Geographic preference = having more of your fans at the game. If you disagree take it up with auror he explained how the committee balances the s curve with geographic preference.
The schools get ticket packages to sell, and it's less likely they will sell them all if people have to travel several thousand miles away. And just in general, you WILL have more fans there if the game is closer, whether it is secondary or primary ticket sales. So obviously schools prefer that. It also keeps travel costs down, which because it is a championship event the NCAA pays for, so that is a big incentive on the NCAA's side.
I think it's the pressure of time for the Sunday games. If the teams in the conference tournament finals would have made it in as an at large then the result of the conference game probably doesn't their seeding or tournament location all that much. But if you have some teams that were not close to being at large teams win their conference tournaments-that's probably when the committee says "or f.. uu...cc...k" we got some adjustments to make.
That’s based on a poll….which means nothing. Focus on WAB.
Thank you for clarifying. Makes a lot more sense thinking about it as their WAB is 3 instead of looking at it from a standpoint of expected wins against their schedule. I think had it been phrased that way in the post I read I may not have even posed the question (not saying it wasn't phrased that way somewhere earlier in the thread, but the specific post I was responding to.)
Unless pups fall flat on their face, only team to worry about is ISU.
Agreed on this
Obvious this is from last Saturday
Along with the Head to Head issue
I think Uconn would have to lose at Marquette and early in the BET and Florida run it to jump us at this point. I think Uconn is 90% inked into the 1 after today. Crazy stuff would have to happen to lose it. Nice day.
If UConn is 1 in the South will get toughest 2 seed in theory. So if Houston is the 3 in South they would have to face the toughest 2 before playing UConn (if make Elite 8). The Sweet 16 and Elite 8 will be tough games for everyone this year regardless...hope we get there, should be fun.
Including the conference tournaments they definitely can. You lose WAB for losses don't forget. We could finish down at 7.5 or so and they can add 1.4 in the regular season and like 2.0 in the tournament. So would go from 6.6 to 10 or so. Well above us.
I agree. Just beating Marquette will wrap up a #1.
Florida cannot be a 1
It never works that way
The conference tourneys don’t factor into the bracket these days since the committee is lazy
Iowa State losing today gives us the inside track, and I think the only thing that would jeopardize it is then running the table and us losing to anyone other than Nova or St. John's.
I think ISU did themselves in today - doubt winning at AZ gives them any edge to coming back as a 1 seed at this point. TT handled them. They'd have to beat AZ and win multiple big games in the B12 tourney - and they're just honestly not that good.
