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[eznark]

Gotta mean Bucky got the West #1 right?

 

[bucknuticus]

Purdue could give Kentucky a tough game... they've got the size to matchup with 7-0 Hammons and 7-2 Haas

Yeah that could be an interesting game, but UK still wins by 20

 

[Fjordson]

Thank you committee. Solid bracket.

 

[bucknuticus]

KU vs Wichita St, its destiny for KU to shit the bed vs a mid major again

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Wichita vs Kansas could be awesome.

 

[eznark]

Indiana does not belong

 

[Bowser]

UNC avoids the UK/KU bracket of death.

Thank God.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Generally a team that wins their conference tournament and had the best record in the conference in the regular season gets a 1 seed.

The last team to do both and not get a 1 seed was Miami two years ago.

At the same time, it is pretty rare to see a 1 seed given to a team that didn't win their conference championship or regular season title, the last teams to do that were Pittsburgh and Connecticut in 2009.

So you're saying the WAC champion gets a 1 seed.

He's down under, you have to clarify! He calls CFB games "matches," for crying out loud.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Considering the fact that Self's been ducking WSU for the longest, good on the committee for making that matchup a possibility.

#TVMatchupsAreTheBest

 

[bronkonagurski]

Hoosiers! Yeah one-and-done, lol.

 

[thefro]

Geez, they really loaded up the Midwest bracket with Midwest teams

Butler, Notre Dame, Indiana, Valpo, Purdue, Cincy, Kansas, Wichita State, Kentucky all in the Midwest

 

[TraBuch]

Please no Duke as a one seed in the West.

 

[eznark]

Kentucky gonna shit all over the State of Indiana bracket.

 

[chicko1983]

Yeah, it's a little weird. The conference tourneys don't always directly translate to the NCAA tourney. There's a committee that forms the brackets and at the end of the day it's up to their subjective judgment as far as who deserves what seeds.

Generally a team that wins their conference tournament and had the best record in the conference in the regular season gets a 1 seed.

The last team to do both and not get a 1 seed was Miami two years ago.

At the same time, it is pretty rare to see a 1 seed given to a team that didn't win their conference championship or regular season title, the last teams to do that were Pittsburgh and Connecticut in 2009.

Cheers.

I was just looking at the website and it has Kentucky already listed as no1 in the top quarter bracket:

http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/basketball-men/d1

So given the draw is not done for another hour, Im guessing the no. 1 ranked automatically gets a 1 seed?

EDIT: just seen the draw is being updated now, mustve got my time differences wrong!

 

[DominoKid]

hate laettener but i have to give at&t credit on that commercial. pretty funny.

 

[Tapiozona]

Please no Duke as a one seed in the West.

They're going to put Duke as the #1 in the west with AZ as the #2 to setup a rematch of the 2011 sweet 16 game.

 

[Pollux]

Not gonna lie, not seeing anyone in that bracket giving us too much trouble

 

[TraBuch]

They're going to put Duke as the #1 in the west with AZ as the #2 to setup a rematch of the 2011 sweet 16 game.

The worst possible scenario in my eyes. I'd rather be a two seed in the east.

 

[Bowser]

Not gonna lie, not seeing anyone in that bracket giving us too much trouble

Yeah, I think Maryland COULD give y'all a game, but I think it's a cakewalk to the Final Four for UK.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Go Gators

 

[Fjordson]

Not gonna lie, not seeing anyone in that bracket giving us too much trouble

Not even ND? Maybe if Grant and that white guy go crazy from 3.

 

[Tapiozona]

The worst possible scenario in my eyes. I'd rather be a two seed in the east.

Oh I agree. As the top 2 seed we shouldn't have to play Duke. I'm hoping Wisconsin is #1 west and will likely be since they'd be playing in Omaha, nice and close to the badgers.

Or they could put Arizona in the south, playing in Seattle.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Yep, Duke about to be shipped out west.

Go Gators

The NIT selection show is later Gotor

State gonna beat Nova though.

 

[Fjordson]

Wow Virginia a 2. So they found a way to put Duke on the 1 line I guess.

 

[Surge]

Michigan St./Virginia should be a good one.

 

[Mac the KNife]

Bleargh.

At least they're not traveling west.

 

[TraBuch]

Ugh. Duke would've run through this east region as a two seed.

 

[DominoKid]

Michigan St./Virginia should be a good one.

MSU should win that.

 

[Mac the KNife]

Ugh. Duke would've run through this east region as a two seed.

But NC State...

 

[Pollux]

Not even ND? Maybe if Grant and that white guy go crazy from 3.

ND, maybe, but not as much as I was worried about playing Wisconsin in some other projected brackets.

 

[bucknuticus]

a 10 loss Oklahoma team as a 3 seed lolololol.

also dayton getting to play a home game

 

[Velcro Fly]

Are the Louisville games Thursday/Saturday or Friday/Sunday?

I'd totally drive down 65 to Louisville to cheer on Purdue for a game or two.

 

[Fjordson]

ND, maybe, but not as much as I was worried about playing Wisconsin in some other projected brackets.

Agreed. No Virginia or Wiscy as our 2 seed is great.

 

[Tapiozona]

is there an online stream of selection Sunday?

 

[Bowser]

I think they'll get it regardless. They've lost to Duke, who will be a 1, Rutgers without Kaminsky, and @ Maryland, a probable 3 seed and top 15 team. Also, it's clear UVa isn't the same team as they were with a healthy Anderson. IMO the 1 and 2 seeds fall like this:

Midwest/East/South/West
UK/Villanova/Duke/Wisconsin
Kansas/Virginia/Gonzaga/Arizona

Preemptive, but I feel comfortable posting this now

 

[bachikarn]

I really thought after the job he did at VCU that he would have done well at Bama, but was I way wrong. Other than UK and UF, Alabama is one of the few SEC schools that actually gets NBA talent every now and then.

huh? Don't think that's true at all. What NBA talent does Bama get? If anything, it must be really hard to recruit at Alabama. LSU, Tenn, Arkansas tends to get talent but regularly wastes it (except when Pearl was there).

 

[TraBuch]

Oh thank christ. The west would've been a death sentence for Duke.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

The South?

I'm with it.

We beat Baylor in Houston in 2010

 

[truly101]

Do either Robert Morris or North Florida have a decent PG? Have Winslow take him out.
Surprised St Johns is our 2 since we just played them 2 months ago. I like our chances if we get past them.

 

[TraBuch]

Yeeeeees. Gonzaga!

 

[Jarate]

Wiscy in the west then

 

[Tamanon]

It's still weird seeing Seattle, WA as a site for "South Region" games.

 

[thefro]

wow UCLA got in

 

[lazybones18]

UCLA made it in

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Based Committee gave Duke the great bracket.

UCLA?

 

[Surge]

UCLA as an #11 seed

Alright then...

 

[DominoKid]

wow Duke got a walk to the F4.

 

[sf2fanatic]

UCLA in!!!!
We dancing!!

3 so Cal teams?

 

[Bowser]

I'll take Iowa State over Duke in the South

UNC as the 4 in the West with Wisconsin huh?

 

[Velcro Fly]

mid majors getting fucked

shit ass Texas, Indiana, UCLA getting in and not even first four