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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    In terms of seed lines, I think OU should definitely move down, Syracuse should definitely move up, and I'd move Washington down. More chances for some teams that are still playing to move up with big wins tomorrow.
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    Yes.
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    Maryland is reaming Wake Forest in the second half. Will anyone try to actually take hold of a 1 or 2 seed?
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    No. I think it might go back to 15 if the clock is under 15, but that's it.
  5. Transmogrified Tiger
    No TV for Illinois/Michigan? Lame, how am I going to bridge these 20 minutes until Baylor/Texas?
  6. Transmogrified Tiger
    There's plenty of middle infielders who had very little power had good careers and made some money. Luis Castillo, David Eckstein are just a few off the top of my head, even Craig Counsell had 5 years or so when he was a everyday player. Jason Kendall had a pretty good career, with no power as well. If you're a middle infielder or catcher, and you hit for average and can take a walk you can have a good career as a regular in the majors with no power. Miles doesn't get on base at near the rate of any of those guys. Last year's BABIP inflated season was the only time he's ever exceeded a .330 OBP. The lowest of those guys you mentioned is Counsell at a career .343, with Eckstein over .350 and Castillo and Kendall pushing .370. That's the problem. Miles has one thing he does well, hit singles. His physique and approach prevent him from having any type of fluky power success, he doesn't take enough walks to have value as a Theriot/Eckstein type player, he's too old to have any type of age related improvement, and he's a below average defender wherever he plays. There's zero upside to having him on the roster, and we paid well over his value to guarantee he's around for 2 years. That's why people are continually upset about him.
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    American is shooting it's way into the tournament. Up 18 on Holy Cross in the Patriot League final.
  8. Transmogrified Tiger
    What complete nonsense. Why? The steroid era was a joke and make a mockey of the game and it's records. Well, first of all, no it didn't. Secondly, "it's nuances and subtleties blasted away by the naked obsession with power" is what I said before, complete nonsense. What nuances and subtleties were ruined? It's romantical tripe yearning for something to return that never went away, or even worse, never existed.
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    Georgia Tech giving FSU a serious run. Down 1 with the ball and 1:12 to play.
  10. Transmogrified Tiger
    Seems kinda unnecessary to have a whole row for people without legs.
  11. Transmogrified Tiger
    Oklahoma is going to under perform their seed. They have no idea what to do when they take a shot from an opponent.
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    No one wants a 1 seed. West Virginia is leading Pitt and Oklahoma State is leading OU in the second halves of their games.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    That's interesting that there wasn't a single North v. North matchup. Surprising results though, considering the North and South went 18-18 against each other.
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    Apologies if this is way off, I had to put this together kinda quickly since I won't be around much this evening. Arizona State BYU Texas Purdue West Virginia Butler BYU Marquette LSU Tennessee Oklahoma State California Michigan Texas A&M Wisconsin Boston College Utah Cleveland St. Siena VCU Northern Iowa Western Kentucky ND State Portland St. Cornell Robert Morris East Tenn St. Radford Morehead St. Chattanooga
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    I know you've said it doesn't matter as much to you, but to me that slightly better record against the top 50 is tempered by Kansas having the worst slate of "bad losses". Plus, with the stipulation from my last post, Mizzou would have 2 more top 50 games(OU/OSU and Texas/KSU unless Baylor pulls it off), Villanova is beating a top 50 team right now(though they'll likely lose to Louisville), and UCLA and Washington would have Top-50 semis opponents before meeting in the finals.
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    This Villanova/Marquette game is getting annoying. Every possession is either a perimeter jumper or someone pulling up in the lane because 3 defenders step up to take a charge.
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    Using Sagarin for convenience. Kansas: 25-7, 45 SOS, 3-3 v. Top 25, 9-4 v. Top 50, 9-3 L12, Best wins: Mizzou, @Oklahoma(sans Griffin), v. Washington; Worst Losses: v. UMass, @Texas Tech, v. Baylor Villanova(in progress v. Marquette): 25-6, 50 SOS, 4-4 v. Top 25, 5-6 v. Top 50, 10-2 L12, Best wins: Pitt, swept Syracuse, Marquette; Worst Losses: Georgetown, @West Virginia, v. Texas Washington: 24-7, 30 SOS, 3-4 v. Top 25, 7-6 v. Top 50, 9-3 L12, Best wins: UCLA, @Arizona St., Arizona St.; Worst Losses: @Portland, v. Florida, v. Cal Mizzou: 25-6, 72 SOS, 3-3 v. Top 25, 7-5 v. Top 50, 9-3 L12, Best wins: Kansas, Oklahoma(w/ Griffin), @Texas; Worst Losses: @Nebraska, @Kansas State, @Texas A&M UCLA: 24-7, 48 SOS, 3-3 v. Top 25, 7-6 v. Top 50, 9-3 L12, Best wins: Washington, swept Cal, swept USC; Worst Losses: Washington St., v. Michigan, @Arizona I don't think there's a whole lot of separation there. If Mizzou beats OU again, and the other 3 play to their tourney seeds, I think you could be justified putting any of those 4 in front of Kansas.
  18. Transmogrified Tiger
    I think Kansas is closer to a 4 right now. I think you have to move them towards the bottom of the 3's and allow other teams to play their way past them.
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    Just pray they don't draw Binghamton.
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    The finish in the NEC Championship was great as well.
  21. Transmogrified Tiger
    ahahaha, Randall Simon is slooooooow
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    What just cause they don't run an offense or play much of a defense? Also, they have ugly uniforms.
  23. Transmogrified Tiger
    I'm starting to see why DePaul didn't win any Big East games.
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    17 minutes from the quarterfinals, awesome.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    Yeah, I'm not smart.
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