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Finally, the seed we deserve

JimboBBN

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One in the latest bracketology from ESPN

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Who would have guessed at the start of the season that we would be projected a 1 seed and Kansas would be a 3 in our region, when people were crowning them national champs already

Also, Georgia being projected higher than Arkansas currently is objectively hilarious.

I'm surprised he has Oklahoma so low (7 seed) given they are a borderline Top-10 team currently.
 
3 SEC teams as one seeds seems like a very long shot.

Didn't the Big East get all four Number 1 seeds back in the mid-2000's? I think Pitt, Louisville, Villanova and maybe UCONN were all 1 seeds from the same conference. Might need to fact-check that.
 
Didn't the Big East get all four Number 1 seeds back in the mid-2000's? I think Pitt, Louisville, Villanova and maybe UCONN were all 1 seeds from the same conference. Might need to fact-check that.
3 is the most any conference has had in a single NCAA Tournament.

2019 - ACC - Duke, UNC, Virginia
2009 - Big East - UConn, Louisville, Pittsburgh
 
Didn't the Big East get all four Number 1 seeds back in the mid-2000's? I think Pitt, Louisville, Villanova and maybe UCONN were all 1 seeds from the same conference. Might need to fact-check that.
Looks like they had 3 one seeds that year. I was really curious and had to google around. Found this random B10 article from 2021, but states the ACC (2019) and Big East (2009) had 3 one seeds.

 
It's December, there are 20+ games left to play, this will in no way be close to what actually happens.

It's a fun exercise ( I guess) but I never understand why anyone gets overly excited (good or bad) when these come out.
 
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To be honest I like our team as it was total rebuild . Yea we are 4th. However the SEC is a slaughterhouse and most play physical ball our greatest weakness. Best seed i see us happening when said an done is likely a 3 seed . Something anyone here would of been happy for pre season. Say outside shot at a 2.

if we're on from 3 we best anyone . If we struggle from 3 some then there's 6/7 teams that give us an L.
 
It's December, there are 20+ games left to play, this will in no way be close to what actually happens.

It's a fun exercise ( I guess) but I never understand why anyone gets overly excited (good or bad) when these come out.

On one hand, it is a bit meaningless as there's still a ton of games.

Also .......just one person. One person's opinion on where teams are at.

Having said that, I do think this provides a good snapshot of at least what path the teams are currently on. I think that has "some use". Given this is like the only thing the guy does, he's probably looking at resumes closer than anyone. I think there's some merit with that.
 
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1 big problem is that puke in that cupcake acc prolly wont lose over 2 games.
gonzaga very may well win out.
thats 2 # 1 seeds that are 'probable'
then u got kansas that will always be the medias darling.
so u got uk, tenn, bama, and auburn and maybe someone else fighting for that last #1.
holla back if it dont work out like that
 
We'd play #9 Arkansas in the second round. You know, in a dream world where a Cal team makes it to the second round.
You just know the committee is licking their lips to give us a potential r32/s16 matchup with Arkansas assuming the seedlings allow it…..and then they’ll immediately also put a statement out about how they don’t try to put made for tv and storyline matchups together
 
I'm not sold on us deserving a number one seed at this point. Our defense is suspect and we all know legitimate Final Four teams almost always have top 30 defenses. KenPom currently has us at #44. The good news is we have a lot of room to grow in that area. And I think we will.
 
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i don't want that. a pissed off cal, could hero win a game against us, then promptly lose by 20 the next game.
First I really loved Cal and really appreciated some great years of basketball under him.
Great guy too.

That said if recent track record holds, if we don’t face him until the second round, we probably wont face him…
 
On one hand, it is a bit meaningless as there's still a ton of games.

Also .......just one person. One person's opinion on where teams are at.

Having said that, I do think this provides a good snapshot of at least what path the teams are currently on. I think that has "some use". Given this is like the only thing the guy does, he's probably looking at resumes closer than anyone. I think there's some merit with that.

Please, we both know Lunardi ain't putting in THAT much work, he's probably flicking boogers lol
 
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I'm not sold on us deserving a number one seed at this point. Our defense is suspect and we all know legitimate Final Four teams almost always have top 30 defenses. KenPom currently has us at #44. The good news is we have a lot of room to grow in that area. And I think we will.

I'll get dragged for this.. but I'm not sure we're truly a top5 team. I personally think we're in the 6 to 10 range and more like a 2 or 3 seed. I also wouldn't be shocked if we find ourselves, at one point, falling back into the high teens or something, maybe during a tough SEC stretch later on.

We got the win over a pretty good UofL team, but that was with Butler playing (I still think we lose if he doesn't play, based on what we've seen from the game), UofL having their own injuries, and some very bad (but deserved) foul trouble limiting their team. I'm concerned that after Butler, our talent is really lacking and I think thats gonna bite us in SEC play. If we have trouble going for loose balls and finishing strong defensive plays, we're gonna get thumped.
 
A looooong way from March right now. We are going to take several L's in the SEC. I'm hoping we are a #3 or #4 seed by tournament time. That would be a solid achievement for this team given the toughness of our conference top to bottom.
 
Not sure anyone deserves rankings this early, but it is nice. I know how ESPN guys think, next game we lose they will drop us 12 spots.
 
It's December, there are 20+ games left to play, this will in no way be close to what actually happens.

It's a fun exercise ( I guess) but I never understand why anyone gets overly excited (good or bad) when these come out.
I never understand why anybody is selfish and inconsiderate enough to completely ruin the game threads, on purpose, but what a world.
 
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