Bear Down Wildcats

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

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.

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

mmm, selection sundae

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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.

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.

I honestly believe Oregon deserves a 1 seed.

We should be a 5

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Here we go!

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!

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

Beavers and Buffs got cameras on them

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

In no particular order? No more overall #1?

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

ducks with the 1-seed in the west

Good. Oregon got 1 in the West.

ugh...oregon #1 in the west

Wow

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

Oregon with a 1 seed, wow!

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

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

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

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

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

Rado an 8 in the south!

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


p.s. go austin peay!

LOL. Have fun Rado.

Rado vs Uconn. GO RADO!

Cal #4 in the south.