Tournament Thread March Madness thread

trojanfight · Mar 11, 2018

gobigred said:
They have crap for quality wins. Best wins are Middle Tennessee (bubble team) and New Mexico State (won the WAC). They have a weak resume

RPI of 34 makes them highest ranked to ever be left out

ericd7633 · Mar 11, 2018

trojanfight said:
RPI of 34 makes them highest ranked to ever be left out

Oklahoma was 33rd in the RPI in 1994 and got left out.

Lions=TeHsUcKs · Mar 11, 2018

ericd7633 said:
Oklahoma was 33rd in the RPI in 1994 and got left out.

That team was 15-13, how were they 33 in RPI?

ericd7633 · Mar 11, 2018

ericd7633 · Mar 11, 2018

Lions=TeHsUcKs said:
That team was 15-13, how were they 33 in RPI?

#6 SOS.

jontaejones · Mar 11, 2018

Who else thinks the committee did a pretty good job with seeding this year?

I don't see anybody grossly underseeded or overseeded.

TCU I think is the most overseeded team. Probably should have been on that 8/9 line.

Providence I think is underseeded. Should have been like an 8.

Arizona should have been a 3. UK a 4.

Lions=TeHsUcKs · Mar 11, 2018

jontaejones said:
Who else thinks the committee did a pretty good job with seeding this year?

I don't see anybody grossly underseeded or overseeded.

TCU I think is the most overseeded team. Probably should have been on that 8/9 line.

Providence I think is underseeded. Should have been like an 8.

Arizona should have been a 3. UK a 4.

Zona was under seeded IMO. And their bubble selections were awful.

ericd7633 · Mar 11, 2018

jontaejones said:
Who else thinks the committee did a pretty good job with seeding this year?

I don't see anybody grossly underseeded or overseeded.

TCU I think is the most overseeded team. Probably should have been on that 8/9 line.

Providence I think is underseeded. Should have been like an 8.

Arizona should have been a 3. UK a 4.

I thought they did an overall good job. Texas Tech was probably a seed higher than they should have been, but can't complain when Auburn hasn't looked like the same team the last 2 weeks because of injury. I actually think TCU is fine where they are seeded. I was fine with Zona being a 4 and UK being a 5, even though I thought UK would be a 4.

ericd7633 · Mar 11, 2018

According to Vegas the committee did good. No lower seed is favored in ANY first round game.

ericd7633 · Mar 11, 2018

cc: Jay Bilas.

Hitman Hart · Mar 11, 2018

I'm struggling to feel bad for any bubble teams. The expansion to 68 has made the bubble pretty weak.

jontaejones · Mar 11, 2018

ericd7633 said:
According to Vegas the committee did good. No lower seed is favored in ANY first round game.

If that is true, that is amazing.

gobigred · Mar 11, 2018

Hitman Hart said:
I'm struggling to feel bad for any bubble teams. The expansion to 68 has made the bubble pretty weak.

Yea I agree, 64 would have been plenty a lot of the years and has made a weak bubble. There felt like there were some confusing inclusions this year but yet hard to find someone else that has a super great resume to fill in for them.

jontaejones · Mar 11, 2018

Did I miss something or did Barkley and TBS fill out like 1/5 of the bracket and then give up before the show ended?

Lions=TeHsUcKs · Mar 11, 2018

Every ESPN analyst has Zags vs Michigan in the elite 8. Crazy, but I cannot totally disagree. I think a lot of people are going to pick the Zags for the final 4. Every one but 1 picks MSU to win it all. Watch they get upset in the 1st round again. :dhd:

Deep Creek · Mar 11, 2018

Hitman Hart said:
I'm struggling to feel bad for any bubble teams. The expansion to 68 has made the bubble pretty weak.

Instead of doing it like they do now, I think they ought to take the last four in and first four out and let them play it off in Dayton as the first four. That'd be damn good viewing IMO.

The Q · Mar 11, 2018

Lions=TeHsUcKs said:
Every ESPN analyst has Zags vs Michigan in the elite 8. Crazy, but I cannot totally disagree. I think a lot of people are going to pick the Zags for the final 4. Every one but 1 picks MSU to win it all. Watch they get upset in the 1st round again.

I have that too.

Minus MSU part.

Codaxx · Mar 11, 2018

jontaejones said:
Who else thinks the committee did a pretty good job with seeding this year?

I don't see anybody grossly underseeded or overseeded.

TCU I think is the most overseeded team. Probably should have been on that 8/9 line.

Providence I think is underseeded. Should have been like an 8.

Arizona should have been a 3. UK a 4.

I think it was brutal. I would bet Virginia would love to trade the #1 overall seed to any of the other #1s, half the 2s have an easier run

DJ Fieri · Mar 11, 2018

Deep Creek said:
Instead of doing it like they do now, I think they ought to take the last four in and first four out and let them play it off in Dayton as the first four. That'd be damn good viewing IMO.

I agree.

SteelersPride · Mar 11, 2018

Some upsets in the south
K state over creighton
UK over zona
texas over nevada
texas over cincy
UK over VA
UK over tenn

West
fsu over mizzou
providence over TAM
zags over xavier
zags over unc

Midwest
ncstate over setonhall
oklahoma over RI
duke over kansas

East
wvu over wich state
fla over texas tech
butler over arkansas

just so far im sure i'll adjust more

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