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starting this up for Monday action as we get to the sweet 16-

Imagine this scenario for how tomorrow plays out.

The eight winners are Oregon, Gonzaga, UCLA, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado, Alabama and USC.

That would mean that the PAC has five teams still dancing, the SEC has two, and nine other conferences have one each.

By seed, the Sweet Sixteen would look like this:

1....3 teams
2....2
3....1
4....0
5....2
6....1
7....1
8....1
9....0
10..0
11..2
12..1
13..1
14..0
15..1
16..0

Bracket matchups would be (conference champions in bold):

#1 Gonzaga vs #4 Ohio
#6 USC vs #7 Oregon

#1 Michigan vs #5 Colorado
#2 Alabama vs #11 UCLA

#1 Baylor vs #5 Villanova
#3 Arkansas vs #15 Oral Roberts

#2 Houston vs #11 Syracuse
#8 Loyola vs #12 Oregon State


Wouldn't that be a hoot?

After all the chaos, we could still have a Final Four with three #1 seeds and a #2 seed.

I think Bama and the Zags are pretty safe this round. Everyone else better bring it or they may go home.

(03-22-2021 10:15 AM)BatonRougeEscapee Wrote: [ -> ]I think Bama and the Zags are pretty safe this round. Everyone else better bring it or they may go home.

UCLA is the only one I would call "safe" today, and ask Texas how AC worked out for them. From here on out, the pressure on Gonzaga, Michigan and Baylor is going to be huge. Can they handle it?

Very excited about having all these R32 games on a Monday!

Can't wait to watch.

some CBS doubleheader tonight- LSU/Michigan and USC/Kansas..

After today I'm concerned that the five days between now and the Sweet Sixteen round could be dangerous time off in what has proved (VCU) to be less than a secure COVID bubble. Walkover games could be a real blow to the tournament from here on out, especially if one of the few remaining top seeds are involved.

lol

(03-22-2021 10:50 AM)ken d Wrote: [ -> ]After today I'm concerned that the five days between now and the Sweet Sixteen round could be dangerous time off in what has proved (VCU) to be less than a secure COVID bubble. Walkover games could be a real blow to the tournament from here on out, especially if one of the few remaining top seeds are involved.

VCU's problems likely stemmed from last weekend in Dayton- just took 4-5 days to start to show.

I'm rooting for a double digit seed to make the final four and then the other 3 teams get pulled for COVID concerns. The perfect exclamation point to a screwed up 12 months.

I’m watching Oregon-Iowa looking for any signs of defense

Oregon and Iowa lighting up the scoreboard. 102 points between them in the first half. Can the PAC stay unbeaten?

Nice seeing Chris Duarte showing off his skills.

The entire Pac-12 is playing with a chip on their shoulders in this tournament. NET ranked the conference marginal, but we are seeing that isn't the case. Still Luka Garza is a load. If Iowa can get some stops and avoid too many open floor situations were Oregon's speed kills them, they can ride Garza for a comeback.

Oregon and Iowa are both really sloppy in the second half.

Oregon would be ahead by almost 30 if their bigs could make layups. They had three point blanks misses that lead to baskets by Iowa on the breakout. That's a 10 or 12 point swing. Iowa has no answer for Oregon's quickness on D and fast breaks.

Just looking the remaining 7 games the lower seed winning all 7 would come up to 27. Assuming Iowa wins here- 64+27 is 91.

The Pac-12/Big-10 reversal of fortune continues.

(03-22-2021 12:50 PM)stever20 Wrote: [ -> ]

Covid-19 year. Seeds are jumbled more than normal because we didn't get a full season of games.

Meaningless record.