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Louisville and Baylor will be No 1&2 seed in the same region and it does not matter who is the no. 1.......
 
Last years results have ZERO to do with this year. Do you think the committe discusses last year when deciding seeds? If they do they should be removed from the committee.
 
hussybulldog said:
Louisville and Baylor will be No 1&2 seed in the same region and it does not matter who is the no. 1..
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That would be fun! Shoni vs Sims would be fun to watch. However, if Baylor wins the Big 12 tourney they will be sent to Lincoln.
 
All I know is that the anti Louisville 1 seed brigade is gonna be in big trouble if Tennessee loses the SEC today or tomorrow.

Than I guess they can run like rats to WVU or Baylor.
 
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TN and Louisville have two common opponents:
KY - Louisville lost at KY 69-65 TN lost at home 75 -71
LSU - Louisville won 88-67 at home, TN lost at home 80-77 and won on the road 72-67 and in the tournament 77-65

Louisville has two other losses - to #1 Uconn
TN has 3 other losses - to unranked Vanderbilt at home, at Stanford, and to ND at home.
They have one top ten win at home against SC which just started to look a lot less impressive.

If Louisville doesn't float you boat, WVU and Baylor both stack up better than TN as the fourth #1 if either makes their tournament final.

RPI is fine when looking at 7 seeds - when you are talking about #1 seeds you are looking at who they lost to.
 
I would like to see TN #1 going to the Louisville region. This would make the most sense geographically and Uconn could go to Lincoln, Nebraska. If Stanford is not a #1, which #1 would they move to the west region?
 
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Now that Stanford lost to USC, does Stanford still have a #1 seed? I think not.

SO now we have two #1 seeds open for discussion. Uconn and ND are in as #1's barring any upsets which I think is unlikely. If Tennessee wins their tournament, do they go west? If Baylor wins out, do they go to Lincoln or Louisville? Or does Stanford's loss help Louisville's position for a #1 seed?

I still believe Uconn should go to Lincoln. But what do I know and who knows what the selection committee will do.
 
The NCAA has decided they will hold a tournament to determine the final two #1 seeds. The finalists will join UCONN and ND in Nashville at the FF.
 
Baylor to Stanford
UCONN to Louisville
UT to Lincoln with SCar the 2 seed
ND at home with Duke as the 2 seed

Edited to add Duke. Their run to the ACC championship game warrants at least a 2 seed.
 
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easttexastrash said:
Baylor to Stanford
UCONN to Louisville
UT to Lincoln with WVU the 2 seed
ND at home with SCar as the 2 seed
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UConn to Lincoln, Tennessee to Louisville, Baylor to Stanford, Notre Dame at home.
 
baggerbob said:
UConn to Lincoln, Tennessee to Louisville, Baylor to Stanford, Notre Dame at home.
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That is also very feasible. I think the Stanford loss moved Baylor from Lincoln to Stanford and opens the door for UCONN going to Lincoln and Tennessee going to Louisville.

I changed my mind:
Baylor to Stanford
UCONN to Lincoln with SCar
UT to Louisville
ND at home with Duke.
 
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easttexastrash said:
That is also very feasible
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In their attempt to keep everyone in their closest destination, their would be less traveling for all, and many interesting matchups. Duke as a 2 in Lincoln with UConn, West Virginia as a 2 at Notre Dame, old Big East rivals. Baylor and Stanford, Tennessee and Louisville, the NCAA could only dream of those matchups in the Elite 8. Getting those matchups would be great for Women's Basketball.
 
baggerbob said:
In their attempt to keep everyone in their closest destination, their would be less traveling for all, and many interesting matchups. Duke as a 2 in Lincoln with UConn, West Virginia as a 2 at Notre Dame, old Big East rivals. Baylor and Stanford, Tennessee and Louisville, the NCAA could only dream of those matchups in the Elite 8. Getting those matchups would be great for Women's Basketball.
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Does WVU get the nod over SCar? I moved WVU out of a 2 seed in lieu of SCar.
 
easttexastrash said:
Does WVU get the nod over SCar? I moved WVU out of a 2 seed in lieu of SCar.
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Just my opinion, but South Carolina losing like they have recently, and West Virginia winning at Baylor, and in the championship game should get a 2.
 
baggerbob said:
Just my opinion, but South Carolina losing like they have recently, and West Virginia winning at Baylor, and in the championship game should get a 2.
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Good point. If Baylor and WVU reach the Big 12 final, the winner should get a 1 seed and the runner-up the 2.
 
