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If we are the higher seed, what's the justification for sending us out west and Texas A&M south where we would prefer?
Knocking on the door of a 2 seed.
Find a way to win Thurs and beat Bama on Friday, we're a 2 seed.
Find a way to win Thurs and beat Bama on Friday, we're a 2 seed.
Since we are the higher 3 seed, they are giving us the lower 2 seed.
10 vs. 7 and 8 vs. 9.
I don't know how much they care about geography for a 3 seed other than location for the 1st and 2nd round games. I believe it's more about the S curve.
Even if you ignore geography, the s-curve would ALSO dictate we should be in the South with Auburn.
Auburn gets their obvious region as the #1 seed, as does Duke in the East, then Houston getting the preferable location of the two remaining, with Florida being the one sent out west as the final #1 seed. The S-curve would dictate Alabama be paired with Florida, so they were shifted to avoid the SEC/SEC matchup. Tennessee is next, also shifted to avoid the SEC/SEC matchup. Michigan State should be next, and by the s-curve should be matched up with the overall 3rd seed, but was moved to the South due to geographical preference. All this results in Florida getting the 8th seed, Texas Tech. Kentucky, by s-curve, SHOULD be matched up against #1 seed Auburn, but instead was swapped with Texas A&M without s-curve OR geographic reasoning.
Suddenly on the 4 seed line the entire s-curve is completely thrown out the window 13 overall Maryland gets their geographic preference instead of being shipped out west as the s-curve would dictate. Wisconsin also gets their geographic preference (which conveniently also matches the s-curve), Purdue gets sent out west despite the s-curve suggesting they should face Duke, but they can't because he has Maryland (an ACC/ACC matchup) slotted where they should be by s-curve, then Clemson lands in both their geographic preference and correct s-curve location.
As far as I can tell, of the Top 16 seeds, Kentucky is the ONLY team not in their geographic OR s-curve location without a shift for avoiding a conference/conference matchup involved in the decision. It looks like the moron in charge only put us there because suddenly keeping the s-curve between the overall 8 and overall 9 mattered. All the rest can be thrown to the wind. Not that it matters, of course, as the actual bracket won't look anything like this. I just like throwing Lunardi under the bus for being bad at the only job he has.
Bro you’re going at it like this is the actual bracket. This is just a guy’s projection
This. It's a made up bracket. Lunardi isn't gonna think about all the things the committee will.
I'll study the real bracket for 24 hrs + when it comes out, but Im not looking at projected bracket other to see what seed people think we are, that's it.
Anything else seems like a waste of time and concern
Anything else seems like a waste of time and concern
His paragraph is about Kentucky on his updated bracket.
It's not easy to fly under the radar at Kentucky. Yet Mark Pope has done so in the first year at his alma mater. For the first time in forever, the Wildcats are being called overachievers. Even though they won fewer conference games than the past three seasons under John Calipari. Even though they don't have an All-SEC first-team player. What they do have is hope, because a 21-10 (10-8 SEC) record is good enough for a 3-seed out of the loaded SEC. And that kind of tournament placement, backed up by a whopping 10 Quad 1 wins, suggests Big Blue Nation should see the NCAA second weekend for the first time since before the pandemic. It hasn't happened yet, but the ghosts of St. Peter's, Oakland and other recent demons should be buried soon.
It's not easy to fly under the radar at Kentucky. Yet Mark Pope has done so in the first year at his alma mater. For the first time in forever, the Wildcats are being called overachievers. Even though they won fewer conference games than the past three seasons under John Calipari. Even though they don't have an All-SEC first-team player. What they do have is hope, because a 21-10 (10-8 SEC) record is good enough for a 3-seed out of the loaded SEC. And that kind of tournament placement, backed up by a whopping 10 Quad 1 wins, suggests Big Blue Nation should see the NCAA second weekend for the first time since before the pandemic. It hasn't happened yet, but the ghosts of St. Peter's, Oakland and other recent demons should be buried soon.
