Selection Sunday Open Thread: WOOT!!! WOOT!!!
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 14, 2010 1:33 PM PDT
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PrintThe day is here selection Sunday is on tonight at 6pm ET on CBS with the required viewing of two or so hours afterwards on ESPN. Come here and chat it up with predictions and, complain about your teams seed, or how your team will cruise to the final four.
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Lunardi has SDSU (9) UNLV (10) BYU (6) and UNM (4)
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 14, 2010 1:56 PM PDT reply actions
matchups
Texas could absolutely decimate UNLV inside. I know size alone doesn’t matter (that’s what she did NOT say), but Damion James is the exact same size as Leonard (6-7, 225). He averages 18 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. 6-10 Dexter Pittman would have his way inside as well.
by David Fucillo on Mar 14, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
i want to play east coast teams. your giving texas too much credit. they had an awful last 10 games.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood"
by wolfmanshowlforever on Mar 14, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Alford on TV
Alford and the Lobos on CBS
Mountain West Connection ::Above the Rest::
Bolts From The Blue "There’s a gleam men. Let’s go get the gleam! Focus and Finish!!! One play at a time!!! Let's Go!!!"
it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 14, 2010 2:38 PM PDT reply actions
Here we go
Mountain West Connection ::Above the Rest::
Bolts From The Blue "There’s a gleam men. Let’s go get the gleam! Focus and Finish!!! One play at a time!!! Let's Go!!!"
it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 14, 2010 2:58 PM PDT reply actions
#1s
Could be a crazy tournament. None of the #1s are exactly wild favorites to run away with things.
by David Fucillo on Mar 14, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
so true
tourney is 16 deep to who can win
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 14, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
UNLV 8 seed
Mountain West Connection ::Above the Rest::
Bolts From The Blue "There’s a gleam men. Let’s go get the gleam! Focus and Finish!!! One play at a time!!! Let's Go!!!"
it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 14, 2010 3:10 PM PDT reply actions
Playing Northern Iowa
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Bolts From The Blue "There’s a gleam men. Let’s go get the gleam! Focus and Finish!!! One play at a time!!! Let's Go!!!"
it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 14, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
did they play each other??
or did wyoming play them?
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 14, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
i think the rebels can win that game. i saw northern iowa play and they are not that good.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood"
by wolfmanshowlforever on Mar 14, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
CBS just said UNLV was MWC champions
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by Michael Rueckert on Mar 14, 2010 3:10 PM PDT reply actions
wrong
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Bolts From The Blue "There’s a gleam men. Let’s go get the gleam! Focus and Finish!!! One play at a time!!! Let's Go!!!"
it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 14, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Tough second round game for UNLV if they advance
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by Michael Rueckert on Mar 14, 2010 3:12 PM PDT reply actions
11 seed. Ouch
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by Michael Rueckert on Mar 14, 2010 3:13 PM PDT reply actions
interesting
if they play like they did against sdsu then they could win.
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 14, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
SDSU 11 seed playing Tennessee
Mountain West Connection ::Above the Rest::
Bolts From The Blue "There’s a gleam men. Let’s go get the gleam! Focus and Finish!!! One play at a time!!! Let's Go!!!"
it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 14, 2010 3:15 PM PDT reply actions
Northern Iowa
Looks like they have some decent size (UNLV kryptonite at times). Their leading scorer/rebounder is 7-0 (Jordan Eglseder) and putting up 12 ppg and 7.3 rpg. #2 guy is Adam Koch at 6-8. But beyond that not much else size-wise, and UNLV averaged more rebounds a game than the Panthers. UNLV outscores them by 10 points a game.
Bullshit seed
9 true road wins, 4-5 top 50 RPI 3 top 25 wins
Mountain West Connection ::Above the Rest::
Bolts From The Blue "There’s a gleam men. Let’s go get the gleam! Focus and Finish!!! One play at a time!!! Let's Go!!!"
it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 14, 2010 3:18 PM PDT reply actions
terrible seeding so far
SDSU should have been higher, BYU is a 7 seed??
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 14, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Florida sucks though
Mountain West Connection ::Above the Rest::
Bolts From The Blue "There’s a gleam men. Let’s go get the gleam! Focus and Finish!!! One play at a time!!! Let's Go!!!"
it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 14, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
yes, but BYU should be higher
RPI is 24 so maybe that is why for the low seed.
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 14, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
SDSU RPI is in the low 20s too
Mountain West Connection ::Above the Rest::
Bolts From The Blue "There’s a gleam men. Let’s go get the gleam! Focus and Finish!!! One play at a time!!! Let's Go!!!"
it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 14, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I think
It is the loses for SDSU, but if the committee looks at last 10 Aztecs have been good.
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 14, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
we get to play two sec teams. i like it
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood"
by wolfmanshowlforever on Mar 14, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
BYU playing in Salt Lake City if they can make it that far
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by Michael Rueckert on Mar 14, 2010 3:20 PM PDT reply actions
I am trying to get credentials for SLC
but need to appeal since they denied me in the auto form. So who knows, it would be fun to go.
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 14, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
UNM 3 seed
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it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 14, 2010 3:31 PM PDT reply actions
4 teams for the MWC. Lets hope they represent well and make some noise in the tourny
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by Michael Rueckert on Mar 14, 2010 3:31 PM PDT reply actions
I think all 4 can win one game
But I know that is optimistic
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 14, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Cal is an 8 seed??
They have ONE top 50 rpi win
Mountain West Connection ::Above the Rest::
Bolts From The Blue "There’s a gleam men. Let’s go get the gleam! Focus and Finish!!! One play at a time!!! Let's Go!!!"
it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 14, 2010 3:35 PM PDT reply actions
Ags vs. Ags
My brother is an Texas A&M seed and has gone to every opening round game, but not this year. Its a long trip from Houston to Spokane.
Texas A&M always plays Utah schools in the first round
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by Michael Rueckert on Mar 14, 2010 3:36 PM PDT reply actions
yea
He saw them beat BYU past two years
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 14, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
This seeding is such bullshit
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Bolts From The Blue "There’s a gleam men. Let’s go get the gleam! Focus and Finish!!! One play at a time!!! Let's Go!!!"
it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 14, 2010 3:37 PM PDT reply actions
there are only 12 west coast teams in so i'm glad that two of our teams get sec teams.
florida was horrible in their last 7 games. the volunteers are better.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood"
by wolfmanshowlforever on Mar 14, 2010 3:52 PM PDT reply actions
BYU was seeded too low but Florida was seeded too high. I think they got a good first round matchup
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by Michael Rueckert on Mar 14, 2010 3:56 PM PDT reply actions
BYU almost always gets seeded too low.
I think the committee uses the scheduling difficulties as an excuse to drop them 1-2 seeds rather than ever seeding them where they should be or bumping them up 1-2 seeds. Not that they consciously try to screw them over, but that they subconcsiously hold the Sunday thing and the problems it causes them in creating the bracket against them and thus feel justified in always dropping them.
BYU got really screwed. Maybe you're right about the reasoning.
There is no way they should be seeded that low.
That image of the 2008 bracket is depressing for Utah fans.
We should have beat Arizona last year. It sucks being out of the mix this year
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by Michael Rueckert on Mar 14, 2010 4:09 PM PDT reply actions
"Power" conferences
It’s always fun hearing teams from traditional power conferences complain. On ESPN, Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg was complaining about inconsistent policies by the selection committee. Here’s a thought Seth: Win more games!
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