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Race for 1 Seed (2/5)

Florida went from getting the one seed to possibly being the lowest 2 but it’s up to the stupid commitee so who knows maybe it was all decided before conference tourney play.
 
Yeah this is where being in the Big East is going to whack UConn on the peepee (even if they beat St Johns tonight).

They're still a 2 seed though.
 
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Lafayette said:
This year, with Houston not playing at Toyota, they made it so they 'could' play the regional there.

It would be unprecedented to put Houston in the South Region (if not a 1 seed) over a team like UConn or Iowa State, etc. The closest ever I think was 2003 with Kansas playing in Oklahoma City, but that isn't 3 miles from campus, just a strong Kansas backed city. So while possible imagine the you know what storm they would face for doing that.
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So when they awarded these sites a couple of years ago they did it knowing Houston would be a 1 or 2 seed? Some people put too much thought into conspiracy theories
 
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Marat said:
Let's smack SJU ala 1999 BET final and remove all doubt about the 1 seed.
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One of my fave games ever.... I was DEEP into a rack of Keystone Light and could not believe my eyes when we jumped out to a 13-0 lead, culminating with a full-court fast-break alley-oop where the ball never touched the floor. Literally the blueprint for a fast break.
 
Houston has a much better shot than UConn does. If Houston wins, I expect them to be the 4th one seed. They'll be ahead of Florida in KenPom and WAB with a win and the Arizona win will be the best win either team has.

Unfortunately, other teams took a sizeable edge on us with the Marquette loss and then Nova getting upset and us playing Xavier/GTown meant we didn't add much to our resume in this last week and other teams gained relatively.

There is an extremely high chance that at this very moment the committee is discussing the situation and has decided to keep Florida/Houston in the South, and they'll flip Houston to the 1 line with a win and keep Florida as is with a Houston loss. That's the simplest solution, and it's very easy to rationalize since UConn's predictive metrics are bad for a 1-seed.
 
auror said:
Houston has a much better shot than UConn does. If Houston wins, I expect them to be the 4th one seed. They'll be ahead of Florida in KenPom and WAB with a win.

Unfortunately, other teams took a sizeable edge on us with the Marquette loss and then Nova getting upset and us playing Xavier/GTown meant we didn't add much to our resume in this last week and other teams gained relatively.

There is an extremely high chance that at this very moment the committee is discussing the situation and has decided to keep Florida/Houston in the South, and they'll flip Houston to the 1 line with a win and keep Florida as is with a win. That's the simplest solution, and it's very easy to rationalize since UConn's predictive metrics are bad for a 1-seed.
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I fully expect Arizona to beat Houston today, though.
 
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superjohn said:
7 losses and we beat them. The Big East is bad this season but anybody who follows college basketball knows Florida didn't play any kind of a murderers row in conference.
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They lost every game they played against top tier competition. It just so happens that all of those opportunities were out of conference.
 
auror said:
Houston has a much better shot than UConn does. If Houston wins, I expect them to be the 4th one seed. They'll be ahead of Florida in KenPom and WAB with a win.

Unfortunately, other teams took a sizeable edge on us with the Marquette loss and then Nova getting upset and us playing Xavier/GTown meant we didn't add much to our resume in this last week and other teams gained relatively.

There is an extremely high chance that at this very moment the committee is discussing the situation and has decided to keep Florida/Houston in the South, and they'll flip Houston to the 1 line with a win and keep Florida as is with a win. That's the simplest solution, and it's very easy to rationalize since UConn's predictive metrics are bad for a 1-seed.
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I think this is very true. Which opens up the East for us as a 2 seed since we wouldnt be the top 2 seed.
 
auror said:
Houston has a much better shot than UConn does. If Houston wins, I expect them to be the 4th one seed. They'll be ahead of Florida in KenPom and WAB with a win.

Unfortunately, other teams took a sizeable edge on us with the Marquette loss and then Nova getting upset and us playing Xavier/GTown meant we didn't add much to our resume in this last week and other teams gained relatively.

