March 14, 20214 yr Greg Gumbel, the March Madness theme, you know the drill. Oh yeah, Texas is going to be a high single-digit seed.
March 14, 20214 yr What time does the show start? I’m predicting 3’s for Texas, osu and Kansas probably in that order.
March 14, 20214 yr Author Popular Post 5 minutes ago, Homercles said: What time does the show start? I’m predicting 3’s for Texas, osu and Kansas probably in that order. Not like I put it in the title or anything.
March 14, 20214 yr Let's say we are a 3 seed. Who are we hoping to have as 1 and 2 seeds above us? I would be just fine with Michigan and houston as the 1 and 2 seeds in our region. And Florida st or wv as our 4.
March 14, 20214 yr Let's say we are a 3 seed. Who are we hoping to have as 1 and 2 seeds above us? I would be just fine with Michigan and houston as the 1 and 2 seeds in our region. And Florida st or wv as our 4. Idmas. Put us in the most difficult (on paper) bracket and then roll the ball out.
March 14, 20214 yr 24 minutes ago, Machinator said: Not like I put it in the title or anything. Yeah, dumbass here
March 14, 20214 yr The problem, as discussed in the B12CCG thread, is that the seeding is done on an S curve this year. This means if we end up as one of the top 2 three seeds, we'd be in the same bracket as the top 2 one seeds. I guess it doesn't really matter. If we snuck into a 2, we'd still be on that side of the bracket assuming we're the overall 7th or 8th seed. Everything I've seen has TX as a high 3 seed.
March 14, 20214 yr What was the rationale for that? It’d suck for you guys to win the conf tourney just to have to face Gonzaga or Baylor. Was hoping for us (UT and OSU) to draw 3-seeds specifically to delay having to play one of the top 4 in the S16 as they have clearly seemed head/shoulders above for most of the second half of this season. Obviously a 2 achieves the same goal but given there are still title games today I’m not sure it’ll matter as much given they may not end until 3p or later. I expect that osu/Texas swapped places last night in the 3-seed pecking order and there won’t be any major surprises at 5p today. Edited March 14, 20214 yr by Homercles
March 14, 20214 yr 53 minutes ago, Machinator said: Not like I put it in the title or anything. Yeah, but what time zone? DST adjusted or not? Cmon man
March 14, 20214 yr The difference between a 2 and 3 seed is nominal so ain't really give a shit there. Side note: Georgetown and Oregon State buttfucked two bubble teams last night.
March 14, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Knoxtnhorn said: The problem, as discussed in the B12CCG thread, is that the seeding is done on an S curve this year. This means if we end up as one of the top 2 three seeds, we'd be in the same bracket as the top 2 one seeds. I guess it doesn't really matter. If we snuck into a 2, we'd still be on that side of the bracket assuming we're the overall 7th or 8th seed. Everything I've seen has TX as a high 3 seed. If we end up facing Gonzaga/Baylor, it means we made the Elite 8 riding an 8 game winning streak. Those are the best circumstances you can give yourself playing a team like that. As awesome as a title/Final 4 bid would be, that's a serious accomplishment on its own given our past 12 years or so of March ineptitude. Edited March 14, 20214 yr by Teryor
March 14, 20214 yr its just speculation obviously, but here is the latest bracketology on ESPN. Would take this region setup in a heartbeat. Houston as the 2 and Ill as the 1.
March 14, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, Blotto said: its just speculation obviously, but here is the latest bracketology on ESPN. Would take this region setup in a heartbeat. Houston as the 2 and Ill as the 1. Oh man we would do bad things to Colgate.
March 14, 20214 yr 8 minutes ago, Blotto said: its just speculation obviously, but here is the latest bracketology on ESPN. Would take this region setup in a heartbeat. Houston as the 2 and Ill as the 1. I expect we'll brush off Colgate.
March 14, 20214 yr 28 minutes ago, Blotto said: its just speculation obviously, but here is the latest bracketology on ESPN. Would take this region setup in a heartbeat. Houston as the 2 and Ill as the 1. As an Illini fan living in Chicago, I'll be shocked and annoyed if the committee aims for an Illinois vs. Loyola second round matchup. But bungling seems to be kind of on-brand these days, so I guess nothing should surprise me that much... Perhaps I'm stating the obvious, but for the benefit of anyone who doesn't pay much attention to the B1G (and/or its title game), it's a pretty common perception that whatever happens on Sunday generally doesn't seem to make much difference in terms of final seedings. I suppose that the relative strength of the league this year might make things a little different, but that's been said before...
