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Selection Show thread (7 ET, ESPN)

LETTERL said:
Not to nitpick...but NCState was the #4 team in the ACC, due to tiebreaker wins over Duke and Louisville. Louisville finished in 5th place.
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The "top 4" for the purposes of this rule are the teams ranked highest by the committee, not according to conference standings.
 
ASweet3781 said:
LOL Auburn gets in, Tennessee a 5 seed, and South Carolina with the easiest path.

Man that SEC is soooooo good! They've sent 1 team to the Final Four in 9 years.
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Your obsession is showing.
 
Plebe said:
You already ditched your Elon avatar? So fickle...
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I gave em 48 hours....



LETTERL said:
Not to nitpick...but NCState was the #4 team in the ACC, due to tiebreaker wins over Duke and Louisville. Louisville finished in 5th place.
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Not sure if you saw the interview... but your coach wasnt pleased at the seeding.
 
triaddukefan said:
I dont recall saying anything negative about the Owls. :rolleyes:
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After they cracked the top 25, you wrote and I quote: "Temple????"

I might not have the exact number of question marks right, but it's pretty close.
 
triaddukefan said:
I gave em 48 hours....





Not sure if you saw the interview... but your coach wasnt pleased at the seeding.
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I did...at least the 30 seconds that WRAL-TV afforded NCState in their newscast and on their website. He makes a good point; last year, the Wolfpack Women were completely left out of the field because they had no top 50 wins. This year, they had a bunch, beat four of the top 16 in the tourney field and were "rewarded" by making the tournament but having to travel into hostile territory. Given who they have already played and beaten this season, the Wolfpack Women, and those hungry seniors who have only played in one NCAAT game in their careers, won't be scared or intimidated in Austin.
 
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Plebe said:
After they cracked the top 25, you wrote and I quote: "Temple????"

I might not have the exact number of question marks right, but it's pretty close.
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Oh yeah.. :p
 
LETTERL said:
I did...at least the 30 seconds that WRAL-TV afforded NCState in their newscast and on their website. He makes a good point; last year, the Wolfpack Women were completely left out of the field because they had no top 50 wins. This year, they had a bunch, beat four of the top 16 in the tourney field and were "rewarded" by making the tournament but having to travel into hostile territory. Given who they have already played and beaten this season, the Wolfpack Women, and those hungry seniors who have only played in one NCAAT game in their careers, won't be scared or intimidated in Austin.
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Did Wes think they should've been given a top-4 seed?
 
vowelguy said:
Ah Maria Taylor, yet another ESPN employee who doesnt know how to say Quinnipiac.
Though I'll give her a break since she's not based in CT. Now when the sportscenter anchors do it too ...
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I just googled Maria Taylor.... I had no idea she was 6'2" played basketball and volleyball at UGA. I know this has nothing to do with the bracket. :oops:
 
Plebe said:
Did Wes think they should've been given a top-4 seed?
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He said that if anyone had told him before hand that if 5 ACC teams were going to host, that the team that finished 7th in the standings would be one of them while the team that finished 4th would not be, he would be very surprised. So...he was surprised! The players seem excited and ready to play, though.
 
LETTERL said:
He said that if anyone had told him before hand that if 5 ACC teams were going to host, that the team that finished 7th in the standings would be one of them while the team that finished 4th would not be, he would be very surprised. So...he was surprised! The players seem excited and ready to play, though.
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Yeah, Miami as a host is really the surprise.

However, conference standings with unbalanced scheduling are a particularly imperfect benchmark. Miami had to play Florida State twice in the regular season, while none of the other top teams had to play each other twice. Miami also did better in its OOC than NC State did.

I strongly suspect that they bumped Tennessee from a 6 to a 5 in order to send the Vols to Louisville, and NC State might well be the team that was displaced from the 5 line to make that happen.
 
Basketball Committee head answers questions about the selection process

Committee chair Terry Gawlik answers specific questions about:
  • Sending SC to Stockton instead of OKC
  • The last 4 in and first 4 out, including specifically why Michigan was left out
  • Why Maryland wasn't seeded any higher than a #3
  • Selecting Kansas State as the destination for Stanford
  • The relative seeding of Cal and Oregon, and of Drake and Northern Iowa
 
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Plebe said:
Basketball Committee head answers questions about the selection process

Committee chair Terry Gawlik answers specific questions about:
  • Sending SC to Stockton instead of OKC
  • The last 4 in and first 4 out, including specifically why Michigan was left out
  • Why Maryland wasn't seeded any higher than a #3
  • Selecting Kansas State as the destination for Stanford
  • The relative seeding of Cal and Oregon, and of Drake and Northern Iowa
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That little pic accompanying the column must be a Glamour Shot; she didn't look anything like that when interviewed by ESPN!
 
triaddukefan said:
I just googled Maria Taylor.... I had no idea she was 6'2" played basketball and volleyball at UGA. I know this has nothing to do with the bracket. :oops:
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I remember Maria as a volleyball player. She was a great one. As a broadcaster I first heard her doing volleyball matches, and I thought to myself then: "She is gonna be a star." Soon after that they started doing basketball as well, and she's been taking on a larger and larger role each year. Smart, beautiful, great speaking voice.
 
