Selection Sunday thread

[Brain of J]

Re: Countdown to Selection Sunday thread

So does Southern Illinois have any shot at making it after losing to Creighton this weekend?
They should be in just so we can listen to announcers have to say "Falker" 100 times uncomfortably. Their coach WAS the MVC coach of the year...let em in!

 

[Ellis Redding]

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So does Southern Illinois have any shot at making it after losing to Creighton this weekend?
They should be in just so we can listen to announcers have to say "Falker" 100 times uncomfortably. Their coach WAS the MVC coach of the year...let em in!

Do they have any shot? You're seriously asking if the No. 13 team in this week's AP poll will get a bid? Seriously?

 

[Flying Headbutt]

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I'm starting to have this hunch that Drexel gets in. They at least should. Heck, I'd rather see them than Florida State, unless the Noles knock off UNC Friday.

There is no way Drexel gets in as the 4th-place team in the CAA. NONE.

I'm intrigued by their non-conference sked. They beat some good teams, and some teams that beat some even better teams. I'm not sure how far out of 2nd or 3rd they were in the CAA, but they have a resume that's as good as a lot of other potential at-large teams. And if the committee looks at specific teams and not how many from each conference they're taking, there's a shot.

 

[Central-KY-Kid]

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I think it was collegerpi.com or Joe Lunardi's Bracketology or bracketography that had Drexel playing another Big East team in the first round - Louisville.

Of the 31 brackets compared by The Bracket Project (http://bracketproject.atspace.com/comparison.htm), 20 had Drexel in the Big Dance (one 10 seed, one 11 seed, a whole bunch of 12s and a few 13s).

 

[Mystery_Meat]

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I think it was collegerpi.com or Joe Lunardi's Bracketology or bracketography that had Drexel playing another Big East team in the first round - Louisville.

Of the 31 brackets compared by The Bracket Project (http://bracketproject.atspace.com/comparison.htm), 20 had Drexel in the Big Dance (one 10 seed, one 11 seed, a whole bunch of 12s and a few 13s).

I love that site, but they need to weed out some of the sketchier brackets. Like the one that has Winthrop as a 5 or the one that had ODU in as a 3 or 4 but not UVa. at all. As awesome as that last one would be.

 

[BYH]

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I'm starting to have this hunch that Drexel gets in. They at least should. Heck, I'd rather see them than Florida State, unless the Noles knock off UNC Friday.

There is no way Drexel gets in as the 4th-place team in the CAA. NONE.

I'm intrigued by their non-conference sked. They beat some good teams, and some teams that beat some even better teams. I'm not sure how far out of 2nd or 3rd they were in the CAA, but they have a resume that's as good as a lot of other potential at-large teams. And if the committee looks at specific teams and not how many from each conference they're taking, there's a shot.

VCU 16-2
ODU 15-3
Hofstra 14-4
Drexel 13-5

Going to be tough to overcome five league losses in a mid-major.

I completely agree they should be an at-large. Thirteen road wins, wins over Syracuse and Villanova and Creighton, all on the road...this is a legitmate tournament team that has done everything a mid-major is supposed to do in an OOC. But now the committee can punish Drexel for losing in conference.

That's the beauty of the Selection Committee: Its criteria is quite fluid.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

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I have a hunch they won't. Nothing to back it up. I think they'll be rewarded for those wins. Don't forget they also beat Vermont, coached by the rising Mike Lonergan, who won at Boston College this year.

 

[Brain of J]

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I haven't followed Southern Illinois much this year. Although I saw they did beat Creighton twice this year already, but lost to em in the MVC championship.
I'm in Big Sky country where you get your 1 bid and be happy you got it. I dunno how much the sway the MVC has...
But if they're ranked 13th I'll suspect they'll get in. That loss to Evansville doesn't look too great, but it happens I guess.

 

[Angola!]

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Granted no major conference team is probably going to play Nevada on the road (Gonzaga would work here, too), but did Nevada have any offers to hit the road to play one of the big boys?

If that is the case, you can't say Nevada is completely innocent.

