UMFan83

Damn, so Seton Hall didnt make it? Haha nice work DePaul!

THE OTHER Ohio state University. I like it! Actually, I wonder if Ohio has a chip on their back because of Michigan constantly referring to OSU as "Ohio", used as an insult.

Damn, a 4 seed is quite disappointing although I just lobbied for it a minute ago. Since Michigan only refers to the school down south as "Ohio", how do we refer to our 1st round opponent to differentiate? I can handle an Ohio - Temple - UNC - Kansas pathway.

Wow Cal was one of the last 4 in. Haha, Pac 12 was almost a 1 bid conference

Wow creighton an 8 seed

Kentucky is in the South bracket. Sorry, I'm high I guess.

Midwest bracket is going to have Kentucky, Kansas, Michigan, Georgetown and Temple

I'm telling you, Michigan/Kansas Sweet 16.

Damn, Florida St got a 3 seed. Either Michigan or Georgetown is going down to a 4. I'm assuming its the team that struggled more down the stretch (Georgetown)

Ugh, this means that if Michigan gets a 3 seed and manages to get to the S16, their opponent is almost certainly going to be Kansas, since I don't think they are allowed to be matched up with OSU. Maybe Michigan goes down to a 4 seed to avoid Ohio State. I'd be fine with that. I'd probably rather play UNC than Kansas I think. Not Syracuse though, they'd mop the floor with UM.

No, wasnt one of the games between 13 seeds last year?

Iona was Lunardi's 4th team out

WOW Iona in...wonder who is out because of that

Wow maybe SSR was right on Memphis. They got an 8 seed

bukie, just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work in organizing and putting together this thing. First time I've done it and I enjoyed it and feel more into the selection process than I've ever been.

They are on the S-curve at 47, but I don't think they are on the bracket. I think they should be playing 5 seed Creighton in the Midwest region, as he has them playing 12a/12b winner, but also has 12a playing 12d. Either a very busy weekend for Miami or bukie made a very rare mistake.

Yay Michigan has a camera where they are watching the show. The last 2 times they made the tourney, they watched it at Crisler Arena. This year it looks like they are in a film room or something.

Interesting if Michigan plays their first weekend in Columbus. That might as well be a road game, as OSU fans will surely attend just to boo UM.

Let me preface this by saying that I know the goal wasn't to match what the actual bracket is or Lunardi's projections, etc. But for fun here is our S-curve with Lunardi's ranking in parenthesis: BOLD = Same S-curve ranking as Lunardi GREEN = Within 2 spots of Lunardi's ranking RED = 5+ spots off of Lunardi's ranking or didn't make Lunardi's bracket 1. Kentucky (1) 2. Syracuse (2) 3. North Carolina (3) 4. Kansas (5) 5. Ohio State (4/7 depending on todays game) 6. Michigan State (4/7 depending on todays game) 7. Missouri (6) 8. Duke (8) 9. Marquette (10) 10. Baylor (9) 11. Michigan (11) 12. Wisconsin (14) 13. Indiana (15) 14. Georgetown (12) 15. Wichita State (17) 16. Temple (21) 17. Louisville (13) 18. Florida State (16) 19. UNLV (25) 20. Creighton (26) 21. Florida (19) 22. Vanderbilt (18) 23. Murray State (20) 24. St Mary's (28) 25. Kansas State (32) 26. Cincinnati (30) 27. Memphis (23) 28. Iowa State (33) 29. Gonzaga (29) 30. New Mexico (22) 31. Purdue (35) 32. St Louis (36) 33. Notre Dame (24) 34. San Diego State (27) 35. Alabama (34) 36. Connecticut (31) 37. Virginia (37) 38. Texas (42) 39. California (41) 40. Southern Miss (39) 41. West Virginia (38) 42. Harvard (40) 43. Colorado State (44) 44. Long Beach State (46) 45. Xavier (43) 46. Miami (72 - OUT) 47. VCU (45) 48. NC State (49) 49. South Florida (48) 50. BYU (47) 51. Drexel (OUT bec. of St. Bon win) 52. Colorado (52) 53. Belmont (55) 54. Davidson (57) 55. South Dakota State (54) 56. New Mexico State (56) 57. Ohio (53) 58. Montana (58) 59. Lehigh (60) 60. Loyola MD (59) 61. Detroit (61) 62. Lamar (64) 63. UNC Asheville (63) 64. Long Island (62) 65. Western Kentucky (68) 66. Vermont (66) 67. Norfolk State (67) 68. Mississippi Valley State (65)

Would this bet the first time ever that none of the four #1 seeds won their conference tourney? I'm guessing the Big Ten winner will replace Kansas though so it might be a moot point.

Is this like wrestling where they are going to bring the Big 12 trophy to the SEC title game this afternoon?

I like Memphis and think they are playing at a high level right now (and finally playing how people expected when they were preseason #8), but their non-conference season left a lot to be desired. They played 5 top 50 (actually top 25) RPI teams in non-conference season and went 0-5. They did play Xavier in February and won so besides that single one of their top 50 wins this year is from conference play. CUSA was only 9th in conference RPI this year, only slightly ahead of the Pac 12, and very top heavy this year (Memphis, Marshall, Southern Miss, UCF). The rest of the teams range from below average to terrible, so it could be argued that they fluffed up their record by beating bad conference foes. 1-6 against the RPI top 25 4-6 against the top 50 SOS was 20 but they lost to more of those good teams than they won I don't know if I made a good case or not. I think I had Memphis respectfully high in my rankings, but I can kind of see why someone would think they look more like a 7 seed than a 5 seed.

That is [expletive] hilarious. What is that from?

Noah was sick I guess

Yeah probably shouldn't throw an elbow at your opponent right in front of the ref during a critical possession for your team.