No Question We’re In Now…Is a 7 or 6 Seed In Reach?

[7774]

Confirmation bias is what is happening. This is like polling when we have herding.

People take the metrics and don’t want to put a team somewhere where they are challenged. It is easy to just go chalk.

We’ll see how seeding works. Sec and big 10 schedules are so filled with top 100 teams, it kind of skewers.

Would this UConn team be 10th in the sec? That is worth a conversation imo.

I am more bullish than most on UConn here. I would shoot for a 6 seed.

Lol, so everyone not part of the heard mentality knew we were a top 10 team. Got it. Keep moving those goalposts.

BTW, bracket matrix ranks everyone, so people actually have a vested interest in not being part of the herd, because you won’t finish high in the rankings if you just go with the consensus. It’s pretty clear you‘re in your own reality so we can just move on.

 

[gtcam]

win the NBE tournament and hope for 6 pray for a 5
lose Friday and hope for 8 and pray for 7
lose Thursday hope for 9 and pray its not a 10

 

[JohnFSilver]

Lol, so everyone not part of the heard mentality knew we were a top 10 team. Got it. Keep moving those goalposts.

BTW, bracket matrix ranks everyone, so people actually have a vested interest in not being part of the herd, because you won’t finish high in the rankings if you just go with the consensus. It’s pretty clear you‘re in your own reality so we can just move on.

Look at betting odds for that tournament.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

We really need to get out of the 8/9 game. Prefer to do it through wins. That’s my cutting edge hot take analysis.

 

[auror]

Depending on where you look for bracket projections, Marquette being 2-3 seed lines ahead of us is breaking my brain

This is correcting itself. On Bracket Matrix down to 1 seedline difference (Marquette down to a 7).

 

[gsmooth]

This is correcting itself. On Bracket Matrix down to 1 seedline difference (Marquette down to a 7).

I think Xavier defeats Marquette in on Thursday in the 4/5 game.

 

[lateralous]

win the NBE tournament and hope for 6 pray for a 5
lose Friday and hope for 8 and pray for 7
lose Thursday hope for 9 and pray its not a 10

You had me until the last line. I think a 10 seed is significantly better than a 9 because I don't think there is a lot of difference between a 7 or 8 seed but there could be a huge difference between the first or second seeds if we're fortunate enough to make the second round. Plus, for TV ratings, there is no way the networks don't set up the two time defending champs to potentially play Duke or Auburn in the second round.

 

[RayRay]

Just want to bring up a point I haven’t seen mentioned yet (apologies if it has). But I recall one year the committee saying it takes injuries as a factor when evaluating and seeding the bracket. That being said, I don’t believe the metrics take injuries to key players into consideration, but I could be wrong on that. If that’s the case, I feel like McNeeley missing those 8 or 9 games could be a huge swing factor for the committee in bumping us up to the 6 or 7 line seeing as that’s the team we are bringing to the tournament (barring any injuries in the BET).

Let’s hope and maybe that’s what gets us off the 8/9 line.

 

[HooperScooper]

Just want to bring up a point I haven’t seen mentioned yet (apologies if it has). But I recall one year the committee saying it takes injuries as a factor when evaluating and seeding the bracket. That being said, I don’t believe the metrics take injuries to key players into consideration, but I could be wrong on that. If that’s the case, I feel like McNeeley missing those 8 or 9 games could be a huge swing factor for the committee in bumping us up to the 6 or 7 line seeing as that’s the team we are bringing to the tournament (barring any injuries in the BET).

Let’s hope and maybe that’s what gets us off the 8/9 line.

I think they meant injuries entering the NCAA Tournament. Like when they dropped Cincinnati down some when Kenyon Martin got hurt in the conference tournament. So they're seeding the team that is entering the NCAA Tournament.