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UConn and its bracket - the first two rounds at Gampel

Fastbreak said:
Geno Re:Vanderbilt

The Commodores were a 1-seed in the first bracket reveal back in February but suffered a bad loss at Georgia, then got blown out by Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament. Since two top-four seeds from the same conference can’t occupy the same region, Vanderbilt had to be placed with either UConn or UCLA. The Commodores ultimately slipped behind LSU, which sent them to the Huskies’ quadrant.

That’s the official explanation, at least. Auriemma isn’t quite so convinced.

“I haven't looked at it close enough, but the way it was explained to me, that would be like they are the number eight team in the country. I find that hard to believe. I find that hard to believe,” he said. “Hopefully they were put there because that's where they deserve to be, not because of some ulterior motive… That would be disrespectful to Vanderbilt and to Shea.”




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It sounds like Geno is having a senior moment. He knows the seeding rules.
 
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Iowa State and Crooks is a great match up and warm up for our bigs for potentially matching up against UCLA and Betts in the championship. Not worried about this one at all
 
Using Massey's rating system, the top 6 opponents for the #1 seeds in their quarters have an average rating of:


UConn: 15.5

Texas: 16.8

UCLA: 17.7

South Carolina: 20.2
 
Gus Mahler said:
Thanks to you and @packwrap. I never knew where TCU was located, but it should've clicked.
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It's funny, when you know where it is, their athletic success makes sense. SMU is right next to them in their sister city, Dallas. Good old Dallas/Fort Worth. Not big enough to be a Triangle, just a Line Segment. 😁
 
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