2 seed in the South

Joe..you have a good point. The potential #4's do look quite a bit easier than the #3's. Any of those 8 teams would be challenging, but the 3's do look tougher.

1) I hope we beat KU tomorrow. I'm tired of losing in the Big 12 Tournament Championship...especially to KU. So let's win that game! We're due!

2) We exceeded expectations big time this year. No one would have thought we'd be a 1 or 2 this year...many probably didn't have us as a 3 or 4 either. Awesome year!

3) Therefore, a 1 or 2...would be very sweet. There are benefits of the home crowd advantage or of being a #1 seed. Let's take care of bizness tomorrow and just see what happens!

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With Tennessee losing, I'm betting the committee has the winner of tomorrows game a 1 period. They have to slot Kansas there if they win and they won't be moving people around. It's just too easy for them to slot the winner as a 1 and the loser a 2. No way we beat Kansas and they leave them ahead of us with us winning both head to heads plus the other quality wins. This one has to already be done and the winner gets the 1. Which regional is any ones guess.
 
**** a #2 in Houston over a #1 anywhere. The way we're playing right now, I don't give a **** whether we're a top seed in Tokyo, we're going to **** some people's **** up. Bottom line, if we want to play close to home San Antone is 75 miles away...
 
I agree with your logic about the winner getting the 1, although I think whoever gets that last seed automatically goes to the Midwest region. Seems pretty obvious to me. Most likely Tennessee would be the #2 seed in the Midwest.
 
i agree staying in Houston is a benefit as a #2 in the South, but i would not turn down a #1 seed. On Lunardi's bracketology now, the 8 and 9 seeds are struggling major teams while those 7s and 10 are streaking teams or solid mid majors, so a 1 could really help in the second round
 
I seriously don't get the logic that if we win we'll either be a #1 or the #2 in the South. If we get that last #1, we'll be in the Midwest. If we don't get it, without a doubt we'd be the top #2 seed, which lands us...in the Midwest, against the weakest #1 (Tennessee? Georgetown?)

I think we have a better shot of landing in Houston as the #2 if we lose...and I am defnitely NOT pulling for that. The NCAA is a crapshoot anytime, no matter who or where you play, while having the chance to win our first B12 tournament championship is right there in our hands. You bet I'm pulling for us to win, and hard, even if a loss would have put us in Houston.
 
People should stop dreaming that if we win we might be a #1 seed in the South. It's just not going to happen.The Big XII championship game ends too late. Even if the committee had a mind to put us in the South and Memphis in the Detroit for the "overall good" of the one seeds, there just won't be enough time to make the switch and the domino effect plausible.

Much more likely the committee will have a plan where the winner of KU/UT gets the #1 in the Midwest and the loser gets a #2 seed. Where that would be is the big question. I don't think it's a guarantee it would be in the South. The committee is just unpredictable. Could be anywhere but the Midwest (since rules wouldn't have a #1 and #2 seed from the same conference in the same bracket). So for those secretly hoping we will lose so that we can get the #2 seed in the South, you may be disappointed to find us heading out West to play UCLA or out East to play UNC.

We're already in the game so whether we win or lose it won't affect how much rest our team gets. Better to beat KU, claim the Big XII tourney championship, give our team momentum and confidence, and get a #1 seed.
 
Well, we certainly can't avoid the game, so yes, it makes sense to try to win it. I don't think anyone is disputing that.

I think it's silly to admonish people for "dreaming" that a #1 seed in ___ regional is impossible. If anything, the committee has shown itself to be unpredictable over the years. I want this program to get to the level where it is given the benefit of the doubt, and this year is as good as any for that to happen.
 
Before the Big XII title game ends, the committee will need to make a decision on where the winner goes and where the loser goes. So if the loser really gets a 2 in the south, the committee will need to make a conscious decision that the loser gets that reward of playing in Houston before we know who loses. Here's a guess that won't happen. It just isn't fair to Memphis.

Top 1 seed = UNC = Charlotte
2nd 1 seed = Memphis = Houston
3rd 1 seed = UCLA = Phoenix
4th 1 seed = UT/KU winner = Detroit

Then by the S-curve,
Top 2 seed = Tennessee = Detroit
2nd 2 seed = UT/KU loser = Phoenix
3rd 2 seed = Wisconsin = Houston
4th 2 seed = Georgetown = Charlotte

Even though the Big Ten final hasn't occurred, unlike the Big XII there is no scenario in the Big 10 where Wisconsin would be switched with another Big 10 team if they lose tomorrow. So the committee will need to make a decision before the Big 10 title game whether Wisconsin deserves a 2 seed and will have to place them in a certain region. Being undisputed conference regular season champs and getting to the tourney final, I'm guessing Wisconsin gets a 2 seed regardless of what happens to them tomorrow.

But I never thought the Big XII title game would mean so much. It probably never has. It still won't if the committee decides Tennessee is a 1 seed anyway, thereby giving UT and KU 2 seeds, but if they see the Vols as a 2 tomorrow's game in KC means a whole lot.

The only way UT or KU get the 1 seed in Houston is if the committee feels tomorrow's winner would have a better resume than Memphis. That's the 33-1 Tigers. No way Memphis doesn't get the 1 in Houston.
 
If there is justice, which is no guarantee, Texas will be a 2-seed in Houston. May not be fair to Memphis, but what about rewarding a team like Texas that would have victories over two #1 seeds and Kansas. That said, if Texas can beat KU again today, they may in fact get a 1-seed, but unfortunately not in Houston I'm afraid. The field is wide open this year.
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