Selection Sunday Thread

[Scrutineer]

I don't get the consternation about St. John's being in our region. We're on opposite sides and both St. John's and us wanted East regional. The committee helped us two, they didn't punish us.

Only 1 of us can get to the final four, but the odds of both reaching the elite 8 is quite low, so it doesn't even matter.

My consternation is due to the lost opportunity, no matter how slight, for the league to get two teams in the FF and gather up more "shares". With this bracket only one could advance that far.
The league needs the money and the exposure.

 

[superjohn]

I think this has set up nicely for us. An extra day of rest for Silas, good travel situation to Philly. I feel like no one is talking about us. Like no one. Everyone is focusing on a potential St. Johns/Duke matchup. People are picking teams like Purdue and Houston to win the tournament. I feel like a little bit of pressure may be off us.

We have a potential 7/10 matchup with a banged up team from the West Coast vs a team that limped into the tournament.

When you are the 2 seed, you hope the 3 is a good match up for you, and you hope the 1 seed has a tough draw. I respect Izzo and Michigan St, but they don't scare me. I would argue Duke has a tougher draw that us. They could face a game v.s. a TCU team that beat Iowa St, and should have beaten Michigan and Kansas at the Phog. Then a Sweet 16 game against Kansas, who is a total wild card in this tournament, or a St. John's team who actually matchups well with Duke (if the officiating isn't too too tight).

There's people talking about us and picking us for the final 4.

So far I've seen Norlander, Rothstein, and Justin Jackson all picking us to go to the final 4.

 

[temery]

It’s a joke. If we can’t be Furman, the issues run deep.

But I don't wanna be Furman

 

[JBK]

Well, when you compare them to Nebraska, they have a gripe. Nebraska also beat no one in the OOC.

They lost a long time ago and should have beat Iowa state. Hopkins is playing at a different level right now. We all just witnessed that
They got a bad break but always root for the big east until they play us. Let’s move on from st Johns

 

[JBK]

I don't get the consternation about St. John's being in our region. We're on opposite sides and both St. John's and us wanted East regional. The committee helped us two, they didn't punish us.

Only 1 of us can get to the final four, but the odds of both reaching the elite 8 is quite low, so it doesn't even matter.

Question. I know a lot must happen
But if it lines up
Would you rather play Duke or St John’s.

 

[Tenspro2002]

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To be fair, like 80% of the US population lives east of that line too.