NCAA Tournament Bracket
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West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio State, and Boise State were first 4 out.
I nominate West for the bracket of death this year. Florida needs to go UConn, Maryland, St John’s to win their regional. Oof.
Illinifan533
- Normal, Illinois
Committee seems to love tough nonconference schedules, maybe Indiana will finally schedule a tough one next year
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Man WVU not getting in is brutal.
Hard not to see it as the committee using the NET ranking itself (as opposed as just for win categorizations), which they claim they don't do.
Hard not to see it as the committee using the NET ranking itself (as opposed as just for win categorizations), which they claim they don't do.
I think we have the easiest path of any 6 seed
They had to jam an extra SEC team in, though.
Indiana not getting in over UNC is probably the only one that doesn't make much sense at all. The Big 10 got the screwjob there. Much tougher conference than the ACC. They said Indiana and Boise St. were close....Once again, being vague. Outside of UNC's strong NET ranking, they have no reason to be in this field. I detest IU but I detest UNC almost as much after 2005 so leaving subjectivity to the side, no way that UNC should have gotten in over Indiana
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Bubba from UNC like u said earlier. Lol
So what if he wasn't in the room lol.
So what if he wasn't in the room lol.
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ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Texas had 7 Quad 1's at least.
Xavier and UNC had only one each. West Virginia had 6.
illinoisgrad1990
- Bloomington, IL
The cowboy hat kid made into the March Madness hype video, which is AWESOME
UNC being last one in, and having committee member leadership is a bit fishy.
FightinIllini30
Future insider
Go figure the AD of UNC puts them in….
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
So 2nd 6 seed. I'll take it.
By the last 4 in/first 4 out, it looks like UNC got in ahead of West Virginia.
Again, he cannot be in the room when they are being discussed. How tough is this for people on here to understand?
But, he can have under the table conversations, can't he? C'mon now...this is collegiate athletics after all.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
First pass Final Four: St. John’s, Michigan State, Duke, Tennessee (I so wanted to put us there, but we don’t play enough defense).
Big upset-Louisville over Auburn
Big upset-Louisville over Auburn
Dainja kicking Maryland out of the tourney???
It'd be cool if we met SIUE with a trip to the final four on the line. Overall odds? 1 in 1000000000
It'd be cool if we met SIUE with a trip to the final four on the line. Overall odds? 1 in 1000000000
For comparison to metrics, here was Torvik's latest seed list before the bracket announcement:
Seed Team
1 Duke
2 Houston
3 Florida
4 Auburn
5 Alabama
6 Tennessee
7 St. John's
8 Michigan St.
9 Texas Tech
10 Wisconsin
11 Iowa St.
12 Kentucky
13 Arizona
14 Maryland
15 Texas A&M
16 Michigan
17 BYU
18 Purdue
19 Mississippi
20 Clemson
21 Kansas
22 Illinois
23 Oregon
24 Missouri
25 UCLA
26 Louisville
27 Gonzaga
28 Marquette
29 Saint Mary's
30 Connecticut
31 Creighton
32 Mississippi St.
33 Georgia
34 Memphis
35 Oklahoma
36 Baylor
37 New Mexico
38 Arkansas
39 VCU
40 Utah St.
41 West Virginia
42 Vanderbilt
43 UC San Diego
44 Texas
45 San Diego St.
46 Xavier
47 Colorado St.
48 Drake
49 Liberty
50 McNeese St.
51 Yale
52 High Point
53 Akron
54 Grand Canyon
55 Lipscomb
56 Troy
57 UNC Wilmington
58 Montana
59 Robert Morris
60 Wofford
61 Bryant
62 Nebraska Omaha
63 Norfolk St.
64 American
65 SIU Edwardsville
66 Mount St. Mary's
67 Alabama St.
68 Saint Francis
Seed Team
1 Duke
2 Houston
3 Florida
4 Auburn
5 Alabama
6 Tennessee
7 St. John's
8 Michigan St.
9 Texas Tech
10 Wisconsin
11 Iowa St.
12 Kentucky
13 Arizona
14 Maryland
15 Texas A&M
16 Michigan
17 BYU
18 Purdue
19 Mississippi
20 Clemson
21 Kansas
22 Illinois
23 Oregon
24 Missouri
25 UCLA
26 Louisville
27 Gonzaga
28 Marquette
29 Saint Mary's
30 Connecticut
31 Creighton
32 Mississippi St.
33 Georgia
34 Memphis
35 Oklahoma
36 Baylor
37 New Mexico
38 Arkansas
39 VCU
40 Utah St.
41 West Virginia
42 Vanderbilt
43 UC San Diego
44 Texas
45 San Diego St.
46 Xavier
47 Colorado St.
48 Drake
49 Liberty
50 McNeese St.
51 Yale
52 High Point
53 Akron
54 Grand Canyon
55 Lipscomb
56 Troy
57 UNC Wilmington
58 Montana
59 Robert Morris
60 Wofford
61 Bryant
62 Nebraska Omaha
63 Norfolk St.
64 American
65 SIU Edwardsville
66 Mount St. Mary's
67 Alabama St.
68 Saint Francis
Well of course, because that would have put UAB in by necessity.
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