NCAA selection thread

[FlippinCrazy!]

Here's my first stab at the bracket. Feels a little chalky and might make some adjustments...

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Where’s UConn.

 

[Mr. French]

They were a 4.

No, they were a 3 in 2011.

 

[cullaville]

I don't hate our match up with Oklahoma, but we might as well not take the floor against Florida. That will be a slaughter

First they have to win against OK.

Loser comment about game vs Florida. Play your best and see what happens.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I am having a tough time picking any upsets. I think NIL has made the 5 majors (and maybe Memphis and Gonzaga) so much better than everyone else, that there will not be nearly as much "madness" as there has been in the past.

 

[NickDanger]

Tourney doesn't get good until the 3rd or 4th round. The people who like the first weekend are the same people who don't watch football until the Super Bowl. Give me the big teams playing each other

It sounds like YOU are the kind of person who waits until they decide “now the play is good” to start watching!

 

[Waquoit]

So everybody on college game day picking Florida to win it all.

They all picked Sparty in 2014.

 

[NickDanger]

They really need to lose the directional aspect to naming these Regions. What, there's less than half of the teams in the East are in the eastern timezone, no?

Much better: go back to regional conferences. Think of the amount of jet fuel wasted on these crazy continent spanning conferences.

 

[NickDanger]

Yep KU/UConn 8/9 in the west. Count on it

And, I counted on it, and bet the family’s entire wealth on your word, and now we are homeless

 

[HuskyHawk]

And, I counted on it, and bet the family’s entire wealth on your word, and now we are homeless

How could I imagine that an OU team that went 6-12 in conference would (a) get in and (b) be a 9 seed. I don't think I've ever seen anything as ridiculous as the SEC getting 14 teams in. Good for UConn except being in Florida's bracket.

 

[RuffRuff]

I am having a tough time picking any upsets. I think NIL has made the 5 majors (and maybe Memphis and Gonzaga) so much better than everyone else, that there will not be nearly as much "madness" as there has been in the past.

100% with you on this take - I think the further the portal landscape evolves the more chalk we'll be seeing, less upsets. Talent is all being funneled to the top, so not sure how mid majors even have a chance going forward. This feels like a very, very chalky draw. It's hard for me to even see how anyone outside the top 2 seeds gets into the F4. It's going to happen, but there are not many compelling teams outside of the 2 line. ISU was a team, but they're down their best player and have looked bad the last month. I have a couple teams I've liked, but one is down a man.

 

[RupertP]

Creighton fan here. I like popping in here because there’s actually quite a few ball knowers for being a message board. I like seeing the Big East show out once we get to tourney time. I don’t think Florida is thrilled with a potential second round matchup and I don’t blame them. As a bystander I don’t understand why Solo Ball isn’t more assertive and a major focus of the offense. That dude terrifies me shooting the basketball. Also seems obvious Tarris Reed > Samson. Anyways GL.

 

[superjohn]

This might be the worst resume I've ever seen for a tournament team. People complaining about North Carolina should look at Texas. Simply awful. Bad OOC (they did barely squeak out a win over juggernaut Syracuse) then proceeded to do almost nothing but lose in conference.

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They beat 5 ranked teams, UNC beat 1.

 

[RuffRuff]

Early indication of Dukes chances

 

[superjohn]

North Carolina AD Bubba Cunningham under fire for controversial March Madness pick as contract incentives revealed

Fans and media alike are stunned by the inclusion of North Carolina in the field, especially with its AD

nypost.com

 

[HuskyHawk]

They beat 5 ranked teams, UNC beat 1.

Who did they lose to? How often? By how much? UNC didn't have many chances to beat ranked teams.

I continue to think we focus too much on a few good wins and not enough on how often you win and how often you lose. Seton Hall wasn't good because they beat UConn.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Should just let AI pick the teams based on preset metrics and let the chips fall where they may.

Saying Bubba was out of the room when any UNC discussions went on is as irrelevant as when my kid’s hockey team ran evaluations by ‘outside evaluators’ even though the teams were pretty much picked behind closed doors the week before.

 

[UConn57]

Can somebody explain to me how Marquette is a seven seed and UConn a eight. UConn finished ahead of Marquette 14-6 to 13-7 in the BE standings UConn swept Marquette and had better out of conference wins Texas,,Baylor and Gonzaga who are all in the field.

 

[ctbro1999]

Can somebody explain to me how Marquette is a seven seed and UConn a eight. UConn finished ahead of Marquette 14-6 to 13-7 in the BE standings UConn swept Marquette and had better out of conference wins Texas,,Baylor and Gonzaga who are all in the field.

2 words: Seton Hall.

 

[UConnRock]

Can somebody explain to me how Marquette is a seven seed and UConn a eight. UConn finished ahead of Marquette 14-6 to 13-7 in the BE standings UConn swept Marquette and had better out of conference wins Texas,,Baylor and Gonzaga who are all in the field.

Colorado, Dayton, and especially Seton Hall

 

[7774]

Can somebody explain to me how Marquette is a seven seed and UConn a eight. UConn finished ahead of Marquette 14-6 to 13-7 in the BE standings UConn swept Marquette and had better out of conference wins Texas,,Baylor and Gonzaga who are all in the field.

We did not have close to better out of conference wins. Did you even look at Marquette's schedule? They also don't look at conference record.

 

[RuffRuff]

Colorado, Dayton, and especially Seton Hall

OOC Marquette has beaten:

3 seed
4 seed
5 seed

We've beaten
8 seed
9 seed
11 seed

 

[cwh20]

North Carolina AD Bubba Cunningham under fire for controversial March Madness pick as contract incentives revealed

Fans and media alike are stunned by the inclusion of North Carolina in the field, especially with its AD

nypost.com

Committee members are not allowed to be in the room when their team is discussed. That puts my mind at ease! Geesh. I leave the room. I come back and my team has the best possible scenario awarded. Either they are deemed to be a tourney worthy team after all and the seeding, region, opponent is as good as can be expected. “OMG. That’s what was decided for the team I’m associated with? How lucky for me” I wonder who had a say in this? Now you leave the room and I’ll be discussing your team’s fate (Wink wink).

It’s easy to say UNC would have been out if Memphis lost. I would like to know that before Memphis plays. It’s easy to just say that afterwards. There was no way we had a different reason to get UNC in if Memphis lost. And there there are different angles to determine who should be in. Just pick the one that can explain why a team made it over another. It’s quad one wins this year but next year it’s who you scheduled and then how you strong you finished and another year it’s the NET ranking that is most important.

Yup, completely cynical about the committee. Too much is at stake to be fair. They’ll do as much as they can for the favored programs. Of course I don’t have proof but that’s human nature especially when the prestige and financial rewards can be so lucrative

 

[uconnfan68]

They have Tristen Newton as our top player.

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Oh good! He’s back!

 

[7774]

OOC Marquette has beaten:

3 seed
4 seed
5 seed

We've beaten
8 seed
9 seed
11 seed

Marquette actually beat a 3, 2 4's, and a 9 OOC.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I really want to know why any school's out of conference schedule for this season means anything at this point. It's not like we can convince the committee to reseed the tournament.