North Carolina has the easiest bracket. How does that happen ?

I'll take questions that answer themselves for $400.

Kinda sucks that neither KU or Missouri get to play in KC, but yet Oklahoma does, who KU and MU both beat head to head. KU won conference, MU won the tournament. Oklahoma failed in both. Hilarious.

Crap, Digger thinks Mizzou will be the surprise team in the West.

I just love how ESPN lists KU as Big 12 at large. WTF? How about Big 12 Champion?

I agree with that. Which is why I'm all for eliminating an at-large bid. The winner is going to come out of the top 10-12 teams, at best, usually. And I think the play-in game is stupid. Bring it back to 64, put everyone in the "real" tournament, reward those teams who won the little conferences with an extra game. And then every year or two one of those teams makes a run and everybody gets excited about the underdog.

That's far more interesting than letting in Penn State or Arizona, somebody who rigged their non-conference with all home games or weak sisters, then barely stayed afloat in a weak conference.

OU+BG=BS

You are an "at-large" if you do not win your conference championship, dufus!

I hope it comes down to MU vs. UW

****. We're getting slurped by asshats.

Oh boy, now Gottlieb talking us up against Memphis.

It's possible, UConn has bad games like anybody else.

That's ridiculous. A regular season record is much more important than winning a 4 day tourney, dufus. Seems back asswards to me.

There is so muck parity anymore, it's getting to the point where anybody can kick ya in the nuts.

The day is coming when a # 1 goes down on the 1st night. Not this year, but it is coming.

There have been close calls several times. It will happen someday. Could happen this year.

I don't think so... Louisville has the weakest #2, IMO, and UNC has #3 Syracuse while Louisville has #3 Kansas. Louisville probably has the tougher #4 and #6.

I'd like to see Hansflop go up against Blair and Pitt. LMAO

Well, that is the nomenclature that they prefer. A regular season championship means nothing to the selection committee - other than the wins you racked up while winning it. If a mid-major or low-major wins their conference championship but does not win the conference tournament, they may be left out of the NCAA tournament, not the other way around. Therefore, KU and OU are at-large, and MU is the Big XII automatic bid.

RE: 32 NCAA qualifiers....................................
 

This is the true test for the NCAA championship tournament. Good post.

Dude, you guys are BONED. :D

I said Sweet 16 all season, WVU will be a very tough challenge for KU to get there. Winning and getting a rematch with Michigan State would be tough. At least we know something of them, WVU we do not.

The conference winner doesn't get the automatic bid, the tourney winner does. KU is an at large team.

WV is going to be a tall order. Especially the way this team has been playing the last few weeks.

At large just means the team didn't get an automatic bid. Only the Big 12 Tournament champion is an automatic bid right?

That is correct sir. Don't be sour grapes on being correctly called and at large bid Lzen. You are still a #3 seed.

Don't you mean conference tournament?

Yes.

Had to, either that or he is a "dufus".

MU's basketball team finally won a Big 12 Championship. Makes me feel goooood.

North Dakota State scares me. We better come out balls to the wall on Friday. Let the fans look ahead in the bracket, the team needs to take care of business.

As for West Virginia, I say bring them the **** on. I'm tired of watching KU come make a soft showing against the weaker teams, and then look like a wrecking ball against the tough ones. I think KU will bring it to a team perceived to be a huge challenge for them.

At my first glance of the bracket, it sure looks as though UNC got the easiest draw of the #1 seeds. They are going to have to do more than just show up and throw their jerseys on the court the first two rounds, but probably not much more than that(provided Lawson is 100%). Basically two home games against inferior 8/9 seeds in round two. Pitt's draw against either Oklahoma St. or Tennessee round two appears a more difficult draw. UNC's first real test IMO will be the game to go to the final four. Granted, every team is giving it their all in the big dance and their games may be more of a challenge than I see them, but I doubt it. Midwest and West appear to be the toughest draws IMO.

Fixed it.

I'm telling ya, North Dakota State is pretty good. A 45% 3 point shooting team, just the kind of teams we have trouble with. Plus they are the Bisons ........ There's the B for the rivals. Plus Minneapolis is not far away from NDSU campus.

Gottlieb HATES Memphis. I don't know if the guy who busted him for credit card fraud was from Memphis, or what, but he loathes the Tigers. It's like it physically pains him to even hear anything good about Memphis.

Bill Self up on ESPN...

Self just said that conference tournaments don't matter and KU lost to Baylor on purpose.

LMAO

Too bad this isn't true.

Yeah, one reason I see EE potential is that the potential games versus WVU and MSU could be played with a huge chip on their shoulder... they obviously have to take care of NDS first and hopefully know by now they can't take any team for granted, but I think a lot of people would be picking WVU, and they already lost to MSU once.

As far as Kansas falling asleep or not showing up, I'd be much more worried about playing Dayton or USC (or NDS). I'm excited to see what they could do against WVU, knowing that it's going to be a really tough game.

41%, and it doesn't look like anyone on their team takes a ton of them.... but you're right, it could be a bad day if they got hot from 3.

Riiiiight. Lost to Baylor on purpose? :shake:

I was hoping to see him in the gym with the players running the length of the court in the background... and every 30 seconds or so, Self turning his head and yelling "AGAIN!" (see: Miracle, 1980 Team USA Hockey).... but it's been 3 days, coach! :deevee:

That would be excellent.

NIT selection show coming up in 10 minutes on ESPNU...can't wait!!

KU / MU both get #3 seeds. At least we avoid a pissing match over that, this week. heh.

Gottlieb has Mizzou in the Elite 8 and Digger with them in the FINAL FOUR (wow)...getting beat by Louisville of course lol.

LMAO

Dicky V picks UNC to run through 3 Big East teams to win it all.

