Race for 1 Seed (2/5)

[FreeDogs]

I guess it needs repeating.
All that matters is how well we're playing.
Did the seven seed matter in 2014?
Did the three seed matter in 2023?
Did it matter when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Let's all just relax and see if Dan Hurley is worth the money he's being paid.
A second straight year making a mistake on signing a backup point guard, the eighth straight year not being able teach effective inbounds plays, several years of the guards being unable to stay in front of their man on defense, and a sudden inability to rebound, run a fast break and dunk off pick and rolls have hit hard.
But most concerning is the team's body language.
Something just doesn't seem right.

"Let's see if Dan Hurley is worth the money he's being paid."

What else does he have to do to prove to you he IS?

 

[FreeDogs]

So mr. scooper breaking my chops got me thinking here and I went to the NCAA website to see what metrics they use to evaluate teams.

What metrics are used by the committee to evaluate teams?​

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BPI (ESPN)
KenPom Rankings
KPI
NET



Strength of Record (ESPN)
Torvik
Wins Above Bubble


So UConn currently:
BPI: 11
Kenpom: 13
KPI: 6
NET: 10
SOR: 4
Torvik: 9
WAB: 4

What does this mean? I have no idea.

5 seed. We only play in the Big East and aren't a Blue Blood.

Drooling sarcasm as I type.

 

[RuffRuff]

Today. Before the Creighton game they were probably the 4th 1 seed. Which didn't equate to NET, Kenpom, BPI, Torvik, etc. If people would just read the articles on WAB I posted they would understand but people on here just like to argue no matter what they think they know.

Forget it, I'm done on the subject. It's tough arguing with people who are using assumptions that are wrong.

You really take those that don't read your articles personal, don't yeah? Teacher?

 

[BFieldHusky]

UConn listed as the Number 5 overall seed (2 seed) in the South with Iowa St as the 1 by the bracket preview from the committee. Sign me up for that all day.

 

[FightOnCT]

I’ll take it though I don’t know why we wouldn’t get the East?

 

[BFieldHusky]

I’ll take it though I don’t know why we wouldn’t get the East?

The s curve.

 

[navery12]

Rumors of UConn's demise have been greatly exaggerated

 

[navery12]

 

[UConNick]

And with Nebraska as our 3. At 5 overall, seems the committee is still giving us a good level of respect, ahead of Houston on the s-curve (as of only now, to be fair).

Go out there today and get it done. Hoping they play looser and resemble the noncon team now that the loss we’d been dancing around finally came.

 

[djct1999]

UConn listed as the Number 5 overall seed (2 seed) in the South with Iowa St as the 1 by the bracket preview from the committee. Sign me up for that all day.

Yes, please.

 

[superjohn]

UConn listed as the Number 5 overall seed (2 seed) in the South with Iowa St as the 1 by the bracket preview from the committee. Sign me up for that all day.

Unfortunately I don't see that holding up. That being said we shouldn't care at all about seeding, we should be concerned with playing a lot better.

 

[FightOnCT]

A South bracket with Iowa State, Nebraska and Texas Tech is hardly something to complain about in all honesty

 

[Ewekon]

Definitely a fork in the road moment for this team.

I just hope they take it.

 

[BGesus4]

Yeah but what if we played those three games on the same day we played Creighton

 

[Hi-Low]

Zero chance the final bracketing for the top 16 ends up this way....nice to see they consider UConn the top 2 seed right now though.

The final 1 seed is certainly getable if we win out. If end up a 2 seed (or a 3 seed if keep losing) just keep us away from Michigan region.

 

[ec33]

The key point is that the committee currently sees UConn as the 5th overall team despite the lackluster last couple of weeks. Righting the ship is not going to be easy, but the pieces are there.

 

[HooperScooper]

So they consider UConn the 5th overall seed even though their kenpom is #13, NET is #10, BPI is #11, Torvik is #9. etc.? Can some of you explain that to me? /s 😀

 

[homunculus]

So they consider UConn the 5th overall seed even though their kenpom is #13, NET is #10, BPI is #11, Torvik is #9. etc. Can some of you explain that to me? /s 😀

Yes. Obviously the committee are blue-goggled pollyannas who live in a delusional world and aren’t interested in realistic discussion of all of our fatal flaws.

 

[Hi-Low]

So they consider UConn the 5th overall seed even though their kenpom is #13, NET is #10, BPI is #11, Torvik is #9. etc.? Can some of you explain that to me? /s 😀

UConn has the best collection of OOC wins... FL / IL / KS / BYU all neutral or road, plus the home win vs top 40 TX

 

[bazz&boujee]

The committee screwing us again!!! O wait

 

[BFieldHusky]

Based on the seed list the committee announced, with Iowa St and Houston losing, UConn should be back on the 1 line.

 

[auror]

Based on the seed list the committee announced, with Iowa St and Houston losing, UConn should be back on the 1 line.

Yes the combo of Iowa State losing and us winning a Q1A game by 10 would certainly have us back on the 1-line considering how much conversation the committee said they had on it.

We can get it back if we win out, but we're chasing now instead of leading.

Back to leading real quick.

 

[JungleLobo]

Based on the seed list the committee announced, with Iowa St and Houston losing, UConn should be back on the 1 line.

Iowa State beat top 10 Houston this week and then lost @ top 25 BYU.

UConn lost at home to unranked, not even on the bubble Creighton and won @ unranked Villanova.

Iowa State still has the inside track.

 

[caw]

Before conference tournaments:

Houston has one more big game left at KU.

ISU has TT and Zona left.

UConn one only has SJU of big games.

I personally just don’t want Houston in Houston. Whether as a 1 seed or a 2 seed.

 

[Candyman]

Lunardi has given UConn back the 1 seed with Iowa State loss and UConn win at Nova.