Selection Sunday
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Brutal bracket. Ughhhhhh…
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@wissoxfan83
no chance
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That is worst case scenario for KU.Somebody had it in for KU, not only it is in the same bracket with UK but it has the ubber motivated WSU Shockers to contend.
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@BeddieKU23 No chance we’ll get to Kentucky? Why not?
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Yes?
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I’m gonna quit KU buckets if I start to hear more NCAA is screwing us nonsense. That’s not a threat, well, it’s not a promise either! But I know I’ll hear a lot of it and it’s nonsense.
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@JayHawkFanToo Part of the problem with this team all year has been the inability to get motivated. If they can get to WSU, maybe that will motivate them. If not, they don’t deserve to be there in the first place.
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@JayHawkFanToo the website ate my post. Here is what I tried to say.
@JayHawkFanToo Ehhhhhhh, I disagree. We did make it further in the Big 12 tourney than we did last year based on toughness alone. But, how injured KU is right now and how bad they are on offense right now will almost guarantee a loss in the first weekend for us.
Everyone here should temper their expectations for KU in the NCAA’s this year. By all means root for our boys, I sure will. But, I cannot realistically pick KU to make it to the sweet 16 this year. I just can’t. That said, I hope against hope that I am wrong.
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I’m speechless at how loaded that bracket is, not just as a KU fan either. The committee really wants to see if they can knock off UK. I guess since no one else has.
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@KUSTEVE Lunardi is only guessing at the brackets. He isnt on the selection committee. I’ll believe the brackets when I see them set in 1 hour
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@wissoxfan83
then i guess your watching ku with a different set of eyes than everyone else.
if we get wichita st in the 2nd round its like their SUPER BOWL. how hard is that to understand
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NCAA is toying with us.
Thanks NCAA, May I have another?
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I try to watch it like it’s a game and not life and death. It’s a juicy matchup for the tournament. So we’ll have an excuse if we lose to them? Why don’t we make it our super bowl? We sound petty and childish when we make statements like I’m seeing here.
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@wissoxfan83 Agreed.
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@wissoxfan83 I respectfully ask you to look closely at how these seedings are placed. Dayton in Dayton? KU matching up with WSU?
Lots of rematches looming like Mich St and Virginia.
NCAA does not have a lot of credibility as an objective, unbiased entity.
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Still. A 7? Really?
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@joeloveshawks Well, OK the brackets are set. I thought it wasnt until 730 eastern. My Bad! Well then, let the madness begin. Someone, please for the love of all that is basketball holy, Please beat Kentucky!?!?!?
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no matter if we get by the first round matchup our best player will be playing the rest of the year injured. No other team is going into the tournament worrying about their star players health other than West Virginia.
i’m glad your staying optimistic but I’ve got tempered expectations because what I’ve seen is a 2nd round exit team. We had a great year and the kids are worn out. We will have to put 2 half’s together just to beat New Mexico St, that game won’t be a pushover. It’s what I think, some may think differently so sue me
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@Lulufulu I’m watching them on TV right now.
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@wissoxfan83
WSU has been ranked in the top 15 all season long and currently sits at #12 in both the AP and Coaches Poll and #14 as per Pomeroy…how in the world do they end up with a #7 seed? A #7 seed indicates that there are are between 24 and 27 teams better than they are and I think that is plain BS any way you look at it WSU should have been a #4 or #5 but no way they are a #7 seed. The other #7 seed so far is Michigan State that is not even ranked in the top 25 in either poll.
Pleas explain to me how this is non-sense? Please note that I used actual numbers from different sources to back my comments.
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@bskeet OK, Where do we play our first weekend? I don’t remember, but year after year we’ve been placed near home. Don’t know anything about Dayton. Who do they play?
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Ya. Wow. I was so looking forward to going. But i just dont think i can give them any of my money this year. And we went to the same location as wsu last year too. I dont care to spend time with those fans ever again
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@KUSTEVE Oh yah, I see that just the midwest bracket is set
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@JayHawkFanToo So Wichita got screwed maybe? Their early exit in the tourney probably hurt them. So maybe we could have had an easier 2nd round game, I get your point, but our 8 losses and poor showing of late hurt our ability to get any favorable matchups in the dance.
