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I like this draw. Indiana and Kansas should both be good match-ups for us. Don't see Miami/Iowa posing much of a threat either.
UK should be flip flopped with Iowa.
Could you imagine if KU got sent home by Wich St, two years in a row?
Still think Xavier is a 1 over UNC at this point. Such a "weak" field, relatively speaking, that I'm not sure it matters. Is there a difference between Baylor and Iowa or West Virginia and Purdue or so on? There are a few matchups that don't favor UK, but overall I don't see any reason why the Cats can't make a run?
Chicken chokers get shocked again would be off the flippin' chart
SECT has no bearing on seeding. That's decided before the conference tournaments ever start. I think the best we get is a 3 seed if we win out the last regular season games, thanks to Iowa losing last night.
I was just wondering if the NCAA might try to seed UK against Texas Tech? They seem to like games that have a story line and a Cal coached UK against Tubby would be that.
what is the damn obsession with UK and IU playing in the 2nd round?
They need to just rate the field 1-68 and put them where they line up, no matter if they've played or are same conference. Rate them 1-68 without team names and just go with it.
I they can find a way to make UK a 5, there is zero doubt that their 12 will be Texas Tech or Wisconsin.
I honestly hate the idea of a tourney match up with IU. Crean coaches his best games against us.
He'd be a perfect fit in the SEC. Watch, IU will can him after this season and one of Georgia, LSU, Arkansas or Ole Miss will pick him up.
He'd be a perfect fit in the SEC. Watch, IU will can him after this season and one of Georgia, LSU, Arkansas or Ole Miss will pick him up.
Agree,I don't like them at all but they are a little better than most here give them credit for being.
Agree with this,UNC evidently can't beat Duke even though they have an advantage in numbers and at just about every position. If UNC drops the return match with Duke and doesn't win the ACCT I don't see them being a 1
The SECT has plenty of bearing on what seed teams get. How can you possibly think it is decided before the tournament even begins. If Kentucky goes down in the 1st game or wins the SEC Championship will make plenty of difference especially in a year like this. Also it affects all the teams not just Kentucky.
If we win out a 3 seed may indeed be the best we can do but all depends on other teams.
Had we won vs Kansas and A&M 2 games that should have been wins Kentucky would be a 2 seed right now.
its been stated many times by spoke people from the committee that the SEC title game has little bearing on seeding.
This was the part of the reasoning we were given for Florida getting a 2 and UK getting a 4 back in 2011 despite us taking 2 of 3 from them and having a very similar overall resume.
They also said in 2014 that had we beaten Florida, the #1 team and #1 overall seed, in the SEC final it wouldn't have made a difference in our seed. They said the game happens too close to the brackets being released for them to factor it in beyond a non at large team winning it.
But I think that's only the final game. The rest of the tournament makes a difference it seems.
Another reason the SEC needs to move the tourney up a day.
This was the part of the reasoning we were given for Florida getting a 2 and UK getting a 4 back in 2011 despite us taking 2 of 3 from them and having a very similar overall resume.
They also said in 2014 that had we beaten Florida, the #1 team and #1 overall seed, in the SEC final it wouldn't have made a difference in our seed. They said the game happens too close to the brackets being released for them to factor it in beyond a non at large team winning it.
But I think that's only the final game. The rest of the tournament makes a difference it seems.
Another reason the SEC needs to move the tourney up a day.
The conference tournaments are a few games. In the grand scheme of things they probably weigh alot less than most believe
I remember a handful of teams over the years making huge jumps due to winning their conference tourneys. Uconn jumped from a 7 to a 3 when they won the Big East back in 2011.
Louisville went to #1 overall for winning it back in 2013.
St Johns won it back in the late 90's early 2000's(can't remember exact year) and made a huge jump to a 2 seed.
We won the SEC back in 2001 and ended up as a 2 seed with 9 losses.
Mostly it seems to help big east teams though. And oh hey, theirs ends on Saturday. Cough cough.
And us a 4 seed in almost every bracket??? Is there any reason for us to play the rest of the games??? Geez, we are one if not the hottest team & a 4 is the best we can get?? No team ranked ahead of us scares me at all btw.
If we can win out and go 3-0 and win the SEC Tourney that would put us at 27-7 overall and 17-4 sec and that could easily put us at #2 seed or #3 seed. We just need that 5-10 rank teams to fall and we could still end up with a #2 seed or #3 seed. That would hopefully put us in the South Region playing in Louisville if we win our 1st and 2nd round games. That would be great for Kentucky to end up in Louisville for the Sweet 16 and possibly Elite 8 game and that could give us the advantage to get to a 3rd straight FINAL FOUR!
When the NCAA releases brackets they never mirror the morons at ESPN. UK will be a 2 seed if we win the sec reg season and a game or two in sect. We will likely be a three seed imo in the south so please stop thinking bc ESPN says it we will be a 4
Well... You are wrong, recent history has shown the winning the SEC tourny has no bearing on seeding. One year the commitee admited it.
Only the championship game has no bearing, unless a team like Ole Miss pulls a shocker, because the brackets are basically already made. They would or should factor it if UK made it to the final game.
One might say that.
Then again, one of the teams in question has the best resume in the country and will be ranked number 1 next wk, while the other has lost games to garbage teams all year with few quality wins.
Which holds more bias?
You mean that same school and coach that is notorious for getting beat by mid-majors and not making past the opening weekend, while the other has been to back-to-back Final Fours?
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