I really want to dumb this comment now, just because. Can you go back and re-screenshot it so that my name is included?
Jamie Pollard had us as the last 2 seed in his submission
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It's apparent at this point that a blue blood name on the jersey is good for a 3-6 slot jump in the seed selection, just because. Doesn't it?
It is what it is. The ISU team that played last weekend is a top 3 team. They will get their opportunity to prove it.
It is what it is. The ISU team that played last weekend is a top 3 team. They will get their opportunity to prove it.
That doesn’t mean he has to put us as the worst 2 seed based on our ncsos on his own selection though.
No I don't listen to a lot of talking heads because they just make statements to incite listeners/viewers to get attention. You fell for their trap. Same reason I feel guys like Lunardi and DeCourcey are jokes.
The truth is, let's win!! Aren't 2 seeds, whether they are the 5th or 8th best overall seed supposed to beat 15 and 7/10 seeds? So are you saying, having to play Illinois in the Sweet 16 scares you more than playing #3 seeds Creighton or Kentucky?
I’d be interested to know where Jamie had Houston, hopefully he had them as lowest 1 seed based on noncon schedule.
Exactly, Nothing he can can do for us when they are discussing us.
That's where having him on the committee hurts us (nice honor for him and ISU though) but, a different Big 12 rep could better advocate for us.
If we (big 12) have to schedule elite non conf we should back it down to 16 or 18 conf games.
We’re up to 20 next year. We had an elite schedule (16th, UNC was good to but only 32nd) and now we’re going to add maybe a third game against Baylor and maybe Arizona to that elite crazy difficult schedule…and yet the committee docks us for schedule????
When big 12 goes to 20 games it’s very possible all 16 teams have the 16 best sos regardless of how bad non conf is. Any rule that dicks that conference for schedule is a conspiracy out in the open.
When people question your work you don't get defensive and want to prove you're right?
That's funny. The old adage: "Stupid in, stupid out." Now magnify that infinitely, and you have AI. There's a lot AI is good for, but this is a disastrous take.
The various metrics aren’t AI. They’re not that different than they were 10-15 years ago.
It would be easy to pick the 8 best, remove high and low score, and get far better selections and seeding than committee did this year.
That’s what bcs ranking did for the computer 1/3. The year OKState got bumped they were still 2 in the computer average. TCU would’ve been top 4 the year they got bumped by cfpc too.
The committee is setting a really bad precedent here. They are going to turn conference tournaments into bowl games, where everyone with a future is going to sit out. Which, could then send even more ripples with a bunch of teams getting auto-bids who shouldn't, because they didn't play any of the top teams in the league.
I love the Big 12 tournament and definitely don't want it to go away, but seriously, what is the point of playing in it if you know nothing you do there will matter for the NCAA Tournament. Why risk injury and getting worn out if you are already locked in to your seed?
****, I think teams like Kansas and Kentucky would have been better off to go ahead and sit out their entire conference seasons and because of the name on the jersey, probably would have ended up with better seeds than they have now.
In all honestly, AI is like any proof. Bad premise, bad output. The ambiguity of public information is off the charts and is more a narrative than fact these days.
Not to mention the foundational rules. For example, should AI be able to research past seedings, past outcomes, and use those metrics to weigh current metrics? And what about rule changes, year over year? How do those distort outcomes? Travel distances? Hotel arrangements? Funding? Or, do we dare use profitability of this tournament to influence choices? You see, we can start a discussion that's a bottomless pit WHICH AI will discover and justify.
The AI would just build robots to win the tournament. Wasn't that the plot of one of the Return to Gilligan's Island movies and Space Jam?
I'm not an extremely well paid public employee whose words anyone would care about, so no. He should have thicker skin than that, or find a new profession.
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Or when it clearly isn't in alignment with reality. If I miss the mark badly on something at work I just take the L
You have no power. Sorry.
This topic is a useless echo chamber. Everyone agrees that they suck.
If TJ and the team lose the first weekend that is on them and nothing to do with the committee.
If they lose in the second weekend that is entirely on the committee (JP included), because there is no way in hell we should be in the east.
If they make it to the final 4 it is in spite of the committee and this is what I'm hoping for.
If they lose in the second weekend that is entirely on the committee (JP included), because there is no way in hell we should be in the east.
If they make it to the final 4 it is in spite of the committee and this is what I'm hoping for.
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