...not a bad starting point following the bad streak. Lots to play for in the next 3 weeks.
On the 3-seed line...
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Kansas has beaten 1 yes 1 team in the Top 25 right now which was WVU who is currently 19 and they have 6 losses which is one less than us who have beaten 5 ranked teams. I never understand the love affair the committee has with them
Look at their schedule. They have only beaten Tennessee. Got killed by Temple(unranked)lost to Texas A&M(unranked at home) lost to ALABAMA (unranked). Not much to brag about with weak wins over Norfolk St., Indiana St., Hofstra, Winthrop, Dayton, G. Mason, Vanderbilt, Ms. State, Georgia, UAB, M. Tenn., Murray St., UCon, Cornell, and Mississippi. Other than Tennessee, where exactly has a 2 seed been earned?
I' not trying to start shit here but if that schedule should get them a 2 seed then there is no way in hell the Heels should be a 3.
They're in first place in what has become a decent conference and they have 3 losses total. They're playing tougher competition might in and might out than say. Nova.
SEC is super inflated. They are going to get murdered in the tourney.
The conference is not quite as good as some make it out to be but it's WAY better than previous seasons. They'll likely get 8 teams in. And Auburn had early losses as they were finding an identity then reeled off a bunch in a row... the last loss was without their leading scorer. They are an undersized but very dangerous team that can light it up from 3
Complete List:
East Region:
1: Nova, 2: Duke, 3: Texas Tech, 4: Ohio State
South Region:
1: Virginia, 2: Cincinnati, 3: Michigan State, 4: Tennessee
West Region:
1: Purdue, 2: Kansas, 3: UNC, 4: Arizona
Midwest Region:
1: Xavier, 2: Auburn, 3: Clemson, 4: Oklahoma
The Committee's love of trying to match us against Kansas just seems to never cease.
East Region:
1: Nova, 2: Duke, 3: Texas Tech, 4: Ohio State
South Region:
1: Virginia, 2: Cincinnati, 3: Michigan State, 4: Tennessee
West Region:
1: Purdue, 2: Kansas, 3: UNC, 4: Arizona
Midwest Region:
1: Xavier, 2: Auburn, 3: Clemson, 4: Oklahoma
The Committee's love of trying to match us against Kansas just seems to never cease.
I just hate that they deny they plan matchups when we end up in Kansas or UK’s bracket EVERY year. 2013 was comical when we finished like 3rd in the ACC and they gave us an 8 to play 1 Kansas in Round 2. Thats when I knew it was rigged
Lots of basketball games left before knowing the top seeds. I'm pretty confident it will be shaken up some. Way too early to make these predictions but that never stopped them from doing so, the fans to review and comment on, and the coaches pulling their hair out over missing out or being faced with a harder tournament field than is fair.
If they can keep that Coach around they will be fine...He is building something good at Clemson...That's why it shocked me Zion chose dook...He could have been a star on a solid team...
You guys don't seriously think the committee is biased against UNC do you? Come on, give me a break. We're fairly seeded for now.
For real. That mess needs to go away.
And damn, MSU is an awfully tough 3 seed.
I doubt anyone thinks we are underseeded at this point, but the matchup shenanigans they have done to us in the past are hard to ignore.
I'm not putting any stock into anything yet. All these brackets show is we have a lot to gain of we can lock in for the rest of the way.
And Purdue is an awfully weak 1 seed after losing twice this past week.
BTW, I'd be thrilled with Purdue as the 1 and Kansas as the 2 in our region. Work in progress...
I think a 3 seed is about right at this point. But there's no denying that they match us up against KU every chance they get, just because Roy coached there. That's bullshit!
Why though? I don't think Kansas is better than any of the other two seeds. In fact, I think Duke is unquestionably better, and the other two might be too. So why does it matter if we play Kansas or one of the others?
What's more unfortunate in my eyes is getting shipped cross country into the West bracket. That's because of bracketing rules though, as top four seeded teams in the same conference can't be put in the same bracket. So whoever ends up fourth amongst the ACC teams will land out west. Not sure why they put Kansas there, perhaps to balance the brackets more (if they saw one of the #2 seeds as better than the others). I wouldn't doubt that TV ratings play into it when things are close, but since I don't see Kansas as particularly better, I have no problem with it.
You've answered your own question. If they can get a matchup with a good storyline that doesn't seem flat out ridiculous (like putting UNC, duke, UK and KU in the same bracket) they are going to do it more often than not. It's just good business to do so.
My question was "Why is it BS to put UNC and Kansas in the same bracket?". From a competitive standpoint we shouldn't really care (at least if you take my view that Kansas is not better than the other #2's), and I don't see anything wrong with increasing TV money, so long as it doesn't hurt our chances of winning.
Bring on KU. I'm not the least bit impressed by them this year. I'd love to exact some revenge from previous tournament losses to them.
Given how Roy has performed against KU and the fact that it's not really a good story line at this point is what aggravates many people here. No one is really that upset about the seeding, just the placement.
Bingo. The NCAA claims otherwise, but they are notorious for pre-stacking match-ups that might make compelling TV for other than basketball reasons. I get it, but after a while it gets to the point of monkeying with stuff too much and distracting the participants from the task at hand.
I still will never forget our bracket last year. 1)UNC 2) kensucky 3) UCLA and 4) Butler and then to beat Oregon and Gonzaga that was a tough 6 games. Now the bracket in the West right now if that came to fruition it does not scare me. Kansas doesn’t scare me at all or Purdue. Arizona is the only one I would really worry about. But this is a one and done tournament as we all know. Anyone could have a bad night at any time.