Plebe said:
Basketball Committee head answers questions about the selection process

Committee chair Terry Gawlik answers specific questions about:
  • Sending SC to Stockton instead of OKC
  • The last 4 in and first 4 out, including specifically why Michigan was left out
  • Why Maryland wasn't seeded any higher than a #3
  • Selecting Kansas State as the destination for Stanford
  • The relative seeding of Cal and Oregon, and of Drake and Northern Iowa
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I like this response the best. Shows how broad the scope of discussions can be.

Q. The last two seasons Texas was eliminated by UConn. Do you consider this a reprieve for Texas, not to have been in the UConn bracket again this year, and give them perhaps a better chance to wind up in Dallas where their fan support might help the Final Four?

TERRY GAWLIK: First, before we start talking about that, hello. I’m so excited to be coming to Dallas for first-ever championship being held there. I’m a native Texan so it makes it all the better.

But to answer your question specifically, we do look at past competitions, and Texas had played UConn two times. So we did look at that and factor that in our decision-making when we were building the bracket.
 
eebmg said:
I like this response the best. Shows how broad the scope of discussions can be.

Q. The last two seasons Texas was eliminated by UConn. Do you consider this a reprieve for Texas, not to have been in the UConn bracket again this year, and give them perhaps a better chance to wind up in Dallas where their fan support might help the Final Four?

TERRY GAWLIK: First, before we start talking about that, hello. I’m so excited to be coming to Dallas for first-ever championship being held there. I’m a native Texan so it makes it all the better.

But to answer your question specifically, we do look at past competitions, and Texas had played UConn two times. So we did look at that and factor that in our decision-making when we were building the bracket.
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thanks for pointing this out. it does seem like they are trying to specifically advantage schools from texas, and i guess at least they are being honest about it. impartiality would be better.
 
2Husky said:
thanks for pointing this out. it does seem like they are trying to specifically advantage schools from texas, and i guess at least they are being honest about it. impartiality would be better.
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Where are you getting that? Because they didn't want to send Texas to Bridgeport for the third year in a row?
 
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Plebe said:
Where are you getting that? Because they didn't want to send Texas to Bridgeport for the third year in a row?
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yes, and they have no problem sending SC out west when arguably Baylor should have gone. In one case they gave preference to having a team avoid going somewhere based on placement in a past tournament, and in another they ignored that as a factor. in both cases it is about giving breaks to schools from texas who probably can't win without the special treatment.
 
2Husky said:
yes, and they have no problem sending SC out west when arguably Baylor should have gone. In one case they gave preference to having a team avoid going somewhere based on placement in a past tournament, and in another they ignored that as a factor. in both cases it is about giving breaks to schools from texas who probably can't win without the special treatment.
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They put Texas in UConn's regional two years in a row. Doesn't look like special treatment to me.

This year will only be the second year in a row that South Carolina's regional site is the most distant. The previous year they were close by in Greensboro. So no, the two situations are not comparable. We'll see where they get sent next year if the circumstances are similar.
 
I wonder if there will be. As many upsets as last year.
 
UConnNick said:
I think we beat MD by 20+ at any venue.
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You got that right! Playing MD in CT is way better than at FF...and we only have to play them if the beat BOTH WVU and Duke... but even so, I believe we will win no matter where it is.
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
Dawn does not happy better than most. :):rolleyes:
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It is the coaches job when possible to amplify any examples of real or perceived disrespect. One of the most powerful weapons a coach can employ is to construct an "us against the world" mentality and play "angry".
 
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mhshuskies said:
Did you see Rebeccas reaction to Landers analysis on how L'ville is a potential FF team. She was doing all she could not to jsut burst out laughing at such a ridiculous analysis.
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Rebecca loves to bust his chops.
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
Freese and Staley are none too pleased, that's for sure.
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What the heck does Staley have to be displeased about?

They shouldn't be a #1, dont deserve it. Expecially since Coates is out and Staley knew it but kept it quiet for a chance to get #1 seed. Stupid Committee gave it to them.
South Carolina got the easiest draw when that privilege should have gone to UCONN which deserved it.
 
FASTEDDY said:
What the heck does Staley have to be displeased about?

They shouldn't be a #1, dont deserve it. Expecially since Coates is out and Staley knew it but kept it quiet for a chance to get #1 seed. Stupid Committee gave it to them.
South Carolina got the easiest draw when that privilege should have gone to UCONN which deserved it.
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The most significant thing Dawn said yesterday was that Coates isn't practicing. Personally I think the are a better club without her.
 
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