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Southeast Region vBet and Discussion

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Jaxbuck;1894262; said:
-Wisconsin could make the Final Four by beating 3 mid majors and K State if BYU knocks off Florida.

-Florida could make it by beating 3 mid majors and UCLA if Butler beats UW.

-There is a 50/50 chance one of the 2 mid majors left makes the Final Four out of this bracket.

But yeah, it wasn't as soft as everyone in the country that wasn't on the selection committee thought before the tournament started.
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Well, to be honest, the Mountain West Conference and the A-10 are not considered "mid-majors" by most analysts and power ranking assessments. They are considered "major" conferences, but not "power" conferences.

Mid-Majors are for the WCC, C-USA, Colonial, Ivy... etc. That's according to some arbitrary designation, but for example, UNLV winning the tourney in 1990, Utah making the Finals in 1998 or whatever wasn't considered a mid-major upset. George Mason, Indiana State and Penn however are.
 
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Actually, it would be kind of funny to see Wisky, after being given every possible advantage, gag away their postseason to a mid-major on the sport's biggest stage - again.

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BUCKYLE said:
Did you really just "hmmph"? WTF?!

I'd like to see Wisky, Purdue, and tOSU in the FF. Suck a fat one Big East.
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Point is, Ohio State already curbstomped 2 of those teams (Florida 93-75, Wisky 93-65) and would do work on the other 2 as well. Yet they get stuck with a much tougher road.

I couldn't give a shit less about Wisky or Purdue making it.

Though, it would make the FF a lot easier knowing what OSU could do to those teams, again.:lol:
 
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Diego-Bucks;1894267; said:
Well, to be honest, the Mountain West Conference and the A-10 are not considered "mid-majors" by most analysts and power ranking assessments. They are considered "major" conferences, but not "power" conferences.

Mid-Majors are for the WCC, C-USA, Colonial, Ivy... etc. That's according to some arbitrary designation, but for example, UNLV winning the tourney in 1990, Utah making the Finals in 1998 or whatever wasn't considered a mid-major upset. George Mason, Indiana State and Penn however are.
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This is true. Switch out my "mid major" for "non- power 6".

It was a ridiculously soft bracket that the selection committee used to give the defacto overall #1 to Pitt and, given their track record of choking, essentially a #1-a seed to UF.

Meanwhile the B10, SEC tournament and ACC regular season champs are all up in one bracket.
 
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