Championship Sunday Open Thread
Selection Sunday is finally here! A small slate of games today as most conference tourneys are complete. The American takes over the Big Ten's annual Time Slot That Is Too Late For The Committee To Care About The Result, tipping at 3:30 and finishing mere minutes before the selection show begins. Actually, can you imagine if the game went into OT or even double OT? It's too bad that Memphis lost yesterday because that could've led to some hilarity on the set of CBS TBS and in the committee's board room if the show had to begin but the game result was still in doubt.
Anyway, here are today's matchups:
| MATCHUP | TIME (ET) | NAT TV | TICKETS | LOCATION | ||
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12:00 PM |
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Buy on Vivid Seats | The Palestra, Philadelphia, PA | ||
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1:00 PM | CBS | 147 tickets as low as $38 | Capital One Arena, Washington, DC | ||
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1:00 PM |
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658 tickets as low as $44 | Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO | ||
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2:00 PM |
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Buy on Vivid Seats | Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA | ||
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3:30 PM | CBS | 570 tickets as low as $6 | Amway Center, Orlando, FL |
Don't think it matters who wins in the SEC or the American -- Michigan isn't passing UT or UC and I think UK has too much ground to make up (Houston is pretty solidly a 6). A Davidson victory steals a bid from a bubble team so schools like Louisville, ASU, and St. Mary's are big Rhode Island fans today.
Tenn looks like dog shit. Broke and lazy defense and rebounding.
A couple games in November have too much impact on perceived conference strength, e.g. Oklahoma.
Absolutely.
I'm sorry, what you do in February/March should carry much more weight than what you do in November/December.
Improvement should be rewarded.
Completely disagree. You get rewarded for improvement by having a better shot to win a title because you are playing better. But every game should count the same no matter when it happens in the season when it comes to tourney entry and seeding. Playing like shit early in the year should be punished. The ncaa tournament isn't the 68 best teams, and seeds aren't a listing of teams most likely to win. It is based on resumes and what you accomplished over the season and early games count as part of the season, especially since its the only time teams play across conferences.
You can make that argument about everybody. Tennesse beat Purdue and has 25 wins, they aren't that incosistent. Is Michigan incosistent by your metrics? Our losses to lsu, northwestern and nebraska would certainly suggest we are so we have a similar resume to Tennessee.. Is Michigan overrated? If MSU didn't have their name would they be ranked as highly? Are our wins over a team that has a suprisingly mediocre resume overrated due to perception?
Florida has beaten multiple top teams out of conference, something the big ten completely failed to do as an entire conference.
Auburn lost a major player to injury which has impacted them but they still have more depth and a better resume than osu.
Lots of playground basketball. One-on-one showing off, but crappy defense and crappy team play that will get blown up by a well-coached opponent.
Whichever 1 seed ends up with Kentucky on their part of the bracket is not going to be happy. I would hope they reward UVA and not stick a talented team like UK as their potential 4/5 matchup.
This Penn & Harvard game has been pretty weird. Unfortunate that Harvard's best player got hurt in the 2nd half.
Love individual stars. That's why they jerk off over Oklahoma. But they don't get enthused over great TEAM play, because it's not as much fun to talk about.
They have 2 top 10 picks. If the continue to feed them they are almost impossible to beat. Not sure why they tried to get into a 3 point shooting contest vs Michigan. They shot horrible from 3 both games. I hope you are right and they have another early exit but it's hard to pick against Izzo in the first 2 weekends of the tourney.
Have you lads established a Tournament Challenge yet
accidental double post
I'm all for seeing Davidson steal a bid from a bubble team that finished .500 in their conference.
Or worse actually.
Davidson beats Rhode Island.
Or they could just have passed Michigan on the S-Curve, which, as ridiculous as it sounds, wouldn't surprise me at all. Ess-Eee-See and all that.
Edit: Kentucky just passed Michigan on the RPI, which would be the justification they'd use.
I find it amusing that people seem to think that Michigan should rocket up the S-Curve because they won the NCAA tournament, but that none of the other conference champions should be afforded the same courtesy.
Thanks for locking that in. :)
Obviously, I meant the Big Ten tournament. But I'm going to look like a psychic in 3 weeks. ;)
Been some great games today, love March basketball.
Your bubble just burst, Arizona State. Enjoy the NIT.
29-4 screams 1-seed. You have to look deeper.
Oklahoma has the same number of Q1 wins as Michigan.
but they have a helluva lot more losses
Which is why they're looking at a 9-11 seed instead of a 3-5.
10 losses and a 2 Seed? Yes I know you played a tough schedule but you also losts your fair share of those games and I remember when 10 losses meant you were nowhere getting a bid let alone Ark and Alalbama with 15 losses
Carolina is like 14-8 in Q1 games which is why they are that high.
Welcome to "Noirth Carolina" - full of mystery, intrigue and . . . murder!
Virginia, Villanova, Kansas, and either Cincy or Gonzaga..def. Cincy if they win today...or if Cincy loses and they think Gonzaga's RPI is too low...who...Xavier?
This isn't last year's Gonzaga team. Michigan has a more impressive Q1 record (6-5) than Gonzaga (4-3). They're a 5 seed on the Bracket Matrix, with no better than a 3 by any of the brackets it includes.
Xavier is the consensus fourth #1 seed on the Bracket Matrix. It's possible, but not likely IMO, that Cincinnati could pass them with a win. Much like the Big Ten tournament last year, though, there's not a lot of time for the committee to take this result into account.
This offense is painful.
That was certainly a coaching decision.
Gray from Houston has a very punchable face.