Miami matches up well with Duke.
Why did Barry Larkin send his kid to Miami? Barry got something against Cincinnati now?
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Miami matches up well with Duke.
Why did Barry Larkin send his kid to Miami? Barry got something against Cincinnati now?
JumpinJack5
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Actually, if his kid were to stay local, he would've gone to XU, considering Barry's brother, Byron, is the all-time leading scorer there. It would've been nice to see him come to us, but there is no way he went to UC over XU.
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I would really really like a 3 seed as it would keep us away from the 1 seed until the elite 8, but I think we will end up getting a 4 or 5 which means we are going to have to play the 1 seed in the sweet 16.
Most years I'd agree, but this year I don't think there is going to be a huge difference between the #1 and #2 seeds.
david aka the TYZ
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I believe the botom four teams play to decide 2 of the 16 seeds and the "last 4 in" play and then are placed in the bracket accordingly by whatever seed those two winners would fall in to. Some years have more upsets getting in by winning their conference tourney's and thus the seeding of the last at large teams can vary.
That would make sense. So it's just a coincidence that it was an 11 and a 10 last year and Linardi used a 11 and 10 here?
We haven't played one game since the last bracketology, but with other teams losing, we have moved up to the 4 seed in this weeks edition.
The Big East now has 8 teams as Villanova becomes a 12 seed. St. Johns is now part of the first four out.
The Big East now has 8 teams as Villanova becomes a 12 seed. St. Johns is now part of the first four out.
I will forward this bracketology on to XU AD Mike Bobinski, he will then be able to cancel the selection committee meeting, why have a meeting if the brackets have already been completed for you.
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For once I agree with you Harvey Two-Face!
Never said this was final; its just interesting to look at throughout the season.
psax889906
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I'd be ecstatic if they landed in Kansas City. I could go see them as they'd be right down the road. Just two+ hours from Omaha!
Our general seeding has stabilized now so we can at least look at what could impact us. The top 5 teams are pretty solid. Teams 6-10 seem to be on their own tier as well barring a meltdown by Arizona/Gonzaga.
That leaves a lot of teams in the midwest fighting for 2-3 seeds, 4-4 seeds as well as preferable sites/regions. Those teams as now would be Michigan St., Minnesota, Ohio St, UC, Butler. New Mex is in that same mix for seeding, but obviously wouldn't care about the same locations.
If we can make it to the top 2 of that group, we likely can get a 3 seed and hopefully Dayton. It's hard to imagine us getting any higher than that.
Short of that, 4/5 is by far the most likely and it almost guarantees we start in Austin or San Jose.
As far as a likely rd32 opponent, we'd obviously be looking at facing other 4/5 teams. Of that group, we can't play Marquette, Pitt, GTown, and likely wouldn't play NMex. The most likely opponents would probably be the other B10 teams like Minnesota or MSU. Smaller conference teams like Butler or Creighton are also possible.
That leaves a lot of teams in the midwest fighting for 2-3 seeds, 4-4 seeds as well as preferable sites/regions. Those teams as now would be Michigan St., Minnesota, Ohio St, UC, Butler. New Mex is in that same mix for seeding, but obviously wouldn't care about the same locations.
If we can make it to the top 2 of that group, we likely can get a 3 seed and hopefully Dayton. It's hard to imagine us getting any higher than that.
Short of that, 4/5 is by far the most likely and it almost guarantees we start in Austin or San Jose.
As far as a likely rd32 opponent, we'd obviously be looking at facing other 4/5 teams. Of that group, we can't play Marquette, Pitt, GTown, and likely wouldn't play NMex. The most likely opponents would probably be the other B10 teams like Minnesota or MSU. Smaller conference teams like Butler or Creighton are also possible.
Their resume as it stands today is still way up there. They are probably headed the wrong direction though.
To answer your question...
Top 10 RPI
18th in polls
More top 100 wins than anyone in country
Beat Michigan St.
Still a #4 seed in today's update. Now it's important to not let teams like Pitt and Georgetown pass them up. Both are currently #5 seeds.
Despite their inconsistencies no #1-3 seed is going to want to have a potential 2nd round game against UK. It's still a roster with 3 projected lottery picks.
http://espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology
Despite their inconsistencies no #1-3 seed is going to want to have a potential 2nd round game against UK. It's still a roster with 3 projected lottery picks.
http://espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology
I think 6-2 finish gets us the 4 seed possibly a 3. Any worse and we'll be a 5. Barring a collapse (3-5 finish or something) I dont see us falling off the 4 or 5 seed line. That said, we talk so much about later round matchups, but I do not want to play a 12 in the first round.
