kolumbo]

 

[BFieldHusky]

1. The amount of whining here is pathetic. We talked about it for a few weeks. We were on the 8/9 line. It will take our A game to beat Florida. Guess what? It would also take our A game to beat any of the ones or twos. That's the nature of the tournament. As @AntG168 said we don't have to beat Florida in a 7 game series. Just for 40 minutes. Scared of playing them? Go find something else to do. Have some pride.

2. For the people who though the BE got screwed...what is wrong with you? As @superjohn said, no they didn't, with the exception of Creighton, who has to play an 8 seed in a road game. I thought Xavier deserved to get in, but they could have easily been left out. The seeds were all about what we predicted.

3. I think Oklahoma is a good team, but there are better teams that could have been a 9.

4. If, if we can get to the Florida game, I think we will play well. All the pressure shifts to the 1 seed, especially with the idea of ending the streak of the two time champ. We keep that game close, and we will see what kind of moxy Florida has.

 

[alphasigko]

This team got what it deserved in this seeding. They did not earn any better or any worse. They will be lucky to get to the round of 32. I wish them the best. GO HUSKIES!

 

[CTBasketball]

I always love playing on Friday nights, let’s me enjoy Thursday and Friday afternoon sessions.

 

[RuffRuff]

Big East fared well. Got 5 teams in. Last year only 3.

Xavier/Texas on Wednesday is gonna be a fun watch - two teams we played.

 

[superjohn]

1. The amount of whining here is pathetic. We talked about it for a few weeks. We were on the 8/9 line. It will take our A game to beat Florida. Guess what? It would also take our A game to beat any of the ones or twos. That's the nature of the tournament. As @AntG168 said we don't have to beat Florida in a 7 game series. Just for 40 minutes. Scared of playing them? Go find something else to do. Have some pride.

2. For the people who though the BE got screwed...what is wrong with you? As @superjohn said, no they didn't, with the exception of Creighton, who has to play an 8 seed in a road game. I thought Xavier deserved to get in, but they could have easily been left out. The seeds were all about what we predicted.

3. I think Oklahoma is a good team, but there are better teams that could have been a 9.

4. If, if we can get to the Florida game, I think we will play well. All the pressure shifts to the 1 seed, especially with the idea of ending the streak of the two time champ. We keep that game close, and we will see what kind of moxy Florida has.

There's an inferiority complex here about the Big East and even about UConn which blows my mind considering we have the best program in the country and the Big East is a damn good basketball conference.

We have people saying teams like Florida and Bama play a completely different sport than we do. We actually had fans saying Gonzaga plays a completely different sport than we do before we played them earlier in the season. It's laughable.

 

[temery]

UNC sneaks into NCAA Tournament, Tar Heels AD assures he sat out of committee talks | FOX Sports

UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham, the selection committee's chairperson, promised normal procedures were followed as the Tar Heels surprisingly made the NCAA Tournament.

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[willie99]

This team got what it deserved in this seeding. They did not earn any better or any worse. They will be lucky to get to the round of 32. I wish them the best. GO HUSKIES!

We beat Marquette twice and finished ahead of them in the conference. Pretty easy to argue that one. They're a seven

If you were to dissect the resume of every tournament team they way you hate on "your" team, you'd find a lot of holes in a lot of resumes

Pragmatism > simpleton conclusions (which includes metrics)

 

[willie99]

No and no.

It's worked out that we've worn white in all 6 of our NC games.

well then, maybe we'll wear them again this year, since the seeding doesn't matter

 

[UCann]

I think we got seeded pretty fairly - you can argue we should have been a 7 but other than that, as an 8 we got pretty lucky. Oklahoma is quite beatable. Good start but 6-12 in the overrated SEC?? And they got a 9 seed - generous. If we want what we all want, we'll have to beat a team like Florida anyway, might as well get past them early. Not to get ahead of myself but does anyone have a gif of Donvan doing the gator chomp when we beat Florida a couple years ago?

 

[RuffRuff]

I think we can take Oklahoma as Fears is dar and away their best player and we can bottle up him like Dixon.

Florida is intriguing because Condon is not a match for Tarris and while Clayton Jr is their PG now he is not especially fast. They do not match up well Fagainst Liam and AK. And we are deeper…likely they are favored by 5-7

Florida was favored by 5.5 against Tennessee, we would be close to double digit dogs if not double digit.

 

[willie99]

I mean, we're higher on the s-curve than Creighton...so I don't think it matters that Marquette is higher than us.

well, sometimes it matters and sometimes it don't, which goes for every variable they cite

they just try to justify their decisions with inconsistent reasoning

 

[willie99]

Shocking

It ain't

Although I suppose it depends on what metrics you cite

 

[tzznandrew]

have people saying teams like Florida and Bama play a completely different sport than we do.

They're very good this year, and would definitely be the best team we've played this year (losing to Memphis hurts us again!).

But they have no tournament experience and, while their defense is excellent, they're smaller guards. The types of teams that often bother us are bigger athletic guards like St. John's has. They also play at a much faster pace than us, so maybe maybe slowing them down can bother them?

 

[RuffRuff]

 

[auror]

Florida was favored by 5.5 against Tennessee, we would be close to double digit dogs if not double digit.

We'd be around 11 point underdogs against Florida based on the KenPom line. Maybe 10.5.

 

[storrsroars]

I never knew I could enjoy a totally brown dress before seeing Miss Brooks wear one.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

We'd be around 11 point underdogs against Florida based on the KenPom line. Maybe 10.5.

 

[7774]

Really? I love it. Get to enjoy Thursday and most of Friday before we play.

That’s my attitude as well, but if we’re playing after the sun goes down he’s probably going to complain about it. He’s very consistent, even when people point with Ramadan it’s much better for our players.

 

[RuffRuff]

We'd be around 11 point underdogs against Florida based on the KenPom line. Maybe 10.5.

The higher the better as far I’m concerned. It’s just a number and can only help motivate us.

 

[Stinger92860]

When the P3/4 takes over the NCAA tournament every member of these conferences will make the tourney. The Big East will be left out or given 1 or 2 slots. We need to get into whichever conference is #3 Asap. 14 SEC teams is a joke.

 

[HooperScooper]

I think we got seeded pretty fairly - you can argue we should have been a 7 but other than that, as an 8 we got pretty lucky. Oklahoma is quite beatable. Good start but 6-12 in the overrated SEC?? And they got a 9 seed - generous. If we want what we all want, we'll have to beat a team like Florida anyway, might as well get past them early. Not to get ahead of myself but does anyone have a gif of Donvan doing the gator chomp when we beat Florida a couple years ago?