Bracket Thoughts

[NYShoreGuy]

South

UNC as the 11 play in hurts Xavier chance

Shocked UC San Diego is a 12

Marquette should be a 6 seed

Yale and TAMU may be an extremely tough close game

 

[HallLine69]

North Carolina? Ridiculous

 

[SOpirate]

Louisville as an 8 seed is shocking. They were ranked #13 in the last AP poll and made the ACC final. Brutal draw for Creighton.

 

[Jerry1992]

Creighton tough draw. Auburn in second round. Marquette not bad with Michigan state next if they win first round game. Xavier not looking good. But never know.

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

Wisconsin a 3 seed, Michigan a 5. Committee really valuing NET

 

[NYShoreGuy]

East

Vandy a 10 safely in...

VCU 11 seed is all about their November tournament results

 

[Seton75]

North Carolina? Ridiculous

ridiculous not a strong enough word i think we beat more tourney teams

 

[HallLine69]

Michigan beats Wisconsin in league final and gets 5 seed to Wisconsin’s 3.

 

[NYShoreGuy]

Louisville as an 8 seed is shocking. They were ranked #13 in the last AP poll and made the ACC final. Brutal draw for Creighton.

And the AP poll full of media vs the seed lines full of AD and commish types don't matter or match

 

[williaza01]

Michigan beats Wisconsin in league final and gets 5 seed to Wisconsin’s 3.

We go over this every year..there is plenty of evidence that conference tournaments mean very little none in this process

 

[Jerry1992]

Xavier in. Nice. Bit surprised but well deserved. I was thinking committee would leave them out. Glad to be wrong.

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

Gotta guess Indiana and SDSU both out with over 50 NET rankings.

 

[SOpirate]

Funny how the committee decides to respect Big East bubble team this year.

 

[NYShoreGuy]

Midwest

Gonzaga is not an 8 seed this season

McNeese got a better seed due to low and mid major tourney results

Texas and Xavier for the 11 seed

 

[NYShoreGuy]

Michigan beats Wisconsin in league final and gets 5 seed to Wisconsin’s 3.

It is one game vs a season of work

 

[NYShoreGuy]

Funny how the committee decides to respect Big East bubble team this year.

Again it is a different set of people to some degree and this at large field vs last at large field should not be compared

 

[TomD82]

Awful job by the committee again. UNC did not beat anybody and the ACC is weak. Seeding is terrible too. Louisville an 8 and putting Creighton in that game when they should be a 7 seed. Ole Miss isn't even that good to be a 6. Michigan should probably be a 4 and St Mary's should be an 8.
UNC shows that you don't have to really beat anybody and Texas shows how many Q 2 games you can lose. Just awful.

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

Willard and Pitino same region

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

Awful job by the committee again. UNC did not beat anybody and the ACC is weak. Seeding is terrible too. Louisville an 8 and putting Creighton in that game when they should be a 7 seed. Ole Miss isn't even that good to be a 6. Michigan should probably be a 4 and St Mary's should be an 8.
UNC shows that you don't have to really beat anybody and Texas shows how many Q 2 games you can lose. Just awful.

It's about NET. It's all about NET. It's why we were left out last year and Indiana will be left out.

 

[Hall84]

X makeup for Hall snub

 

[jmt6762]

Gotta guess Indiana and SDSU both out with over 50 NET rankings.

SDSU is in. Playing UNC in play in game

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

SDSU is in. Playing UNC in play in game

missed that.

 

[Hall84]

Less bid stealers also

 

[SOpirate]

Willard probably blowing a gasket over having to go to Seattle.

 

[NYShoreGuy]

Funny how the committee decides to respect Big East bubble team this year.

Again it is a different set of people to some degree and this at large field vs last at large field should

 

[NYShoreGuy]

West

Maybe first time two coaches that played a title game meet in first round

Kansas should be on 8-9 line

Arkansas safely in field

Drake deserved a 10 seed

UConn can click for a 48 hour span

St. John's will minimally be an elite 8 team

 

[TomD82]

Even all the SEC bubble teams get safely in.

 

[ivyhillparkk1963]

Texas and NC getting in are beyond ridiculous..

 

[NYShoreGuy]

Willard and Pitino same region

Willard got Seattle not ideal against Bryce Drew

 

[NYShoreGuy]

X makeup for Hall snub

Just not a thing...trust me

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

Texas and NC getting in are beyond ridiculous..

NET is ridiculous and all they did was follow NET. It's also what got X in too.

 

[NYShoreGuy]

Willard and Pitino same region

Poor self and calipari round 1

 

[TomD82]

UNC shows you don't have to beat anybody in Q1 and they and Texas show you can lose. UNC has a Q3 loss

 

[NYShoreGuy]

UNC shows you don't have to beat anybody in Q1 and they and Texas show you can lose. UNC has a Q3 loss

And had there been more quality teams from mid major leagues likely unc, san diego state, xavier or texas going to nit

West virginia no one talking about them

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

Anyone have a good over under number for teams declining the NIT?

 

[HallX2]

Funny how the committee decides to respect Big East bubble team this year.

Make up call

 

[NYShoreGuy]

Make up call

No such thing, only lives in the minds of posters to this board

 

[Jerry1992]

Funny how the committee decides to respect Big East bubble team this year.

Not as many upsets and bid stealers this year. That helped Xavier sneak in. We had bad breaks last year with all the bid stealers. That knocked us on wrong side of bubble.

 

[Jerry1992]

Willard probably blowing a gasket over having to go to Seattle.

In my opinion, Maryland got decent draw to get to sweet 16. Memphis has top player banged up.

 

[TomD82]

And had there been more quality teams from mid major leagues likely unc, san diego state, xavier or texas going to nit

West virginia no one talking about them

True. West Virginia had a few Q2 losses but Texas had more and 7 Q4 wins. No bad losses for Indiana.