Official Selection Sunday Thread

Main Event · Post by **Main Event** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:00 am

Tournament Schedule and Locations
First Four: March 15-16; UD Arena Dayton, Ohio

First and Second Rounds:

March 17, 19 at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa; PNC Arena, Raleigh, N.C.; Pepsi Center, Denver; Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, R.I.

March 18, 20 at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Scottrade Center, St. Louis; Chesapeak Energy Center, Oklahoma City; Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, Wash.

West Regional: March 24, 26 Honda Center, Anaheim, Calif.

South Regional: March 24, 26 KFC YUM! Center, Louisville, Ky.

Midwest Regional: March 25, 27 United Center, Chicago, Ill.

East Regional: March 25, 27 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pa.

Final Four:
April 2, 4 NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas

Favorite time of the year. Time to see what path we have to go through to get to Houston, Bear Down

Lando05 · Post by **Lando05** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:13 am

Jay Bilas giving the Pac some props this morning. Jay Williams trying to say the Big 10 was better this year, then Jay Bilas spoke up and put him in his place.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:18 am

Odds are we're playing a Kentucky or Duke or Indiana or Texas A&M in the second round

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:26 am

mmm, selection sundae

show starts at 2:30pm PDT / AZ on cbs. daylight savings, y'all.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:29 am

4, 5 or 6? I'm guessing 5 in the south.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:35 am

Oregon a 2
Utah a 4
AZ a 5
Cal a 6
CU a 8
USC a 9
OSU a 10 (although with all the upsets a little worried about the Beavs chances)

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:36 am

EastCoastCat wrote:4, 5 or 6? I'm guessing 5 in the south.

Me too. Matched up with Kentucky in St. Louis or Raleigh

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:42 am

Haven't watched UK this year, but they lost to UCLA, which makes them seem very beatable.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:47 am

Beachcat97 wrote:Haven't watched UK this year, but they lost to UCLA, which makes them seem very beatable.

They are starting to surge now which makes them dangerous.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:29 am

EastCoastCat wrote:
Beachcat97 wrote:Haven't watched UK this year, but they lost to UCLA, which makes them seem very beatable.
They are starting to surge now which makes them dangerous.

Yeah, I mean, we had many chances this year to improve our seed, and it didn't happen. So we're looking at a 5 or 6, and a formidable 2nd round opponent. We'll either fade down the stretch as we have so many times this year, or we'll put up the kind of fight we did vs. Cal and in our last game vs. OR. I hope this team can figure some things out this weekend.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:38 am

I honestly believe Oregon deserves a 1 seed.

We should be a 5

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:49 am

Selfishly, what is the best route for the "Friday, Sunday" slate of games. I have a wedding on Sat that I can't get out of.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:56 am

CalStateTempe wrote:Selfishly, what is the best route for the "Friday, Sunday" slate of games. I have a wedding on Sat that I can't get out of.

Hope BYU gets in and is in the same region and they need at a Thursday/Saturday pod and they flip us to Friday/Sunday to accommodate BYU.

Only problem is, BYU isn't getting in so it's luck of the draw CST

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 11:28 am

We'll see what happens. Even on a down year like this one, Selection Sunday is like the closest thing to Christmas morning for me as an adult. lets see whats under the proverbial bracket tree. Coal or the new shiny bike.

Also looking at the schedule, would be unfortunate if CATS get slated to start in Raleigh, now that I am no longer in Durham.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 12:48 pm

Selfishly looking for us to land in the Midwest, because WHEN we make the Sweet Sixteen I'll be at the United Center cheering the Cats on.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 12:59 pm

Chicat wrote:Selfishly looking for us to land in the Midwest, because WHEN we make the Sweet Sixteen I'll be at the United Center cheering the Cats on.

Pulling for this Chi. Midwest CATS Represent.

I'm hoping for a non-west region, favorable 5 seed-path. At least through the first weekend.

Not shedding any tears if/when we are not placed in the west.

pokinmik · Post by **pokinmik** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:03 pm

I think a couple other people eluded to this elsewhere, but the PAC beating on eachother for the past few months should be so beneficial for all the representatives. Especially us, I'm feeling we'll be bringing our A-game next week against some non-PAC teams. I'm pretty much always positive though, who the fuck knows what will happen. We could even play very well in round of 32 and run into a hot Kentucky or someone that just plays better unfortunately.

cats101 · Post by **cats101** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:14 pm

Based on what I've seen all season not sure how this team makes it out of the first weekend.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:17 pm

cats101 wrote:Based on what I've seen all season not sure how this team makes it out of the first weekend.

