butler as a 3 getting 6 wisconsin in milwaukee would totally be an ncaa thing to do to a good team.
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Playing in Milwaukee would be nice when you consider the seniors on this team. Burton and Bowie's hometown, Thomas's home state, an hour drive from Holden and Stu's hometown, and closest site (well maybe Buffalo is closer) to Flint and Ontario.
I would love to play them. Its a possibility also as they look like a 10 or 11 seed at this point. I think we would handle them easily. Teams like this dont fare that well once they get into the tourney, just look at Nebraska a couple years ago. They werent even competitive once they got into the tourney.
And the closest site for 80% of us. I would buy tickets in a heartbeat if they played in Milwaukee.
They played a decent non-conf schedule, only problem is they didnt really beat any of the good teams they played from bigger conferences. Im not sure why their RPI is that high either.
Monte reminded him of that after his fall apparently
http://www.amestrib.com/sports/20170301/mens-basketball-jackson-fine-after-hard-fall-tuesday
Tricky thing with the 6/11 matchup is the likelyhood of getting one of the play in teams. I always thought it was a tricky spot for the higher seeded team to have play a quality at-large school, that had already won a game two days prior.
Every year (6) since they expanded the field, a play in game winner has won in the first round.
I was literally just thinking that I'd rather avoid play in game winner...I agree I think the play in team has a significant advantage in having already played a game..jitters/butterflies are all gone and they are used to he gym for 1 game..
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I'm personally hoping for a Salt Lake City placement, just based on my own geography. Would be a relatively easy trip for me.
It is why the NCAA is working to replace the RPI next year.
The NCAA does A LOT of stupid **** good to see they are going to meet with guys like Ken Pomery and work to get a better metric for trying to analyze 340+ teams.
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The play-in games are in Dayton, and they have a quick turn around travel, so there are disadvantages.
In general, the play-in winners do lose their first round game, but between the 4 teams, history has shown that at least one is either very motivated or under-seeded, and will go on to a win in the first round.
The 2 main brackets I look at are ESPN and CBS Sports...no real reason but they're the ones.
Why is Wichita such a curious case? I know their non con didn't amount to much, but why such a spread between the prognosticators? Lunardi has them as a 7 and rising and Palm has them out altogether. Usually by this time guys will have different teams in and out but the grouping is much tighter. Nobody seems to be able to come to a consensus on them. I'm sure Marshall is loving it...he thrives on the underdog/no respect thing.
Why is Wichita such a curious case? I know their non con didn't amount to much, but why such a spread between the prognosticators? Lunardi has them as a 7 and rising and Palm has them out altogether. Usually by this time guys will have different teams in and out but the grouping is much tighter. Nobody seems to be able to come to a consensus on them. I'm sure Marshall is loving it...he thrives on the underdog/no respect thing.
I could be completely off here, but I know Lunardi tries to project what he feels the bracket WILL be. It seems like Palm projects what he thinks the bracket SHOULD be. He always has a couple of headscratchers, and I'm not entirely convinced he doesn't troll a couple of passionate fanbases (cough, cough) every year to get views.
