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Post by ay2013 on Mar 29, 2021 2:56:05 GMT -5
This is the only thing in the manual from the last normal edition: I still think the committee has avoided the regional semifinal matchups of same-conferences since 2016 because of that specific match. It made no sense to seed USC at #10 and Creighton at #9 in 2017 except to avoid a 8-9 USC/Washington matchup. There have been no potential re-matches of the 16 seeds since that happened. Could be coincidence, could be an unwritten rule. And of course this year, the bracketing policies for the 32 unseeded teams don't matter because geography doesn't have an impact. So, there is no real standard for how the rest of the teams will be seeded. Actually, there really aren't any policies for the 16 top seeds either, for whatever that's worth, since there's no RPI or measurement tools. So last year are you suggesting that the NCAA purposefully gave Nebraska the 5 seed over Pitt as to justify Penn State as the 11 seed so they couldn’t meet in the sweet 16?
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Post by n00b on Mar 29, 2021 3:24:12 GMT -5
n00b you are usually good with this stuff, is this the selection committee this year? web1.ncaa.org/committees/committees_roster.jsp?CommitteeName=1WVBVery interesting that two bubble-OUT teams (Houston and Tennessee) will have committee members. Washington and Ohio State are the other tournament teams who will have represented committee members. PAC-12, AAC, C-USA, SEC, and Big Ten are represented. The WCC, ACC, and Big 12 are not. I've heard that they are not supposed to be in the room when specific teams are discussed, correct? Though, there was a year that Northern Iowa was a bubble team and got into the tournament and they had a committee member, I preferred Wyoming's resume, a team that was left out, that year. Yep, that’s the list. A while back, a couple professors did a pretty in depth multi variate regression to model men’s basketball selections and they did find that having representation on the committee helped the cause even though they have to leave the room when their team is being discussed. Committee members are human, so it doesn’t really surprise me. I think having an A10 administrator on the Committee last year had to have helped VCU.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2021 3:27:03 GMT -5
considering this is probably the weakest Nebraska team (to their very high standards they are still obviously a good team) in a long time and the best UK has been (except maybe 2017) I don’t think the past really matters much. I don’t think Nebraska can’t beat UK I just don’t see how they would be the favorite when they are outclassed at almost every position across the board this time around. Stivrins does terrify me though not gonna lie. What? The weakest Nebraska team? Outclassed at almost every position? I can’t tell if you’re A. Overly intoxicated with your love of Kentucky. B. Biased against Nebraska. C. Really high so please tell me then where besides middle where Kentucky doesn’t have the better player playing. The only argument that you could make is for maybe Sun over one of the left sides for UK. I don’t see what was crazy about my statement. Also okay maybe you’re right this is probably the second weakest Nebraska has been in years. Sorry though that statement wasn’t crazy either being weak for a program like Nebraska doesn’t mean they are weak in general
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2021 3:34:08 GMT -5
Unseeded teams that are very dangerous IMO are a healthy GT, UCLA, and Pepperdine. How are you defining dangerous? okay it was pretty obvious what I meant but I’ll elaborate. They are good teams that are probably almost equal in talent to some of the seeded teams Also I don’t wanna see Berggman and Brambilla, May and Mcall, or Scully and Ahrens on the other side of the net no matter who I am in the second round.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2021 5:31:22 GMT -5
madden seems to be having trouble with the idea that having better players doesn’t necessarily make you the better team. Or perhaps he really believes that a side-by-side comparison of starting lineups is a sound way to predict winners at this level.
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Post by andrewwmic on Mar 29, 2021 7:00:39 GMT -5
I think both teams would be guilty of this. BTW Nebraska is 9-2 against Kentucky, so Husker fans wouldn't be totally wrong. considering this is probably the weakest Nebraska team (to their very high standards they are still obviously a good team) in a long time and the best UK has been (except maybe 2017) I don’t think the past really matters much. I don’t think Nebraska can’t beat UK I just don’t see how they would be the favorite when they are outclassed at almost every position across the board this time around. Stivrins does terrify me though not gonna lie. Sun, Sweet, Hames, Stivrins all started in the 2018 sweep of Kentucky.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2021 8:00:44 GMT -5
considering this is probably the weakest Nebraska team (to their very high standards they are still obviously a good team) in a long time and the best UK has been (except maybe 2017) I don’t think the past really matters much. I don’t think Nebraska can’t beat UK I just don’t see how they would be the favorite when they are outclassed at almost every position across the board this time around. Stivrins does terrify me though not gonna lie. Sun, Sweet, Hames, Stivrins all started in the 2018 sweep of Kentucky. so did foecke lol. She invalidates everyone. She’s stupid good
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Post by rampageripster on Mar 29, 2021 8:50:26 GMT -5
This thread summarized:
Logical bracket Are you SUUUUUURRRREEE??? CORN I mean... I guess so CORN CORN Small debate about tournament CORN CORN CORN
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Post by donut on Mar 29, 2021 8:56:52 GMT -5
considering this is probably the weakest Nebraska team (to their very high standards they are still obviously a good team) in a long time and the best UK has been (except maybe 2017) I don’t think the past really matters much. I don’t think Nebraska can’t beat UK I just don’t see how they would be the favorite when they are outclassed at almost every position across the board this time around. Stivrins does terrify me though not gonna lie. so please tell me then where besides middle where Kentucky doesn’t have the better player playing. The only argument that you could make is for maybe Sun over one of the left sides for UK. I don’t see what was crazy about my statement. Also okay maybe you’re right this is probably the second weakest Nebraska has been in years. Sorry though that statement wasn’t crazy either being weak for a program like Nebraska doesn’t mean they are weak in general Can you please stop doing this? Genuinely asking from one UK fan to another.
