*** Official Selection Sunday Thread ***

[madguy30]

They should be a 2.

I have no data to back this up but this group seems to play at their best when the cards are stacked and they're maybe being a shade disrespected.

So go ahead committee, give them the 3.

 

[madguy30]

I had feared Michigan but after watching them recently I don’t think they are near as good as Houston or Arizona. They are long but not as athletic as either of those teams.

They've played with fire at times sll year and haven't been the same since an injury too.

Same with Duke.

 

[IlliniCy]

2 things:

1- I'm not sure why everybody is sweating the 2 seed so much. When the first committee rankings came out, we were the fourth one seed. Very few if any other bracketologists had us as a one. So of course, we hit a rough patch and they ("experts") move us to a 3 or even a 4 and we all think that we're losing our spot.

Well, the committee thinks more highly of us than many of these bracketologists do, AND a bunch of teams around us went through their own slumps. We're a 2, I'll bet your house on it.

2- I just finished watching the post game presser with Otz, JJeff and Milan and the player interviews in the locker room. I see a focused group that has the eye of the tiger. LFG.

 

[Letterkenny]

They've played with fire at times sll year and haven't been the same since an injury too.

Same with Duke.

Arizona, Michigan and Duke are all extremely good, but they don't seem unbeatable like they did a month ago.

Arizona is still the scariest team to me. High level talent 1-7. Elite guards, elite bigs. High level defender with size on the wing (Kharchenkov). And they don't rely on good shooting from the 3pt line. They can score almost at will in the paint.

 

[chuckd4735]

Arizona, Michigan and Duke are all extremely good, but they don't seem unbeatable like they did a month ago.

Arizona is still the scariest team to me. High level talent 1-7. Elite guards, elite bigs. High level defender with size on the wing (Kharchenkov). And they don't rely on good shooting from the 3pt line. They can score almost at will in the paint.

ISU will get either Duke or Michigan as a 1-seed in their region. Which team will struggle more preparing for ISUs defense in 2 days?

For me, I'm more worried about the 3-seed. Need a good matchup there, because the 3-seed will get 5-6 days to prepare.

 

[Cycsk]

Exhibit A for why Lunardi is a terrible bracketologist. Here are his designations of Top 2 seeds in each region:

	San Jose	Houston	Chicago	Wash DC
1	Arizona	Florida	Michigan	Duke
2	Michigan St	Houston	Uconn	Iowa State

I would love to hear his rationale for putting Iowa State in the East and UConn in the MIdwest. I suspect that he just plugs in overall rankings and lets his computer generate the brackets without much sophistication, such as attention to geography (which I thought was supposed to be a more important factor this year).

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

2 things:

1- I'm not sure why everybody is sweating the 2 seed so much. When the first committee rankings came out, we were the fourth one seed. Very few if any other bracketologists had us as a one. So of course, we hit a rough patch and they ("experts") move us to a 3 or even a 4 and we all think that we're losing our spot.

Well, the committee thinks more highly of us than many of these bracketologists do, AND a bunch of teams around us went through their own slumps. We're a 2, I'll bet your house on it.

2- I just finished watching the post game presser with Otz, JJeff and Milan and the player interviews in the locker room. I see a focused group that has the eye of the tiger. LFG.

But you won't bet your own house on it, interesting.

 

[clone37]

ISU will get either Duke or Michigan as a 1-seed in their region. Which team will struggle more preparing for ISUs defense in 2 days?

For me, I'm more worried about the 3-seed. Need a good matchup there, because the 3-seed will get 5-6 days to prepare.

Agreed. The times we have had a 2 seed in the past there was constant conversation about what 1 seed we would want most, but we have never made it that far. I am encouraged by what I have seen out of this team in the past week, but am still wary of any matchup past the first round.

 

[chuckd4735]

Exhibit A for why Lunardi is a terrible bracketologist. Here are his designations of Top 2 seeds in each region:

	San Jose	Houston	Chicago	Wash DC
1	Arizona	Florida	Michigan	Duke
2	Michigan St	Houston	Uconn	Iowa State

I would love to hear his rationale for putting Iowa State in the East and UConn in the MIdwest. I suspect that he just plugs in overall rankings and lets his computer generate the brackets without much sophistication, such as attention to geography (which I thought was supposed to be a more important factor this year).

