3 Teams out of 4 from the same league in the same bracket?

[Scheids21]

RPI is what matters. The American was 8th-rated in Conference RPI. Next year, we lose Louisville (18) and Rutgers (196), while adding Tulsa (72), East Carolina, (217), and Tulane (223).

Welcome, to Mid-majorville.

To upgrade conference affiliation, the most realistic option for UC is to separate football from all other athletic operations. A package deal with UConn, Memphis, or both would make them even more enticing to either the Big East or Atlantic 10.

The Big East is fourth in Conference RPI. Adding UC (19) and UConn (23) would increase the league to 12 teams and most likely move the conference into the top three, or even the top two. Both are terrific logistical fits with history in the conference.

The key to this move would be hiring the most gifted PR person in college athletics to repair relationships with the Catholic Seven. Not impossible, because this move would make sense for the Big East and improve its negotiating leverage in future media contracts. In addition, UC and UConn would probably have to agree to huge buyouts in the (unlikely) event that the ACC or another power conference comes calling.

Before you laugh at the A-10 suggestion (currently 6th RPI), with UC and UConn (or Memphis) this conference would be quite competitive and most likely a top-four or five RPI conference.

This is just a lateral move. At this point, unless we are moving into a power conference, there is no point in changing conferences. Cincinnati, Connecticut, and Memphis can carry this group as far as basketball goes.

 

[UCalum08]

In all seriousness... What is the committee's reason/justification putting 3 AAC teams in the same region? Since they were only putting 4 teams in....there are 4 regions...would make too much sense to put one team in each region.

 

[ucswais]

In all seriousness... What is the committee's reason/justification putting 3 AAC teams in the same region? Since they were only putting 4 teams in....there are 4 regions...would make too much sense to put one team in each region.

Basically they said they didn't try to do it, but didn't go out of their way to avoid it either. They wanted Memphis 8 and wanted to keep Gonzaga and Colorado more geographically logical. Flipping Memphis and UK would have put them in the same position with UL (a top 4 seed).

UConn wouldn't face an AAC team until E8 and they don't care about protecting a 5/7/8 seed that far down the line.

I don't see what anyone is complaining about on that part of it. If we can get to S16, won't you be hoping Memphis was able to TKO Virginia? Shouldn't Uconn be happy it drew the easiest section of the entire bracket?