Bracketology Thread

[HolmeZz]

Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

I'm saying UConn did it to themselves, if they don't get a #1 seed. Our schedule wasn't as good this year as it was last year, and thanks to us struggling to find a PG in December we lost to the two top 20 teams we played, but UConn not only lost to that same team in March, but they did it after losing their previous game.

I'm asking you to justify why Memphis should get a 1 over UConn. I can make very easy arguments for UConn.

Coming into that 6 overtime game against Syracuse, Connecticut had lost exactly one game this year against a team other than Pittsburgh: 27-1. They have about three times as many wins on the road/at neutral sites over tournament teams than Memphis has total wins over tournament teams.

Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

Meanwhile, we haven't lost since before Christmas, including games on the road at top-25 Tennessee, top-30 Gonzaga, and top-50 UAB.

Tennessee and Gonzaga are fine wins, but they're probably not going to get higher than a 5 or 6 seed tops and UAB's not making the tournament. Those are resume-padders, but they aren't the basis for a team arguing to be a 1 seed.

On the road alone UConn went 13-1 with wins:

@ Louisville by about 20
@ Marquette
@ West Virginia
@ Gonzaga
@ Notre Dame, snapping their 44 game home winning streak
@ Cincinnati(who beat UAB)

And they hammered Wisconsin and Miami on a neutral court.

Plus home wins over the likes of Villanova, Syracuse, and Michigan.

Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

The question is, is the committee going to want to give a #1 to a team that's hit a skid, didn't advance past the conference quarterfinals, and has actually been swept by another team -- no matter how good -- this year?

Do you understand what you're calling a 'skid'? Every team in the country experienced much worse than a loss @Pittsburgh followed by a 6 overtime loss to a team like Syracuse at some point. Using that as justification for looking past the whole body of work UConn put forward is inane.

Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

You're probably going to be #2 in the East, which is just as good as a 1-seed for your purposes.

How do you figure, particularly if we end up in UNC's bracket?

I don't even see much daylight between UConn's resume and Carolina's.