Selection Show thread (7 ET, ESPN)

[Vowelguy]

SC as #1 out West. No surprise, except to Charlie Creme.

 

[Vowelguy]

Woah, Miami gets to host.

 

[ASweet3781]

Hosed? It's not much of a surprise - the committee has been clear all season that they didn't think much of MD's schedule.

Which is total a cop out.

87-81 to UConn and how they played us last year speaks volumes in how to pick who a really good team is.

 

[Jimbo]

Interesting about Duke and Maryland…normally I'd say there's not a great deal of difference between being the lowest #2 seed and the highest #3 seed (as I suspect those two teams were), but a potential second-round matchup against West Virginia is a rough draw for that top #3 seed.

Also, would it kill the committee, just once, to refrain from putting another AAC team in our region? Seriously?

 

[Zanzman]

How 'bout the reaction by the Syracuse players? Not happy about that draw at all!

They were on delay they didn't know yet when they were on tv

 

[southie]

Oh please. Some of these teams with in the so called tough conference with their high RPI's are some of the teams who have lost to UConn by 50-60 points.

Like who?

Not saying that Maryland isn't better than their #9 national seed, but their weak OOC dropped their power numbers, as did a weak conference. The committee doesn't reward you just because you played UConn close.

 

[Plebe]

Wow, Miami hosting. Got a huge bump from their FSU win in the ACCT.

 

[UConnFanMSM]

...Bridgeport seems like it is a tougher bracket than previous years.

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[ASweet3781]

...Bridgeport seems like it is a tougher bracket than previous years.

By far the toughest. South Carolina a total cake walk.

We got the strongest 8, 4, and a 3 tougher than ANY 2.

 

[Vowelguy]

Oregon St gets Stockton, as they should have!

 

[nwhoopfan]

If they can advance, Oregon St. has to be much happier w/ a Regional Final in Stockton this year compared to playing Baylor in Dallas last year.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Duke is weakest 2.

Well, Maryland is there and better so.....

 

[triaddukefan]

I knew it.... I called it.....

 

[Kmoney]

I keep hearing about Maryland having a weak OOC schedule. Was it weaker than UConns conference schedule? I am not asking rhetorically, I am sitting squarely on the fence about this.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

South Carolina has a far easier quarter than UConn.

 

[jdubct]

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So, who is likely to win a Duke vs Maryland game?

 

[chuck.r]

Oregon St got the 2-seed in Stockton. Good for them!

 

[RockyMTblue2]

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Oh, buck up. Could be like old times.

 

[HuskyNan]

Glad the committee is sending the message that tough OOC matters.

Yeah, it did so much for UConn

 

[southie]

Oregon St gets Stockton, as they should have!

I don't think OSU is the overall #5 seed based on their body of work. They probably got a procedural bump up from #6 to avoid having Miss. State in the same regional with SEC foe, South Carolina.

 

[triaddukefan]

So, who is likely to win a Duke vs Maryland game?

Im nervous about Oregon

 

[HoopsFan21]

I keep hearing about Maryland having a weak OOC schedule. Was it weaker than UConns conference schedule? I am not asking rhetorically, I am sitting squarely on the fence about this.

Maryland's conference also sucks and isn't that much better if at all than the AAC, so I don't know if UConn's conference schedule matters with respect to your question.

 

[ochoopsfan]

Im nervous about Oregon

Nike is providing Oregon a different jersey for each half.

 

[triaddukefan]

MD must feel pretty snake bit. At least they look excited unlike syracuse who looks dead on arrival.

Their was a delay... they were probably a minute behind.