Selection Sunday - General discussion (merged threads)

[ME Husky Fan]

This selection committee is turrible....

Not even aware there were play-in games until the last bracket, shameful.

 

[Terrierdog]

A couple great things about UConn being the #1 overall seed. They announce it right away so I can now watch USA Baseball play the Dominican Republic and secondly, UConn will never host a watch party with the team cheering and carrying on. Tell me who we play, where we play and when?

Why don't they have a watch party? I know they haven't in years. Did they ever?

 

[TheFarmFan]

So who got left out? BYU and Utah from the Big 12. Thankfully Mississippi St. from the SEC.

And my Cardinal...

 

[nwhoopfan]

Seems like they send Syracuse to Storrs every time they get in the tournament

Ongoing revenge for not giving Stewie a close to home game during her Senior year?

 

[TheGOAT23]

And my Cardinal...

Ouch!

 

[Terrierdog]

I think on paper UConn has a pretty easy region. We managed to avoid all the teams that scare me.

🤞

 

[Stagnant]

Iowa state had a rough year. I would prefer Syracuse in the second round though.

 

[nwhoopfan]

And my Cardinal...

Mississippi St. absolutely didn't even deserve to be considered, but the fact Nebraska got in and some of those others didn't...well I feel for their fans. How about Cal? I don't know about OOC and all the metrics, but they finished higher in the ACC standing than your Card did.

 

[oldude]

Why don't they have a watch party? I know they haven't in years. Did they ever?

I don’t know that they ever had one. It’s a UConn thing, just like never cutting down the nets when they win a Regional Championship.

The Huskies don’t celebrate getting chosen for the Big Dance and they don’t celebrate winning the Regionals. There is just one celebration, when they win the National Championship, which they’ve done 12 times.

 

[DRBackup]

As if we couldn't have predicted Shea's Vanderbilt team as our #2. That's SO lame

 

[nwhoopfan]

How do they determine who gets stuck w/ the play in games? 2 games pit #16 seeds against each other, those are probably the 4 weakest teams that got auto bids. I thought the other 2 games were always 11 seeds, but not this year. 1 game is 10 seeds. Those can't be the last couple of teams that got in if they ended up a 10 seed can they?

 

[ME Husky Fan]

South Carolina can walk to the FF. Iowa to me is the lowest of the 2 seeds and should have been in UCONN’s bracket. Vanderbilt with So Carolina if they’re the #5 team, no?

 

[nwhoopfan]

South Carolina can walk to the FF. Iowa to me is the lowest of the 2 seeds and should have been in UCONN’s bracket. Vanderbilt with So Carolina if they’re the #5 team, no?

Somebody keeps explaining this. They weren't going to put 2 SEC teams as the #1 and #2 in the same Region.

Is Michigan really better than Iowa? Two beat downs by the Hawkeyes in recent weeks say otherwise.

 

[oldude]

As if we couldn't have predicted Shea's Vanderbilt team as our #2. That's SO lame

Yes that’s correct. The 4th rated SEC team (Vandy) was going to be in UConn’s region, assuming UConn was the #1 overall seed, which it was. That is a “written in stone” seeding requirement.

 

[mhshuskies]

Wow, Nebraska actually got in. I just don't see how they earned it.

overated big ten

 

[triaddukefan]

The only consolation to this selection committee fiasco is that it looks like Imma win big on Draftkings next weekend. Ruth Chris and Krispy Kreme get ready.

 

[Phil]

UConn's first opponent - UTSA (University of Texas San Antonio). Middle of the pack in the AAC. Won their tournament. Saw then play South Florida back in January. USF beat them 70 - 53. Nuf said.

I think Creme's projection was UConn versus FDU. I was all prepared to talk about the two games in history between UConn and FDU, So it's a little bit of a letdown to have nothing to say about UTSA a team UConn has never played.

 

[Phil]

We definitely get the toughest 2 seed in Vanderbilt, how does South Carolina get Iowa?

We did play Iowa, was that a factor?

 

[Urshurak]

I think Creme's projection was UConn versus FDU. I was all prepared to talk about the two games in history between UConn and FDU, So it's a little bit of a letdown to have nothing to say about UTSA a team UConn has never played.

Karen Aston (Texas) is the Coach. She has history with UConn

 

[LETTERL]

Did Arizona State make the field? I don't remember hearing their name. @azfan must be very disappointed.

 

[Jonathan14]

I understand why South Carolina has Iowa as their 2, but they also get TCU as their 3? I'm just not impressed by TCU's resume. They've beaten WVU 2 out of 3 times, and...what else? Wouldn't any team rather see them in their bracket than Duke, Louisville, or tOSU?

 

[cancontent]

Somebody keeps explaining this. They weren't going to put 2 SEC teams as the #1 and #2 in the same Region.

Is Michigan really better than Iowa? Two beat downs by the Hawkeyes in recent weeks say otherwise.

The math isn't mathing as they say. How they're a 2 over a team like Duke who won their conference outright is puzzling to me.

 

[EricSD]

They were talking about UCLA's bracket as "brutal". Um... if the seeds hold, UCLA gets the winner of Duke vs. LSU. Not both, One of them. And their 4 seed is Minnesota. Pretty basic. UCLA was either getting Vandy or LSU. Frankly I prefer Vandy, and as the top overall seed, that makes sense to me.

Michigan and Iowa - to be honest, the weaker pair of 2-seeds. Both UConn and UCLA should be technically bummed about that as SC and Texas have an "easier" path.

I get it - keeping teams in the same conference as far away as possible, but I hope they change that soon.

 

[Zanzman]

So Texas is the number 4 overall even though they beat SC on the sec tourney interesting

 

[azfan]

Did Arizona State make the field? I don't remember hearing their name. @azfan must be very disappointed.

LAST in... We're dancing in Iowa City. If we beat Virginia we get Georgia and then if that miracle continues the Hawkeyes