San Diego State #1 seed

Interesting

KSU vs Illinois State!

Saul, do they play in San Diego, or is it higher seed hosts each game until the Quarters?

Higher seed hosts game until the quarter finals. KSU plays at the 'gon on Wednesday night.

Doesn't look like it'll be on TV.

I could see them beating Syracuse, but don't think the Orange will get that far (it would be quite a feat after what they did in the tourney). I'd love to see Blair put Hansflop on his ass a few times. Which 1 seed did he have from the other side of the bracket? Louisville, I assume.

They're both off their gourd.

I hate to ask. But, when do they make the selections for the other postseason tournaments not named the NIT or NCAA tournament?
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Nebraska fan are ya?

Wow, 5-11 Baylor a 3 seed.

Nah, I attend school at WSU. Any sort of postseason play for that young squad would be a good thing.
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Digger also said Mizzou beats UConn because the latter struggles at free throws, completely ignoring the fact that Mizzou has a worse FT %.

ROFL

NU a 6 seed.

Looks like Tech, ISU and CU will be the only Big XII teams not in postseason play.

Wow. :eek:

Digger is messed up.

Mizzou's FT shooting could doom them in a tight game, Xavier we lost cause we couldn't hit anything

KU fans can visit the NDS message board @: bisonville.com. They think they are going to win. They are pissed they got a 14 seed instead of a 13. Giggle

Ben Woodside can really shoot. Never know what could happen, not that I think it will.

They must know our history with the second letter of the alphabet and large plain-roaming mammals. :rolleyes:

I get a 403/Forbidden when trying the site... stampede.

Bisonville.com. I got right on. I got tickled over them squabbling over a 13 or 14 seed. What the **** is the difference?

From the Cornell board: (population: 109) not really, but prolly close lol.

I can't get on either.

:D

I can't get on now either. I registered there an hour ago. They may have it locked down. I'll email them and ask.

BTW, Aldrich is from Minneapolis. I'll bet a few of his friends show up.

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Not sour grapes. Just thought we were short changed by that listing. Oh well.

According to KUSports.com KU plays @ 11:30 a.m. Fri.

I don't know nor do I care about when Mizzou tips.

Man, that sucks. I will be at work.

Final Coaches' Poll, for whatever that's worth:

1 Louisville (14) 28-5 752 5
2 Memphis (11) 31-3 728 3
3 North Carolina (6) 28-4 727 1
4 Pittsburgh 28-4 692 2
5 Duke 27-6 638 8
6 Connecticut 27-4 621 4
7 Michigan State 26-6 569 6
8 Oklahoma 27-5 541 7
9 Missouri 28-6 505 15
10 Gonzaga 26-5 488 12
11 Wake Forest 24-6 429 9
12 Villanova 26-7 402 13
13 Kansas 25-7 400 11
14 Washington 25-8 389 10
15 Syracuse 26-9 373 20
16 Florida State 25-8 293 22
17 UCLA 25-8 243 14
18 Purdue 24-9 231 24
19 Arizona State 24-9 212 23
20 LSU 26-7 192 16
21 Clemson 23-8 132 18
22 Xavier 25-7 124 19
23 Butler 26-5 104 17
24 Marquette 24-9 80 21
25 Utah State 30-4 40 28
Others Receiving Votes: Illinois(24-9) 37; Ohio State(22-9) 31; Utah(24-9) 26; Southern California(21-12) 24; West Virginia(23-11) 22; Brigham Young(25-7) 7; St. Mary's(26-6) 6; Temple(22-11) 5; Texas(22-11) 4; Tennessee(21-11) 3; Mississippi State(22-12) 3; Siena(26-7) 2

And AP:

1 North Carolina (35) 28-4 1734 2
2 Pittsburgh (33) 28-4 1731 3
3 Connecticut 27-4 1592 1
4 Memphis (2) 31-3 1544 5
5 Louisville (1) 28-5 1513 6
6 Oklahoma 27-5 1399 4
7 Michigan State 26-6 1349 8
8 Wake Forest 24-6 1246 10
9 Duke 27-6 1237 7
10 Villanova 26-7 1108 11
11 Kansas 25-7 1038 9
12 Gonzaga 26-5 978 14
13 Washington 25-8 910 16
14 Missouri 28-6 779 15
15 UCLA 25-8 752 20
16 Butler 26-5 536 22
17 Clemson 23-8 528 18
18 Syracuse 26-9 518 25
19 Xavier 25-7 465 17
20 LSU 26-7 461 12
21 Marquette 24-9 453 13
22 Florida State 25-8 333 24
23 Arizona State 24-9 199 21
24 Purdue 24-9 169 19
25 Brigham Young 25-7 158 27
Others Receiving Votes: Illinois(24-9) 131; Texas A&M(23-9) 63; St. Mary's(26-6) 56; Utah(24-9) 21; West Virginia(23-11) 17; Auburn(22-11) 9; Dayton(26-7) 7; Utah State(30-4) 6; Virginia Commonwealth(24-9) 6; Weber State(21-9) 5; Creighton(26-7) 4; Northern Iowa(23-10) 3; Siena(26-7) 3; Oklahoma State(22-11) 3; Penn State(22-11) 2; New Mexico(21-11) 2; Texas(22-11) 2; California(22-10) 2; Ohio State(22-9) 1; American(24-7) 1; Tennessee(21-11) 1

Missouri tips off at 2:00 on Friday. :)

We'll see you in the 2nd round!!!!

SDSU NIT #1 SEED BABY!

I think that might be last week's AP poll.

If SDSU and KSU win their 1st round games, KSU will host SDSU due to SDSU hosting the Women's NCAA tournament on those dates.

Is that our time or Boise time?