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This is what Hollis does. He under seeds MSU but puts them in the easiest region in the tournament.
Remember the "region of death" he put Michigan in a few years ago? Wichita, UK, Louisville and Duke? Michigan was a #2 seed. Meanwhile MSU was seeed lower but put in a region with Nova, Virginia, and Cincy.
Last year Wisconsin had to go through Oregon, UNC, Arizona, and Kentucky just to get to play Duke in the championship game. MSU you ask? Georgia, OU, Virginia (star player injured), and a weak Louisville.
Now look at this year. Indiana and Maryland get put in brutal regions of the tournament while MSU's path to the final 4 if chalk holds would be Cuse, Dayton, Utah, and Virginia.
How more people aren't recognizing this trend is beyond me.
It is well known that when the committee is working, any member whose school is involved must remove himself from the room when his team is being discussed/seeded. In fact, this means Hollis has absolutely nothing to do with the MSU seeding and the Big Ten doesn't have a representative at that point which is potentially in a position to hurt them. But I will agree that Indiana and Iowa got raw deals and maybe Maryland too. Then again, Kentucky should have been a 3, so a lot of teams hurting.
As for Michigan, we can't complain. Getting in is fair. We are in no position to complain.
LMAO. Actually it's not false. Nothing prevents Hollis from directing teams Izzo and MSU don't want to see into other regions of the tournament. This is happening so much it's more than a coincidence now. Duke and UNC own Izzo, and if you noticed neither is in MSU's region this year. Xavier is a long and athletic team that would give MSU fits, also not in their region. You could go on down the line.
As for Michigan, yes they got in because they deserved to get in. Meanwhile Syracuse who had no business getting in the field doesn't even have to play a play in game. You're foolish if you think as a UofM fan there is nothing to complain about. Get your head out of the sand.
They were the #5 overall seed....they weren't getting put with UNC/Kansas either way. So it came to West or Midwest.
March 13th, 2016 at 10:02 PM ^
MSU just lost to Duke in the tournament last year moron. So 17 losses but they keep MSU away from them? Makes sense.
March 13th, 2016 at 11:21 PM ^
he said something something hate something something Michigan State. Hollis, hyperbole blah blah hates Michigan. See there is proof, he screwed everyone. The dudes mom twice.
March 13th, 2016 at 10:08 PM ^
You're doing it wrong. It should be beach front property in Flint or something. Because you'd have to be a moron to think that (1) having Hollis on the committee doesn't give Staee an advantage and (2) having beach front property in Flint would be desirable.
No shade, Flint.
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March 14th, 2016 at 11:35 AM ^
you're just looking for shit. The West is the easiest region by far. Nothing sounds more like a RCMB post than this one.
March 14th, 2016 at 10:06 AM ^
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Dayton hasn't beaten a ranked team all year and name me the last time Virginia made a tournament run.
Come on man it's the easiest region in the tournament just like last year. Anyone saying otherwise is full of shit.
March 14th, 2016 at 11:20 AM ^
Dayton beat Iowa. Syracuse beat Duke at Duke.
March 13th, 2016 at 10:00 PM ^
You sound really really really really really really really really REALLY dumb. Think that covers it.
Oh crap, it's THIS guy
Every Sparty I have seen is pissed.
Well, that's unusual.
They should be a #1 over Virginia in my opinion, but beyond that they have a pretty nice draw to at least the elite 8. Seton Hall is good, but I'm not scared of Utah or Dayton/'Cuse at all.
I don't understand how MSU always ends up with draws like this. I would much rather be a #2 seed in Chicago than a #1 out West. I also don't understand how the #1 overall seed Kansas did not get Chicago and got stuck with one of the toughest brackets.
It was a weird bracket; the next time UVa wins a semi-tough game in the NCAA tournament will be their first, it seems. They feel like a great regular-season team because they grind you down defensively, but in a tournament where they might not get the same leeway from the refs or be as familiar with the opponent, they can't keep up nearly as well.
Kansas definitely got screwed, what with MD, Cal, and Colorado hanging around. It gets easier once you get to the Sweet 16 (Arizona seems a bit underseeded, but Villanova and Iowa aren't scary and Miami just seems meh), but that's still a tough first run.
UNC must have peed on Mark Hollis's lawn or something, as they have the B1G regular season champion (IU) and the SEC tournament champion (UK) as possible matchups, and Providence is a really good #8 seed. And then even if you get past them, it's Xavier, WVU, and Wiscy all waiting on the other side. That's going to be hell.
Have you actually watched them or are you just parroting Doug Gottlieb or another TV tool who hasnt actually watched them play? Virginia has been #1 on kenpom for multiple weeks (top 5 all year) only getting passed by Kansas yesterday after their tourny victory. It's fashionable to pick on UVA because tools like Gottleib don't like that they like enforce a halfcourt game and methodical motion offense. They have two of Kenpoms top ten most efficent offensive players and the #9 offense overall (despite their Wisconsin like pace).
The last two years, they lost to final four bound MSU squads by single digits in games that could have gone either way, especially without some questionable Izzo supplication from the refs. That doesn't make it a trend. UVA is #19 (out of 346) D1 teams in fouls per game so they do what they do on defense without fouling as much as you'd think.
they feel like a team that plays up to their full potential every game in the regular season and don't have another gear for the tourney. Credit to the coaches for that, but in a tourney setting when talent is so important and motivation brings some teams the effort that UVa plays with all season, other teams tend to step up when UVa can't because they're already playing their peak bball.
Of course they are....they could be #1 in a bracket with nothing but MEAC teams and Club Disrespekt would claim they got screwed.
I'd take that route in a heartbeat.
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Sparty fans are always pissed. It's what they do. Besides, while Tom Izzo has been to seven final fours, he still has the same amount of NCAA Championships as Steve Fisher did after six games: one. If anyone's counting, Izzo's closing percentage after he gets his foot in the door at the Final Four is .143.
Pretty small sample size considering if he wins this year it becomes 25% which is pretty damn good?
25% would be neither good nor bad - it'd be right in line with expectations, assuming the four teams are about equal in quality.
Mathed.
March 13th, 2016 at 10:19 PM ^
That, is not good.
Adequate sample size not to be affected much by one game.
NC and Duke are the Alabama of basketball. They will beat MSU more often than MSU will beat them. And MSU hating fans will live vicariously through them.
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March 13th, 2016 at 10:01 PM ^
March 13th, 2016 at 10:04 PM ^
Don't forget Maryland. They could do a lot of damage too.
Getting Virginia AGAIN, which is basically a given to underpferform their seeding, is a nice gift.
Is this the third year in a row they've been matched up? At some point UVa's got to get its shit together and beat them.