March 14, 20214 yr For those like me who get brain fog when they read "seeding on an S-curve" Region A No. 1 overall seed (on the 1-seed line) No. 8 overall seed (on the 2-seed line) No. 9 overall seed (on the 3-seed line) No. 16 overall seed (on the 4-seed line) Region B No. 2 overall seed (on the 1-seed line) No. 7 overall seed (on the 2-seed line) No. 10 overall seed (on the 3-seed line) No. 15 overall seed (on the 4-seed line) Region C No. 3 overall seed (on the 1-seed line) No. 6 overall seed (on the 2-seed line) No. 11 overall seed (on the 3-seed line) No. 14 overall seed (on the 4-seed line) Region D No. 4 overall seed (on the 1-seed line) No. 5 overall seed (on the 2-seed line) No. 12 overall seed (on the 3-seed line) No. 13 overall seed (on the 4-seed line) Using the current matrix results, that would put Texas in Region C with Michigan, Ohio St. and Virginia*. I'd take that bracket in a heartbeat. *covid willing.
March 14, 20214 yr 56 minutes ago, MrPhlegm said: whars aggy? Finished 13th place in SEC conference standings being the fucking losers they are.
March 14, 20214 yr 50 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said: absolutely do not want any part of juwan howard until the end if at all possible He lost his Livers for the rest of the season, that will take some time adjusting to.
March 14, 20214 yr calling my shot for the big 12 teams: baylor - 1 seed (#2 overall) texas - 3 seed oklahoma state - 3 seed kansas - 4 seed west virginia - 4 seed tech - 6 seed ou - 8 seed
March 14, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said: As an Illini fan living in Chicago, I'll be shocked and annoyed if the committee aims for an Illinois vs. Loyola second round matchup. But bungling seems to be kind of on-brand these days, so I guess nothing should surprise me that much... Why would it be "bungling" to put Illinois and Loyola in a second round matchup?
March 14, 20214 yr 5 hours ago, Machinator said: Not like I put it in the title or anything. For those of us who suffer on Farmer Time Adjustment Day (F-Tad).
March 14, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said: calling my shot for the big 12 teams: baylor - 1 seed (#2 overall) texas - 3 seed oklahoma state - 3 seed kansas - 4 seed west virginia - 4 seed tech - 6 seed ou - 8 seed I agree with this.
March 14, 20214 yr So do I have this correct (as far as anyone can tell, because the NCAA is making up and ignoring rules as they go, as evidenced by the D2 tournament)? If Virginia gets picked, they need 7 straight days of negative tests to play, and if someone tests positive Monday/Tuesday, they have to notify the NCAA and will be dropped out of the bracket, replaced by someone like Colorado State. So someone will have CSU as the 4-seed in their bracket?
March 14, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, washparkhorn said: For those of us who suffer on Farmer Time Adjustment Day (F-Tad). What about Bandera? Also, I believe it's 3pm in Arizona. Edited March 14, 20214 yr by Beau Vine
March 14, 20214 yr Because (in my opinion, at least) it's not much of a traditional in-state rivalry like one might otherwise expect, and there's a lot of Illinois fans who are fond of Loyola, and perhaps vice versa. In other words, it's not the kind of "scripted matchup" that the committee often aims for when getting cute (i.e., considering outside factors beyond the dataset du jour) with pairings. Edit: @Beau Vine - should have quoted your post that I'm responding to... Edited March 14, 20214 yr by Prepuce of Doom
March 14, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, BigOrange1 said: calling my shot for the big 12 teams: baylor - 1 seed (#2 overall) texas - 3 seed oklahoma state - 3 seed kansas - 4 seed west virginia - 4 seed tech - 6 seed ou - 8 seed The real sorcery would being able to tell us in which Regions the committee puts them.
March 14, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Beau Vine said: What about Bandera? Also, I believe it's 3pm in Arizona. But what channel is it on?
March 14, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Horn80 said: Finished 13th place in SEC conference standings being the fucking losers they are. 13th in the secsecsec is conference champion anywhare else stupid sip.
March 14, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, Machinator said: I swear, if this Big Ten final goes to overtime... We'll all sit here and watch it? Needs some Twitter savants to start leaking seeds and regions.
March 14, 20214 yr Yeah, I can't imagine the selection committee is gonna take this pending OHio State loss to heart with 4 minutes left to submit their seedings Edited March 14, 20214 yr by Lobo
March 14, 20214 yr Andy Katz most recent bracket guess had Texas as a 2 with Illinois as the 1, Arky as the 3 and Purdue as the 4. Yes fucking please
March 14, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said: If I ran the world, Spring Forward would always occur on Selection Sunday. If I ran the world, we would never Fall Back, ever again.
March 14, 20214 yr i haven't really watched much of illinois this year. was very impressed with what i saw out of ohio state yesterday and today.
March 14, 20214 yr 18 minutes ago, Lobo said: Yeah, I can't imagine the selection committee is gonna take this pending OHio State loss to heart with 4 minutes left to submit their seedings NCAA: hm should OSU be a 2 if they win...or a 2 if they lose? We have to watch and see!
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