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Selection Show 5PM
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Selection Show 5PM
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*** Official SELECTION SUNDAY Thread ***
- Thread starter CycloneRulzzz
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March really is the best time of year, and Selection Sunday is like my Christmas.
My favorite music theme in all of sports.
When I played College Hoops 2k8 (and I played it. A lot.) I always watched the Selection Sunday show they did in full, even though you could skip ahead.
I'm pretty sure Iowa St. won a title when I played and I didn't control them. I could never get North Florida a 1 seed though I simulated games until the NCAA tourney. Thankfully it was easy to get foreign guys in that game so it was easy to do well with mid-majors.
I got Iowa St. as the last 5 seed. It's between them and Marquette. If Marquette shows up as a 5 seed early on it's a sign Iowa State will be a 6 IMO.
2 out of these 4 get a 5:
Villanova, Marquette, Iowa St., Auburn
2 out of these 4 get a 5:
Villanova, Marquette, Iowa St., Auburn
Same. Was the part I'd always look forward to, the point where I'd look away and I wouldn't accidentally get my seed or opponent spoiled while the pop up menu to watch the show came up
Palm updated ISU to a 6...right before selection sunday...
I'm guessing most people would be upset with this.
Some things I noticed.
There's a slight chance Iowa St. gets the Kansas City path. I have ISU and Kansas St. as 5 seeds with Kansas St. getting the KC path but Iowa St. could get that draw.
Kansas will likely be one of the better 4 seeds. This increases the chances Iowa St. gets put in Duke's or Virginia's bracket due to the committee trying to balance the top 16 teams. This also decreases Iowa St. chances at Kansas City.
Most likely cities: San Jose, Salt Lake City, and Hartford if ISU gets a 5.
Jacksonville or Tulsa if ISU gets a 6.
Des Moines could happen but will need to drop to a 6 seed. It's more likely they get the Kansas City Sweet 16 path than 1st-2nd rounds in Des Moines.
I had ISU as the last 5 seed.
Iowa:
I have Iowa slipping farther to a 10 seed. The main reason was their non-con schedule is almost in the 300's. I have a feeling the committee will punish teams that scheduled weak in the non-conference more than people think. Iowa had 1 Q1 game (H vs. Iowa St.) and 2 Q2 games (N. vs UCONN and N. vs Oregon). Iowa St. was pretty similar with 3 games against Q1 and Q2 teams. The big difference is Iowa filled the rest of their non-con with teams in the 220-330 range.
Iowa St. had Missouri, San Diego St., Illinois, and Drake help boost theirs. ISU's non-con SOS isn't great as it's in the low 100's. If ISU gets a 6 instead of a 5, I think this would be the biggest reason as the other 3 of Auburn, Marquette, and Villanova had non-con SOS way higher. ISU SOS is ~20 so the Big 12 helped a bunch.
I have Houston ahead of Michigan though I don't think the committee goes this way. I posted an image of the teams up for debate for 5 seeds. 4 of them will get them, the other 2 won't. (Auburn has 24 wins instead of 23)
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I tried to do some work on brackets last night. It is tough because there are so few teams in the West: Of the top 16 in the NET rankings, only 4 are west of the Mississippi River (Gonzaga, Houston, Texas Tech, LSU), but 4 of the Round 1 sites are (San Jose, Salt Lake City, Tulsa, Des Moines).
Some top teams are going to have to travel a long way.
Some top teams are going to have to travel a long way.
