March Madness Selection Show

#151
#151
JMSqb11 said:
This is setting up for us to be in Purdue's bracket.

EDIT: NVM, I thought we hadn't been picked yet as I was late to the selection

EDIT the EDIT: oh ffs. Kansas and Purdue bracket of course
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Kansas is on fumes right now with several injuries including the big center. They may lose first round. Purdue is tough but can be beaten. Wisconsin showed how to do it last night. Edey gets his points but limit the others. He was the only one in double figures for Purdue.
 
#155
#155
Saint Peter’s should be a cake walk. If it’s not, there’s an issue. Everybody will want to pick them but we’ve lost 2 in a row coming into this tournament. Shouldn’t be an issue there, but the 2nd round matchup will be a tougher one than I had hoped if it is Texas. But if the good Tennessee shows up, we can beat anyone.

We will have a home court advantage more than any of the other teams outside of Virginia. If it happens to be Virginia, better get ready to watch some defense.
 
#156
#156
So we probably get the kickoff game for the whole deal. Unc/grambling and miss st/mich st will get the prime time slot. The play in game typically gets the second game in the slot leaving us as the first game. I was in attendance when we did the same thing when we beat wright state in Dallas in 2018 and the atmosphere was dead. Hopefully being in Charlotte will help that
 
#158
#158
BallerVolFan said:
The time has come fellas. Here is how I currently see it shaking out when the bracket is revealed tonight.

1-Seeds:

1. UConn (EAST)
2. Purdue (MIDWEST)
3. Houston (SOUTH)
4. North Carolina (WEST)

2-Seeds:

5. Tennessee (MIDWEST)
6. Iowa State (EAST)
7. Arizona (WEST)
8. Marquette (SOUTH)

The regions Tennessee, Iowa State, and Marquette are sent too are the harder pieces of the puzzle to determine if you don’t understand the bracketing principles.

Basing it off mileage, the Midwest region would be the closest for all 3 teams (Tennessee, Iowa State, Marquette). Per the committee’s bracketing principles, the top 4 teams from each conference will be placed in separate regions. So the South is eliminated for Iowa State and the East is eliminated for Marquette. So if the seed list above is correct….

Tennessee will be in the Midwest with Purdue.

Iowa State will be in the East with UConn.

Marquette will be in the South with Houston.

Since the committee bracketing principles state that teams on the 2-seed line will be placed in their most natural region in true seed list order, Tennessee would be placed in their most natural region first. And then Marquette and Iowa State would be placed in the other two regions opposite of their fellow conference teams on the 1-line.

It will be interesting to see how the bubble shapes up and which teams are slated on the 7 and 10 seed lines. Happy March! Let the Madness begin.
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None of it matters. No team has lost their first conference tournament game and then went on to win the tournament. Other notes, no team in the last 22 years outside of 2014 UConn, finished outside the top 20 in Ken Pom Defensive Efficiency Ratings and won the tournament. Not only do teams that have a chance to win the tournament have to be inside the top 20 on defense, they have to be better than top 20 in offense. Again, the only exception is UConn in 2014. After the loss, Tennessee is 29th in offensive efficiency and 3rd in defense. Just some tips for your bracket
 
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#161
#161
So that guy basically just said the conference tournament was the ultimate reason? He wasn’t clear but it sounded like that to me.
 
#162
#162
BallerVolFan said:
Saint Peter’s should be a cake walk. If it’s not, there’s an issue. Everybody will want to pick them but we’ve lost 2 in a row coming into this tournament. Shouldn’t be an issue there, but the 2nd round matchup will be a tougher one than I had hoped if it is Texas. But if the good Tennessee shows up, we can beat anyone.

We will have a home court advantage more than any of the other teams outside of Virginia. If it happens to be Virginia, better get ready to watch some defense.
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Dude.
 
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#167
#167
volsack said:
None of it matters. No team has lost their first conference tournament game and then went on to win the tournament. Other notes, no team in the last 22 years outside of 2014 UConn, finished outside the top 20 in Ken Pom Defensive Efficiency Ratings and won the tournament. Not only do teams that have a chance to win the tournament have to be inside the top 20 on defense, they have to be better than top 20 in offense. Again, the only exception is UConn in 2014. After the loss, Tennessee is 3rd in offensive efficiency and 29th in defense. Just some tips for your bracket
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Double byes are relatively new in conference tournaments so that does matter some to your first point.
 
#170
#170
Delmar said:
Kansas is on fumes right now with several injuries including the big center. They may lose first round. Purdue is tough but can be beaten. Wisconsin showed how to do it last night. Edey gets his points but limit the others. He was the only one in double figures for Purdue.
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Yeah the problem is that Purdue has the tendency to have some good ole boy have a career night shooting 3’s vs no one else but the Vols
 
#175
#175
volsack said:
None of it matters. No team has lost their first conference tournament game and then went on to win the tournament. Other notes, no team in the last 22 years outside of 2014 UConn, finished outside the top 20 in Ken Pom Defensive Efficiency Ratings and won the tournament. Not only do teams that have a chance to win the tournament have to be inside the top 20 on defense, they have to be better than top 20 in offense. Again, the only exception is UConn in 2014. After the loss, Tennessee is 3rd in offensive efficiency and 29th in defense. Just some tips for your bracket
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So you’re saying that we’re probably not going to win the whole thing???
 
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