Our Resume Is Set, What's Our Seed?

[Tenspro2002]

What I'm absolutely terrified we're going to hear tonight.

[Greg Gumble voice] "Your number one overall seed, the Gonzaga Bulldogs will take on the winner of our first play-in game.

And if they advance, they'll get the winner of this matchup between...the UConn Huskies, making their first Tournament appearance in 5 years and first under coach Dan Hurley, and... the Tar Heels of North Carolina.

A terrific couple of games the Committee has lined up in our first pod, a lot of championships and NCAA pedigree."

 

[BFieldHusky]

Palm has us a 5. Evans a 7. Lunardi an 8. Gonna be interesting. 30 NET. 16 KenPom. 15 BPI. Played half our schedule without our best player. @Storrs South what is the matrix saying?

 

[JB75]

What I'm absolutely terrified we're going to hear tonight.

[Greg Gumble voice] "Your number one overall seed, the Gonzaga Bulldogs will take on the winner of our first play-in game.

And if they advance, they'll get the winner of this matchup between...the UConn Huskies, making their first Tournament appearance in 5 years and first under coach Dan Hurley, and... the Tar Heels of North Carolina.

A terrific couple of games the Committee has lined up in our first pod, a lot of championships and NCAA pedigree."

Yup I can see it now. The one scenario that we want to avoid. No way were are not at least a 7. If we are worse than than that- it’s a joke

 

[Tenspro2002]

What I'm absolutely terrified we're going to hear tonight.

[Greg Gumble voice] "Your number one overall seed, the Gonzaga Bulldogs will take on the winner of our first play-in game.

And if they advance, they'll get the winner of this matchup between...the UConn Huskies, making their first Tournament appearance in 5 years and first under coach Dan Hurley, and... the Tar Heels of North Carolina.

A terrific couple of games the Committee has lined up in our first pod, a lot of championships and NCAA pedigree."

Oh, and Greg will also surely mention this being our first year "back" in the Big East. But you get the gist.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Palm has us a 5. Evans a 7. Lunardi an 8. Gonna be interesting. 30 NET. 16 KenPom. 15 BPI. Played half our schedule without our best player. @Storrs South what is the matrix saying?

Big range we could find ourselves in depending on what metrics they lean on.

KenPom has us a 6 or better, on the strength of having a lot of double-digit wins.

NET has us as an 8, on the weakness of having only one win over a top 50 team.

We'll see.

 

[Storrs South]

Palm has us a 5. Evans a 7. Lunardi an 8. Gonna be interesting. 30 NET. 16 KenPom. 15 BPI. Played half our schedule without our best player. @Storrs South what is the matrix saying?

Has UConn as the highest rated 9 seed.

 

[Vuce]

Andy Katz has UConn as a 7 seed taking on 10 seed Michigan State with the winner likely taking on #2 Alabama

 

[Tenspro2002]

Andy Katz has UConn as a 7 seed taking on 10 seed Michigan State with the winner likely taking on #2 Alabama

I would be OK with that, though I'm not in love with the idea of another blue blood in the first round.

Also pretty disgusting that Syracuse would be in the field and with a more realistic path to the Elite 8 than we would have.

 

[Austin316]

Andy Katz has UConn as a 7 seed taking on 10 seed Michigan State with the winner likely taking on #2 Alabama

MSU is a good matchup for us. If we win it would build an enormous amount of confidence heading into Bama (winnable). If we lose, at least it’s to a respectable program, IMO.

 

[shizzle787]

I think we are all going to be surprised. It's either going to be a 5 or a 10.

 

[87Xfer]

Interesting, this has us as a 5

CBS Sports reveals projected NCAA Tournament bracket entering Selection Sunday

 

[Kolumbo]

CBS currently has UConn as a 5 seed! It also has Goin' to Wichita State and Colorado State in. Espn has Drake and Utah State in.

 

[Ts5034]

Big range we could find ourselves in depending on what metrics they lean on.

KenPom has us a 6 or better, on the strength of having a lot of double-digit wins.

NET has us as an 8, on the weakness of having only one win over a top 50 team.

We'll see.

I was just thinking, thats a pretty wide spread btw the projections of 5 and 8. I have not paid much attention to seeding like that in a while since we’ve been out of the picture for 5 years. But, have there been any recent examples of a team’s seed projections so widespread between all the bracket guys? And does Bouknight being out really factor much into seeding? If the number show we are a 7/8, would the committee really bump us up a seed line because Bouknight missed so much time? A lot of suspense heading into the selection show, but that’s the fun of it all. Can’t wait.

 

[navery12]

Someone is getting a 1st round matchup with a Georgetown team that is trending way up over the past month

 

[Storrs South]

 

[huskiesNhoos]

I'm surprised how cuse was the last team in on a lot of brackets then gtown and oregon st steal bids and somehow cuse moves up? I guess Al and wsu helped a little losing to cinci...

Any new news on the mich dude who got hurt? Would make an 8/9 seed less daunting if we end up in their bracket

 

[Tenspro2002]

I think we are all going to be surprised. It's either going to be a 5 or a 10.

I think there's more variance than usual this year, but there is no way we are either a 5 or a 10.

 

[87Xfer]

I think we are all going to be surprised. It's either going to be a 5 or a 10.

where the hell are you getting a 10 from?

 

[bendm]

Mike DeCourcey has ...
Villanova 5 seed
Creighton 6
Connecticut 7
Georgetown 13

Xavier, first four out

i thought only midmajors could be lower than a 12? has a power conference team ever been a 13?

 

[Vuce]

DeCourcy moved UConn to a 6 seed, Palm still has us as a 5 and Lunardi 8

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

I'm gonna say we're a 7. But also if I had to put money on it, I'm gonna go 8/9 just because that's how things go around here lol.

 

[uconngb]

I'm gonna say we're a 7. But also if I had to put money on it, I'm gonna go 8/9 just because that's how things go around here lol.

That’s exactly how I feel

 

[johnhuskies95]

i thought only midmajors could be lower than a 12? has a power conference team ever been a 13?

Georgia was a 14 in ‘08 I think.

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

Gotta go back to 2014 Kentucky to find a P6 team ranked 16th or higher in Kenpom that got an 8 or lower.

That being said, I think we’re an 8.

 

[uconnbill]

I am feeling a 6 seed and have been for awhile. I think they want to being able to promote UConn with schools like UK and Duke out of it.

Go Huskies

 

[auggie22]

I would be OK with that, though I'm not in love with the idea of another blue blood in the first round.

Also pretty disgusting that Syracuse would be in the field and with a more realistic path to the Elite 8 than we would have.

Assuming the Gtown game was a fluke I don’t think Cuse would match up well with Creighton at all. Creighton seems to struggle with skilled size but are really effective defending the perimeter. And Creighton is light years more talented offensively. While I think playing a Syracuse zone can be a challenge, this Cuse team is not particularly strong defensively, they are not terribly athletic, they don’t have skilled bigs, they don’t rebound well, and they are inconsistent shooters.

 

[Marat]

DeCourcy moved UConn to a 6 seed, Palm still has us as a 5 and Lunardi 8

I trust Lunardi the least.

 

[Palatine]

We deserve a 5 but will get a 7.

 

[Tenspro2002]

We deserve a 5 but will get a 7.

By the eye test, we look like a 5.

By resume, we look like a 7/8.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

from november, my view was late 2/early 3.
then, subtract 1 - james/ajax injuries, so late 3/early 4.
then subtract 1 - covid rhythm busting/schedule, so late 4/early 5.
then subtract 1 - creighton tourney loss, so late 5/early 6.
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