Selection Show Thread

[Waquoit]

Right? We're shaking in our boots that we have FAU in our bracket?

It sure sounds like it

 

[giddyup]

UNC a 1 seed in the easiest region… total joke.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Kentucky doesn't defend. Aubutn gets into you defensively. Kentucky only scares me if Shepherd is in god mode.

But Kentucky can score and a hot offensive team in the tourney scares me. Kentucky won handily at Auburn.

 

[Jimdish255]

They hate us.
We have the toughest 1-5 seeds easily with teams playing well coming down the stretch. And why not give us Duke as a number 4? Are they better than Auburn? I will say FAU is not the same team as last year. Good not great.
Shafted St. John's and gave Izzo an 8 seed where they could have been out, and ultimately should have swapped spots with Grand Canyon for a more difficult opponent if they were in.
The only silver lining for the Big East is Creighton and, Marquette have a path forward.
But the West is weak and Carolina, (barely a number one) along with Purdue practically gets 2 freebies the first weekend.

That's how they roll. Ridiculous but expected.

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

Eh, not going to cry over St Johns

 

[BigFanCT]

Ackerman gotta go

 

[runner11]

The 4th place BE team didn’t make the tournament. Thats BAD.

The 5th and 6th place teams weren’t even in the discussion.

They don’t view the BE as a power league

Honestly the past day couldn’t have broke worse. We all knew the bubble was full of BE teams and then we get 4 bids stolen. It is extremely odd for the KP 2 conference to get 3 bids but I think a lot is bad luck. If DePaul and Georgetown are normal bad instead of NEC bad does that change anything? The only decisions that really irk me are UVA and MSU.

 

[Tenspro2002]

I also feel like the way the bid-thieves were handled was intentionally done in a way to minimize the outrage. Big-name programs weren't affected (favorable treatment for Virginia and MSU). The Mountain West was screwed, but they're nobodies. The Big East was screwed, but they're nobodies.

 

[Purple Stein]

poverty. church. league. bums.

told you for months that the mwc was getting double the bids.

justice was served.

Mountain West was also royally screwed by the committee.

 

[KingAG]

Also. Can the rest of the BE not named UConn, Marquette and Creighton stop pooping the bed in the OOC?! It’s hurting the league

 

[SL Husky]

Eh, not going to cry over St Johns

But still bad for the BE and its pocketbook.

 

[Bboy Lace]

2 of the top 5 teams in KenPom are in our bracket

grabs popcorn

 

[CL82]

poverty. church. league. bums.

told you for months that the mwc was getting double the bids.

justice was served.

Um Shouldn't you be, oh I don't know, crying into a towel somewhere?

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

But still bad for the BE and its pocketbook.

Schedule better and win more games

 

[KingAG]

How do we get the rest of the conference to schedule better?

 

[kobe]

Mountain West was also royally screwed by the committee.

yeah their seeds were all a line or two too low. that's life as a mid-major, committee doesn't give you full respect. at least they got in.

i mean, this is just a beautiful sight man

x.com

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[giddyup]

BE got screwed hard.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Mountain West was also royally screwed by the committee.

I sort of agree but even with a lot of bid stealers they got 6 teams in I won't feel bad for them

 

[Ripper32]

 

[upstater]

Eh, not going to cry over St Johns

The problem is $$$ and tourney credits, much more than worry about St John's feelings

 

[Marat]

Hurley coming up at 7pm on ESPN

 

[brihman]

Bilas is on one right now. Preach!

 

[Tenspro2002]

Iowa State as #8 on the S Curve, Illinois #12, and Auburn #15 are a joke.

 

[controlfade]

I don’t think anyone in our bracket compares to Marquette or Creighton. We def got the shaft with Iowa St, however, I say for the rest bring it on. If they want us to earn a back to back let’s show them !!!
U C O N N
UCONN
UCONN
UCONN

 

[HuskyHawk]

Hurley is going to have something to say about the Big East only getting three teams.

He already has. He things it should be 6.

 

[Waquoit]

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

 

[gsmooth]

I thought we’d get 4 with PC and SH on the last 4 out. 4-6 in our conference had no shot.

How does the ACC conceivably get more bids than us. Clemson a 6!?! Really?

I did a double take when I saw Clemson as a 6

 

[tuvent08]

Someone grab Pitino from underneath a restaurant table and give him a mic, stat. Should be entertaining.

 

[DRBackup]

Expand the tourney

If you didn't know better, you'd say the trash job by the committee was the plan all along

 

[Henry]

It's almost like the committee put those #s next to ISU, Ill, and Auburn just to fit their narrative.