NCAA Tournament Selection Open Thread
Selection show is going on right now. Things of note so far, love that the Spartans would get the overall #1 in the Sweet Sixteen (if they get by Maryland), along with OSU, so only one is coming out of there. And congrats to Oakland for getting in.
And Vandy a #4...they just keep winning..
Half way through....then 4 more hours of analysis... LOL
a team we beat 2x and dominated
I love that they do that. Reminds me of last year, although it makes me sad they didn't get in this year, especially since they would have probably faced Minnesota in the championship game.
Man, I can't believe that was a year ago already. That will never get old.
I thought Ohio State got jobbed a little bit by the selection committee. I know they try to slot teams regionally, but to be in the Kansas bracket makes them the lowest #2 seed. For a team that won the Big 10 regular season and the tournament, that seems a little low to me. Especially since they were getting #1 seed consideration. Looks like I will be rooting for Georgetown and Kansas!
I see that they were ranked #5 (AP) going in to the Big 10 tournament. This basically means that they were jumped by West Virginia (#7), K State (#9), and Villanova (#10) *after* winning the crown.
West Virginia and Kansas St #2 seeds. If we're awarding #2 seeds for programs with coaching connections, all tied together, shouldn't we be a 2 also? OSU is a 2 also, and it took them till no time to beat us. Michigan #2 in the South babee!!! (No, not taking bets... ;-) ).
Is Illinois going to make it? Did Minny pass them in the tournament? I dont know if there is room left for them. Especially with Purdue still there.
and they didnt make it.
Ouch
FYI- completely ot- didn't want to waste room on the board with a useless topic, but Brady Quinn was just traded to the broncos for peyton Hillis and 2011 and 2012 draft picks.
I imagine it will be posted anyways.
Edit: Yep.
Magnus plays for them?
to see Notre Dame not get in...
Wow, they flew up the board in the past couple weeks...
I haven't been paying that much attention. Do they even remotely deserve a 6 seed? That seems ridiculous to me.
Higher than I expected but I am no basketball expert, I thought 7-8 at the highest based on what most were saying and was actually expecting a fall to 9-10 being my pessimistic self.
The committee must have put an emphasis on the way ND finished especially after Gody went down with his injury. Going 6-1 over the last 7 games including 4 wins from the top 50 and that loss coming from the big east champion, who they lost to by 2. It should be fun game to watch against Old Dominion.
Richmond a #7...wow.
Edit: And Baylor a 3...it hurts.
Fear the Spiders! Two guards who can play pretty well, a competent offensive post player, and a team committed to defense combine to form a dangerous tournament squad.
is going to destroy Purdue. Wouldn't suprise me if they were favored to win.
Agreed. Unfortunately it looks like Duke should easily make the Elite 8.
But does it seem Conference Tourney results didn't drop anyone's seeding except for Big Ten teams?
It seems that way since Syracuse lost two games in a row and still got a 1 seed when west virgina wins the big east title and had a legitimate case for the 1 seed
Syracuse won the Big East regular season by two full games and beat West Virginia on the road.
It was an easy decision.
Duke once again gets a break in their region. Complete bs...
The selection committee is full of old men stuck in the past, back when the ACC WAS the premier basketball conference.
Duke isn't getting past Louisville.
They said the late game results didn't effect teams that were on the bubble but minny gets in over two 20 win teams in Virginia tech and rhode island as well as Mississippi state who went to ot against Kentucky in the sec tournament
Miss. State got screwed by the refs. Wall clearly made a lane violation to get the ball at the end of regulation. In the SEC, its 8 on 5 when you play UK. They have gotten the benefit of being the only traditional power team in a non-power (basketball) conference for years.
No love for the Big 10. Ohio State ends up as the number 8 team in the tourney and would have to beat Kansas to get to the final four. MSU gets a 5 seed (about right), Purdue seeded as a 4 cause of Hummel's injury, and Wisconsin gets a 4 (about right). Only one of the two bubble teams from teh Big 10 gets in - Minnesota over Illinois.
Really? Bad enough they switched from the ORIGINAL version, but what, Luther's been dead long enough, time to get American Idol hip?
And isn't this the MEN'S Tournament?
The Midwest is by far the strongest bracket. KU and OSU got F'd - hard. How is OSU worse than Villanova, KSU, and West Virginia? WVU is the only other 2 seed that won it's conference tourney (and didn't win the regular season title).
Jay Bilas "If you can't make it in this year, you probably can't really play".
Ouch.
Dude looking old.
The Midwest is a tough bracket. Man, did Tennessee get screwed for losing big to UK! An RPI of 15, beat two number 1's this year, and still a 6 seed. No love for BP from the selection committee. Maybe he should have World Wide Wes buy him some players!
Glad OSU and MSU are in the same region so that there will be no possibility of both teams being in the Final 4.
Have you watched MSU play this year? They both didn't have to be in the same region for there to be zero possibility of them both making the Final 4.
March 14th, 2010 at 10:05 PM ^
i have to respectfully disagree...i've learned to never bet against Izzo in the tournament
Fuck ESPN.
A shot that will live in infamy. We're never getting away from it.
How in the world were they only a 5 seed. I thought they had a good chance to be a three seed personally.
March 15th, 2010 at 11:33 AM ^
Go Orange!
I like our draw by the chalk...
Vermont: Payback's a bitch.
Gonzaga: This one scares me a bit.
Vanderbilt: I'd rather face them than a number of 4 and 5-seeds.
Kansas State: Their marquee win is against Texas when they were #1, only to find out that they were a paper tiger. And they weren't even competitive with Kansas on three occasions.
Kansas has also only beat only one other team in the top-25, #21 Baylor.
Kentucky isn't getting past Louisville in the 2nd-round.