I really hate to say "I told you so" (you can tell how much I hate to do that), but this explanation by The Right Honorable Mr. Creme is just about EXACTLY what I said on this board yesterday, right down to highlighting the importance of MOV in the Villanova-UConn game. See my Post #17 on the "Huskies Move Up to #6" thread.Today's update - no up/down seeds, however 10 region changes, the most since 2/22 (12). And voila, UConn in Bridgeport.
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CC: "We still don't know just how good UConn is, but Monday provided the best example of how different the Huskies are now that they are healthy. A month ago, Villanova beat a UConn team without Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Caroline Ducharme and Paige Bueckers by three in Hartford. That trio was on the court in Monday's Big East final, and the Huskies won by 30. That was enough to bump UConn to the No. 6 overall seed. Based on their spot on the S-curve, the Huskies would naturally be placed in Bridgeport. There's still a chance they could end up in another region, but the higher the Huskies are on the S-curve, the better the chance that Bridgeport is their landing spot. Villanova remains the first team out; the Wildcats didn't stay competitive enough Monday to get a bump into the field. At-large spots can still open up, so there's a chance Villanova could reach its first NCAA tournament since 2018."
And the new Miss March, Christyn.What happens if Paige and Azzi go off?
Yeah, in 2004 Penn State was the #1 seed in - wait for it - Hartford. UConn was the #2 seed.I feel for NC State not likely being assigned to the Greensboro regional in their home state of North Carolina due to South Carolina's proximity and higher seed/ranking. And, then to have be to sent to Bridgeport where the #2 seed could be a local team.
I remember when Dawn Staley was very upset that her 2016 team had to be sent to the regional in Sioux Falls, SD instead of the closer Lexington, KY regional because of fellow SEC school Kentucky being the logical choice to be in that regional (despite being a worse seed than SC). She cited how disappointing it was for the large following of Gamecock fans who would not be able to drive to watch their team play.
What?? Based on what?You can make a strong case for NC State to be the overall #2 and UConn to be overall #7 and have them be in Bridgeport.
The official explanation from the committee chair for the "Lexington-gate" decision was that Notre Dame instead of SC was assigned as the #1 there because ND was within the NCAA threshold of "driving distance" (350 miles) of Lexington, while SC is outside it.I remember when Dawn Staley was very upset that her 2016 team had to be sent to the regional in Sioux Falls, SD instead of the closer Lexington, KY regional because of fellow SEC school Kentucky being the logical choice to be in that regional (despite being a worse seed than SC). She cited how disappointing it was for the large following of Gamecock fans who would not be able to drive to watch their team play.
American University - Patriot League a.q.American Champ in first game would be UCF? This will be a bruising battle, hopefully nobody gets hurt
Looking at those brackets, SC and Stanford have easy paths. NCSU and Louisville have very tough ones. I don’t like the imbalance.
Seeding is based on the entire season's body of work, not just 3 games.How do you make the SEC champ a #7 seed? Especially with a projected 9 teams getting in the field. Have to be much higher.
And then they got beat by SyracuseI feel for NC State not likely being assigned to the Greensboro regional in their home state of North Carolina due to South Carolina's proximity and higher seed/ranking. And, then to have be to sent to Bridgeport where the #2 seed could be a local team.
I remember when Dawn Staley was very upset that her 2016 team had to be sent to the regional in Sioux Falls, SD instead of the closer Lexington, KY regional because of fellow SEC school Kentucky being the logical choice to be in that regional (despite being a worse seed than SC). She cited how disappointing it was for the large following of Gamecock fans who would not be able to drive to watch their team play.
AND UConn... especially with the defense they have been putting up. Last 8 games... smallest MOV 20pts... average MOV 41.75pts.Kentucky, Iowa and NC State were the hottest teams in tournament play. That is a rough road to the Final Four.
As of this moment, the NET has:What?? Based on what?
No way nc st is moving ahead of SC or Stan.
As of this moment, the NET has:
1. SCar
2. NC State
3. Stanford.
Here's a composite shot of numerous rankings:
AP NET RPI Massey ELO
COULD NC State be number two? Yeah, but I think the Committee makes them 3.
- SCAR 1 1 1 1 3
- STAN 2 3 2 2 1
- NC St. 3 2 3 3 2
Charlie works for ESPN. He has UConn paired with NC State.I get the feeling ESPN is doing everything they can to try and influence the committee to put and keep UConn in Greensboro with S.C.. Will they influence the committee? I don't thinks so but, you never know........
I don’t know about the S or the G curve but I did hear that the one gets the easiest 2 seed so that would mean one plays eight than two should play seven and 3 Would Play 6 and 4 would play 5. If all stays the same in the rankings that puts us in Bridgeport versus North Carolina does it not? And what about the committee paying attention to Geographic area and travel. Again that should put Connecticut back in Bridgeport. I just worry about the committee making things up as they go along and not staying with established criteria.UConn will probably end up as the number 6 overall seed depending on what happens in the Big 12 tournament. The S and the G curve will put them in either Bridgeport or Wichita if they follow the seed line.
As long as it's those top three and they can pick three teams to line up with them, they probably wont change but couldAll those numbers are somewhat meaningless. The most important info we have is this: NC State was #3 in the last committee rankings 8 days ago.
In order for them to move up to #2, their resume would have to have significantly improved or SC/Stan's significantly worsened in the past week.
I see no plausible case for that argument. Not even close.