Men's Bracketology: Auburn stays No. 1; Gonzaga's WCC semifinal win keeps them in the hunt
Auburn has lost back-to-back games but is still positioned for the top overall seed as automatic bids begin coming off the table.
www.espn.com
That was a nice write-up by Lunardi. Respect where it is dueHis paragraph is about Kentucky on his updated bracket.
It's not easy to fly under the radar at Kentucky. Yet Mark Pope has done so in the first year at his alma mater. For the first time in forever, the Wildcats are being called overachievers. Even though they won fewer conference games than the past three seasons under John Calipari. Even though they don't have an All-SEC first-team player. What they do have is hope, because a 21-10 (10-8 SEC) record is good enough for a 3-seed out of the loaded SEC. And that kind of tournament placement, backed up by a whopping 10 Quad 1 wins, suggests Big Blue Nation should see the NCAA second weekend for the first time since before the pandemic. It hasn't happened yet, but the ghosts of St. Peter's, Oakland and other recent demons should be buried soon.
Men's Bracketology: Auburn stays No. 1; Gonzaga's WCC semifinal win keeps them in the hunt
Auburn has lost back-to-back games but is still positioned for the top overall seed as automatic bids begin coming off the table.www.espn.com
Infowars has us as a 2 seed.
Meanwhile the genius that is Jerry Palm has us hanging on to a 4 seed.
OAN has us a #1 seed
It's fine. I was just looking at an old Eastbay catalog I had and somehow they have this years UK squad at a 3.
It seems like a win over Oklahoma/Georgia wraps up a 3 seed for us. A loss would likely require others to lose as well.
Man, I can only imagine what type of seed we would’ve gotten had we been healthy the majority of the season! IMHO, we’d be knocking on the door of a 1 seed! Don’t care about the 10 losses, Pope should absolutely get recognition for NCOY! He had done an incredible job coaching this year! Would love to make the FF!
Also, I love this draw. Only thing I would change would be to swap Florida for Houston. Hate to have to play another SEC team in the EE!
Also, I love this draw. Only thing I would change would be to swap Florida for Houston. Hate to have to play another SEC team in the EE!
If UK is the highest 3 seed, then the West is where they should be placed, if he is using an S-curve.
Auburn is 1 overall. Then Duke, Houston, and UF.
The top 2 seeds are Bama and then UT. Bama goes to the Midwest and UT to the East. That leaves Michigan St. going to the South and Texas Tech going to the West as the lowest 2 seed. The highest 3 goes with the highest 2 on the S-Curve.
So, you get:
South
Auburn(1)
Michigan St.(7)
A&M(10)
East
Duke(2)
UT(6)
Iowa St.(11)
Midwest
Houston(3)
Bama(5)
St. John’s(12)
West
UF(4)
Texas Tech(8)
UK(9)
The strongest 3 should be with the weakest 2.
Not sure about the rules, but I think S-curve trumps geography. I could be wrong, though.
Anyway, Lunardi is probably sticking to the S-curve more than geography.
Lunardi has us top 3 so maybe it is possible. Is there a reason why you are so ironclad that it is literally impossible?
The committee also balances the top 4 teams in each region based on their NET. If one region is too high they will swap teams. There is no exact science to it.
Keep in mind they try to keep from having rematches from regular season and conference season. With so many SEC teams in the field it was be difficult. They would move someone rather than under seed or over seed a team to keep rematches as deep in the tournament as possible.
Everyone should just look at this, chuckle and wait for Sunday. Lundardi is historically pathetic at the actual brackets and regions. He's really only marginal at best on seeding.
Sunday is around the corner. I'd be fine with waiting a few more days for the real deal bracket.
Sunday is around the corner. I'd be fine with waiting a few more days for the real deal bracket.
Not the poster but it really depends on how we do in the SECT. If we lose our first game and other 3/4 range teams make runs I could see us dropping.
Also the homer in me never feels like the NCAA gives us a fair seed.
Just win Thursday
Anything past that is just gravy, seed wise and mentally
Anything past that is just gravy, seed wise and mentally
I think likely a 2 seed with 2 Nashville wins
Definitely with 3 wins
Great, but the 3 seed is nice too, just win game 1
Definitely with 3 wins
Great, but the 3 seed is nice too, just win game 1
