Selection Show Thread

[Dove]

Has anyone who's actually watched Illinois play worried about them?

They're really good

 

[DblCrossbar]

Think NCAA is going to do Pitino any favors?

Sure they did, New Mexico comes in as an 11 vs Clemson .

 

[dogpause]

Call me selfish, but I want every tourney game we play to be exciting, and I want the championship game to be against another #1 seed.

 

[storrsroars]

Virginia is one of the worst teams I have ever seen. St. Johns and Seton Hall much better.

Even my wife, the Pitt alum, said St John's or Providence would destroy UVA.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

UConn vs. Arizona for championship?

 

[CL82]

 

[TheHorde]

I really thought they had as good a chance as any of the bubble teams to get in.

 

[Kitaman]

I may be strange but I love our bracket. NCAA is throwing the best at us only out of massive respect for our program. It won't work.

We are the best so what should it matter who is in our brackets? Only a couple of BE teams have the best shot of beating us. If we play our basketball this may become our greatest Tourney ever!

I hope the team puts out this message to those freaking out in America:

"Calm down, No worries, We got this!"

Just saying ya'll we've got 5 Championships, we know what to do.

 

[Brochacho]

But why should UConn’s bracket be much more loaded than UNC’s? We are the overall number 1 seed and drubbed UNC. The West is a joke compared to the East.

Who are we scared of?

 

[98Uconn]

I’m happy to avoid Duke and Kentucky… the teams have underachieved but are loaded with talent spook me because if they get in a roll it’s trouble. I think we would have found reason to complain about Tennessee or UNC as our 2 as well.

 

[Ripper32]

Who are we scared of?

Auburn or Iowa St. Auburn is super deep. And Iowa St. is better defensively than us. Still they need exemplary performances.

 

[bendm]

It blows my mind that a crappy team like Texas gets a 7 seed

and WSU is also 7 seed even tho they were ranked in the top 25 for basically the second half of the season

 

[DRBackup]

They did it all before the conference tournaments. Those don’t count anymore it seems.

I mean, I get that you don't want to screw a team that put together a solid full season resume, but isn't the seeding supposed to reflect the actual momentum of the day ? It used to, at least

 

[UConnSwag11]

But why should UConn’s bracket be much more loaded than UNC’s? We are the overall number 1 seed and drubbed UNC. The West is a joke compared to the East.

Midwest as well. I think Midwest is easiest.

With that said, did the committee give us these schools because they’re thinking those schools won’t travel like others? Giving us home court essentially?

 

[Waquoit]

Val Ackerman better have some strong words about this bull^^^t.

And if that doesn't work she should start a petition.

 

[uconngb]

Kudos to Jay Williams (yeah I said it) for calling this out for what we all know. We got screwed for being the best team in the country.

 

[TheHorde]

Who are we scared of?

Not scared of them. It’s NOT about being scared of them. It’s about rewarding regular season performance. You can’t address my question because there’s no good answer for it.

 

[Waquoit]

They're really good

They're the one team I've seen more than twice. They look like a bunch of doofuses to me.

 

[TheHorde]

Midwest as well. I think Midwest is easiest.

With that said, did the committee give us these schools because they’re thinking those schools won’t travel like others? Giving us home court essentially?

Purdue has an easy road until the elite 8. On paper that’s where my bracket will likely have them go down.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Hurley coming up on ESPN

 

[HuskyHawk]

Oh come on.

Tea leaves. Power leagues making noise about breaking away from the tournament. So every bubble team decision went their way. https://kenpom.com/

 

[upstater]

Much less worried about Iowa State than I am about the 2nd game against FAU. I just checked their damn schedule. Holy heck. They played some close games in losses against good teams:

Thu, Nov 23	vs Butler *	W91-86	3-1 (0-0)	Goldin 19	Goldin 11	Gaffney 3
Fri, Nov 24	vs 12 Texas A&M *	W96-89	4-1 (0-0)	Davis 26	Martin 7	Gaffney 5
Sun, Nov 26	vs Virginia Tech *	W84-50	5-1 (0-0)	Martin 17	Martin 8	Gaffney 6
Tue, Dec 5	vs20 Illinois *	L98-89	7-2 (0-0)	Goldin 23	Davis 9	Gaffney 7
Sat, Dec 16	vs St. Bonaventure *	W64-54	9-2 (0-0)	Davis 16	Davis 9	Davis 4
Sat, Dec 23	vs4 Arizona *	W96-95 2OT	10-2 (0-0)	Davis 35	Davis 9	Gaffney 4
Sun, Jan 14	vs UAB	W86-73	13-4 (3-1)	Davis 30	Martin 9	Greenlee 5
Thu, Jan 18	vs Wichita State	W86-77	14-4 (4-1)	Martin 22	Martin 9	Davis 6
Thu, Feb 8	@ UAB	L76-73 OT	18-5 (8-2)	Davis 17	Davis 11	Davis 5
Sun, Feb 11	@ Wichita State	W95-82 OT	19-5 (9-2)	Goldin 20	Goldin 9	Goldin 5
Sun, Feb 18	@ South Florida	L90-86	20-6 (10-3)	Goldin 23	Davis 6	Davis 5
Sun, Feb 25	@ Memphis	L78-74	21-7 (11-4)	Goldin 22	Martin 9	Weatherspoon 6
Sat, Mar 9	vs Memphis	W92-84	24-7 (14-4)	Goldin 21	Goldin 12	Davis 5

They had closes losses to Arizona and Illinois. These results show they are a very competitive team.

 

[jibsey]

I have a question. On the Yard this season there have been a billion Ken this and that with statistics that could melt your gray matter. Did any of that prove correct besides us or was it wasted bytes as far as predicting bids?

 

[auror]

On March 9th I placed 3 total bets on bubble teams in/out that were all +money underdogs.

I had Virginia (+135) in, St. John's (+185) out, and Villanova (+130) out.

3 cashes.

Say it with me people. Your NET doesn't matter. KenPom and predictives matter less at the bubble. SOR/KPI are King at the bubble. 48 hours before the selection only matters for bid thieves.

 

[AzHusky]

Coach Hurley is going to be on ESPN.

 

[superjohn]

I really like this guy.

 

[Gutter King]

The league lost two All-BE players and championship week broke all the wrong ways for us. I don't believe there's any conspiracy, I just think that the league as a whole need to up the OOC.

We tried to this year and even our schedule turned out to be worse than what was on paper. English and Pitino need to go get some games.

 

[uconngb]

Who are we scared of?

It’s not about being scared. It’s about being fair. I’d take UNCs bracket in a heartbeat over ours and they were supposedly the worst #1 seed. What sense does that make??

 

[Beak7774]

They gave North Carolina our bracket

 

[Ripper32]

They're the one team I've seen more than twice. They look like a bunch of doofuses to me.

They are talented but don't play lockdown D. They will trade baskets. Shannon is a handful to stop off the dribble. Domask is a 6-6 point forward with great body control and backdown post game. Coleman Hawkins is a long, athletic 3 and D.