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Bracketology and Selection Sunday Discussion

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Pretty much the oddest seeding I can remember:

Seeded better than they deserve:

#3 Oklahoma
#4 Georgetown
#5 Arkansas
#5 WVU
#6 Butler
#6 Xavier
#6 Providence
#9 Okla St
#9 LSU
#9 St Johns
#10 Indiana

Seeded worse than they deserve:

#4 Louisville
#7 MSU
#11 Dayton
#12 Buffalo
 
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HenryMuto said:
It might have something to do with their 8-7 record vs top 50 teams. I had them as a 7 seed myself I was off by 1 seed.
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"Top 50" record only matters if you believe all of those Big East teams belong in the top 50. It reminds me of SEC football teams being rated high by beating each other. I'm not sold on the new Big East. Creighton and Villanova were the class of the conference last year, and were seeded 3 and 2 respectively. Both got bounced in the round of 32. Xavier went home in a play-in game.

X's "top 50" wins this year? Murray State, Stephen F. Austin, and other Big East teams. I'm not buying it this year, either.
 
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Jake said:
"Top 50" record only matters if you believe all of those Big East teams belong in the top 50. It reminds me of SEC football teams being rated high by beating each other. I'm not sold on the new Big East. Creighton and Villanova were the class of the conference last year, and were seeded 3 and 2 respectively. Both got bounced in the round of 32. Xavier went home in a play-in game.

X's "top 50" wins this year? Murray State, Stephen F. Austin, and other Big East teams. I'm not buying it this year, either.
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I believe that the Big East was overseeded, but it all shows the RPI still counts for something. I am with you on the Big East, they were not that impressive in the tourney last year (although Nova getting upset by the national champs is not really something I hold against them, nobody else beat that team). Nova, Providence, Xavier and Butler all have some talent, but all could get upset by the right team. Georgetown is a crap team, I don't believe basketball-wise that they deserve a seed that high, they have been playing like garbage, and so has St John's of late without Obekpa.
 
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DZ83CK said:
I watched a lot of teams to prepare for winning that billion dollars:biggrin:. Having seen Texas and UCLA play, and Murray State and Colorado State and Temple, it really would've been a mistake to leave UCLA out for any of those teams by watching how they played recently. I agree with the Committee's use of the "eye test" to put in teams like UCLA and Texas as opposed to teams that are clearly visibly less talented that similarly lack quality wins.
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Let me sum up Tejas... Rick Barnes, Myles Turner only playing 10 minutes vs Iowa State... and again RICK FUCKING BARNES...

not sure how they made the tourney, and to be honest I dont think i've watched one minute of college BB all year... but this year the games seem liked shit, I almost fully expect this to be the first year it goes Chaulk in the final four with all 4 one seeds and Cantucky winning every game by atleast 20
 
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AuTX Buckeye said:
Let me sum up Tejas... Rick Barnes, Myles Turner only playing 10 minutes vs Iowa State... and again RICK FUCKING BARNES...

not sure how they made the tourney, and to be honest I dont think i've watched one minute of college BB all year... but this year the games seem liked [Mark May], I almost fully expect this to be the first year it goes Chaulk in the final four with all 4 one seeds and Cantucky winning every game by atleast 20
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Texas clearly has great size and athletes, I think they struggle to play like a cohesive team and don't take care of the ball well. A lot of poor shot selection. And I don't think they are going to go anywhere, but no question their talent is more along the lines of what belongs in the tournament, compared to the players that the likes of Murray St and Colorado St have. I don't think the committee's job is to reward teams for winning a lot of games against weak competition, they should be getting the best teams out there and I think they did a good job of that. While Texas is flawed, they at least can put on a good show and talent-wise have a better chance of actually winning a game in the tournament than the teams that were left out.
 
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OhioState001 said:
Have you watched tOSU at all? :lol:
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The real joke is losing to Stephen F Austin. SFA's starting "center" is a white dude they list at 6'6" 210#, and I'm dead serious when I say their rim protection strategy involves a lot of fouling to prevent easy shots because they know they can't block them. And VCU lost to this team last year. Just goes to show you if you can execute you can beat VCU no matter who you have on your team.
 
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