3 seed is indefensible…shame on selection committee!!

[HiltonHeadVol]

At least Dickie V scolded them on snubbing us.

Yeah, that surprised me. Good on ChordBoy for that. I have a new appreciation for him.

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

Who the hell is Longwood??

 

[tennesseeduke]

VOLS should be 1 or 2!! They earned it!!

I’m pulling for longwood as always!

 

[tennesseeduke]

Who the hell is Longwood??

Beat Longwood! I can see the signs in the stands now! Cheerleaders holding the signs!

 

[Boston Vol]

Not only was the three seed a slap in the face, the fact that the committee had Wisconsin as the top rated three seed is a joke.

 

[EZE]

You only earn one thing folks…wins. If you win six, your seed doesn’t matter…they call you champs!

 

[volfaninky]

 

[ArdentVol]

cant make case for 1 seed but it was a crime they didnt get the last No. 2
it looks to me that the comittee slept through the conference tournaments.

seems like committee went overboard with b10 again and gave kentucky the easiest path to the final 4

duke's 2 is a joke -- ill enjoy watching the special K not reaching the sweet 16

 

[JCVOL]

Our 3 is a much easier pull than dukes 2. That bracket is VERY tough

We should win our way to the Elite 8 with our seeding. No worries mate. Jokes on the selection committee.

 

[JCVOL]

Who the hell is Longwood??

They made the tournament first time ever.

 

[livefaith]

Last chance to kiss coach k's ass by the selection committee.

... I watched that game and it looked like the refs kept trying to hold DU in that game in the 2nd half before it got outta control. A litany of questionable calls against the Hokies. VT played w rediculous moxie and made some crazy scores.

 

[Persian Vol]

The funniest part about all of this is that we aren’t even the lowest seeded 3 seed. WISCONSIN IS LMAO.

 

[Volfansince1980]

What a worm Lunardi is. Espn making him squirm..

He's a little fat piece of trash with his little smug responses. That's what I see when these little pretend refs run their mouths on this board. More wannabe athletes that were the last guy picked in pick up ball when they were kids.

 

[LordBolton]

Odd that we are a 3 and Kentucky a 2. We beat them 2 out of 3 and on a neutral floor.

 

[HippieVol33]

Cake walk to Sweet 16

We said that the last time we were 26-7

We were 25-8 but same thing

 

[Boca Vol]

Ultimately, it doesn’t matter

This! At the end of the day you have to beat the team you're playing. It doesn't matter what the number is beside their name.

If things hold true, the only difference in a 2 or 3 seed is the 2 seed gets to wear their home unis in the Sweet 16 matchup.

 

[feathersax]

Last chance to kiss coach k's ass by the selection committee.

Yeah...like K's final home game LOSS to rival UNC at Cameron Indoor, followed by getting booted from the ACC Tournament (congratulations VaTech. That played well, eh?

 

[GreveHaller]

that's what you get in a beauty contest when you seed based on subjective results and not quantitative results

thanks for f*****g us, comittee

 

[VolDave53]

Here are the metrics that P*SS me off:

Duke (2-seed):
NET - 13
KenPom - 12
SOS - 67
Q1 Wins - 6
Q2-4 Losses - 4

Tennessee (3-seed):
NET - 8
KenPom - 7
SOS - 4
Q1 Wins - 11
Q2-4 Losses - 0

These stats were taken from the Rupp Rafters site. UK is as baffled as we are. Bucks under the table? Or the media looking for a nice lifetime achievement story for Coach K?

 

[Jackjon90]

Cake walk to Sweet 16

Love the optimism. But disagree. Neither of these games will be easy.

 

[ReggieJohnsonFan]

Everybody is talking about seeding of Tennessee vs. Kentucky but Auburn is the real team that did not deserve a # 2 seed. Vols and Auburn’s place in the bracket should have been flipped. No way Auburn deserved a # 2 seed with their resume. SEC tourney games should count just as much as SEC regular season games, maybe more because they are on a neutral court. UT ended up with the best overall SEC record and played the toughest non-conference schedule. Auburn lost to two teams that didn’t even make the NCAA tourney.

 

[patrick]

NCAA Selection Committee = Huge load of horse excrement!

 

[happy-go_vol]

We need this as motivation. They need to play angry now

 

[Raebo]

1. Conference tourneys is a way for conferences to make money.
2. Sometimes it allows an extra team from a conference that is a bubble team to sneak it’s way into the big dance. Again more money for the conference.
3. It allows teams to get use to the NCAA tourney atmosphere just before the Big Dance.

As far as the selection committee IMO.
The tourneys (at least for major conferences) might as well be played at the beginning of the season and generally don’t count anymore than a regular season game, if that much. Being a “marquee program” seems as important to the selection committee as the regular season record. If 2 teams have similar records, the ”marquee program” will get the higher seed.

IMO a big part of the problem is having tourney games right up to the time the selection committee announces the pairings. I imagine they have to have everything almost finalized by Saturday or earlier.

 

[Rocky Volboa]

Here are the metrics that P*SS me off:

Duke (2-seed):
NET - 13
KenPom - 12
SOS - 67
Q1 Wins - 6
Q2-4 Losses - 4

Tennessee (3-seed):
NET - 8
KenPom - 7
SOS - 4
Q1 Wins - 11
Q2-4 Losses - 0

These stats were taken from the Rupp Rafters site. UK is as baffled as we are. Bucks under the table? Or the media looking for a nice lifetime achievement story for Coach K?

This whole thing will be about coach k until puke gets run off the floor by some mid major school.