Yep. We'd need some huge games from guys who've been inconsistent this year.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:37 pm

cats101 wrote:Based on what I've seen all season not sure how this team makes it out of the first weekend.

???? Why, this team has been competitive all year. 8 losses by an average of about 4 points. Just need to clean up a few things. These teams won't be as familiar with our tendencies.

No doubt the 32 game will be tough but I don't see any reason. We shouldn't be as optimistic as any other 4 or 5 seed

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:47 pm

azcat49 wrote:
cats101 wrote:Based on what I've seen all season not sure how this team makes it out of the first weekend.

???? Why, this team has been competitive all year. 8 losses by an average of about 4 points. Just need to clean up a few things. These teams won't be as familiar with our tendencies.

No doubt the 32 game will be tough but I don't see any reason. We shouldn't be as optimistic as any other 4 or 5 seed

If we haven't cleaned up those few things in the last 33 games, we won't all of a sudden clean them up in the next two

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:51 pm

I get that but I think the relative strength of our conference is better than just about every league out there. We might just clean up those mistakes because the teams we play are just not as strong. Guess we will see

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:54 pm

Beachcat97 wrote:
cats101 wrote:Based on what I've seen all season not sure how this team makes it out of the first weekend.
Yep. We'd need some huge games from guys who've been inconsistent this year.

Can't have that streaky Gabe York go 3-15.

And hit some frickin' free throws when they matter.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:08 pm

Best case scenario would be a sweet 16. We aren't going any further than that.

Catintheheat · Post by **Catintheheat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:28 pm

Best week of the year in sports. Here we go!

Catintheheat · Post by **Catintheheat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:30 pm

84Cat wrote:Best case scenario would be a sweet 16. We aren't going any further than that.

This is the NCAA tournament. You never know, like when Kansas got beat in the '97 tournament. No one thought they would lose.

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:32 pm

Catintheheat wrote:Best week of the year in sports. Here we go!

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:33 pm

Here we go!

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:34 pm

CalStateTempe wrote:We'll see what happens. Even on a down year like this one, Selection Sunday is like the closest thing to Christmas morning for me as an adult. lets see whats under the proverbial bracket tree. Coal or the new shiny bike.

Also looking at the schedule, would be unfortunate if CATS get slated to start in Raleigh, now that I am no longer in Durham.

I feel the same way. Let's do this!

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:38 pm

chuck always has good things to say about the pac. thanks, cb!

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:39 pm

Beavers and Buffs got cameras on them

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:39 pm

They are going to drag this out.....

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:42 pm

In no particular order? No more overall #1?

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:42 pm

EastCoastCat wrote:Beavers and Buffs got cameras on them

you think they'll both get in?

fun thing about the NIT is that they're implementing an nba-style 6 fouls per player rule this year

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:43 pm

ducks with the 1-seed in the west

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:43 pm

Good. Oregon got 1 in the West.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:44 pm

ugh...oregon #1 in the west

Main Event · Post by **Main Event** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:44 pm

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:47 pm

Good for Oregon...just don't be the first #1 to lose

Lando05 · Post by **Lando05** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:47 pm

Oregon with a 1 seed, wow!

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:47 pm

re: most losses by #1 seed chart -- we also lost to wisconsin in the tourney that year (2000). dammit.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:48 pm

Oregon getting a #1 is going to be good for seeding for all PAC schools

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:48 pm

dirtbags wrote:
EastCoastCat wrote:Beavers and Buffs got cameras on them
you think they'll both get in?

fun thing about the NIT is that they're implementing an nba-style 6 fouls per player rule this year

Buffs yes, Beavs no

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:48 pm

I'm going to admit...I'm really jealous of Oregon this season. They appear to have some momentum going forward.

pc in NM · Post by **pc in NM** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:49 pm

Big props to the Pac-12 - Congratulations University of Zero

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:50 pm

Rado an 8 in the south!

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:50 pm

oof, 'rado in, but with ku in round of 32

p.s. go austin peay!

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:51 pm

LOL. Have fun Rado.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:51 pm

Rado vs Uconn. GO RADO!

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:52 pm

Cal #4 in the south.

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