NCAA Tournament Selection Show - Discussion Thread

• sportswizuhrd

  I thought you couldn't play a team from your league in the final 32(2nd round, 3rd round whatever they are calling it)? Cincy-UConn could face each other.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  I love how Louisville, Morehead St., Richmond, and Vanderbilt are within a few hours drive of each other, so of course they play in Denver.
  
  I wonder if the NCAA will allow them to say screw it and play in Lexington at Rupp.
• sportswizuhrd

  wes_mantooth;710512 wrote:yeah...I have tickets to Friday's games, so I need to know this as well.

  
  I will trade you for 2 courtside tickets to an NIT game and some crack....sound good?
• Classyposter58

  

  VCU and UAB is a flippin act of affirmative action. They're puttin in the mid majors just cause they can basically
• devil1197

  sportswizuhrd;710513 wrote:I thought you couldn't play a team from your league in the final 32(2nd round, 3rd round whatever they are calling it)? Cincy-UConn could face each other.

  
  The top teams of the same conference can't play each other, but the bottom teams can.
  
  That's what happens when you put 11 teams in.
• Azubuike24

  

  Colorado got screwed.
  
  UAB and VCU getting in, DISAGREE. Especially VCU.
  
  Georgia as a 10 surprised me, although I lobbied for them to be in the field and not as close to the cut off line as many others. Disagree with USC getting in, but it was very close. Glad to see they did not reward the ACC, who after the top 2 was by far the worst conference. None of their bubble teams did anything to stand out.
  
  I think Ohio State got a tough draw. GMU/Nova in RD2, a bracket with UK, possible regional final with Syracuse and North Carolina.
  
  I think Duke got a tough possible RD2 game with either UT (who can be giant killers) or Michigan (who is getting better and better). A possible regional semifinal against Texas, and then San Diego State and Connecticut in a regional final. Duke finally got a tough bracket IMO.
  
  Florida got a great draw. An overseeded #2, great match-ups in the 7/10, an overseeded BYU as their 3 and overseeded Wisconsin as their 4. I can see Florida and Pittsburgh staying true until the Elite 8, and honestly if Pittsburgh is gonna lose it might be against ODU in RD2.
  
  I love the Southwest Bracket with Morehead State against Louisville. Massive pressure on Pitino to not fall to the in-state school. Vanderbilt I think is a bad match-up for Louisville there too. Kansas got the best draw IMO with Purdue a weak 3 and Notre Dame a "not sold" #2. Kansas' toughest game might be RD2 against UNLV until they get to maybe the Final Four.
  
  Just my take.
• Cleveland Buck

  

  sportswizuhrd;710513 wrote:I thought you couldn't play a team from your league in the final 32(2nd round, 3rd round whatever they are calling it)? Cincy-UConn could face each other.

  
  Those rules are impossible to abide by if you have more than 8 teams in from a conference.
• sportswizuhrd

  Cleveland Buck;710526 wrote:Those rules are impossible to abide by if you have more than 8 teams in from a conference.

  16 match-ups, 11 teams....
• wildcats20

  

  sportswizuhrd;710519 wrote:I will trade you for 2 courtside tickets to an NIT game and some crack....sound good?

  
  If it was meth, he would take the trade.
• Azubuike24

  

  They try to avoid it until the Sweet 16. I was surprised to see them as possible RD2 opponents.
• ts1227

  

  ESPN stretching for analysts to talk about it, as fucking Dan Dakich is breaking it down for them.
• sportswizuhrd

  wildcats20;710536 wrote:If it was meth, he would take the trade.

  Then meth it is.
• Big Gain

  Even being a huge Ohio State I'd have to bet against them making it to the Final Four. The 2, 3 and 4 seeds in the East are more difficult match ups for Ohio State than any of the other four 1 seeds have.
• Classyposter58

  

  Joe Lunardi's picks...
  
  Last 4 in...
  St Marys
  Clemson
  Virginia Tech
  USC
  
  First 4 out...
  Alabama
  Georgia
  Boston College
  UAB
  
  Next 3 out...
  Harvard
  Missouri State
  VCU
• gorocks99

  

  Kentucky v Ohio State will be a really really interesting matchup in the Sweet 16 if the seeds hold. Might be one of the best games of the tournament.
• Mulva

  

  I don't like Hubert Davis.
• wes_mantooth

  

  sportswizuhrd;710519 wrote:I will trade you for 2 courtside tickets to an NIT game and some crack....sound good?

  
  trade your tickets for a hooker...and then I will make that trade. Me having hookers and crack is much more important than some stupid basketball game.
• dave

  Can't believe Kenny and Chuck did that show, if you can't pronounce Xavier you probably don't watch much college bball.
• Jughead

  

  dave;710565 wrote:Can't believe Kenny and Chuck did that show, if you can't pronounce Xavier you probably don't watch much college bball.

  
  LOL, I laughed at that as well.
• wildcats20

  

  I wonder what would happen if a big conference school(Va Tech for instance) would boycott the NCAA's? They have been screwed over more times than you can count.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  Just got an e-mail from a buddy - "If Virginia Tech and VCU play each other 100 times, Virginia Tech wins 95 of the games."
  
  I still don't think VT deserved a bid, but VCU is really a poor team - they got in based on beating George Mason in the tourney and beating Duke a few years ago.
• ts1227

  

  Vitale's head is about to explode over VCU getting in over Colorado
• Jughead

  

  Dickie V is whining like a bitch...I love that he is bringing up Harvard though.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  gorocks99;710553 wrote:Kentucky v Ohio State will be a really really interesting matchup in the Sweet 16 if the seeds hold. Might be one of the best games of the tournament.

  
  Yeah and as someone who grew up a Kentucky fan and went to OSU, I'd be torn for that game.
  
  On another know, man Vitale is going nuts.
• Mulva

  

  A bubble team doesn't get screwed. Don't lose to BC at home the last week of the season and you wouldn't be in this position.