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LitlBuck said:
I have corrected my post and removed Syracuse. However, their zone defense is rather unique. I guess my point was that teams from different conferences have to prepare for different defenses. If you play the same team 3 times in a season, that means less preparation time will be needed.
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I get that. But comments like OSU_Buckguy's from a couple pages back aren't really addressing that.
OSU_Buckguy said:
3, 3, 1, and 1 for the big ten.

what a massive shaft. that's unacceptable.
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That sounds more like the conference superiority thing.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
Well that's something more unique to Syracuse. The 2003 run was on the back of the Big12 not knowing how to play the zone. But there's nothing brand specific like that in the B1G. There's familiarity, sure....but it sounds more like the complaint is "Awww man, now we won't be able to have 4 teams in the Final Four".
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Fair. And I'm not going to shed any tears for Izzo/MSU.

Just odd that the committee has always said they avoid matchups and then cluster 3 Big Ten teams like that.
 
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OHSportsFan said:
Fair. And I'm not going to shed any tears for Izzo/MSU.

Just odd that the committee has always said they avoid matchups and then cluster 3 Big Ten teams like that.
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Yeah as I watched the reveal I figured Syracuse would be an 8/9 in the west strictly bc they wouldn't put them in the bracket with a 1 seed ACC team. But after revealing the first 2 regions with 6 B1G teams, I started to doubt it.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
I get that. But comments like OSU_Buckguy's from a couple pages back aren't really addressing that.
That sounds more like the conference superiority thing.
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I mean, it's really simple--don't cluster multiple teams from one conference close together in brackets. It's not that hard to avoid and I'm not sure why the committee didn't bother to move one of Minny, MD, or MSU to a different region or sub-region, at least.

People want to see a diversity of match-ups in March Madness, not the possibility of two B1G teams who play each other every year playing each other in the Round of 32 for one of those teams to go on and possibly play another B1G team immediately after in the S16. Odds are it won't go down like that but it's possible--and that's just dumb.
 
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nomatta said:
I mean, it's really simple--don't cluster multiple teams from one conference close together in brackets. It's not that hard to avoid and I'm not sure why the committee didn't bother to move one of Minny, MD, or MSU to a different region or sub-region, at least.

People want to see a diversity of match-ups in March Madness, not the possibility of two B1G teams who play each other every year playing each other in the Round of 32 for one of those teams to go on and possibly play another B1G team immediately after in the S16. Odds are it won't go down like that but it's possible--and that's just dumb.
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agree with all of that.

sure, on one hand, loading up two regions with three conference teams apiece means that there is an increased likelihood that the conference will have representatives in the sweet 16 and beyond. if two teams from the same conference play each other, then one will obviously advance. moreover, if the teams play opponents from other conferences, then there is a chance that neither team advances.

however, the absurdity of putting three conference teams in one region -- or, much worse, three conference teams in one sub-region -- is easily recognized if you draw it out even further. it would be great if you put all eight b1g teams in only one region, right? after all, now you're really guaranteeing a presence in the sweet 16 and beyond.

and as pointed out, clustering teams from the same conference just makes for a bad tournament. putting michigan state, maryland, and minnesota in the same sub-region is mind-numbingly stupid. and it certainly makes for unexciting television.
 
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ScriptOhio said:
Trivia: Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger became the first coach in history to lead five different programs to the tournament (Oklahoma, UNLV, Illinois, Florida, Kansas State).
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cincibuck said:
Lon Kruger? Didn't he play Dracula in a silent movie?
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Just sayin': Dracula is retiring......:lol:

Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball coach Lon Kruger retiring after 45 years in coaching

Oklahoma men's basketball coach Lon Kruger is retiring after 45 years in coaching, it was announced on Thursday.

Kruger, 68, has been in charge of the Sooners for the last decade, leading them to seven NCAA tournaments and a Final Four appearance in 2016. They finished 16-11 overall this season, going 9-8 in the Big 12 and advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament before losing to Gonzaga.

