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Message: [QUOTE="Storrs South, post: 5211722, member: 7275"] I hate to be a pessimist but, I do not see a path to getting a 7 seed unless they win out (Marquette, Seton Hall, win all 3 games in BET). That would amount to likely 4 Quad 1 wins, which is a lot to ask but the reason they likely need it is all the metrics are lagging and everyone in front of them continues to do well. In addition, we have seen in recent years conference tournament results mean significantly less than anything prior so it needs to be quite notable to change things. The teams in front of UConn in Bracket Matrix are [LIST] [*]Gonzaga NET 8, KP 8 but beat them head to head [*]BYU NET 24, KP 23 [*]Illinois NET 17, KP 19 [*]Memphis NET 47 but beat us head to head, KP 50 [*]Mississippi NET 28, KP 26 [*]Kansas NET 21, KP 22 [*]UCLA NET 26, KP 27 [/LIST] All of these teams have better metrics than UConn, except one we lost to head to head. Not just better metrics, but drastically better. Whereas UConn sits in the mid 30s, all these teams sit in the mid 20s or teens and they keep winning (except for Kansas). Now UConn does not need to pass all these schools but they will need to pass 4-5 of them most likely. The only alternative is make Big East final, which is still finishing next 5 as going 4-1 [U]but [/U]UConn starts beating teams by huge margins, which they have not shown a lot of ability to do this season outside Providence last weekend. Unfortunately, Liam's injury completely hamstrung this team from losing some games they probably would have won like @ X and @ Nova that would reduce the margin of error but I think they are out of time to get past the 8/9 game. [/QUOTE]

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