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FWIW, all but 4 of the 117 brackets on bracket matrix have them as a 2 or 1 (almost all 2).
I wouldn't think it's right, personally, but the head-explosions both here and elsewhere would be fun to see if this came to pass.
Personally I'm preparing for the worst today for my Gamecocks. It's highly unlikely that we get snubbed again but we really struggled down the stretch just like last year. We'll see.
BracketMatrix has them as a 9-seed. There's some variance on them: a few 7s, a few 10s and 11s, but everyone has them in the field.
Yeah I think it NoVa, Kansas, gonzaga and Duke/unc on one line. Then Duke/unc, Arizona and Kentucky on two line for sure.
Yep better to be 11 than 8/9. The 6/11 games are basically toss ups but round two much easier.
Your shot is here Nittany. I think your boys have a legitimate shot to win today. I will be pulling for them. Good luck.
While I agree Duke is a very scary team right now I don't believe they get a 1 seed because if the early losses. I think Arizona has a better shot at a 1 than Duke, but I would pick Duke to beat Arizona right now.
Duke has the same number of top 25 wins this week than Arizona has all season. I'm certainly no Duke fan but Arizona won't be ahead of them.
He's done that in the past, if memory serves. He probably has a source in the room and is trying to make his bracket look better.
4-8-14-20-30-40, plus upset points of (S - E) * R, where S = seed picked, E= seed expected to win, and R = round.
Losing the big guy to injury really hurt UF. He cleaned up a lot of messes and allowed the guards to play really aggressive on the outside. He was also their primary rebounder.
Yeah, Myshkin is right about the effect of the loss of Egbunu. Hayes, the primary big now, is a good player but he's not as big or strong and tends to get in foul trouble. When he goes to the bench UF either has to put in a stiff or go small.
My pleasure. Any round of the NCAA Tournament is really fun to go to and I recommend it to any sports fan. It's surreal watching an arena get behind a double-digit seed still in the game in the second half.
Cool thanks again. My dad went to the 1st round in Portland back in the '60s I guess when he was in his 20s. Now he's 76 and when I brought up yesterday taking him and his grandson to Boise next year he got SO excited. So I really don't want to let this slip through the cracks. Besides which it's been a dream of mine since I was in Junior High.
My lifelong fandom of the sport is all about my dad taking me to games in person when I was little. He took me to big high school tournaments and shootouts, NCAA Tournament games, NBA preseason and regular season games. Because of that, I can say I saw Julius Erving play for the Sixers, (H)akeem Olajuwon play for the Houston Cougars, and Alonzo Mourning and Kenny Anderson (and many other future D-I players) as high schoolers. I think your dad would love a three-generation trip to the Tournament.Cool thanks again. My dad went to the 1st round in Portland back in the '60s I guess when he was in his 20s. Now he's 76 and when I brought up yesterday taking him and his grandson to Boise next year he got SO excited. So I really don't want to let this slip through the cracks. Besides which it's been a dream of mine since I was in Junior High.
I'd bet the winner of WI and MI got like a 6 and loser got an 8. Feel like every year, B10 gets punished for late title game, committee has to finish bracket in 5 minutes.