NCAA BBall Committee Top 16 Revealed
The Committee revealed it's current top 16.
South: 1. UVA(1), 2 Cinci(8), 3 MSU(11) 4 Tenn(13)
East: 1 Nova(2), 2 Duke(7), 3 Tex Tech(10), 4 OSU(14)
Midwest: 1 Xavier(3), 2 Auburn(5), 3 Clemson(9), 4 Oklahoma(16)
West: 1 Purdue(4), 2 Kansas(6), 3 UNC(12), 4 Arizona(15)
CBS/Palm finished out their bracket from this and pegged Michigan #8 in the South vs. #9 Butler and mentioned us as a dangerous team in March. (They would probably separate us from MSU with only 4 B1G teams projected, but 8 feels about right currently. Finish strong and get a much more desirable 6 or 7 seed.)
February 11th, 2018 at 4:08 PM ^
I think you’re undervaluing X though, they’re good, and have a history of playing well in the tourney. I like seeing them do well on the big stage.
February 11th, 2018 at 5:19 PM ^
February 11th, 2018 at 6:00 PM ^
"overrated" on a quality perspective. Those close games put them at 13th in kenpom as they've been a very "lucky" team (3rd best luck, or difference in actual record vs. pythagorean record).
But the committee doesn't go solely on "quality" or projections of future performance. They go by resume and who you beat and lost to and Xavier is, thanks to being lucky, "deserving" of a top seed based on W/L resume. Great record against a tough schedule (def a tough schedule playing in the big east).
February 11th, 2018 at 3:21 PM ^
February 11th, 2018 at 8:00 PM ^
And KenPoms luck category is the most idiotic category there is. Because Xavier can hit free throws and they have a killer (Blueitt) and a top 10 coach they are lucky? Get the fuck out of here.
And there resume is easily the top 2 or 3 in the country and it’s not close.
February 11th, 2018 at 8:02 PM ^
February 11th, 2018 at 8:50 PM ^
that could easily describe duke this year too
February 11th, 2018 at 11:16 PM ^
Duke has a bunch of close losses and very few close wins. They win convincingly. Only four of their wins were even by single digits and they were all high quality wins: MSU (by 7), Florida (by 3), Texas (by 7), FSU (by 7) and at Miami (by 8). They only have one win by fewer than 7 points! Only one loss was by more than 5.
Complete opposite of Xavier which has been blown out a few times and won a ton of close games.
February 11th, 2018 at 1:56 PM ^
Double Post, sorry!
February 11th, 2018 at 2:00 PM ^
February 11th, 2018 at 2:08 PM ^
Almost every projection ive seen for the majority of the season has Purdue in one pod and MSU in the other, so probably not. We're the only B1G city hosting, I believe.
February 11th, 2018 at 2:21 PM ^
February 11th, 2018 at 5:33 PM ^
You have to be a top four seed to get put close to home, so we'd have to get on that 4 line. They'd get there if they win out...or maybe if they win out in the reg season and then lose in the finals of the BTT..but yeah, highly, highly unlikely.
February 11th, 2018 at 2:07 PM ^
Is this a new thing for the selection committee to put out a projected bracket like this? Or have I just been asleep for the last 30 years?
Will be interesting to see how it actually pans out.
February 11th, 2018 at 2:17 PM ^
February 11th, 2018 at 5:11 PM ^
They started this early seeding projection last year.
February 11th, 2018 at 3:22 PM ^
Purdue is gonna be a one seed but might be only the fourth best team in their conference. That makes a tonnnn of sense
February 11th, 2018 at 5:34 PM ^
living in/on?
February 11th, 2018 at 8:30 PM ^
Sorry, but they're not worse than Michigan or Nebraska.
Now, will they do the standard Purdue thing and flame out early in the Dance? History would say yes.
February 11th, 2018 at 8:53 PM ^
purdue finally has several good shooters. they will cruise to the sweet 16. then anything can happen.
February 11th, 2018 at 8:51 PM ^
Boy I'd take any seeding if it ended in that Midwest bracket. Also have troubles believing there are 10 teams in the country better than MSU.
February 11th, 2018 at 11:28 PM ^
Sure, they're talented, but they aren't a great team right now. Barely beat Iowa, barely beat Rutgers, barely beat a whole bunch of teams. Have zero quality road wins. They turn it over way too much, and their offense is pretty reliant on guys going one-on-one. Their defense is very good, but their guards are vulnerable to getting beat by decent slashers.
I don't know if they'll do the thing where the Izzo team puts it together in the tourney, they certainly have the talent to do that, but they're not playing that well right now.
February 11th, 2018 at 11:39 PM ^
February 12th, 2018 at 3:11 AM ^
February 12th, 2018 at 8:29 AM ^
Does the NCAA still do the "play-in" games before the tournament? Bubble teams compete against one another? Does anyone remember when they did this jsut a few years ago? I know TOledo was involved in a few
February 12th, 2018 at 9:01 AM ^
They've been doing it since 2011. Michigan played Tulsa in the 2016 edition.