Official Selection Sunday Thread

pc in NM · Post by **pc in NM** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:32 pm

CBS isdrawing this out way, way too much...

... self-absorbed jerks

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:32 pm

AZCatGirl wrote:Pac 12 Seeds

Oregon - 1
Utah - 3
Cal - 4
AZ - 6
OSU - 7
USC - 8
Colorado - 8

7 teams in as expected. Sucks for Washington.

Seven teams in. All 8 seeds or better. All rated where they should be or given the benefit of the doubt and a nice seed. Except us. Lmao. Why was everyone else respect but us? Because we played a few RPI 300 teams instead of 200? And unlike all those other teams, we dont have a bad loss really and all our losses but one came away from home and were very close. Theres no way to explain this other than a middle finger. They ignored everything, logic, the eye test, bpi sagarin and kenpom (who have us 11-15) and looked at an effing RPI sheet.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:32 pm

Seth Davis gives away Georgia.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:33 pm

With 7 teams in why do we have 3 in the same region?

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:34 pm

How does Oregon St get a better seed than Colorado?

prh · Post by **prh** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:35 pm

Really bummed Monmouth misses out but they take Syracuse/Vandy

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:36 pm

pc in NM wrote:CBS isdrawing this out way, way too much...

... self-absorbed jerks

was hoping word got to the producers about the leaked bracket and they'd get moving on the reveal and spend more time on analysis

enfuego · Post by **enfuego** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:36 pm

Have to admit, KU got a gift with who our potential match-up pool in the Elite 8 would be. Cupcakes, the lot of them.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:36 pm

UNC vs. KU possibly

rl2013 · Post by **rl2013** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:37 pm

As someone who lives in Denver, I'm pissed.

pokinmik · Post by **pokinmik** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:37 pm

enfuego wrote:Have to admit, KU got a gift with who our potential match-up pool in the Elite 8 would be. Cupcakes, the lot of them.

This could add to the legacy of wrongness.

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:38 pm

AZCatGirl wrote:
dirtbags wrote:good draw for archie, too. which Miller brother goes furthest?
I can't see Dayton beating Michigan St.

i like tom izzo, but archie's got a tough squad this year. plus, dayton and east lansing are roughly equidistant to chicago

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:39 pm

Michigan is a joke

UAtrue · Post by **UAtrue** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:39 pm

ASUHATER! wrote:
Alieberman wrote:We are 1 seed ahead of Oregon St?

WTF?
Yup. Committee absolutely does not respect us this year

Weak OOC schedule

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:40 pm

I don't understand the seeding at all. How is OSU a 7 & Cal a 4?

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:40 pm

Committee did a bad job this year. Bad

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:41 pm

etank34 wrote:To everyone whining...we got a fucking great draw. Seed doesn't mean a damn thing. Sean will have this team frothing at the mouth.

We really didn't. Miami is exactly the kind of team we struggle with. And we weren't frothing against Colorado or Oregon...

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:42 pm

rgdeuce wrote:Committee did a bad job this year. Bad

The worst they have done in a while. Lots of wtf' selections for sure.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:42 pm

South Carolina went 24-8 and were left out

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:43 pm

USC has the worst draw for the Pac-12 schools.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:43 pm

Midwest is the weakest.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:44 pm

rgdeuce wrote:Committee did a bad job this year. Bad

They didn't exactly do a great job last year either. I've stopped expecting them to do a decent job.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:44 pm

etank34 · Post by **etank34** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:44 pm

ASUHATER! wrote:
etank34 wrote:To everyone whining...we got a fucking great draw. Seed doesn't mean a damn thing. Sean will have this team frothing at the mouth.
We really didn't. Miami is exactly the kind of team we struggle with. And we weren't frothing against Colorado or Oregon...

I told myself last year I'm done with worrying about seeding and location, etc. It's the Tournament, you are going to have to beat some good teams at some point. Might as well get a taste of that early instead of having all the pressure that a top seed feels to avoid an upset.

Main Event · Post by **Main Event** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:46 pm

The midwest is a joke

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:47 pm

ASUHATER! wrote:South Carolina went 24-8 and were left out

LOL. I'd love to hear why Syracuse deserves to be in more than them.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:47 pm

rgdeuce wrote:
AZCatGirl wrote:Pac 12 Seeds

Oregon - 1
Utah - 3
Cal - 4
AZ - 6
OSU - 7
USC - 8
Colorado - 8

7 teams in as expected. Sucks for Washington.
Seven teams in. All 8 seeds or better. All rated where they should be or given the benefit of the doubt and a nice seed. Except us. Lmao. Why was everyone else respect but us? Because we played a few RPI 300 teams instead of 200? And unlike all those other teams, we dont have a bad loss really and all our losses but

No one came away from home and were very close. Theres no way to explain this other than a middle finger. They ignored everything, logic, the eye test, bpi sagarin and kenpom (who have us 11-15) and looked at an effing RPI sheet.

No shit. Only hope is it looks like we match up with both Miami and Nova pretty well

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:49 pm

so who's got it better, oregon or 'tah? i say utah

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:49 pm

What seed might we received if we had a roadie at OREGON St and home games against Utah and CU.

