NCAA Selection Open Thread
I thought a thread to talk match-ups and selections would be fun. I know I'm not going to do anything productive other than plan my bracket for the next 5 hours.
Fingers crossed and Go Blue!
mind.
Leaked bracket is right! Happy to be in!!!
there are two play-in games in one region.
Love how Gottlieb fails to mention all four of those Top 100 wins were against top 25 teams
will get you a cup of coffee.
The proverbial door didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of hitting my ass as I switched away from CBS once Michigan was announced and Gottlieb's mug appeared.
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Fuck you, Doug Gottlieb. You little pussy.
Fuck you Gotleib. Fuck the committee.
Glad we're "In", though.
Someone please confirm that I am reading this right: Tulsa was on NOBODY's bracket on Bracket Matrix?
Kentucky is a 4-seed and Texas A&M (which Kentucky beat today & tied for the regular season) is a 3-seed. Someone explain that to me??
...Michigan by 1/2 point.
I'd check Sagarin but USA Today's website is down.
Raiders
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...is that the last game ends so late that the committee ignores it and works up a bracket they can live with either way. They don't have time in that last half hour to scramble it, and they have probably enough trouble working up a consensus for the one bracket they have that they don't have time to work up an alternate in advance.
When the two teams are close in seed they can just flip them, but that wouldn't work today because Purdue was too far down in the seeding. So with MSU on the 1/2 edge, and knowing they won't be able to justify a one-seed if they lose, they just slot them at a 2 but give them a favorable site to make up for it.
Yes. They have a clear path to final four again. Damn.
I will wait for posbang but until then it's time to spam celebratory gifs
Fuckin A. I'm glad we're technically in but we should have Gonzaga, Syracuse, Temple, or VCU's spot.
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An 8-9 seed gets you a date with a one-seed in the 2nd round. I'd rather face (and beat) Notre Dame and then see what happens against West Virginia.
Yep. Syracuse is not better than M.
plays primarily 4 guards and a little useage 6'9" center. their best scorers only shoot 35% and 37% from 3 pt range. the team is pretty bad overall at shooting and worse at rebounding. we better blow these guys out.
nobody picked Tulsa to make the tournament
Think Indiana got royally screwed with their draw. They have to play KY in the second round, then winner gets Carolina - ouch.
Conversely, l like our draw. If we get hot, and JB conjures up some of his tournament magic, who knows? It would be great to get a second crack at Xavier.
CBS sucks - who the hell thought this would be a good way to reveal the brackets. This is horrible. I dont need interviews with Bill Self or Charles Barkely's predicts. REVEAL THE DAMN BRACKETS
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Anybody else watching Calipari trying so hard to pretend the #4 seed doesn't bother him? Eat it, you slimy bastard.
It seems B1G basketball isn't well-regarded. Time to end the title drought.