Selection Show Thread

[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	vs 20 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	vs 4 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.

 

[Fishy]

Really bad day for Big East. Virginia and Michigan State are hot garbage.

Those two teams are the red flags that the rules have changed for the Big East.

 

[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.

 

[TheHorde]

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??

This

 

[Deepster]

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.

I guess the answer is the committee with every stat and model at their disposal who has spent hundreds of hours the last month on this bracket know more than you?

 

[TheHorde]

They gave North Carolina our bracket

Yup.

 

[HuskyBoi]

only thing i'd worry about with uconn is kind of like houston in the aac, they've only played one or two real games since conference play started

i still think you should be fine huskie bros, maybe one bad half or so but you'll overcome it.

I take back my statement a week ago about Cincy being NIT. It doesn't even look like they're that low enough to make it even

 

[Fishy]

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.

Jesus.

If by respect you mean trying to do whatever it takes to get this conference out of the way, then sure, we will go with you there.

 

[REB1094]

It'll be funny when MSU beats UNC tho

Also come on..if you're going to just make up the bracket for fun, you might as well have dropped St Peters 1 seed line for a 1v16 rematch against Purdue!

 

[HuskyHawk]

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

I know KU has been hot garbage lately, but Purdue gets one of the few teams with a player that can match up with Edey at #4. That wasn’t a favor but it will make for good TV.

 

[TheHorde]

I guess the answer is the committee with every stat and model at their disposal who has spent hundreds of hours the last month on this bracket know more than you?

They’re getting universally panned on CBS and ESPN and all over the internet. Not just me, guy. Please tell me how UNC deserved that bracket over UConn.

 

[JungleLobo]

They loaded the east because they don't want us to win #6. They don't, it separates us from Duke and makes us the leading program over the last 30-40 years.

We are champs and we will be champs again. 6 games to go, let's

WIN THE WHOLE F&*#@ING THING

A memo got missed.

The whole “disrespect” thing was last year’s theme.

This year is “come at me bro”.

Please post in accordance with the proper theme.

 

[TheHorde]

I know KU has been hot garbage lately, but Purdue gets one of the few teams with a player that can match up with Edey at #4. That wasn’t a favor but it will make for good TV.

If he’s healthy by then, yes.

 

[Brochacho]

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.

Metrics only say so much. Iowa State is a joke of a team. I’ve watched multiple ISU Illinois and Auburn games and I’m just not concerned. We did a very good job of avoiding teams that can smash it from 3 and get Clingan in space except BYU. We got great matchups. Matchups win tournaments not metrics.

 

[UConnSwag11]