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Race for 1 Seed (2/5)

RuffRuff said:
This game explosing Florida's weakness - guard play. Vandy guards picking the bigs, scoring off it, shooting lights out. Not sure it will last, but a very healthy 13 pt lead at the half. 20-4 advantage off turnovers.
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LMAO, I been telling you this for weeks! That backcourt was going to cost them.
 
BlueHen said:
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.
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Its SeC Bias..for sure
 
bendm said:
I agree but bracket matrix was updated this morning and has MSU as the 3rd 2, ISU as the 4th 2, and Purdue as the 2nd 3

Edit but ISU and Purdue are separated by .73 which is a lot. Hopefully a win against ucla isn’t enough for Purdue to jump ISU
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Hoping that a win against a banged up UCLA team doesn't move them off the 3 line. Obviously beating Michigan tomorrow could move them.

I hate to continue to bring this up, but this is where OOC should matter. Iowa State beat Purdue on the road. When things get this close, that should matter. Like us with Florida.
 
I actually don’t really care at this point who is in our bracket. I thought Michigan was a juggernaut but the past month they haven’t been all that impressive. Lost to Duke and barely squeezing by some of these other meh Big 10 teams. They have the #1 rated defense in the country because the Big 10 plays a slow, boring style of basketball with not a lot of points scored (except for Illinois). Give me Arizona, Duke, Michigan, Florida I don’t really care. None of these teams are world beaters and we have the talent and coaching to beat any of them. Our offensive #’s were also much stronger early in the season when we had the freedom of movement to run our sets and occasionally got the opportunity to shoot foul shots. The one situation I’d prefer to avoid is playing Houston in Houston, but every other scenario doesn’t scare me. I think UConn has had enough of those types of games that it should be someone else’s turn. We’ve played UNC in North Carolina, Texas in Texas, Maryland in Washington DC, Michigan St. in Detroit just to name a few. I’m sure I’m forgetting some.
 
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Every year some team flips their projected spot among the bracketologists and fans in the final days, and then the committee goes "lol, the bracket was done 3 days ago, but here's 1 stat that agrees with our lazy version so we can sleep at night"
 
I have no idea who to root for in this Houston v Zona game. If we can get #1 in the South with a win tonight then we need to root for Zona. But if we would still be behind UF then we need to root for Houston to ensure we aren’t #5 on the s curve and can be #2 in the East. Two totally different paths.

Edit- go Houston. Even if we win it’s not gonna be convincing
Edit- these games are not going well
 
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Florida keeps the 1 but Houston should pass us on the s-curve so we can be 2 in the east as long as Purdue doesn’t beat Michigan and replace ISU as a 2 seed.

Not that it matters if we play like that again or Demary is limited but maybe we get an easy path like in ‘23 with a banged up Duke.
 
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Seeding is the least of the coaches and players problems at this point
 
RuffRuff said:
Why it's silly to start angling for 1 seeds and placement before you go out and get your keister handed to you.
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There was no harm in it and A favorable path is even more important now.
 
gtcam said:
Hurley and the Florida coach were both outcoached today.
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No, our players were outplayed. What the hell could Hurley have done about turnovers? Piss poor shooting? Missed bunnies? Inbounding throw aways? Please.
 
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From CBS. This is what we want (2 seed in the East).

UConn entered Saturday evening in a prime position to secure a No. 1 seed after Florida lost to Vanderbilt and Houston lost to Arizona. The Huskies didn't take advantage of the opportunity, and it might cost them on Selection Sunday. In our latest Bracketology projections at CBS Sports, UConn will fall to a No. 2 seed. In fact, UConn would be behind Houston for the top No. 2 seed as far as official seeding goes. – Salerno
 
Assuming Michigan beats Purdue today, I am thinking it may lay out as the following:

East: 1. Duke 6. UConn 10. Illinois, 16. Alabama (33)
South: 4. Florida 5. Houston 9. Purdue, 14. Nebraska (32)
Midwest: 2. Michigan 7. Iowa St. 12 Virginia, 15. Kansas (36)
West: 3. Arizona 8. Michigan St. 11. Vandy, 13. Gonzaga (35)
 
BFieldHusky said:
Assuming Michigan beats Purdue today, I am thinking it may lay out as the following:

East: 1. Duke 6. UConn 10. Illinois, 16. Alabama (33)
South: 4. Florida 5. Houston 9. Purdue, 14. Nebraska (32)
Midwest: 2. Michigan 7. Iowa St. 12 Virginia, 15. Kansas (36)
West: 3. Arizona 8. Michigan St. 11. Vandy, 13. Gonzaga (35)
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Why wouldn’t they just follow the s curve in this case?

Duke-MSU. 1-8
Mich-ISU. 2-7
AZ-UConn. 3-6
Fla-Houston. 4-5

I know they say they give distance considerations but how many seed lines does that go down?
 
Chonky said:
Why wouldn’t they just follow the s curve in this case?

Duke-MSU. 1-8
Mich-ISU. 2-7
AZ-UConn. 3-6
Fla-Houston. 4-5

I know they say they give distance considerations but how many seed lines does that go down?
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I'm wondering how AZ isn't considered a potential 1 seed overall. They just won the best conference reg & tourney, beat two top ten teams on the way there.

At this point, who cares about he 1 we get paired up with. We should focus more on who the 3 and the 7. Hoping it's a Nebraska type team. Sitting here angling for the best 1 draw is kind of ridiculous after last night. We are going to have to likely get through a 7 and a 3 to even get there. We have one win against teams of that caliber since early December - StJ @ home, same team that pasted us last night.
 
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RuffRuff said:
I'm wondering how AZ isn't considered a potential 1 seed overall. They just won the best conference reg & tourney, beat two top ten teams on the way there.
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I'd think mostly because duke has the better win.

But I think all 3 are very very good and probably a coin toss ATM (assuming healthy duke). As all will end up in their preferred locations, I doubt it will matter too much who is the overall.
 
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