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Eh, I'd hardly say they were too high on the S-Curve at this point.
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The other potential bump I could see is moving Texas to Tucson, which could put Kentucky in Tulsa, but that's a 400 mile bump instead of a 100 mile bump.
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Works for me. Increases Pitt's travel by about 100 miles, but reduces overall travel by quite a bit.
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One thing I don't know since it's new this year: for the "First Four" at-large games, do the winners have to be placed in a Friday-Sunday pod, or is there no such stipulation? I only ask because then the pods may have to shift around a bit, so there is more than one 3-4-5-6 pod on Friday-Sunday.
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Nobody said everything involved in this process had to be complicated. :P
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First crack at pod placement... 1. Ohio State - Cleveland, OH 2. Kansas - Tulsa, OK 3. Pittsburgh - Cleveland, OH 4. Duke - Charlotte, NC 5. Notre Dame - Chicago, IL 6. Purdue - Chicago, IL 7. Texas - Tulsa, OK 8. BYU - Denver, CO 9. Wisconsin - Washington, DC 10. North Carolina - Charlotte, NC 11. Syracuse - Washington, DC 12. San Diego State - Tucson, AZ 13. Florida - Tampa, FL 14. Louisville - Tampa, FL 15. Connecticut - Denver, CO 16. Kentucky - Tucson, AZ
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I would agree to "as bad as" but not worse. And Oklahoma State and Baylor are at least in the same general area as Northwestern and Minnesota. Texas Tech and Oklahoma are much worse than Iowa, actually. Oklahoma State and Baylor are more between Iowa/Indiana and Minnesota/Northwestern. Nebraska is a team more in the MN/NW range.
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BTW, the BYU rule: they can't play on Sundays, so they can't be in the Southwest (San Antonio) or East (Newark) regionals, and can't be placed in the Cleveland, Chicago, Tulsa, or Tampa pods.
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You overestimate the Big Ten. And just because we are in the South does not mean that we don't play the North teams. Illinois has losses to Indiana and UIC. Tennessee lost to Oakland (at home), Charlotte, and College of Charleston (at home). Our worst losses are twice to Baylor, who until this weekend were still considered a bubble team. We don't have a star and we play ugly basketball. I get that. But we beat Temple, Washington, K-State, Missouri (twice), @ Colorado. Again, I'm not saying we should be at the top of that list, but I think last is a little ridiculous. Right now, I'd say we are a solid 6 seed. Beat Texas tonight and we may be in the discussion for a 5. I'm sure you have a completely unbiased opinion of both A&M and the Big 12. You severely overestimate the Big 12 South, which is Texas and nobody. And you got blown out twice by Texas.
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Yes, I know that's a lot of lists, but it's simplifying things down as much as possible. :P As for today... Rank the next set of S-Curve teams from 1-16 (Illinois reps leave out Illinois, of course): 2) Rank the remaining 15 at-larges. In the case of bid theft by non-at-large candidates, the lowest in this list will get bumped off the board. 3) Rank the bottom 12 auto-bids from the remaining unplaced bids, the aggregate bottom 8 of which will go into the bottom of the S-Curve. 4) Discuss pod placement for the top 16 in the S-Curve. I'll start the ball rolling after my next meeting. Remember the BYU rules.
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OK, analysis complete. S-Curve top 16: S-Curve bottom 12 (15-16-play-in seeds): Next 16 for S-Curve placement: Remaining at-large board (15 spots max, potential loss of 9) Unplaced auto bids (21): Removed from consideration (16): Currently out, but still up for discussion if desired (8):
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#12? Really? We beat #4, #8, and #11 on your list. Illinois at 9-9 in the Big Ten is better than us at 10-6 in the Big 12? Tennessee at 8-8 in the weak ass SEC is #3 in that group? I'm not saying we should be at the top of the list, but come on. Your list is all kinds of [expletive] up. I can't even rank Illinois, but there is plenty of evidence to support Illinois being better than Texas A&M: significantly better non-con schedule and wins, better wins in conference (in a much tougher conference). The evidence to support Texas A&M being better is what? A&M's best win was arguably yesterday.
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Updated S-Curve top 16: 1. Ohio State 2. Kansas 3. Pittsburgh 4. Duke 5. Notre Dame 6. Purdue 7. Texas 8. BYU 9. Wisconsin 10. North Carolina 11. Syracuse 12. San Diego State 13. Florida 14. Louisville 15. Connecticut 16. Kentucky
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Meeting in 5, will run analysis afterwards.
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Si. But its like in the NBA if a team is 20-11 and another team is 19-10. They are tied but the 2nd team has 2 games in hand It's more like in the NBA if a team is 19-12 and another team is 19-10, but they have the same amount of points because the wins are the same.
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I look at that and honestly have no idea which is the low end and which is the high end. The numbers are just placeholders. There is no order whatsoever there. Could you put them in some kind of order so I can run quantitative analysis on it? (basically doing a comparison to other lists with the intent of removing the bottom X clear choices)
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I look at that and honestly have no idea which is the low end and which is the high end.
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1) Rank the following 12 teams in order for the next 8 spots on the S-Curve: 2) Rank the next 12 teams from auto bids/at-large for placement on the S-Curve. 3) Rank the top 12 teams in consideration for potential at-large pool placement. One will be placed for sure, the next 7-9 will be placed in potential spots barring bid theft (If Utah State is one of them, they are another potential auto bid from a conference). 4) Rank the bottom 16 teams in consideration for removal (there are more to remove than to place). 5) Rank the bottom 12 auto-bids (placeholder teams in parentheses for conferences not yet done with tournaments) for placement at the bottom of the S-Curve.
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Iowa leads Michigan State by 2 5 minutes into the second half.
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Memphis leads Southern Miss by 1 with 39 seconds to play, Memphis ball.
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Colorado defeats Kansas State 87-75 and makes its case for best team in the Pac-10.
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BYU hangs on vs. TCU 64-58. Colorado lead up to 6 with 3 minutes to play.
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Memphis off to a fast start against Southern Miss. Colorado leading Kansas State by 2 midway through the second half.
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Hypothetical of all hypotheticals: if Northwestern goes and beats Ohio State tomorrow, do they start to get serious at large consideration?
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UAB FT shooter splits a pair down 3, but they get the offensive rebound on the miss and hit two more FTs to take the game to OT against East Carolina.
