Selection Sunday Thread

[Ripper32]

If this is the case, then the big east was properly seeded.

St. John’s will beat Kansas

Kansas is a jekyl and hyde team. Depends who shows up.

 

[nycscooby]

The Committee does a terrible job as usual. Imbalanced regions, teams snubbed, obvious Power Conference bias, etc

Val doesn’t even talk to her wife.

She has to go today. What a joke she is

 

[boog204]

How does Missouri, a 10 seed, get to play in St. Louis?

 

[upstater]

Nebraska also did nothing outside the B1G. Gets a 4. Compare their season to St Johns

 

[Tenspro2002]

I know nothing about Furman this season but looking at their stats they are led by a 6'5 guard who averages around 18 ppg and around 5 assists per game. Two skinny 6'11 guys and a skinny 6'8 guy seem to be their three other best players. They're 8th in the country in 2 point fg% and 260th in three point fg% on high volume.

That doesn't sound like an amazing matchup for us as 15 seeds go. They just need their lead guard to beat Mullins and Ball, and to hit an unusually good percentage from 3, while using their size to bottle up (or foul) Reed.

Not likely, but doable for them. High variance.

 

[geohusky]

So Saint John’s to get to the Final Four oh boy

Oops my bad never mind lol

 

[EBonz30]

Don’t be surprised if South Florida makes it to the Sweet 16- have the hottest coach & probably play the hardest in the nation- will beat Louisville.

 

[aceboon]

Villanova is gonna beat Arizona, aren't they? Minute I saw that second round matchup it just felt like an upset waiting to happen.

They have one bigman to go against their frontcourt, I honestly expect Utah St to beat them, they're good.

 

[UConn Dan]

We just love humiliation, apparently…

I’m lost. I haven’t been paying attention since the lost. Who said we would/should decline the tournament? Someone on the boneyard or Hurley?

 

[Vowelguy]

lol UNC gets Greenville as a 6

 

[husky8273]

I’m lost. I haven’t been paying attention since the lost. Who said we would/should decline the tournament? Someone on the boneyard or Hurley?

no one

 

[upstater]

South is weaker than the West but Houston is at home in the bottom of the bracket.

 

[RashadRay11]

Reading the St. Johns board aboslutely melt down is hilarious. They don't understand you have to beat quality opponents outside of us. They were so pathetic in the non-conference they should be happy with the 5 they got.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I think Illinois is over-seeded at 3. Three seeds should not have 8 losses.

 

[upstater]

Degree of difficulty:

1. East
2. Midwest
3. West
4. South

 

[Mr. French]

TJ Power and Penn knocking off Illinois?

 

[HooperScooper]

Val doesn’t even talk to her wife.

She's married to a guy and has 2 daughters. Geeze dude, that was......

 

[aceboon]

Sucks that Miami OH didn't get in outright but that play-in game will have a ton of attention

 

[upstater]

Reading the St. Johns board aboslutely melt down is hilarious. They don't understand you have to beat quality opponents outside of us. They were so pathetic in the non-conference they should be happy with the 5 they got.

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

 

[7774]

They just killed us. — they can beat Duke

Man there are a LOT of people in this thread forgetting that St John’s is going to have to play actual basketball now.

 

[WrenchFan69]

She's married to a guy and has 2 daughters. Geeze dude, that was......

At least one daughter went to Wesleyan

 

[Kemba15]

And maybe most importantly are 354th in forcing steals on defense. We tend to unravel when there's defensive pressure and give up fast breaks, which is something they don't do

How do UCF and UCLA fare in these metrics btw?

 

[Tenspro2002]

Eat s___: Auburn, Indiana, Oklahoma

 

[blkknight1]

That doesn't sound like an amazing matchup for us as 15 seeds go. They just need their lead guard to beat Mullins and Ball, and to hit an unusually good percentage from 3, while using their size to bottle up (or foul) Reed.

Not likely, but doable for them. High variance.

Watch their semi final and final in their conference tournament. They are better than their resume. Their lead guard was gonna red shirt but the coach said he was too good not to play this year. Their lead big shots at 76%. They are tricky can’t underestimate them at all.

 

[navery12]

Sucks that Miami OH didn't get in outright but that play-in game will have a ton of attention

They probably should have, but an NCAA Tournament game 50 minutes away from your campus isn't a bad consolation for their fans