Good point. Nevada could attempt to get into games at nuetral sites like Gonzaga does or go on the road. Though, I also wonder if North Carolina or Texas would really want to play Nevada anywhere because it wouldn't count as a quality win the way a win over Gonzaga would.

 

[Ellis Redding]

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I haven't followed Southern Illinois much this year. Although I saw they did beat Creighton twice this year already, but lost to em in the MVC championship.
I'm in Big Sky country where you get your 1 bid and be happy you got it. I dunno how much the sway the MVC has...
But if they're ranked 13th I'll suspect they'll get in. That loss to Evansville doesn't look too great, but it happens I guess.

To put it more specifically, SIU likely will be either a No. 3 seed or 4 seed. No worse than 5th.

 

[Angola!]

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I think it was collegerpi.com or Joe Lunardi's Bracketology or bracketography that had Drexel playing another Big East team in the first round - Louisville.

Of the 31 brackets compared by The Bracket Project (http://bracketproject.atspace.com/comparison.htm), 20 had Drexel in the Big Dance (one 10 seed, one 11 seed, a whole bunch of 12s and a few 13s).

I love that site, but they need to weed out some of the sketchier brackets. Like the one that has Winthrop as a 5 or the one that had ODU in as a 3 or 4 but not UVa. at all. As awesome as that last one would be.

Yeah, some of those brackets are ridiculous.
For example, the Warren Nolan bracket has WSU as an 8 seed and the MRI Sports bracket has WSU as a 12 seed.
Good stuff right there.
The No. 2 team in the PAC-10 should certainly be a No. 12 seed.

 

[Central-KY-Kid]

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I'm not saying that all of the site's bracketologists are completely sane - no no no - but it is useful.

I think it was Feature Presentation that had Louisville and Arizona meeting in the first round (which, IIRC, is an impossibility since they played during the regular season at MSG in New York).

 

[Angola!]

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I'm not saying that all of the site's bracketologists are completely sane - no no no - but it is useful.

I think it was Feature Presentation that had Louisville and Arizona meeting in the first round (which, IIRC, is an impossibility since they played during the regular season at MSG in New York).

I think it is an interesting/helpful site, I was just pointing out that some of the brackets are beyond ridiculous.

 

[jagtrader]

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No one here knows exactly what offers Nevada has to play big-conference teams. And, more importantly, it's relevant to this conversation. Nevada's resume stinks and it should be judged by that resume -- not what could have been. It's the only top 50 team without a win against another top 50 team.

Air Force has 2. Butler has 4. Xavier has 3. Old Dominion has 4. Drexel has 3.

Nevada has 0.

It doesn't deserve a 4 seed.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

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Mark Few's annual whining on Dan Patrick's Show this afternoon.

 

[Cosmo]

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Jag, I'm with you. Nevada's profile is that of a No. 7 seed. And I think that's where they'll land, somewhere in 6-7 land. Echoing Roy Williams' comments on Carolina, the committee doesn't give a **** about rankings. It's a total non-factor. Nevada is ranked that high because they have a pretty record and pretty records get rewarded late in the year.

Now that Winthrop is ranked, if anyone calls them a Cinderella, I'll call them a queef nugget.

 

[Oz]

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A lot of bubble teams cursing out Wright State and rooting on Butler at the moment.

 

[Gutter]

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A lot of bubble teams cursing out Wright State and rooting on Butler at the moment.

**** 'em.

The Horizon League ... Raise Your Sights, biatches. 8)

 

[Norman Stansfield]

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Jag, I'm with you. Nevada's profile is that of a No. 7 seed. And I think that's where they'll land, somewhere in 6-7 land. Echoing Roy Williams' comments on Carolina, the committee doesn't give a **** about rankings. It's a total non-factor. Nevada is ranked that high because they have a pretty record and pretty records get rewarded late in the year.

Now that Winthrop is ranked, if anyone calls them a Cinderella, I'll call them a queef nugget.

Queef nugget? Wow...that might be better than douchenozzle.

 

[beefncheddar]

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Being ranked is the worst thing that could happen to Winthrop. Because there's now absolutely no way it sneaks up on anyone. Eagles will get a ****ty seed, run into a good team that realizes how good they are, and be toast before Thursday/Friday is over.