Bear Down Wildcats

UAtrue wrote:

qwertyus wrote:Such bullshit. We're being looked at like we're in the WCC, meanwhile, teams like North Carolina have 7 losses at #19 (they'll drop, but Clemson will just replace them). And they haven't even looked good in their wins...

Meanwhile, Texas will get talked about as a tourney team at 15-8, having just beaten an Oklahoma team ranked 12th, that is 16-6. Because the media has decreed the Big 12 as a great conference, losses won't hurt, and wins will count as wins against tourney teams, so despite 5 or 6 teams finishing with 10-12 losses, they'll still get 8 or 9 teams in.

Florida, a 3-point team with not much else, who lost to goddamn Loyola Chicago, just got shellacked at home by Alabama, which leaves both at 15-8. But, since the SEC is considered good, both of those teams are tourney bound, despite the fact that it's a conference led by an Auburn team of nobodies lead by Bruce f*cking Pearl! Mizzou, led by Cal reject Cuonzo Martin, just knocked off UK. Guess who's still in the tourney conversation at 15-8?

I understand that the PAC12 did poorly out of conference. But I'm not seeing great teams anywhere else in the country now. Because if there were any, mediocre-to-shitty schools wouldn't be handing out L's every week to these supposedly good ranked teams!

This has been happening repeatedly the past few years; but more so this year than last....sorta like SEC football teams always being more highly ranked than non-SEC teams, even when they play as weak of a OOC schedule.

NYCat wrote:

HiCat wrote:hmmm

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... rnament-be" target="_blank

EastCoastCat wrote:CBS just ran their show covering the top 16 teams. We were still the 4 out west but with Purdue, Kansas and North Carolina.

Alieberman wrote:

EastCoastCat wrote:CBS just ran their show covering the top 16 teams. We were still the 4 out west but with Purdue, Kansas and North Carolina.

We really want to get to a 2 or 3. If we are still a 4, we have a legit shot.

Must beat ASU

ChooChooCat wrote:

Alieberman wrote:

EastCoastCat wrote:CBS just ran their show covering the top 16 teams. We were still the 4 out west but with Purdue, Kansas and North Carolina.

We really want to get to a 2 or 3. If we are still a 4, we have a legit shot.

Must beat ASU

Must go undefeated over the next 8 games.

Alieberman wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:

Alieberman wrote:

EastCoastCat wrote:CBS just ran their show covering the top 16 teams. We were still the 4 out west but with Purdue, Kansas and North Carolina.

We really want to get to a 2 or 3. If we are still a 4, we have a legit shot.

Must beat ASU

Must go undefeated over the next 8 games.

We will be fine with 7-1

Alieberman wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:

Alieberman wrote:

EastCoastCat wrote:CBS just ran their show covering the top 16 teams. We were still the 4 out west but with Purdue, Kansas and North Carolina.

We really want to get to a 2 or 3. If we are still a 4, we have a legit shot.

Must beat ASU

Must go undefeated over the next 8 games.

We will be fine with 7-1

Irish27 wrote:I think the Cats can lose one more game and get a #4 if they win the Pac-12 tournament.

Beachcat97 wrote:Talk of a 2 seed is nuts. That went out the door with the UCLA loss. I suppose a 3 is possible if we don’t lose again before Selection Sunday. But a 4 feels most likely.

Alieberman wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:Talk of a 2 seed is nuts. That went out the door with the UCLA loss. I suppose a 3 is possible if we don’t lose again before Selection Sunday. But a 4 feels most likely.

The NCAA just put out their official top 16 rankings as of today.

We are listed as the #14 team (A 4 seed)

2 spots higher (#12) and we will be a 3 seed

6 spots higher (8) and we will be a 2 seed.

There are 4 weeks to go. Moving up 6 spots is not that hard to do in a month as long as we are winning.

I'm not saying this team is capable of going something like 7-1 to finish the year... but it is certainly not nuts.

