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LitlBuck
Kevin Warren is an ass
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Thanks so much for setting this thread up or we would probably have 2000 threads by the end of the tournament. Plus your bracket is easier to read than the one on Yahoo.
Thanks so much for setting this thread up or we would probably have 2000 threads by the end of the tournament. Plus your bracket is easier to read than the one on Yahoo.
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AuTX Buckeye
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Tejas beating Bulter isnt a stretch except they havent beatin a team they were supposed to lose to all year... Tejas isn't a good team at all. Everyone looks like at the roster and is like "WOW this is a great team" Except its still coached by Rich Barnes and they are shitty and will continue to be shitty. When Myles Turner only plays 10 minutes in a game and isn't injured... your coach is an idiot.
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My interest in this tournament is as low as it's ever been. I know anything can happen in March, but it looks like Kentucky is going to be awfully tough to beat. And when a program led by a snake like John Calipari is the heavy favorite, it makes me tune out. I've become pretty jaded when it comes to CBB as a whole with the whole "one and done" fad. And to watch a filthy cheat who has had every program he's been associated with hammered by the ncaa build an unchecked power really pisses me off.
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Not sure what the problem is. I took UK all the way through my bracket.
They aren't winning shit.
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The first two days are always fun, I can get drunk and watch games for 13 hours straight while I'm supposed to be at work. Once shit gets serious though I could really do without it.
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scarletmike
Researching the Magic!
Yep, I love the first weekend, but by the second weekend unless the Bucks are playing I lose interest really quick. That's mainly because my brackets suck and are completely shot by the end of the 2nd day, so I don't really care about my bracket. I'll usually watch the Final Four and championship game, but the S16 and E8 are otherwise boring for me without the Bucks.
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Jake
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Still laughing at Xavier being a six seed. Not just a six seed, but rewarded with a play-in game opponent on short rest. 
They went 9-9 in the Big East, good enough for 6th place. This isn't your father's Big East. Their "impressive" wins that pushed them to a 6 seed? Three over Georgetown, two over Butler, one over Providence, and one over Cincinnati. They lost 13 times, including to DePaul (20 losses), Creighton (19 losses), Auburn (20 losses) and Long Beach State (17 losses).
I don't care if they get hot and win a few games, that's not a resume of a 6 seed.
They went 9-9 in the Big East, good enough for 6th place. This isn't your father's Big East. Their "impressive" wins that pushed them to a 6 seed? Three over Georgetown, two over Butler, one over Providence, and one over Cincinnati. They lost 13 times, including to DePaul (20 losses), Creighton (19 losses), Auburn (20 losses) and Long Beach State (17 losses).
I don't care if they get hot and win a few games, that's not a resume of a 6 seed.
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Bucky32
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I think 6 was fine for Xavier. Maybe a case can be made to push them down to a 7, but why move them off the 6 line when that's the Official Seed Line of the Big East™ this year?Still laughing at Xavier being a six seed. Not just a six seed, but rewarded with a play-in game opponent on short rest.
They went 9-9 in the Big East, good enough for 6th place. This isn't your father's Big East. Their "impressive" wins that pushed them to a 6 seed? Three over Georgetown, two over Butler, one over Providence, and one over Cincinnati. They lost 13 times, including to DePaul (20 losses), Creighton (19 losses), Auburn (20 losses) and Long Beach State (17 losses).
I don't care if they get hot and win a few games, that's not a resume of a 6 seed.
If you compare them with the other 6s, they're about the same. They have a very similar resume to Providence. Butler doesn't have the terrible losses that Xavier does, but their average RPI win is also lower. Xavier is sandwiched between Butler and Providence on KenPom, and all three played decent-to-great schedules.
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Jake
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I think 6 was fine for Xavier. Maybe a case can be made to push them down to a 7, but why move them off the 6 line when that's the Official Seed Line of the Big East™ this year?
If you compare them with the other 6s, they're about the same. They have a very similar resume to Providence. Butler doesn't have the terrible losses that Xavier does, but their average RPI win is also lower. Xavier is sandwiched between Butler and Providence on KenPom, and all three played decent-to-great schedules.
Except for Georgetown, who lost to Xavier 3 times and got a 4 seed with 10 losses. If you're to believe the Committee the Big East is one of the best conferences in the nation. Who knew replacing UConn and Syracuse with Creighton and Xavier would be, at worst, a lateral move?
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DZ83CK
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Certainly the Committee assigned seeds based largely on how many quality wins the teams had. Credit the Big East for having many top-50 teams to give each other quality wins when they beat each other. Certainly the Big Ten this year gave their top-50 teams limited opportunities to get those wins this year. OSU had only five conference regular season games against top-50 RPI teams.
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