The "Discuss our seeding and path to the Final Four" Thread

[auror]

NY Post has us losing to VCU. VCU is a popular pick among the basketball community. They are a mercurial team.

They're playing their best basketball of the year.

 

[Ripper32]

 

[Ripper32]

 

[F101Voodoo]

Hurley won't be able to return to campus if he loses to Pitino.

The Feds will place him in the witness protection program.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I dare an

NY Post has us losing to VCU. VCU is a popular pick among the basketball community. They are a mercurial team.

y team in the country to turn a game against us into a track meet. Where we have difficulty is when we allow the other team to slow the game down.

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

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[Ripper32]

 

[elmcityboy]

he actually said on john fanta's call-in show (after getting into a tiff with uconn twitter personality "no escalators") that he is picking uconn to win it all

 

[greenday61892]

Wait so we're the top-seeded 4 seed according to the overall seeds, so how the hell did we get shafted to the west regional? I thought priority to proximity went by overall seeds

 

[auror]

Wait so we're the top-seeded 4 seed according to the overall seeds, so how the hell did we get shafted to the west regional? I thought priority to proximity went by overall seeds

The committee puts the first four teams from each conference into different brackets, Marquette was already in the east.

 

[navery12]

Wait so we're the top-seeded 4 seed according to the overall seeds, so how the hell did we get shafted to the west regional? I thought priority to proximity went by overall seeds

Because Marquette was a 2 seed so had priority over us in getting the East region, and the committee has to split up teams from the same conference where possible

 

[greenday61892]

Ok but by that logic wouldn't we then have priority to the south regional over Creighton?

 

[auror]

Ok but by that logic wouldn't we then have priority to the south regional over Creighton?

At that point maybe they shifted for competitive balance. Alabama top 1 in south so we go west.

 

[greenday61892]

idk, whatever the reason I'm getting pretty sick of getting slotted in the west the vast majority of the time

 

[FfldCntyFan]

idk, whatever the reason I'm getting pretty sick of getting slotted in the west the vast majority of the time

I'm kind of fond of the outcomes in 1999, 2004 & 2011.

 

[tzznandrew]

I'm kind of fond of the outcomes in 1999, 2004 & 2011.

Yeah. It's also not hard to get to Vegas or something.

 

[Ripper32]

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

Wait so we're the top-seeded 4 seed according to the overall seeds, so how the hell did we get shafted to the west regional? I thought priority to proximity went by overall seeds

Expected S-Curve was 8. UConn was under seeded by +5=13.

It looks like Utah State was the most under seeded team @ + 12. Arkansas @ + 9 ect ect...

Florida Atlantic should have been a 7 similar to the year Wofford beat Seton Hall in Rd 1.

+=S-Curve difference

 

[tykurez]

 

[Iluvsuebird]

Anything can happen in any given game. But we should beat Iona by 20. There is only ONE team that can beat Uconn this year. And that team is UCONN. I really believe that. There is not one team on this field that I believe can beat us if we are firing on all cylinders.

 

[gtcam]

idk, whatever the reason I'm getting pretty sick of getting slotted in the west the vast majority of the time

The west has been very good to UConn

 

[Ripper32]

So I watch Field of 68 alot. This is Rob Dauster's breakdown on UCONN:

To summarize, he thinks UCONN is a tough, physical team that controls the paint unlike any team in the NCAA. Specifically noted Sanogo and Andre Jackson (joked that he was more physically equipped to play WR in division 1). Dauster said UCONN creates quality shots with their infinitesimal amount of plays and counter plays. They will struggle when they have to start far away from the basket and the offense gets gummed up. He also said they don't have a dog that can just create shots from nothing in clutch time. So he sounds cautiously optimistic that they can make a run.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Because Marquette was a 2 seed so had priority over us in getting the East region, and the committee has to split up teams from the same conference where possible

Why would Marquette want to be in the East? They are a midwest team.

KU was the #4 seed, so they would play the top 2-3-4 seeds. Texas was the top #2, so they couldn't play UT. So UCLA was next toughest. Gonzaga and UConn are the top #3 and #4 respectively. That's all it is. It all follows those #1 seeds.

Alabama #1 overall, so south. Houston #2, they'd want South but it's taken, so Midwest. Purdue #3, they'd want midwest but it's taken so East. KU stuck with west. Then the 2-3-4 follow except avoiding in conference matchups. None of the 2-3-4 get preferences on regions.

 

[navery12]

Why would Marquette want to be in the East? They are a midwest team.

KU was the #4 seed, so they would play the top 2-3-4 seeds. Texas was the top #2, so they couldn't play UT. So UCLA was next toughest. Gonzaga and UConn are the top #3 and #4 respectively. That's all it is. It all follows those #1 seeds.

Alabama #1 overall, so south. Houston #2, they'd want South but it's taken, so Midwest. Purdue #3, they'd want midwest but it's taken so East. KU stuck with west. Then the 2-3-4 follow except avoiding in conference matchups. None of the 2-3-4 get preferences on regions.

You're missing the point, Marquette was a 2 seed so is placed in a region before UConn. So once Marquette ended up in the East, UConn couldn't

 

[HuskyHawk]

You're missing the point, Marquette was a 2 seed so is placed in a region before UConn. So once Marquette ended up in the East, UConn couldn't

True. But we never would have been anyway because our default region followed KU.