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DZ83CK
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Weird that CBS analysts like Kellogg and Davis are stumping for Wofford to make the tournament over middling power conference teams. Talk about a straw man. Newsflash, according to Lunardi and Palm, Wofford is projected in as a #9 seed, ahead of the worst power conference teams in the field. The NCAA NET ranking has them #19. So not only are they going to make the tournament, they are likely going to be given a favorable seed in comparison to the type of teams the analysts are complaining about.
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OhioState001
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So win 1 more and we are feeling pretty comfortable on selection sunday?
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DZ83CK
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I would say so. The bubble is going to suck this year. I honestly think the Buckeyes are a better overall team compared with the type of teams that are projected as on the bubble, and with 1 more win there should be no doubt of their status. 2 more and they could be a 9 seed.
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OhioState001
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As long as we play average you can see us winning @NW and the first game of the Big Ten Tournament. If we play like today then we could add Wisconsin to that.
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OSU_Buckguy
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one more win -- even against northwestern -- and i'll feel quite confident. two more wins and we may even be looking at a 7-seed. it's tough to guess our seeding, though. our seed will have at least as much to do with logistics as anything else, especially since our conference would have at least 7 bids. we may "deserve" an 8/9 but be given a 7/10 so that the bracket makes sense.
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DZ83CK
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IDK about 7, that might be pushing it unless they pull off a couple upsets. But you're right there tends to be some quirky seeding from time to time. Oregon was one of the last teams in in 2008 but got a 9 seed. To make everything fit, a team could be given a seed different from what they earned for sure, happens basically every year that a team is seeded well off of what was projected.
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OhioState001
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I always viewed 7-10 seeds as equal. Pretty much all about matchups.
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DZ83CK
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Oklahoma is a team to watch. They are 5-10 in the Big 12, and projected to make the tournament. They are probably going to lose to Kansas and at K-state and finish 6-12. Crazy to think a team can make the tournament in spite of losing 2/3 of their league games, and their best wins are TCU, TX, Wofford and Florida.
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OSU_Buckguy
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last season, tcu (21-11 and 9-9) got a 6-seed with a 4-9 q1 record.
arkansas (21-11 and 10-8) got a 7-seed with a 7-9 q1 record.
tamu (20-12 and 9-9) got a 7-seed with a 6-8 q1 record.
if osu wins two more regular season games, they'll end up 20-11 and 10-10 with a 7-7ish q1 record. regardless of the conference tournament outcome, our team sheet will be similar to the three aforementioned teams. considering the bubble will be weak this year just like it was last year, two more wins definitely puts us in the discussion for a 7-seed.
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Jake
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I did. Wofford's four losses are to UNC, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi State - all by double digits. Their best OOC win is over 14-14 South Carolina. Cincinnati is 23-4 and the Buckeyes beat them at Cincinnati.
Beating Iowa is more impressive than beating Wofford. Would Wofford beat scUM by 15 points? Iowa did.
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Florida is another laughable team that Lunardi has as pretty comfortably in right now.
It would probably take us losing out to miss the tourney. EVEN THEN with how crap the bubble is there would still likely be a small chance depending on how things crumble.
It would probably take us losing out to miss the tourney. EVEN THEN with how crap the bubble is there would still likely be a small chance depending on how things crumble.
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