2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament Discussion (Official Thread)

[Bucklion]

SDSU is a bitch of a 12

 

[buckeyebri]

Don’t get NC and Purdue as 2 seeds

 

[Jake]

Xavier, scUM, and the 2 finalists from last year...tough bracket.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

love everything about our region except for gonzaga looming in the second game.

 

[Jake]

Don’t get NC and Purdue as 2 seeds

Purdue as a 2, Gonzaga as a 4. I guess I'll have to take their word for it.

 

[Jake]

It used to be that being under .500 in conference was a death blow. Now we see 8-10 teams getting in while 13-5 Nebraska doesn't get a sniff.

Not saying the Huskers absolutely deserved in, but some of these at larges from "power" conferences are head scratchers. Can they win a game or two? Sure, but that's a different question than whether they deserved a bid over someone with a better record.

 

[Bucklion]

It used to be that being under .500 in conference was a death blow. Now we see 8-10 teams getting in while 13-5 Nebraska doesn't get a sniff.

Not saying the Huskers absolutely deserved in, but some of these at larges from "power" conferences are head scratchers. Can they win a game or two? Sure, but that's a different question than whether they deserved a bid over someone with a better record.

It appears with the “quadrant one” stuff they are trying to pick it like the football playoff now

 

[OhioState001]

I just hope we don't get the noon game

 

[Jake]

Smaller schools can't play better non-conference schedules when the big boys want no part of scheduling them.

 

[Bucklion]

Smaller schools can't play better non-conference schedules when the big boys want no part of scheduling them.

Seriously, who is bringing in St. Mary’s? Nobody

 

[Jake]

"Wins in November count as much as wins in March."

Not sure I'm entirely on board with that philosophy. Some of those November wins are odd games played several time zones away, teams dealing with travel, etc., not to mention they were 4 months ago.

 

[OhioState001]

What's the rationale for Purdue getting a higher seed than MSU?

 

[starBUCKS]

Winnable bracket for Bucks. I’m not saying they will, but I don’t think it’s one of the stronger overall brackets. I was praying when I saw WVU announced as the 5 in SD that OSU wasn’t the 4

 

[Bucklion]

"Wins in November count as much as wins in March."

Not sure I'm entirely on board with that philosophy.

They should count, but how you are playing at the end should too. Oklahoma was one of the worst teams in the country at the end.

 

[dragurd]

It appears with the “quadrant one” stuff they are trying to pick it like the football playoff now

Needs to stop being based on the RPI which they said they were demphasizing then. Of course as I say that the selection committee rube uses RPI as a reason Oklahoma should be in.