There is an extremely high chance that at this very moment the committee is discussing the situation and has decided to keep Florida/Houston in the South, and they'll flip Houston to the 1 line with a win and keep Florida as is with a win. That's the simplest solution, and it's very easy to rationalize since UConn's predictive metrics are bad for a 1-seed.
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I’d feel better about Houston beating us out for the 1 than Florida
 
Macbeezle said:
Joe Lunardi is constantly exposed as a mediocre bracketologist.
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Lunardi needs to quantify his opinion on Fla getting a number 1 seed ahead of the UConn-Johnie’s game. He claims Florida’s body of work is superior to ours. So if that is to be believed, how is that #22 Vandy crushes Fla and if we beat #13 St. John’s, we don’t get a 1 seed
 
BFieldHusky said:
I think this is very true. Which opens up the East for us as a 2 seed since we wouldnt be the top 2 seed.
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I think that is the best and most rationale outcome for all parties involved. But I would still feel pretty aggrieved by it (assuming we win tonight) lol
 
auror said:
Houston has a much better shot than UConn does. If Houston wins, I expect them to be the 4th one seed. They'll be ahead of Florida in KenPom and WAB with a win and the Arizona win will be the best win either team has.

Unfortunately, other teams took a sizeable edge on us with the Marquette loss and then Nova getting upset and us playing Xavier/GTown meant we didn't add much to our resume in this last week and other teams gained relatively.

There is an extremely high chance that at this very moment the committee is discussing the situation and has decided to keep Florida/Houston in the South, and they'll flip Houston to the 1 line with a win and keep Florida as is with a Houston loss. That's the simplest solution, and it's very easy to rationalize since UConn's predictive metrics are bad for a 1-seed.
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A 7 loss team as a 1 is ridiculous. They haven't beaten any great teams.
 
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superjohn said:
7 losses and we beat them. The Big East is bad this season but anybody who follows college basketball knows Florida didn't play any kind of a murderers row in conference.
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Totally agree. The SEC really wasn't a great league this year. Nowhere near the Big 10 or Big 12. Extremely average.
 
FearThePups said:
Lunardi needs to quantify his opinion on Fla getting a number 1 seed ahead of the UConn-Johnie’s game. He claims Florida’s body of work is superior to ours. So if that is to be believed, how is that #22 Vandy crushes Fla and if we beat #13 St. John’s, we don’t get a 1 seed
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Florida is 6-4 against AP top 25.
UConn wins tonight and they will be 7-2.

UConn will be 30-4, Florida is 26-7.

UConn also has a head-to-head win over Florida, and a will have a Tournament Championship.

I'm not seeing Lunardi's argument for Florida over UConn.
 
auror said:
Houston has a much better shot than UConn does. If Houston wins, I expect them to be the 4th one seed. They'll be ahead of Florida in KenPom and WAB with a win and the Arizona win will be the best win either team has.

Unfortunately, other teams took a sizeable edge on us with the Marquette loss and then Nova getting upset and us playing Xavier/GTown meant we didn't add much to our resume in this last week and other teams gained relatively.

There is an extremely high chance that at this very moment the committee is discussing the situation and has decided to keep Florida/Houston in the South, and they'll flip Houston to the 1 line with a win and keep Florida as is with a Houston loss. That's the simplest solution, and it's very easy to rationalize since UConn's predictive metrics are bad for a 1-seed.
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Never bet against the laziness of the Committee.

You think they're spending a Saturday coming up with 8 different brackets depending on how matchups go? lol
 
auror said:
Houston has a much better shot than UConn does. If Houston wins, I expect them to be the 4th one seed. They'll be ahead of Florida in KenPom and WAB with a win and the Arizona win will be the best win either team has.

Unfortunately, other teams took a sizeable edge on us with the Marquette loss and then Nova getting upset and us playing Xavier/GTown meant we didn't add much to our resume in this last week and other teams gained relatively.

There is an extremely high chance that at this very moment the committee is discussing the situation and has decided to keep Florida/Houston in the South, and they'll flip Houston to the 1 line with a win and keep Florida as is with a Houston loss. That's the simplest solution, and it's very easy to rationalize since UConn's predictive metrics are bad for a 1-seed.
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Fine with me! But I’m still worried about what happens if we win and Houston loses…or if MSU and Purdue get 2 seeds. Either scenario send us to the Midwest.
 
UConnTrumbull said:
Lunardi is already saying UF is ahead of us even if we win tonight
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I laughed at halftime of the Vandy-UF game when Dari Nowkah reported this is what Lunardi was saying. As if we're supposed to give a crap what Lunardi thinks. He's a mouthpiece for ESPN that has a clear bias towards the SEC due to their massive deal with them, and Lunardi consistently ranks towards the bottom of bracketologists year in, year out.

Florida went up against a team that actually played defense today and looked like dog crap. They picked up their 7th loss, losing by almost 20. If we beat St Johns we should have the advantage over them.

As bad as losses to Marquette and Creighton are, we've at least been competitive in every game we've played this season. If we win tonight we have 3 less losses and a H2H win to boot. We would be much more deserving of a 1 seed
 
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