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Top 16
The Selection Committee releases their Top 16 in about 30 minutes. There's obviously quite a bit of basketball to play, but it'll be fascinating to see how much weight is placed upon the new tiered system. Here's my best guess of the seeds:
1 Villanova
1 Xavier
1 Virginia
1 Sparty
2 Purdue
2 Clemson
2 Auburn
2 Texas Tech
3 Duke
3 UC
3 Kansas
3 North Carolina
4 Ohio State
4 Tennessee
4 Gonzaga
4 Rhode Island
Lots of traditionally weak teams from power conferences are having great seasons - Texas Tech, Auburn, Clemson, and Tennessee - and they have the numbers to back it up. It'll be interesting to see how the committee treats teams like Ohio State and Rhode Island, who have strong numbers, except in the Tier 1 (Ohio State is 2-4 and Rhode Island is 1-3).
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02-11-2018 12:09 PM |
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RE: Top 16
Pretty good list. However, I can almost guarantee you Auburn and/or Clemson will be switched with Duke and/or KU. It's just the way it is.
Cincy should be a 2 seed but we know how these douche committee members butcher things.
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02-11-2018 12:12 PM |
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RE: Top 16
(02-11-2018 12:12 PM)ShockerFever Wrote: Pretty good list. However, I can almost guarantee you Auburn and/or Clemson will be switched with Duke and/or KU. It's just the way it is.
Cincy should be a 2 seed but we know how these douche committee members butcher things.
You're probably right about Dook and KU. I'm also fully expecting Rhode Island to get screwed, although they have a good claim as a 3 seed.
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02-11-2018 12:15 PM |
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RE: Top 16
(02-11-2018 12:12 PM)ShockerFever Wrote: Pretty good list. However, I can almost guarantee you Auburn and/or Clemson will be switched with Duke and/or KU. It's just the way it is.
Cincy should be a 2 seed but we know how these douche committee members butcher things.
No, I think we are a #3 right now, with a win today and one of the WSU games maybe then, still a lot of work to do. If the OOC drags UC down, then that's on Mick and the AD.
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02-11-2018 12:18 PM |
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RE: Top 16
(02-11-2018 12:18 PM)CincyBro Wrote: (02-11-2018 12:12 PM)ShockerFever Wrote: Pretty good list. However, I can almost guarantee you Auburn and/or Clemson will be switched with Duke and/or KU. It's just the way it is.
Cincy should be a 2 seed but we know how these douche committee members butcher things.
No, I think we are a #3 right now, with a win today and one of the WSU games maybe then, still a lot of work to do. If the OOC drags UC down, then that's on Mick and the AD.
The ****** part of that OOC SOS is that it is very easily corrected by replacing two of the Alabama State-type games with a Wright State and an Akron, for example. Playing a few serviceable mid-majors over the bottom of the bottom moves our SOS way up.
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02-11-2018 12:21 PM |
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RE: Top 16
Purdue a 1 seed after this week?
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02-11-2018 12:35 PM |
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RE: Top 16
Woah! Cincy 2 Seed?
I’m shocked I tell ya! Shocked!
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02-11-2018 12:36 PM |
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RE: Top 16
Duke and KU... rofl
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02-11-2018 12:37 PM |
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RE: Top 16
Well...it’s now Cincy’s 2seed to lose. Let’s get it to a 1...
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RE: Top 16
(02-11-2018 12:36 PM)payday Wrote: Woah! Cincy 2 Seed?
I’m shocked I tell ya! Shocked!
And not sent to the West Coast.
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RE: Top 16
Wow. UC has a 2 is a bit of a surprise. Duke and KU - no surprise. Color me pleased with the UC seed. But Virginia? Ugh.
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02-11-2018 12:38 PM |
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RE: Top 16
KU ahead of Texas Tech, despite a worse record and a head-to-head loss to them. The committee is a bunch of hypocrites.
Oklahoma a 4??
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RE: Top 16
You were right geef. Rhode Island screwed.
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02-11-2018 12:42 PM |
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RE: Top 16
Oklahoma and Arizona? Awful. Typical.
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RE: Top 16
Of course now the forum will try to talk UC out of it.
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02-11-2018 12:44 PM |
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RE: Top 16
That’s the tv talking heads
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02-11-2018 12:45 PM |
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RE: Top 16
It's super early obviously, but Jerry Palm has UC against NKU in his bracket. How's that for a story line?
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02-11-2018 12:49 PM |
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RE: Top 16
(02-11-2018 12:49 PM)geef Wrote: It's super early obviously, but Jerry Palm has UC against NKU in his bracket. How's that for a story line?
I saw that. Good sense of humor.
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02-11-2018 12:51 PM |
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RE: Top 16
(02-11-2018 12:51 PM)ShockerFever Wrote: (02-11-2018 12:49 PM)geef Wrote: It's super early obviously, but Jerry Palm has UC against NKU in his bracket. How's that for a story line?
I saw that. Good sense of humor.
That's actually the one thing I appreciate about the selection committee. They tend to try and set up intriguing matchups, as they did with UC and Ohio State a few years back.
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02-11-2018 12:52 PM |
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RE: Top 16
(02-11-2018 12:49 PM)geef Wrote: It's super early obviously, but Jerry Palm has UC against NKU in his bracket. How's that for a story line?
Both can play at home and neither are away.
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