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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2022 10:09:53 GMT -5
Thank you @trojan! You deserve a trophy, maybe the Big Ten Setter of the Year!!
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Post by avid 2.0 on Nov 27, 2022 10:13:03 GMT -5
Thank you @trojan! You deserve a trophy, maybe the Big Ten Setter of the Year!! the wheeze i just let out lmaoooo |
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Post by GatorsChomp on Nov 27, 2022 10:32:56 GMT -5
Palo Alto Regional
(1) Stanford vs. Quinnipiac* Pepperdine vs. (8) Kansas* (4) Penn State vs. UMBC Yale vs. (5) Marquette* (3) Kentucky vs. Tennessee State Loyola Marymount* vs. (6) Western Kentucky (2) San Diego vs. Northern Colorado* UCLA vs. (7) UNLV
If Kentucky doesn't flop... they can most definitely make the final 4... definitely can see San Diego shell shocked at Kentucky's offense and Kentucky can pull the upset vs Stanford |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2022 10:35:00 GMT -5
I hope this bracket is pretty damn close. Nebraska better be 8/9 so they can go to Austin lol
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Post by n00b on Nov 27, 2022 10:37:16 GMT -5
It’s impressive how quickly we’ve pivoted from “PAC-12 teams get screwed by using geography for the bracket instead of seeding teams” to “the PAC-12 gets screwed by seeding teams.” Instead of just being a jerk, do you disagree this would be an inordinately difficult path, yes/no? No. Teams outside of the Top 25 will have tough paths. I think you are taking brand name PAC-12 teams who are accustomed to getting top seeds and saying “look how tough the path is!” when mid-majors outside of the Top 25 have these kinds of draws all the time. |
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Post by hornshouse23 on Nov 27, 2022 10:38:10 GMT -5
I hope this bracket is pretty damn close. Nebraska better be 8/9 so they can go to Austin lol Your shirt is in the mail. I ordered you a youth large. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2022 10:40:50 GMT -5
I hope this bracket is pretty damn close. Nebraska better be 8/9 so they can go to Austin lol Your shirt is in the mail. I ordered you a youth large. perfect thanks ! Hook ‘em |
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Post by InfoBot on Nov 27, 2022 10:46:52 GMT -5
I too think 1-6 is its own group and 7-9 will be the three Big Ten teams. But Minnesota at 7 puts a little too much stock into the last weekend and not the overall body of work, IMO. 8 total losses, including Pepperdine (at home), Purdue and Northwestern (at home)... Yes, two great wins to end the season for sure, but I just cannot look past Minnesota and Ohio State's bad losses this season. Nebraska's 5 losses are all to teams who will be Top 10 seeds. I would go: 7 Nebraska 8 Minnesota 9 Ohio State I put Ohio State at 9 not very confidently because they are the only team in the Top 25 of the RPI with a +100 loss. That alone could knock them down a couple more seeds. Minnesota has H2H over Nebraska and 2 more T25 wins, with the 2nd toughest SOS. They are 8-2 in the last 10 games vs. Nebraska 6-4. Seeding them below Nebraska should not happen. Had not realized that Minnesota/Nebraska only happened once this year. Huskers probably wishing they had caught the Gophers in late September/early October instead of last night. |
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Post by c4ndlelight on Nov 27, 2022 10:51:36 GMT -5
Instead of just being a jerk, do you disagree this would be an inordinately difficult path, yes/no? No. Teams outside of the Top 25 will have tough paths. I think you are taking brand name PAC-12 teams who are accustomed to getting top seeds and saying “look how tough the path is!” when mid-majors outside of the Top 25 have these kinds of draws all the time. WSU and UW aren't outside the Top 25 though - they're outside the Top 25 in RPI (and funnily enough, recognition of them being better than their RPI - they're going here). And midmajors don't have these tough paths all the time. This is still a geographically based draw - you've got Rice/Houston/LSU, South Dakota is the lucky 33-48 team (subregional 3 seed) that gets to go to Creighton. PAC teams are still going to the WCC seeds, Western B1G powers - the only change is Louisville (now that it's no longer a weak seed I guess they can stop sending Big Ten teams there). 5 non-hosting PAC teams going to all top half seeds would be an unusual distribution and tough. |
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Post by hornshouse23 on Nov 27, 2022 10:52:08 GMT -5
Your shirt is in the mail. I ordered you a youth large. perfect thanks ! Hook ‘em I’m going to tape your fingers as well. Complete the look |
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Post by volleyball303 on Nov 27, 2022 10:54:09 GMT -5
Instead of just being a jerk, do you disagree this would be an inordinately difficult path, yes/no? No. Teams outside of the Top 25 will have tough paths. I think you are taking brand name PAC-12 teams who are accustomed to getting top seeds and saying “look how tough the path is!” when mid-majors outside of the Top 25 have these kinds of draws all the time. The 8 seeds screw teams. Would much rather take my chances being unseeded and have to beat UCF/Creighton or Arkansas/Baylor or Houston/Rice even Marquette/PSU to get into the sweet 16 than having to beat Texas, Louisville, or Wisconsin. I would rather see both WSU and WA be unseeded than them being “awarded” the 8 seed. |
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Post by aardvark on Nov 27, 2022 10:56:39 GMT -5
Right. The RPI sucks. I get it. It's still supposedly their primary measuring stick, used to justify their decisions. Of course, it doesn't always get the result they want, so they supplement it with other criteria, as well. All they need is to have enough criteria to validate the political choice they will make. I firmly believe they desire a B1G team and a western team getting a top 4 seed. The ACC already has one in Louisville. The Towson loss isn't a deal-breaker. It's just an obvious excuse to do what they want to do. Politics. The ACC had 2 of the top 3 seeds last year despite being the 5th-toughest conference according to Rich Kern. There was no Top 4 seed from the Pacific time zone. The ACC was not the 5th-toughest according to RPI, and that's what counts. The RPI deservedly trashed the PAC last year, making it difficult for them to justify being crappy to Pitt, to help out the west. Note that those two top 4 ACC seeds did make the final four, so they weren't overrated. |
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Post by uofaGRAD on Nov 27, 2022 10:59:39 GMT -5
The injury talk was pages ago but if I was on the committee, I would give SOME weight to that. Tennessee would probably be in for me, Louisville solidified at 2 even after a big Wisconsin week, Washington and Nebraska wouldn’t move much for me though tbh, and Northwestern would move up, but I’m not sure far enough to make the tournament. Probably first 1-2 teams out
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Post by c4ndlelight on Nov 27, 2022 10:59:45 GMT -5
No. Teams outside of the Top 25 will have tough paths. I think you are taking brand name PAC-12 teams who are accustomed to getting top seeds and saying “look how tough the path is!” when mid-majors outside of the Top 25 have these kinds of draws all the time. The 8 seeds screw teams. Would much rather take my chances being unseeded and have to beat UCF/Creighton or Arkansas/Baylor or Houston/Rice even Marquette/PSU to get into the sweet 16 than having to beat Texas, Louisville, or Wisconsin. I would rather see both WSU and WA be unseeded than them being “awarded” the 8 seed. Well, it's not the 8 seeds per se. It's mostly RPI (with some issues from geography). Perhaps only seeding to 16 gave the committee more flexibility to work around RPI's flaws? IDK, too soon to tell yet. Really curious to see how the Committee treats 17-32 |
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Nov 27, 2022 11:09:07 GMT -5
I hope this bracket is pretty damn close. Nebraska better be 8/9 so they can go to Austin lol Your shirt is in the mail. I ordered you a youth large. HAHAHAHAHAAAA honey chile |
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