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Post by Kingsley on Mar 29, 2021 8:57:43 GMT -5
This thread summarized: Logical bracket Are you SUUUUUURRRREEE??? CORN I mean... I guess so CORN CORN Small debate about tournament CORN CORN CORN I face persecution every day as a Nebraskan who thinks corn is kinda...eh. Not a top-tier vegetable.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2021 9:08:09 GMT -5
This thread summarized: Logical bracket Are you SUUUUUURRRREEE??? CORN I mean... I guess so CORN CORN Small debate about tournament CORN CORN CORN I face persecution every day as a Nebraskan who thinks corn is kinda...eh. Not a top-tier vegetable. how dare you
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Post by huskerrob on Mar 29, 2021 9:31:17 GMT -5
This is not the weakest Nebraska team. Last years team was weaker, IMO. Akana is an upgrade. Hames is playing better. Stivrins is more central to the attack. Caffrey is an upgrade on Schwarzenbach. Sun has backslid a bit, and Sweet was better last year, it's true. That can change in the postseason. As usual, it comes down to the passing. What measurements are you using to come to this conclusion? 2019 Huskers vs 2020 Huskers Pts/s 17.26 vs 18.01 K/s 13.79 vs 14.11 HP .267 vs .272 A/s 12.85 vs 12.82 SA/s 1.05 vs 1.50 Digs/s 15.15 vs 14.77 BLKs/s 2.42 vs 2.40 Serv Rec% .938 vs .940
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Post by bruinsgold on Mar 29, 2021 9:36:31 GMT -5
This is not the weakest Nebraska team. Last years team was weaker, IMO. Akana is an upgrade. Hames is playing better. Stivrins is more central to the attack. Caffrey is an upgrade on Schwarzenbach. Sun has backslid a bit, and Sweet was better last year, it's true. That can change in the postseason. As usual, it comes down to the passing. What measurements are you using to come to this conclusion? 2019 Huskers vs 2020 Huskers Pts/s 17.26 vs 18.01 K/s 13.79 vs 14.11 HP .267 vs .272 A/s 12.85 vs 12.82 SA/s 1.05 vs 1.50 Digs/s 15.15 vs 14.77 BLKs/s 2.42 vs 2.40 Serv Rec% .938 vs .940 To be fair, you're comparing an entire season's worth of stats (2019) to a partial season where Nebraska hasn't seen Wisconsin, Purdue, or Penn State (yet; hopefully). That's no fault of the Huskers, but it's also not comparable.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2021 9:42:44 GMT -5
So what team and region will Sheilla be in. I’m ready to fight to defend the queen once more.
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Post by jwvolley on Mar 29, 2021 9:48:34 GMT -5
This is not the weakest Nebraska team. Last years team was weaker, IMO. Akana is an upgrade. Hames is playing better. Stivrins is more central to the attack. Caffrey is an upgrade on Schwarzenbach. Sun has backslid a bit, and Sweet was better last year, it's true. That can change in the postseason. As usual, it comes down to the passing. What measurements are you using to come to this conclusion? 2019 Huskers vs 2020 Huskers Pts/s 17.26 vs 18.01 K/s 13.79 vs 14.11 HP .267 vs .272 A/s 12.85 vs 12.82 SA/s 1.05 vs 1.50 Digs/s 15.15 vs 14.77 BLKs/s 2.42 vs 2.40 Serv Rec% .938 vs .940 Anybody who watches the matches can see Hames is improved both technically and in her choices, Stivrins is at another level, we actually have an offensive threat at M2, we are mitigating Sun's passing struggles, Akana is a clear upgrade over Miller, serving is quite a bit better, etc. Now that Jazz is finding her groove again, that helps what had been the glaring issue for the majority of the season on the right. Nebraska is a better team this year.
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