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Post by vbfanatic on Nov 21, 2006 13:03:04 GMT -5
If Nebraska beats Texas this weekend, most likely they will go into the Tournament with the #1 seed. Who else gets a #1? I would imagine that both Stanford and Washington will definitely be in the running but do both get it? Penn State could be the other one or it could go to UCLA but doubtful. With the Regional sites being Florida, Texas, Washington and Hawaii the pairings/ seedings could look like this...
Penn State#1 in the Florida Regional Stanford#1 in the Texas Regional Washington #1 at Washington (obviously) Nebraska #1 in the Hawaii regional
The key for Nebraska is who else they put in Hawaii like a USC, Wisconsin, UCLA.
Texas (I believe) would hate to have Stanford come to Austin but would rather have Penn State since they have seen them earlier in the year and lost in 5 games. If Nebraska can make it through the regional (Which they should) I would not count them out in Omaha with 13,000 strong screaming GO BIG RED. You've got to believe deep down the committee wants Nebraska in Omaha for $$$ reasons and will adjust the pairings in order to get them there. It would be crazy to think of a National Championship pairing like last year although it would be a home match for Nebraska.
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Post by bigfan on Nov 21, 2006 13:06:02 GMT -5
All four seeds should go to Pac-10 teams since the conference is going to win it all again.
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Post by Keystonekid on Nov 21, 2006 13:14:46 GMT -5
VB, I think the committee trying to get Nebraska to Omaha is a non-factor. The money is already in the bank, won't be a loss of revenue if Huskers fall. I also think the crowd will be there regardless.
I see it Stanford at Hawaii (travel), Nebraska at Florida, PSU at Texas, Washington at UW
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Post by The Bofa on the Sofa on Nov 21, 2006 13:28:47 GMT -5
I'm just wondering, why?
Nebraska not going to Texas I guess makes some sense (avoid Big 12 matchups), although it's not clear that the committee cares about that in regionals. Washington at UW yeah.
But why is there any rhyme or reason to the others? Travel is not a consideration after the first two rounds.
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Post by 2c on Nov 21, 2006 13:31:56 GMT -5
I see it Stanford at Hawaii (travel), Nebraska at Florida, PSU at Texas, Washington at UW Way to go out on a limb with that UW pick. BTW, I expect the Pac10 club programs to be deemed worthy, thus giving the Pac10 the top 16 seeds.
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Post by roy on Nov 21, 2006 13:39:09 GMT -5
VB, I think the committee trying to get Nebraska to Omaha is a non-factor. The money is already in the bank, won't be a loss of revenue if Huskers fall. I also think the crowd will be there regardless. I see it Stanford at Hawaii (travel), Nebraska at Florida, PSU at Texas, Washington at UW I disagree that the committee is not going to try to get Nebraska into the Final Four. The committees agenda has been to keep the Final Four at Nebraska like they do with baseball. My personal feeling is that they will want to keep the hype and atmosphere so they will push for Nebraska to make the Final Four. Nebraska in the Final Four guarantees a strong turn out and that gives the committee reasons to keep the Final Four there. But I do like where you put the seeds. While I see Hawaii as the weakest of the 4 hosts, I don’t think Nebraska would be sent there due to travel. Stanford is the best options. I personally see Nebraska heading to Texas with Penn State at Florida. However I can also see those being switched. I think vb makes a great point in trying to figure out where everyone else will go. Personally, UCLA is the wild card. I think they will get shipped to Hawaii. However, I could see them going to almost any region and being a huge threat. I think the place all teams want to avoid is Washington. All other teams have shown they are beatable. Hawaii and Texas have both lost at home to Nebraska and Penn State. Hawaii has lost to UCLA, Stanford, and Cal Poly (along with Florida who will be in their own region). Florida has the potential to be dangerous but the only current top 10 team that have beaten is Utah. They were beat by UCLA earlier this season. Washington has looked very impressive at home, so they could be the region all will want to avoid.
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Post by StuffU on Nov 21, 2006 14:05:54 GMT -5
MY GUESS IS ....
