Dallas/Ft Worth is closer to KU than Milwaukee or Indy, and the fan base in the area is much more Kansas-familiar as well, so should help drive interest to the site.
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I sure hope so, would be nice to go to Milwaukee
chrisRunner7
- Spokane, WA
Nerd alert: I made this spreadsheet a few weeks ago when I was considering pulling the trigger on buying Milwaukee tickets. At the time, I thought it looked like a near lock that Illinois would go to Milwaukee. Glad I didn't buy 'em because Pittsburgh/Buffalo looks entirely possible now. Updated it a few minutes ago to reflect today's Bracket Matrix.
Ultimately, where Illinois goes depends on what the committee thinks of a) Purdue vs. Tennessee and b) Illinois vs. Wisconsin vs. Arkansas. If the seeding were done according to today's matrix, Arkansas would get sent to Buffalo. Of course, we'll find out in less than 24 hours, lol.
Edit: Moral of the story seems to be... don't put NCAA games in Buffalo. Nobody wants to go there.
Ultimately, where Illinois goes depends on what the committee thinks of a) Purdue vs. Tennessee and b) Illinois vs. Wisconsin vs. Arkansas. If the seeding were done according to today's matrix, Arkansas would get sent to Buffalo. Of course, we'll find out in less than 24 hours, lol.
| Current Matrix | Seed | Team | Closest Location | Distance | 2nd Closest | Distance | 3rd Closest | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Gonzaga | Portland | 290 miles | San Diego | 1033 miles | Milwaukee | 1460 miles |
| 2 | 1 | Arizona | San Diego | 363 miles | Forth Worth | 796 miles | Portland | 1112 miles |
| 3 | 1 | Kansas | Forth Worth | 446 miles | Milwaukee | 473 miles | Indianapolis | 488 miles |
| 4 | 1 | Baylor | Forth Worth | 84 miles | Indianapolis | 838 miles | Greenville, SC | 883 miles |
| 5 | 2 | Kentucky | Indianapolis | 149 miles | Greenville, SC | 250 miles | Pittsburgh | 293 miles |
| 6 | 2 | Auburn | Greenville, SC | 236 miles | Indianapolis | 497 miles | Pittsburgh | 621 miles |
| 7 | 2 | Duke | Greenville, SC | 212 miles | Pittsburgh | 314 miles | Indianapolis | 474 miles |
| 8 | 2 | Villanova | Pittsburgh | 247 miles | Buffalo | 269 miles | Greenville, SC | 527 miles |
| 9 | 3 | Purdue | Indianapolis | 61 miles | Milwaukee | 188 miles | Pittsburgh | 365 miles |
| 10 | 3 | Tennessee | Greenville, SC | 115 miles | Indianapolis | 290 miles | Pittsburgh | 376 miles |
| 11 | 3 | Texas Tech | Forth Worth | 262 miles | San Diego | 886 miles | Indianapolis | 970 miles |
| 12 | 3 | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 74 miles | Indianapolis | 283 miles | Buffalo | 531 miles |
| 13 | 4 | UCLA | San Diego | 112 miles | Portland | 827 miles | Fort Worth | 1209 miles |
| 14 | 4 | Illinois | Indianapolis | 113 miles | Milwaukee | 203 miles | Pittsburgh | 435 miles |
| 15 | 4 | Arkansas | Forth Worth | 292 miles | Indianapolis | 506 miles | Greenville, SC | 667 miles |
| 16 | 4 | Providence | Buffalo | 388 miles | Pittsburgh | 457 miles | Greenville, SC | 766 miles |
Edit: Moral of the story seems to be... don't put NCAA games in Buffalo. Nobody wants to go there.
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I hear it's pretty in early spring, and pru doesn't even have to cross the border to score some 420.
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They have a better overall resume and will be higher seeded. Committee is comparing all the teams, not us vs them
GallopingGhost
- Denver, CO
Winner of the MAC is Akron. Omg they would just love to match us up, Groce against old school. I bet you $100 bucks they’ll try to.
A good half of the potential matchups for Illinois in the 1st or 2nd round could be read into for special meaning. In this case, though, if Illinois is a 4 seed in Milwaukee, and Akron is a 13 seed, there is a very good chance they are matched up since Milwaukee wouldn't be far for them to travel.
Bring it on!
Yes to Zips (despite horrors that could be)...no to Vermont
But they have lost to Colorado, and to UCLA by 16 points each. Like all the teams, they don't always bring the A game. I agree they look like the strongest now, but any team can stumble.
I would say you're probably right, Deep. But we know them, we feel like we should have beat them, we are better now (I think)), and they probably won't have Kerr Kriisa. Plus they cannot dance like us.
Well, Gonzaga.
But solid argument for #2, for sure.
Kansas #3.
As far as teams that have been super hot the past few weeks that aren't lined up to be #1 seeds that could be a scary matchup next week: Tennessee, Villanova, Arkansas, Creighton, Murray State.
Yeah but both have 3 losses and Arizona played in a much tougher conference.
Ehhhh...the conference quality is much more similar than you may think. Could be argued that the Pac 12 has the worst team of any in either conference, and the WCC could have more tournament teams.
To me the only team that really scares me is Arizona
Give me gonzaga, Kansas, Baylor, Kentucky
I hear you. Oregon State and Pepperdine are both bad. That being said road trips and even home games vs the Pac 12 are much more difficult than the WCC. Plus more conference games.
Let’s win the first 2 games before we worry about 1 or 2 seed matchups….been a long time since we made sweet sixteen and we won’t be a 7 seed or lower, so need to get to sweet 16 to play any of those teams
More conference games does not inherently make a stronger schedule…
Well. Maybe in Arizona’s case because they played pretty much just us in non conference. Gonzaga on the other hand, uses the short conference schedule to play Texas, duke, Texas tech, oh and UCLA who they beat by 20…
I’m not sure who’s better, but no reason to suggest Arizona is better because they have more conference games when that means more games against Oregon state (among other teams). Trading a game against Pepperdine for a game against texas tech sounds like a much more challenging schedule.
Arizona lost 3 games. All on the road. Against Tennessee, UCLA and Colorado. Gonzaga lost to Duke, Alabama and St. Mary’s. Seems similar. IMO going 18-2 in the PAC 12 is better than 13-1 in the WCC. Also Arizona just looks like a better team.
I see Wisconsin taking the 4 seed region from us.
Lunardi's update today has us as the 4 seed in the East playing Princeton in the 1st round in Milwaukee. 5/12 matchup is LSU vs. Notre Dame/Wyoming winner.
Palm also has us as 4 seed in the East playing Vermont in the 1st round in Buffalo. 5/12 matchup is UConn vs. UAB.
Palm also has us as 4 seed in the East playing Vermont in the 1st round in Buffalo. 5/12 matchup is UConn vs. UAB.
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