ASweet3781 said:
If they are gonna give Stanford a 1 seed can they at least give them a tough bracket this time?
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That won't happen. A bunch of west coast teams will be put in their region. If Stanford still gets a 1 seed and Baylor wins the Big 12 tourney, Baylor will be the 1 in Lincoln.
 
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ericsandiego said:
I will be completely stunned if UCONN ends up in the L'ville bracket. That would mean that the selection committee is filled with even more idiots than any of us could have possibly imagined. Honestly, and I mean no offense to L'vlle, but UCONN would beat them by over 20 even if they played 10 games this season. That would actually be a really easy bracket for UCONN. But it's a joke if they set it up that way...
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Well, I decided they are all idiots a long time ago. One only has to look at the desperation they had in configuring this years sites in the first place. Wccb is intent on trying to force fans into being interested, instead of just promoting the real good teams and telling the story of "WHY " certain programs are ALWAYS better. Like, support from the university, better coaching, etc. Any true basketball fan should be able to see right through the BS. Wccb obviously recognizes their own flawed design , since it is done after this one season. What were they thinking of in the first place ?
 
The big problem with Creme's "updated" brackets is that he does them "on the fly" and. not having the time required to start from scratch with the 64 team field as the Committee will do, he just cuts and pastes his previous version in the interest of timeliness. Today's games are likely to either sort things out or make them even more unsettled. Then the Committee will decide who they want where for whatever reason, then use whichever of the contradictory Committee policies and team performance factors their number crunchers can come up with to justify their decisions. Happens every year!
 
Now that Nebraska has won the Big Ten title are they a 3 seed or 4 seed?

A 3 means the one will only have to play them in Lincoln should both advance to the Final 8. It looked like they were a 4-5 most of the year which would have meant a road game for the one in the Sweet 16 and a matchup with a tough 2-3 seed.
 
triaddukefan said:
Again, it boils down to who has Louisville beat, not who have they lost to. Their best wins are Rutgers, LSU, South Florida, Florida State, and Oklahoma. They even had to go to overtime to beat FSU, and OU. Yes, they return all their players from last year's squad, but this is 2014, not 2013. If they get a #1 seed without beating UCONN, they would probably be the least deserving #1 seed in the history of the world... or at least in the past 1,000 years.
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It's an eye test, and UL wins over everyone but ND (and UConn). This is the same team that played for the national championship last year, has only 1 loss to anyone not named UConn). Enough of this statistical BS.
 
easttexastrash said:
Last years results have ZERO to do with this year. Do you think the committe discusses last year when deciding seeds? If they do they should be removed from the committee.
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They do matter when you have the SAME players, but in a different league.
 
uconnfan68 said:
They do matter when you have the SAME players, but in a different league.
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It's about this year's performance. No consideration is given based on last year's performance.

Louisville barely beat a team today that may not even make the tourney and they have NO top 20 wins.

Champions of MAJOR conferences get more consideration.
 
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easttexastrash said:
It's about this year's performance. No consideration is given based on last year's performance.

Louisville barely beat a team today that may not even make the tourney and they have NO top 20 wins.

Champions of MAJOR conferences get more consideration.
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Oooh. I'm sensing some bitterness. Still not over last year I see. Maybe Baylor will have better luck playing Louisville in the tournament this year.
 
UConnCat said:
Oooh. I'm sensing some bitterness. Still not over last year I see. Maybe Baylor will have better luck playing Louisville in the tournament this year.
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Bitter? Me? Over what?
 
baggerbob said:
In their attempt to keep everyone in their closest destination, their would be less traveling for all, and many interesting matchups. Duke as a 2 in Lincoln with UConn, West Virginia as a 2 at Notre Dame, old Big East rivals. Baylor and Stanford, Tennessee and Louisville, the NCAA could only dream of those matchups in the Elite 8. Getting those matchups would be great for Women's Basketball.
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I disagree.. If Duke was a 2 seed and met Uconn in the elite 8, that wouldn't be great for Wcbb, it wouldn't be great for anyone. :(
 
triaddukefan said:
I disagree.. If Duke was a 2 seed and met Uconn in the elite 8, that wouldn't be great for Wcbb, it wouldn't be great for anyone. :(
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Yeah, as depleted as Duke is it could be far from great. We may get a preview tonight of how un-great it would be.
 
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