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@wissoxfan83 Dayton plays a play-in game on their home court. Does it really matter who they play? The point is that they say they seed according to rules… but the rules allow for a lot of latitude for them to apply the rules with an agenda.
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@Lulufulu ???
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@bskeet Thanks, I see your point. They probably could have avoided putting Dayton in the playin game.
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@KUSTEVE Uhh, ESPN has the midwest bracket set
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@KUSTEVE ESPN.GO
Now they have the east bracket set
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Ya. I dont really want anyone to leave. But i dont see how anyone can label it as anything less than a good old fashioned hosing
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SMU playing UCLA? I REST MY CASE.
Larry Brown plays against a school he used to coach? What a coincidence!
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@Lulufulu OH. You’re not watching CBS…that’s why you’re behind…
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@wissoxfan83
Again and with all due respect, you really do not know what you are talking about. Dayton was the runner up in both the regular season and conference tournament in the A-10 and were slated as #8 seed instead they will be playing in the play-in round which happens to be played in Dayton every year,…how is that doing them a favor? They will have to play AND wind one game before getting into the real Tournament.
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@JayHawkFanToo Yeah… And I don’t know if it’s a disadvantage or an advantage. I just know that it’s WEIRD. It’s provocative and they don’t have to create those kinds of provocative situations, but they do.
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See my post about Dayton, they got royally screwed as well.
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How in hell did Texas get a 11 seed and Dooke a 1 when they didn’t win the conference or tourney?
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@wissoxfan83
So Wichita got screwed maybe?
YES, that is the point, both KU and WSU got screwed as they both should have had easier opponents in the second round.
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@JayHawkFanToo I don’t mind that we could be playing the Shockers. In fact, I’m kinda glad to see it’s possible.
But I agree that WSU should have gotten a better seed.
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@BeddieKU23 I love this scenario! This gives KU legitimate motivation to get to the Sweet 16. First off, you know Self will be pumped to put it to Marshall, so I’m confident he will be fully engaged on the coaching side. Additionally, you know our boys are going to want to stick it to CF for bailing on them. Even though he’s not playing, I believe they’ll be juiced to show Connor what he gave up and what he now has.
Keep in mind, too, that WSU is not guaranteed a pass to us. You’ll figure that the coaching staff will be all in on IU, that they’ll be scrambling to put together a gameplan. Even tho we won’t be looking past our first opponent, I have to believe that we’re putting a gameplan together now for the Shockers
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@JayHawkFanToo said:
So Wichita got screwed maybe?
YES, thatsis the point, both KU and WSU got screwed as they both should have had easier opponents in the second round.
Yes-- And they NCAA can point to the rule “keep the team close to their geographical home” as the reason for the placement, but really they selectively let that rule override the rule of balanced seeding. All to serve an agenda.
I guess I’m as much of a conspiracy theorist with the NCAA as @jaybate-1.0 is with the shoe companies. Hard to know which is more insidious.
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To add to my previous post, the #7 in the South is Iowa, unranked in both polls and in the West #7 is VCU, also unranked in both polls. WSU got screwed as much as KU.
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@JayHawkFanToo We got screwed. We should’ve lost to TCU, and got a 3 seed, like Baylor, OU, and Iowa State.
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@KUSTEVE I kind of agree.
I mean, I don’t wish to lose to TCU, but I would have preferred to be a #3 seed in any other region than than a 2 in the Midwest, the way they seeded it.
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@KUSTEVE Problem is, that would have just swapped us with Notre Dame.
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@konkeyDong I think you’re right.
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I agree. I thought we should rest the starters, play the bench and lose to TCU. A #3 seed would have been better.
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NCAA: Blah blah blah Dayton. Blah blah blah UCLA
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On the other hand, 4 Big 12 teams in the top 12…that is a full 33% of the top 12 teams. Looks like the Conference got some respect; let’s hope it does well.
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UCLA got in based on its 40 year old reputation and big market location. All the brackets I was tracking (10+) had them out and Dayton as #8-9 seed.
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Well, I was hoping that we wouldn’t get in Kentucky’s bracket, but it happened, though I wasn’t expecting an elite eight appearance necessarily.
I agree with other posters - just don’t have high expectations and enjoy each game.
