jimhagle wrote:First of all how does the 11th ranked team in the country draw such a tough opening game-harder than Minnesota, a 5th? seed. What a joke . The rankings have to count for MORE or get rid of them. Secondly how does Cincinnati a team with we drubbed twice and should have beaten at their place draw a weaker first round game than us and be a 6th seed? And lastly, how many teams had to play their first game in the tourney against a team that they lost to on their opponents home court early in the season-exactly-none.
1. Rankings mean nothing when it comes to seeding. All the rankings do is foster discussion during the season. For seeding, all that matters is the seed line:
http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketb ... true-seeds2. Minnesota lost to MTSU that was FAVORED over it, so I don't see how they got a break.
3. To the committee, KSU, PC, USC and WF were identical (RI is in the middle of that group but they won an automatic bid). If they thought those teams were even, they wouldn't have worried about a rematch.
Rebel10 wrote:Well they were probably looking at USC's record when Boatright was out as opposed to their talent level. USC would have beaten Cincinnati imo. And they had to play Providence first so some may have thought Providence would beat them again which did not happen. I believe USC has 4 or 5 seed talent .
Agreed. They would give UC similar matchup problems and would be able to score enough to win.
1983 Cotton Bowl wrote:Yeah, don't we get USC at home next season? Kind of a scary thought.
None of their contributors are seniors (
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/teams/uad/roster/). If they don't get hit with defections (like last year), they will be very imposing when they arrive in Moody in December.