#1 - Nebraska #2 - Stanford #3 - Penn State #4 - Washington #5 - UCLA #6 - Florida #7 - Utah #8 - Wisconsin #9 - Texas #10 - Minnesota/USC #11 - USC/Minnesota #12 - Cal Poly #13 - San Diego #14 - Oklahoma #15 - Hawaii #16 - LSU
At TEXAS #1 Nebraska - v - #16 LSU #8 Wisconsin -v- #9 Texas
At HAWAII #2 Stanford -v- #15 Hawaii #7 Utah -v- #10 Minnesota/USC
at FLORIDA #3 Penn State -v- #14 Oklahoma #6 Florida -v- #11 USC/Minnesota
at WASHINGTON #4 Washington -v- #13 San Diego #5 UCLA -v- #12 Cal Poly
Ok everyone, ready ..... aim.....fire!! lol
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Post by wiscvball on Nov 21, 2006 14:12:11 GMT -5
MY GUESS IS .... #1 - Nebraska #2 - Stanford #3 - Penn State #4 - Washington #5 - UCLA #6 - Florida #7 - Utah #8 - Wisconsin #9 - Texas #10 - Minnesota/USC #11 - USC/Minnesota #12 - Cal Poly #13 - San Diego #14 - Oklahoma #15 - Hawaii #16 - LSU At TEXAS #1 Nebraska - v - #16 LSU #8 Wisconsin -v- #9 Texas At HAWAII #2 Stanford -v- #15 Hawaii #7 Utah -v- #10 Minnesota/USC at FLORIDA #3 Penn State -v- #14 Oklahoma #6 Florida -v- #11 USC/Minnesota at WASHINGTON #4 Washington -v- #13 San Diego #5 UCLA -v- #12 Cal Poly Ok everyone, ready ..... aim.....fire!! lol I'd swap Wisconsin and Minnesota, which actually makes Wisconsin's road a bit easier. I think the Gophers will probably be a 2 seed and UW a 3 if both teams win @ Purdue this weekend. I could see Minnesota being a 3 based on early season results - but not lower than Wisconsin. Otherwise, I think it looks pretty good!
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Post by vbfanatic on Nov 21, 2006 14:47:22 GMT -5
Would Texas be excited about playing Nebraska again to get to the FF? Chances are Texas would want to play someone who doesn't know them as well. What an environment that will be in Gregory if that happens. Guaranteed SELLOUT!! I think the committee will look past the travel concerns and look at Hawaii as the easiest place for Nebraska to get back to Omaha. I also feel that since Nebraska will bascially be playing in their backyard in the FF and will host the 1st and 2nd rounds that they could justify sending them to Hawaii. I agree no one wants to be in that Washington regional. I think UW is undefeated at home only losing to Texas in the showcase and UCLA and USC on the road. We'll see should be an exciting year. Utah is this year's Santa Clara...flying under everyone's FF radar but could pull out a close match vs a higher seeded team.
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Post by Ye Olde Dawg on Nov 21, 2006 14:55:41 GMT -5
I agree with the top 5, though I'm not sure about the order. Until we know the outcome of Washington at Stanford and Texas at Nebraska of course, nobody's sure about the order. But then, that doesn't matter. We'll have the same teams in the top 4 regardless of those matches; we just don't know the order. I don't buy USC being seeded that low. No poll or ranking I can find has them lower than #7. On the other hand, Utah seems too high; nobody has them higher than #9. I also have doubts about the number of conference matchups in the regionals. You have Nebraska at Texas, UCLA at Washington, and potentially Penn State/Minnesota and Stanford/USC on neutral ground. Maybe the committee won't go out of their way to avoid conference pairings -- and it's darn hard to avoid them with the Pac-10 in any case -- but it seems like they'd avoid having the conferences eliminate each other quite that much.
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Post by Keystonekid on Nov 21, 2006 15:44:39 GMT -5
The bottom line is this, if you are a #1 seed you probably want to be at Florida. Florida will most likely be a #2 which means, they won't also send a UCLA, USC, there as well. If you are at Hawaii, you are going to have another "big boy" on top of Hawaii at home. At Texas you will obviously have UT, but quite probably another top team as well. Washington in my opinion is at a tremendous advantage this year. I think sending UCLA there balances the tables. UCLA should probably end up with the lowest seeded #1 team, which will be PSU, Washington, or Stanford, depending on this weekend.
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Post by SaltNPepper on Nov 21, 2006 15:45:22 GMT -5
In the past, I don't think that travel has entered into the committees seeding of the tournament at all. They only juggle the seedings to get the four regional hosts to fit into 4 different brackets. Travel limitations/restrictions only affects the 1st and 2nd round matches.
I would be (pleasantly) surprised if Nebraska hosts the 1st and 2nd rounds. There just won't be enough teams within 400 miles of Lincoln to avoid shipping 3 teams in. A Missouri Valley team could be sent to Nebraska, but it may work better going to Minnesota or Wisconsin or Oklahoma depending upon who it is and those schools might have a better chance to have a second team within 400 miles. Hope I'm wrong. My guess is the Huskers are sent back to the east coast to a relatively easy subregional.
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Post by Keystonekid on Nov 21, 2006 15:52:15 GMT -5
Huskers at Albany plus another eastern team, possibly Cornell. I think being sent there lessens there chances of then going to Hawaii.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2006 15:55:05 GMT -5
If they do that, who the heck's left for PSU to play?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2006 16:21:29 GMT -5
I don't think the Huskers will be in the UT Region. Florida or Hawaii is what I'm thinking.
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