Win this 3 and we likely would have received a 4 seed

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:50 pm

We haven't had a double digit loss in what, three years?

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:51 pm

KO is going to be a lot of fun to listen to on the Pac selection show tonight.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:52 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:We haven't had a double digit loss in what, three years?

Michigan, Tulsa and 'Cuse are headscratchers

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:53 pm

To me the regions that are the easiest are:

South
Midwest
West
East

At least as I look at the top 4 seeds

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:54 pm

kenny smith is so annoying

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:55 pm

I guess the committee is on some Cinderella kick and thinks Michigan will be this year's UCLA.

Which it won't, but hey, they'll have the Syracuse storyline to lean on!

Personally, I have South Carolina playing UW for the NIT title right now.

BTW, who the f*ck is Mark Titus and why is he on ESPN as some sort of "expert" this year?

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:55 pm

dirtbags wrote:kenny smith is so annoying

Picking Wisky makes me hate him even more.

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:57 pm

Kenny Smith was airdropped in and hasn't had one good insight all year, especially without Greg Anthony to absorb his stupid calls.

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:57 pm

I'm going to fill out my brackets differently this year. I'm going to see the odds and and allow the pc to pick teams with a random number generator based on the odds, and do this for as many brackets as I decide to fill out. I figure that is as good as trying to use my brain.

NYCat · Post by **NYCat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:57 pm

They seeded for TV ratings, and it's so blatant.

Oregon/Or St

Texas/Texas A&M

UVA/Sparty 3rd straight

IU/UK

Michigan/Notre Dame

Etc etc

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:59 pm

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:59 pm

NYCat, you think it was seeded that way even more so than to help out the subregional venues?

Because the Cats are going to have probably their worst opening-round attendance ever IMHO in Providence.

I am absolutely blown away, btw, at the 13-14 and 22-23 seeds. Notre Dame beat Duke and Arizona beat Cal. Shouldn't those be flipped?

Look, by this point, if you don't think politics has an unfair influence that extends to Selection Sunday, at least w/r/t Duke, you're never going to.

Blue Devils are a protected seed and will remain so until doomsday.

And for the record, I absolutely would've rather had Cal's draw, and if Tolly hits both his FTs Friday, the Cats probably get it.

But this team had so many chances to climb the ladder and blew them. Now they have to prove poor seeding, which I think is the committee mindset with a few of these teams.

Otherwise you've got the first team to lose to a play-in winner, a thought you can't say isn't on Miller's mind right now.

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:03 pm

what time is our first game? looks like we play early, but i'm hoping it's as late as possible

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:04 pm

catgrad97 wrote:Blue Devils are a protected seed and will remain so until doomsday.

otoh, seeing duke play west of the mississippi is always a treat

i bet coack k let out a hoarse croaky noise when he saw duke's placement

ghostwhitehorse · Post by **ghostwhitehorse** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:05 pm

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21. Arizona Wildcats
The past two Arizona teams were the best of Sean Miller's distinguished career. They were the best in Tucson, Arizona, since Lute Olsen's late-1990s/early-aughts heyday. They were responsible for a combined 67 wins and nine losses. And they still didn't get Miller to his Final Four. (Thank Wisconsin, which downed Arizona in back-to-back Elite Eights, for that.) After losing four lifeblood starters last spring, these retooled Wildcats, led by transfer Ryan Anderson and freshman Alonzo Trier, weren't nearly as dominant as their predecessors. They are very good, though. And very well coached. And, in this wide-open season, capable of putting an ironic end to Miller's
Phil Mickelson-esque drought
.

Urge to strangle Brennan rising.

the real dill · Post by **the real dill** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:06 pm

West is loaded. Putting Texas, A&M, Baylor, and Oklahoma in the same bracket sucks.

cpt · Post by **cpt** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:07 pm

I see a tough win first game and we go down to Miami. They are really good. We got totally screwed and disrespected.

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:08 pm

gwh, I stopped reading at "Lute Olsen."

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:13 pm

dirtbags wrote:what time is our first game? looks like we play early, but i'm hoping it's as late as possible

The latest it'll start is like 430 Arizona time. Good chance it starts at like 10-11 am.

NYCat · Post by **NYCat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:13 pm

catgrad97 wrote:NYCat, you think it was seeded that way even more so than to help out the subregional venues?

Because the Cats are going to have probably their worst opening-round attendance ever IMHO in Providence.

I am absolutely blown away, btw, at the 13-14 and 22-23 seeds. Notre Dame beat Duke and Arizona beat Cal. Shouldn't those be flipped?

They could've switched with Seton Hall/Utah in Denver, but they probably want to give the higher seed a closer proximity to home - which is understandable.

They seeded for the bigger programs, fanbases, matchups, storylines. Let's just look at Texas, they have possible matchups with VCU (Shaka old team) TAMU & Oklahoma.

These seedings make no sense whatsoever otherwise.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:14 pm

NYCat wrote:They seeded for TV ratings, and it's so blatant.

Oregon/Or St

Texas/Texas A&M

UVA/Sparty 3rd straight

IU/UK

Michigan/Notre Dame

Etc etc

Temple/Villanova

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