The selection committee definitely does not do that, I don't mean to be an a** but some of these comments on this thread are making my head spin. This one, somebody said 2 teams from the same conference can't be a 1 seed, which was a rule in like the 70s or something lol, theirs been some dingers
A few that I have seen have promoted Baylor ahead of us on the 3 seed line, and Bama to the 2 because of their close loss to Tennessee. It's all just a popularity contest. Too many games left to sweat a bunch of amateur pickers pretending to be on the committee
Ironically, they will start looking to slide duke ahead instead.
Lunardi had Alabama as a 4 after last night's game so maybe the other bracketologists will fall in line soon. Their resume just isn't worthy of a 2
If we score in the 60s, we’ll beat a lot of teams. We’ve been holding opponents to sub 30 at halftime.
The committee does take this into account, but they usually refer to it in the context of not dinging a team as bad if there was a significant injury for a given game. But in the end it probably isn’t going to be a big impact in the big picture. If a given game is an outlier due to injuries maybe.
Gilbert did just dish out 7 assists to 1 TO against OU. This 9 TO game is definitely the outlier. Especially since the TCU game when Gilbert turned the corner.
In Gilbert’s defense we had some success getting their bigs to commit which lead to the guards dishing it off for an easy basket. The problem is UCF adjusted and he did not. This game is a total outlier for him, I’m not worried about it.
I won't pretend to know exactly how this works, but it wouldn't be that different than Auburn playing in Birmingham last year. They were a 9 seed and faced 1 seed Houston in their home state in the second round.
Agree with your point here. Think about how many fan boards are melting down playing us. Several now saying “Jesus, we had more turnovers than field goals”. We’ve seen players and coaches melt down in game because of what our defense does to them.
I doubt it. It would take some epic collapses down the stretch from the teams in front of us to get a 1 seed. There isn't going to be much movement from the 1s and 2s down the stretch.
The top 3 yes, the 4th spot seems up in the air between Arizona, Tennessee and UNC. If ISU wins out and wins the big 12 tourny we would be right there analytics wise for a 1 seed but I don't see it happening either. I would guess 5 or 6 overall.
It's because there's no protection after the first round.
If Az stumbles enough to drop, they will fill it with an SEC or ACC team that gets hot. Think, UNC or Duke if they win their tourney. Or Tennessee if they win the SEC tourney as expected. Those East Coasters will be hyping the living **** out of that.