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...l-coach-lon-kruger-retiring-45-years-coaching
 
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ScriptOhio said:
Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball coach Lon Kruger retiring after 45 years in coaching

Oklahoma men's basketball coach Lon Kruger is retiring after 45 years in coaching, it was announced on Thursday.

Kruger, 68, has been in charge of the Sooners for the last decade, leading them to seven NCAA tournaments and a Final Four appearance in 2016. They finished 16-11 overall this season, going 9-8 in the Big 12 and advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament before losing to Gonzaga.

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...l-coach-lon-kruger-retiring-45-years-coaching
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Big loss for Sooners basketball.
 
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Way too early 2022 NCAA Tournament Bracketology:



Ohio State is also a #2 seed. Funny that the ESPN asshole (aka Joe Lunardi) didn't mention Ohio State in his narrative:

If you liked the last NCAA tournament, just wait. The epic Final Four game between Gonzaga and UCLA could happen again. If this first bracket for the 2021-22 season were to play out exactly as projected, the Bulldogs and Bruins would meet for the national championship on April 4, 2022. Wow. Joining the Zags and UCLA as No. 1 seeds are Kansas and Alabama, with Villanova, Michigan and Purdue right behind them in the chase for the top line. We will, of course, be monitoring all of the offseason player movement and update these brackets at least one each month throughout the spring and summer.

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/s...ology-projecting-2022-march-madness-men-field
 
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More way too early 2022 Bracketology:



SOUTH REGION
No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 16 New Orleans/Prairie View
No. 8 Xavier St. vs. No. 9 Louisville
No. 5 Auburn vs. No. 12 BYU/Wichita State
No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 13 Wright St.

CBS Sports is projecting Ohio State to get a #4 seed.
 
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Buckeyetology: Ohio State On the Bubble After Back-to-Back Big Ten Wins​

Ohio State hoops has held serve in January on its quest for the program's first NCAA Tournament berth in four years. No more, no less.

The Buckeyes didn't overachieve by sweeping their West Coast road trip, but did defeat Oregon before falling to Washington in the pair of road games. They had chances to upset No. 7 Nebraska in a 72-69 loss, but handled business at Rutgers and during their two-game homestand vs. UCLA and Minnesota.

Securing those last two wins was especially key after Ohio State lost to Washington, given that the Buckeyes now travel to Ann Arbor to face rival No. 3 Michigan as heavy underdogs on Friday. There are three winnable games to follow that contest, though two are on the road: Penn State, at Wisconsin and at Maryland. It will be an important sequence before a brutal back end of the schedule for the Buckeyes.

NCAA Tournament Outlook​

Ohio State is firmly defined as a bubble team by the experts and projectors, leaning more toward the inside after a 13-5 start to its 2025-26 season. "Consistent" might not be a word many use to describe this Buckeye team, or many college basketball teams in a sport of high variance, but it's one of the biggest things going for OSU on its résumé.

The worst loss of Ohio State's season came in Quadrant 2 (that's out of four), a road letdown at the buzzer vs. Pitt, which is 8-10 on the season and 118th in the NCAA's NET rankings. A game the Buckeyes should have had, certainly, but not considered a bad loss by those who select the NCAA Tournament field. On a neutral court, it would be, but not on the road where it remains Quad 2 and not Quad 3.

Ohio State has won each of its Quad 3 and 4 games and only lost that contest to the Panthers in Quad 2. Each of the Buckeyes' four other losses came in their four Quad 1 games. By the same token, however, they haven't won any Quad 1 games yet. They'll get two chances the next two weeks vs. the Wolverines and Badgers.

A high NET ranking of 36th is the other metric boosting Ohio State onto the right side bubble. The Buckeyes are one of the last four teams in the tournament, according to ESPN's Joe Lunardi, and outrank each of the other three teams in that category from Lunardi: USC (48th), New Mexico (41st) and Texas (42nd).

CBS Sports' coalition of experts actually has Ohio State in a safer spot as a No. 10 seed. That's about the highest projection the Buckeyes are earning around the country. In total, they are projected to be in the NCAA Tournament by 58 of the 84 brackets aggregated by the Bracket Matrix, which averages them out to be the fifth-to-last team in.
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