NCAA T

[HaRdWoOd]

I think I would almost rather have Xaviers draw than Creightons. Play-in game against Texas, then #6 Illinois, then 3 seed Kentucky, vs road game against #8 Louisville, #1 Auburn.
Committee had a difficult job when they let 14 SEC teams in. Certainly had to move teams up and down the seed line to avoid early matchups. No excuse for letting UNC in though.

[SeattleJay]

Couldn’t make up the owh headline story right now if I tried

Color me confused (not hard to do). What did the good folks at OWH have to say? Was it Snacks Mckewons’ article about unl?

Yeah they moved it down but for awhile after the bracket release that was the headline story. Jays men and women in, UNO first time ever, husker women in the field, but lets talk about husker football and men's basketball!

When I looked at my OWH link today, I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw UNlL to the Crown as the lead story. The most important thing for Omahans to know. Well, at least they are consistent. You have to give them that.

[SeattleJay]

I posted a comment to the article, “This is your lead story today?”

If anyone here is as dumb as I am to subscribe to this poor excuse of a local paper, please add your viewpoint.

[jaysfor3]

My mom of 80 years old on a fixed income who faithfully subscribed for many decades cancelled because it was exorbitant (I think she said $1,000 year) and it had become too liberal biased and not balanced. She's a fan of both Creighton and Nebraska going to neither school but likes to follow and support teams in the state.

[JayPak]

Xavier might have the best draw ever for a play-team.
Starts with playing 50 miles from campus in Dayton against a mediocre Texas team about to fire their coach. Then they go to Milwaukee, a venue they are very familiar with, to play a mediocre Illinois team and a spiraling Kentucky.

Would love that draw for Creighton if it didn’t involve the extra game.

Big East disrespected though the committee threw a bone to Xavier to make up for the double snub last year. Since when does the clear #2 team in a 5-bid conference get slapped with a 9-seed and sent to a 1st round road game?

[gtmoBlue]

Agree. I found it deeply troubling that the #2 team in the Big East gets a 9-seed??? Adding insult to injury is that both the #3 & #4 teams get a higher seeding... Please explain this.

[SDJay]

Agree. I found it deeply troubling that the #2 team in the Big East gets a 9-seed??? Adding insult to injury is that both the #3 & #4 teams get a higher seeding... Please explain this.

Part of the issue, as others have noted, is that the BE was putrid in OOC. Wins in conference play didn't move the NET up as much as previous years, and a loss was a real drag.
The Jays losing at home to Huskers was part of CU's contribution to the horrendous OOC record.

[Realhoops]

Seriously think they need a hard line rule that you are not eligible for the NCAAT without being over .500. And then keep the other metrics like quality of wins, quality of schedule, etc., as a bit of a check on totally loading up on poor competition to get there. They have a minimum # of wins requirement in football, and this would be a comparable consideration.

It's absolutely absurd that schools can lose 2/3 of their conference games and still seemingly be easily in the tournament simply because they are in a conference that is viewed as a powerhouse. At some point actually winning those games against that really tough competition has to be a consideration.

[psychojaysfan3]

Agree. I found it deeply troubling that the #2 team in the Big East gets a 9-seed??? Adding insult to injury is that both the #3 & #4 teams get a higher seeding... Please explain this.

Part of the issue, as others have noted, is that the BE was putrid in OOC. Wins in conference play didn't move the NET up as much as previous years, and a loss was a real drag.
The Jays losing at home to Huskers was part of CU's contribution to the horrendous OOC record.

While a feel a little slighted, its also hard for me to be too upset with the committee by our seeding. Our best nonconference wins were Kansas, Notre Dame, and UNLV. ND and UNLV are trash and Kansas was maybe the most overrated team in the country.

We lost all 4 of our other major non con games (SDSU, Nebraska, A&M, and Alabama). Got whipped by Nebraska AT HOME and SDSU on a neutral court and totally blew a winnable game against A&M.

In conference play, the Big East was not nearly as strong this year and while we won a lot of conference games, I would not say that we were overly dominant.

At the end of day, what hurt us is the 5-4 record in Q2. Had we beat Nebraska and SDSU and finished 7-2 in Q2, our seeding would look very different.

Its abundantly clear how much the committee values non conference games and we just severely underperformed in that department.

[taa71458]

An unsurprising blowout for UNC last night. Feel like the most undeserving teams always make a dumb ncaa tourney run.