NCAA Tourny discussion thread

[Barnstormer]

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ISU took it sideways and upside down. WSU has a nightmare draw, IMO. CU wins one and done, which would be a completely new experience for Greg McDeutsch.

ISU earned their draw by losing to Texas in their tournament. After all, they are just the 3rd best team in the state of Iowa.

[9YRPLAN]

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Just sucks to see two teams very capable of a run matched up.

theres not another solution. its gonna happen every year.

[ClivePurple]

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By my quick count we've played 7 of the NCAA Tourney teams and beat three:

Iowa State - won
Creighton - won
Colorado State - won
Ohio
St. Mary's
Wichita State
VCU

Am I missing any?

Seems like a solid SOS argument for UNI's continued BB program evolution.

[panther2317]

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I hate seeing WSU and VCU face off...but they played last year in the Bracket Buster game and it was a buzzer beater...so it could be a good game to watch. Go Shocks!

[06panther10]

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The Creighton coach is unhappy.--http://collegebasketball.ap.org/arti...appy-no-8-seed

"I'm not thrilled about the seed," Greg McDermott said, drawing cheers and applause from the 2,000 fans who showed up for a campus rally Sunday. "The reality of it is, I think, unfortunately sometimes people are after a story. I think we all know what the story is to some extent.

"There's a part of me that knows the NCAA tournament is a great thing, but they also look for a story once in a while," the coach told reporters. "Harrison and Doug in the same regional is quite a national story. I'm thrilled to be back in the NCAA tournament, but I really think these guys earned more than an eight seed...

Yeah coach, I'm sure it was a primary discussion in the selection committee room to just find any possible way to get the Ames high grads to meet up. The entire nation has been anxiously awaiting and absolutely begging for this matchup of Iowa HS teammates. Give me a break.

Its funny how he is perfectly fine with using a "good story" to selfishly advance his and his son's careers at every turn, but he doesn't like it when he believes someone else is doing it and he doesn't reap 100% of the benefit. GFY coach.

[TravelingPanther]

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What is the argument for CU to get a higher seed?

[ilovecats]

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What is the argument for CU to get a higher seed?

A lot of bracketology had them as a 6-7 seed. Still less of a slap in the face then us as a 9 seed.

[95UNIGRAD]

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Mc$ needs to just shut up...

Remember, they were beginning to fall off the national radar before righting themselves in the conference tourney. An 8 seed sounds about right.

[coachdon]

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I don't really care where they were seeded but if you think the committee doesn't look for these kind of match ups you're dreaming.

[9YRPLAN]

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but they won the conference tourney!!!!!*

*by not beating a team with a winning conference record.

[Barnstormer]

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Considering that in 2010, we actually won our conference as well as the tournament and got the 9 seed, they shouldn't be *****ing.

Now, do I think the NCAA gave them a 8 seed just so they could have that matchup? No. Do I think that the NCAA saw that matchup and because they were the 8 seed stuck them in that region so they could have that potential matchup? Sure, I could buy that.

Either way I hope they lose the first game.

[achrist70]

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Considering that in 2010, we actually won our conference as well as the tournament and got the 9 seed, they shouldn't be *****ing.

Now, do I think the NCAA gave them a 8 seed just so they could have that matchup? No. Do I think that the NCAA saw that matchup and because they were the 8 seed stuck them in that region so they could have that potential matchup? Sure, I could buy that.

Either way I hope they lose the first game.

While I would like to see them lose, because they tend to cry like 4 year olds, I like the idea of us getting money from them winning.

[jnutt]

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we need both Wichita and Creighton to win as many games as possible.

[ceaser150]

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i dont get everyones issue with this...the low majors arent good enough to be a 12. you are suggesting that WSU should not get a seed worthy of their great season? where would you like them to be? you think VCU should be bumped to a 10 just so they dont play a midmajor? they are not a 10-seed worthy team.

you also have SMC-purdue, SDSU-NC state, CU-bama, temple-cal/usf...thats just the midwest regional.
matt perrault was *****ing about this again yesterday. its a stupid argument.

Sorry, I forgot the rule that since Matt Perrault said something, it is automatically stupid. I think VCU deserved to be seeded a notch or 2 higher, but not just to avoid the WSU matchup. On 2nd glance, all the 12s are non-bcs, so I guess there is no way to avoid that. However, ISU and Memphis could have been easily switched and Murray St could have easily been given a BCS opponent such as Texas. It was much worse last year, but it sure appears to be a pattern. Think back to Drake-WKU, UNI-UNLV, etc. Take non-bcs teams capable of making a run and match them up to prevent big name teams from getting embarrassed.

[jnutt]

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Think back to Drake-WKU, UNI-UNLV, etc. Take non-bcs teams capable of making a run and match them up to prevent big name teams from getting embarrassed.

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