geedell
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Post by geedell on Feb 27, 2006 17:32:46 GMT -5
OAK - #1 Memphis, #2 Texas, #3 GW, #4 Kansas, #5 Gtown - - - - In this group we very well could be the best of the bunch. Kansas is young, GW (do I even have to put a comment), Texas is inconsistent at best, and Memphis is solid but young and unproven. Due to seeding restrictions, this bracket isn't possible. Two teams from the same conference can't be placed in the same region if they're 1-4 seeds. Kansas has gotta go.
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Post by ArtVandalay on Feb 27, 2006 17:36:01 GMT -5
picky, picky ;D How bout we replace kansas with LSU, you get my point.
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tgo
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Post by tgo on Feb 27, 2006 17:41:35 GMT -5
are the placement of seeds in specific cities at all perdicatable? on bracketology lunardi has the Oakland & Dallas regions' 5 seeds playing in san diego, i think we will be a 5 seed and that would give me a 50% chance of seeing the hoyas the first weekend out west. i dont think those things are set ahead of time though, can anyone confirm this for me? does San Diego know they are getting the 5 vs 12 games?
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geedell
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Post by geedell on Feb 27, 2006 18:25:15 GMT -5
are the placement of seeds in specific cities at all perdicatable? on bracketology lunardi has the Oakland & Dallas regions' 5 seeds playing in san diego, i think we will be a 5 seed and that would give me a 50% chance of seeing the hoyas the first weekend out west. i dont think those things are set ahead of time though, can anyone confirm this for me? does San Diego know they are getting the 5 vs 12 games? San Diego doesn't know that they are getting 5 vs 12 games but it's a pretty good bet right now. Teams get rewarded by their seeding and because their is a void of top teams out west...San Diego is going to see 4 vs 13/5 vs 12 games.
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lichoya68
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OK YOUNGINS ARE HERE AND ARE VERY VERY GOOD cant wait GO HOYAS
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Post by lichoya68 on Feb 27, 2006 21:33:01 GMT -5
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Post by 3556reservoir on Feb 27, 2006 23:01:27 GMT -5
I would love to hear Lunardi's response to the Kansas email, and while he's at it, can he try to explain BC (also a projeccted 5-seed) being ranked ahead of Georgetown?
BC's best win is against North Carolina, and their second best is NC State (2 wins in the RPI top 50). They have also lost to a bad Ga. Tech team (RPI 101-200). The Hoyas, meanwhile, have 4 RPI top 50 wins, no losses to anyone in the RPI 100+. Overall RPI: Georgetown - 22, BC - 35.
Strength of schedule is equally telling. Gtown is 53. BC is 104.
And of course, there are the respective Duke games.
So what gives? Is it really all because BC has 2 more total wins than us, or is it just that BC was ranked highly pre-season so everyone just assumes they're still good? If so, the committee has to reevaluate the amount of stock it puts in pre-season rankings.
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MEGAFAN
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Post by MEGAFAN on Feb 28, 2006 1:13:58 GMT -5
I totally agree that BC's ranking ahead of us is bogus... And I can throw a few other teams into that group, but you must remember that teams that are ranked high early on fall slowly, and teams that aren't, rise slowly (e.g. Marquette).
I personally don't see why Florida is ranked ahead of us either. And I don't think UNC's resume is that much better than ours either... I do realize that we went on our 3-game losing streak at a bad time, right when we were getting respect in the polls. Also, had we won just one of those games, or if those losses were spread out, I bet we would be at least 15 right now, if not higher...
At the end of the day, at this point in the season, I don't really care about the polls, but more about winning games, setting up a good draw in the BE, and preserving our strong RPI (although I do wish the Sagarin or KenPom rankings were considered as important!)
LET'S GO HOYAS!!! SINK SOUTH FLORIDA!
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 28, 2006 9:34:48 GMT -5
We are ranked #20 and in the toughest conference in the country and the only team to beat the #1 ranked team and we are a 6? I hope that a few more teams drop next week and we make a decent run in the big east. A first round out in the big east and I think a six seed is about right. If we can win our first round and then beat one of the top six teams, that would give us another quality W on the road.
What is our best road W? Probably UTEP if you go by RPI and probably ND if you go by any other measure. That would be our one weakness is no big time road W's.
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