2/8 Bracketology (link)

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Texas a #3 seed in Phoenix. 6 Big 12ers in. OU is no six seed...that's WAY too high.
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Beats me. Oregon's had a terrible year. Hell, we even beat em and that's not saying much.
 
I figured we'd be a 3 seed. We deserve a 3 or 4 seed right about now with the way we've looked lately. Just keep winning and try and stay at a 3 or maybe get to a 2 seed.
 
question. seeing as though we have already played the 1 and 2 seed in the bracket, would that actually happen?? i know these are just general prognostications, but would a committee factor that?
 
After UT's win yesterday and the losses by Georgetown and Wisconsin, the Horns should be a 2 seed now. That's based on their entire profile and not just yesterday, however. GTown has no "wow" wins, and the Badgers only have two Top 50 wins. And Michigan State has two, as Bill Walton would say, horrrrrrible losses recently. Texas has six Top 50 wins and the two best away-from-home victories of anyone in the country except for Duke's win at UNC.

IMO, Confucius say here should the seeds be in order:

1 - Memphis (Houston), Duke (Charlotte), Kansas (Detroit), UCLA (Phoenix)
2 - North Carolina (Phoenix), Tennessee (Detroit), Texas (Charlotte), Stanford (Houston)

This is based on the "S-Curve" which pits the lowest 2 seed versus the highest 1 seed and not based on trying to give the higher seeds better geographic regions. Besides, if Texas was put in Houston, it wouldn't be very fair to Memphis, considering they're undefeated and don't deserve a "road" game in the Elite Eight.

Obviously, a win tomorrow would solidify the 2 seed big time.
 
I don't think it would be too fair for us to play the opening weekend in Little Rock.

Methinks the crowd might be a little hostile.
 
Especially if the second round game is against...uh, Arkansas.
 
There is a GREAT Andy Katz article I've linked below that describes the mock selection process a bunch of college hoops writers and broadcasters went through this past week. Long story short is good news: Arkansas would never play in Little Rock for the first and second round, but they wouldn't think twice about putting Texas in Houston for the Sweet 16...

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KH, if it makes you feel any better, I also have been under the (apparently mistaken) impression that the committee would avoid, where possible, a clear home-court edge for a lower seed at the regional level.

Both Texas and A&M would spark a big walkup.
 
lol. I'm just glad I'm not a Memphis fan. I'd scream conspiracy.

If Memphis fans are smart, they're buying any and all Houston Regional tickets right now. They have a great following so I'd expect at least 10K Memphis fans at Reliant. Texas would still have a home court advantage, but it wouldn't be as big as many might think.

If they both get the Houston Region, the first interesting subplot will be that both Memphis and UT will get their first two games in Little Rock. Since it's just two hours from Memphis, almost the whole arena will be full of Tiger fans, so UT would be essentially playing two road games. If both get Little Rock yet Texas isn't in the Houston Region, the Memphis fans won't care as much.
 
If we win tomorrow, we are in the conversation for a 1 seed (for the time being).

Now, I don't expect us to only lose 1-2 games the rest of the year or beat Kansas tomorrow, and it would probably take both of those to get a 1 seed at the end of the year. I'm just saying we are theoretically still in the hunt.
 
They normally pick the closest spot for the highest seeds, so yeah... unless UT somehow was able to get word to the committee (and the committee would listen) that it prefers to go to, say, Birmingham, or Not Little Rock.
 
More than likely unless there is another team that is close to Little Rock that will get at least as high a seed as UT. For example, if A&M has a tremendous finish and, say, gets a 3 seed while Texas gets a 4, A&M would go to Little Rock and Texas would be sent elsewhere (probably Birmingham, Denver or Tampa).
 
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