My only thought is that he still has UConn as the top 2-seed, and that they can't play in Duke as the top 1-seed.

 

[CoachHines3]

What a great day

selfishly I want Midwest/east because I’ll be on a work trip that Thursday of the S16 and the Midwest/east plays Friday.

Think we’re in one of those anyway.

 

[Cycsk]

My only thought is that he still has UConn as the top 2-seed, and that they can't play in Duke as the top 1-seed.

Probably true.

Exhibit B of why Lunardi is a terrible bracketologist: UConn lost to St. John's. We lost to Arizona in an epic game. But he moved UConn ahead of us?

 

[IlliniCy]

But you won't bet your own house on it, interesting.

Sense of humor, line 1.

 

[chuckd4735]

Probably true.

Exhibit B of why Lunardi is a terrible bracketologist: UConn lost to St. John's. We lost to Arizona in an epic game. But he moved UConn ahead of us?

He's had UConn as the top 2 seed since the lost to Marquette (had them as a 1 seed before then).

 

[chuckd4735]

What a great day

selfishly I want Midwest/east because I’ll be on a work trip that Thursday of the S16 and the Midwest/east plays Friday.

Think we’re in one of those anyway.

I dont think you have anything to worry about there. Arizona will be in the West and Houston in the South. Bracketing principles try to keep different conference teams in seeds 1-4 of a region, so assuming Tech is no longer a top 4 seed, it really comes down to ISU and KU being in the East or Midwest.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

My only thought is that he still has UConn as the top 2-seed, and that they can't play in Duke as the top 1-seed.

It’s the top 4 seeds that are considered for balance in a region. So you could have the top 2 seed in the top 1 seed region if the 3 and 4 seed are lower/weaker on the s curve. You want them balanced no more than 6 point differential.

When doing bracketology always do the top 4 seeds (top 16) and pay attention to the conference rules (which are significant) and s curve rules.

Michigan being the 1 seed in the Midwest essentially means it’s impossible a Big 10 team is getting sent to Chicago as a 2 seed which is good for us Chicago believers

 

[SolterraCyclone]

Is this a place to post predictions? We will be #2 in the Midwest and start in St. Louis on the way to Chicago . . . on the way to Indy.

	San Jose	Houston	Chicago	Wash DC
1	Arizona	Florida	Michigan	Duke
2	Michigan St	Houston	Iowa State	Uconn

At this time yesterday, I would have said 2 in the East, but UConn getting blown out and Houston hanging with AZ, I think Houston passes UConn on the S-Curve m, so the Huskies can got to the East now. So I agree, 2 in the MW.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

Is this a place to post predictions? We will be #2 in the Midwest and start in St. Louis on the way to Chicago . . . on the way to Indy.

	San Jose	Houston	Chicago	Wash DC
1	Arizona	Florida	Michigan	Duke
2	Michigan St	Houston	Iowa State	Uconn

This is my exact prediction as well except Illinois as the final 2 seed instead of MSU

 

[chuckd4735]

It’s the top 4 seeds that are considered for balance in a region. So you could have the top 2 seed in the top 1 seed region if the 3 and 4 seed are lower/weaker on the s curve. You want them balanced no more than 6 point differential.

When doing bracketology always do the top 4 seeds (top 16) and pay attention to the conference rules (which are significant) and s curve rules.

Michigan being the 1 seed in the Midwest essentially means it’s impossible a Big 10 team is getting sent to Chicago as a 2 seed which is good for us Chicago believers

I thought it was a hard rule that the top 2-seed could not be in the same region as the top overall team?

 

[JRE1975]

As a 2 seed the odds should be pretty high that Illinois, Nebraska, or Michigan State will be our 3 seed.

 

[Jdk]

Thanks Rulzzz your midnight posting of the official cbs selection opening has me getting cyclone fever early this morning can’t wait til the clock strikes 5 o’clock