The Gods Smiled On Us...That Is An Easy Bracket

[orangejuice]

Forget Kentucky-- look at Duke's resume compared to ours.

As pissed as I am, Duke has a much harder path than we do.

 

[Voltime123]

I don't agree. We did get soft matchups for the first 2 rounds, but Villanova and Arizona are no joke.

Nova is a revenge game and we all know what this team does in those…

 

[VOLnMiami]

Did you watch our last game against NOVA?

That was early in the season and We were their biggest win all season, They are barely beating teams like St johns and UConn now and lost to both those teams during the regular season plus a loss to Creighton...They aren't scary...They just got us early before we figured out everything.

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

The NCAA gets on their knees for the blue bloods. We got screwed.

 

[VOLnMiami]

I don't agree. We did get soft matchups for the first 2 rounds, but Villanova and Arizona are no joke.

We beat Arizona, Lead from start to finish and were on the verge of a blowout until we hit one of our famous scoring droughts...They don't match up well with us that much is clear...We are way faster than them too.

 

[UTwild82]

Villanova and Arizona easy? OK.

 

[AurantiacoFan]

Tom Brady --- I see he did not like attention being on college basketball players tonight instead of himself.

 

[Persian Vol]

****ing Tom Brady

 

[VOLnFLA]

Kentucky definitely got an easier region, but I think Purdue beats them. Purdue will have an even bigger advantage in Indy plus they're just better.

I think Kentucky goes down against Murray state

 

[DERELICK_MY_VOLS]

Did you watch our last game against NOVA?

This team had zero identity and no chemistry on offense at that time. Barnes has them playing as a unit, Chandler/ZZ are not playing like freshman, Vescovi is a Jedi now, and JJJ is the Alpha leader that had been missing….with ZZ/Plasvic right behind him.
I ain’t saying we win it all, make the Final 4….but Villanova won’t get to face another lost identity offensive side of the ball Vol Squad this season if it happens.

 

[Forever151]

I love our bracket and being a 3 seed in the south over a 2 in the west is a better path to the Final Four for sure

 

[NighthawkVol]

Did you watch our last game against NOVA?

As if these are the same teams now. That’s like saying Duke is still better than Kentucky because they won in the first game of the season.

 

[ndubvols]

Don’t love the Villanova/Arizona potential matchups. Like the bracket overall though, hopefully we get some upsets in our favor

 

[volman128]

Forget Kentucky-- look at Duke's resume compared to ours.

Duke would deserve a 2-seed over Kentucky all day. Not to mention, Duke beat Kentucky head-to-head. I don't have near the issue with Duke, a team we haven't played and not in our conference, being a 2 over us as I do Kentucky, who we beat 2/3 and didn't win their conference regular season or tournament.

 

[NighthawkVol]

I love our bracket and being a 3 seed in the south over a 2 in the west is a better path to the Final Four for sure

My biggest concern isn’t whether we’re a 2 or a 3. It’s that our 1 is Arizona. They might be the team to beat in the entire thing.

 

[The Dog]

I think Kentucky goes down against Murray state

Wanna make a bet ?

 

[NighthawkVol]

Duke would deserve a 2-seed over Kentucky all day. Not to mention, Duke beat Kentucky head-to-head. I don't have near the issue with Duke, a team we haven't played and not in our conference, being a 2 over us as I do Kentucky, who we beat 2/3 and didn't win their conference regular season or tournament.

Kentucky has a far better resume than Duke. Duke beating them in November is virtually meaningless.

 

[Forever151]

My biggest concern isn’t whether we’re a 2 or a 3. It’s that our 1 is Arizona. They might be the team to beat in the entire thing.

I agree AZ is good but I would take that over a 1 Seed Gonzaga in the West any day

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I think Kentucky goes down against Murray state

Nope, but Purdue gets them in the S16

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Early hot take from me, Izzo takes out K in the R32

 

[volman128]

Meanwhile Baylor got a 1-seed with a #11 RPI. Guess being the defending champs goes a long way.

 

[Sudden Impact]

Forget Kentucky-- look at Duke's resume compared to ours.

yes but did you want to go out west we should be holding the seed line that Kentucky has and everybody takes one step back.

 

[orangemadam]

Okay, everybody just take a breath and calm down.

We just gotta go out and win the next 3 or 4 to settle things down.

Let's see if Barnes can get the monkey off his back. This is his best shot at shutting up the negaBarnes.

 

[TheBigOne10]

I wanna see a deep run but honestly being SEC Champs is something I’m going to cherish for a while!!! We still got more in the tank boys.

 

[HiltonHeadVol]

Agreed. It’s corrupt. You cannot make any argument for Kentucky or Duke over us accept branding. Money. If that’s the justification, fine. But, be honest about it. Don’t make up some BS about pecking order and head-to-heads not mattering.

One sees how the committee uses a certain narrative from one year to justify their seedings and then a entirely differently language the next year. Its all just a way to provide cover for their choosing to pay homage to the blue-bloods or inside pals with connections. Auburn was gifted the draw meant for us actually, but I can't imagine how Pearl had any inside juice with anyone. I'd say this error was just incompetence on the committee's part.