2 or 3 is fine they are basically the same. Just no lower than 3. A 2 or 3 in Purdues bracket.might be nice
Path to a #2 Seed is There
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It's gonna be interesting to see where the 2 seeds go.
If UT gets the last 1 then I assume 100% Arizona 2 out west. Then you have unc, say Marquette and say Baylor.
Baylor can't go south with Houston and Marquette can't go east with uconn.
Does Marquette get 2 in Midwest, Baylor in East and unc sent to Dallas?
Then on the 3 seed line it depends who is first. If UK is last 3 seed believe we get last pick.
Iowa state would have to go west or Midwest. Creighton would have to go to south or west. Where do Duke and uk go? It's a mess to me to try to guess.
If UT gets the last 1 then I assume 100% Arizona 2 out west. Then you have unc, say Marquette and say Baylor.
Baylor can't go south with Houston and Marquette can't go east with uconn.
Does Marquette get 2 in Midwest, Baylor in East and unc sent to Dallas?
Then on the 3 seed line it depends who is first. If UK is last 3 seed believe we get last pick.
Iowa state would have to go west or Midwest. Creighton would have to go to south or west. Where do Duke and uk go? It's a mess to me to try to guess.
If dook gets a 2 there'll be some 7/10 seed make the sweet 16
Totally agree the focus is on getting at least a #3 to avoid the powerful #1’s until the elite eight. I’ve watched a ton of college ball this year and there are only two teams that are a bad matchup for UK at this point. (If we get lazy on D we can lose to anybody) Houston and UCONN. Houston is the most physical team in the country by a mile and while we have improved tremendously against that style against Auburn & UT. Physicality and rebounding remain our weaknesses. UCONN rebounds really well with a lot of height but isn’t overly physical or athletic. They however run a myriad of highly sophisticated offensive sets with screens all over the place and I worry our defense can’t focus that well against that style of offense.
Expected me to call you out for the clown that you are? Good job.
Parrish moved Kentucky up to #16 and dropped Kansas to #17 but if Kentucky loses before Sunday he will move Kansas back up over Kentucky I bet despite how stupid that would be he will do it.
The UNCW shouldn't be a huge deal as far as compared to Dook. I wouldn't call it a worse loss as ARK is #112, GA Tech #124 while UNCW is #118. So they have 2 to our 1 in the 100s and we have way more good wins. Their really in a 3 bid conference, I know UVA is in barely but all 9 of their losses were by double digits and to some bad teams. I mean they were blown out 9 times. How the hell can they be in?
UNCW was at home making it a worse loss then losing at Arky and losing at Ga Tech individually
Yeah I don't know where this..."were a 3 seed no matter what" stuff is coming from. Matt Jones I guess. Bracket matrix barely has us hanging on to the final 3 seed, plenty of brackets still have us at a 4 and a tiny bit at a 5. Our NET hangs anywhere from 18-20. Need to least beat Ole Miss/TAMU to hold the 3.
A few years back, they removed the "Last 10 games" criteria.
I think we're one of the 4 best teams. I just think our early season resume is gonna hold us down.
For all the "UNC-W will cost us a seed line" talk, I don't think that loss killed us. We just played too many cupcakes.
Bracket Matrix lags a fair bit. Some of the guys are way more active than others. And the less active ones tend to pull a team like us--with a late season surge--down the board.
I've engaged with a couple of the active ones on Twitter. The vibe seems to be that a 3 is the ceiling. If we win tomorrow night, we probably lock in a 3 seed.
I don't think a 5 is on the table. Lose tomorrow night, and we're still a very solid 4 at worst.
I don't think a 5 is possible either. But I don't think 3 is locked either like a lot of people seem too.
I've said if we win tomorrow we are a 3. Just my random opinion. If we lose we will be a 4.
I don't get the "I hate Cal supporters" thing right now.
The team is firing on all cylinders. I want to win. Cal has to coach us. So I'm gonna root for Cal to do a good job. I'd love it if he rode off into the sunset. But while he's coaching a time with a chance at a final 4, I'm sure gonna support him.
Let's just win our first SEC game before we start dreaming about a 2 we will not get. We haven't exactly lit up the SEC tourney the last few years.
Weren't we a 2 seed when power house Saint Peter's spanked us?
I still doubt it but if there was ever going to be a possible path it would require both Duke and Creighton to lose tonight as heavy favorites and somehow both are currently down double digits. I won't believe it until I see it as far as either losing but they are required losses to have any shot at a 2.
Crieghton has 9 losses and if we beat Tennessee again they will also have 8 losses so those saying with 8 losses we can’t be a 2 seed yes we can if we keep winning
I get that, but it's still a worse net ranking team with a losing record.
Well if any decision to be made they were just 1 and done in a bad conference by a bad team, not a tourney team. If we beat TAM that's another Quad 1 win case closed.
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We are ranked number 9 in th AP. Theoretically 5-8 ranked teams should be 2 seeds. We only have one spot to move up. You can say that’s not how it works with all the other factors, but theoretically if they’re ranking teams correctly it would be.
The AP poll means absolutely nothing when it comes to seeding.
I expected that response but I’ve been watching basketball a long time and the top 4 ranked teams are almost always 1 seeds, the 2 seeds are usually between 5-10 ranked teams in AP
iirc wasn't it in 2000 that top seed Cincy seed was lowered because of Kenyon Martins injury? That of course was eons ago with different committee
I think the door is about shut. We need Marquette to lose tomorrow to have a shot. The committee may still give them a pass with Kolek out.
As it stands: 1 of UT and UNC will be a 2 seed. Arizona will be a 2 seed. Whoever wins Baylor v Iowa State gets a 2 seed.
Marquette: If they win tomorrow, I think they stay ahead of us regardless of future outcomes. Losing to UCONN on a Neutral court won't hurt them.
As it stands: 1 of UT and UNC will be a 2 seed. Arizona will be a 2 seed. Whoever wins Baylor v Iowa State gets a 2 seed.
Marquette: If they win tomorrow, I think they stay ahead of us regardless of future outcomes. Losing to UCONN on a Neutral court won't hurt them.
On a happy note: If we win tomorrow night, we should jump the loser of Iowa State/Baylor.
I Think we go to bed tomorrow night as the top 3 seed. Which very likely gets us to the Midwest with Purdue +/- Marquette.
I Think we go to bed tomorrow night as the top 3 seed. Which very likely gets us to the Midwest with Purdue +/- Marquette.
Both Iowa St and Baylor have more quad 1 AND quad 2 wins than we do and 0 bad losses. You should do a little more research my man lol.
They won't be.
One thing I always bring up to my friends is which bracket we are put in!!! Matt Jones has been going on n on for weeks how we have to win to get closer to home and have fans make the trip. I don't give a crap about any of that. I would love for UK to be put out West where you have no chance of getting UNC,UConn, Kansas,UK in same bracket. Fans don't win NCAA games, good matchups win games. Wait and see where Duke is put. Out West as a 2 or 3 playing St Marys in elite 8 smh
Agree with this. I don't think we can work our way up to a #2 (I hope I'm wrong). The committee can use the UNCW loss to keep us down a notch. They have to have something to justify their seeding and that's an easy one to quote.