TatetheGreat wrote:Purdue would spank us again, assuming we make the S16

campjl00 wrote:

TatetheGreat wrote:Purdue would spank us again, assuming we make the S16

Of the possible #1 seeds, I agree that Purdue and Nova are the worst for us. Honestly, though, other than those two teams (plus Duke), I think we would beat the rest on that top 16 list. I would jump at the chance to play any of them (especially Clemson, Auburn, Texas Tech, Cincinatti)...

RaisingArizona wrote:Can someone explain to me why in the heck Xavier is getting mentioned as a 1 seed? Their resume seems pretty damn meh to me.

RaisingArizona wrote:Can someone explain to me why in the heck Xavier is getting mentioned as a 1 seed? Their resume seems pretty damn meh to me.

YoDeFoe wrote:If we could swap Purdue for Virginia that would be my dream bracket. I don't believe in KU or UNC and while UVA has a historic defense they don't have much offense and they play the packline we know so well. I think we could pick it apart. Wouldn't mind a Xavier rematch, though I think Coach Mack would find a way to pester Ayton out of the post, which has been a bit of a thorn in our heel in bad games.

Alieberman wrote:As far as moving up, we are never going to move ahead of the current top 4 (Nova, Virginia, Purdue and Xavier)

So, I'm going to keep track of the W/L record of teams 5-16 for the rest of the year since the top 16 announcement, to see realistically where we are in the pecking order.

I'll keep updating this list

Kansas (plays today)
Auburn
Duke
Cincinnati
Clemson
Michigan St. (plays today)
Texas Tech (plays today)
North Carolina (1-0)
Tennessee (plays today)
Ohio State
Arizona
Oklahoma

Longhorned wrote:


In addition to W/L records of the above, could you also establish differing weights of wins and losses as related to home and away games, strength of opponents, and azcat49's "eye test" divided by the amount of potential top 4-seed's games he watches, but stretched along a analytically-determined curve advertisement-induced snack distractions?

Alieberman wrote:As far as moving up, we are never going to move ahead of the current top 4 (Nova, Virginia, Purdue and Xavier)

So, I'm going to keep track of the W/L record of teams 5-16 for the rest of the year since the top 16 announcement, to see realistically where we are in the pecking order.

I'll keep updating this list

Kansas (plays today)
Auburn
Duke
Cincinnati
Clemson
Michigan St. (plays today)
Texas Tech (plays today)
North Carolina (1-0)
Tennessee (plays today)
Ohio State
Arizona
Oklahoma

PHXCATS wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:

PHXCATS wrote:

I'll take it. Not afraid of Duke, Cincy is hit or miss, not afraid of Creighton, not afraid of Michigan.

All of this is dumb because it's going to move - still 8 games or so to be played.

YoDeFoe wrote:

PHXCATS wrote:

I'll take it. Not afraid of Duke, Cincy is hit or miss, not afraid of Creighton, not afraid of Michigan.

All of this is dumb because it's going to move - still 8 games or so to be played.

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:

PHXCATS wrote:

I'll take it. Not afraid of Duke, Cincy is hit or miss, not afraid of Creighton, not afraid of Michigan.

All of this is dumb because it's going to move - still 8 games or so to be played.

It's all about matchups. I could honestly care less about our seed. Who we face is the massively relevant detail that so much is left to learn about.

CalStateTempe wrote:I like.

The win and vacate bracket with Miami, Louisville and usc I hope.

Alieberman wrote:Updated after Thursday games

Since Purdue is on a 3 game losing streak, I'm adding them to the list so this is now teams 4-16.

So far this week, 4 teams on this list ahead of AZ have a loss.

I'll keep updating this list

Purdue (0-1)
Kansas (1-0)
Auburn (1-0)
Duke (1-0)
Cincinnati (0-1)
Clemson (0-1)
Michigan St. (1-0)
Texas Tech (1-0)
North Carolina (1-0)
Tennessee (1-0)
Ohio State (0-1)
Arizona (1-0)
Oklahoma (0-1)

cats101 wrote:ESPN now has Auburn our Arizona's #1 seed.