Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread
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We are not a pick your poison opponent this year. If the most dangerous person in basketball, Grad3y Dick, is put in maximum security each first half then we better have Kevin and our defense on high alert please.
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@bskeet said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
Gonzaga doesn’t play much defense so KU should score and run with them.
Agree with everything you said except this one point about Gonzaga who can lock down when they want to. Gonzaga is under the radar. Perfect position for a well coached, veteran and athletic team.
Gonzaga’s defense is bad this year. Only Baylor has a worse ranked defense than Gonzaga among the top tournament teams.
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I think the easiest paths to at least the E8 are two #2 seeds - Texas and Arizona…
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Missouri getting Utah State is hysterical. Utah State is #18 Kenpom, Mizzou is #51.
Legitimate chance Utah State is the Vegas favorite when the lines are set lol.
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@DCHawker said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
I think the easiest paths to at least the E8 are two #2 seeds - Texas and Arizona…
Partly because they are both excellent teams. The elite 8 has a chance to be a selection of amazing games.
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@bskeet said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
@DCHawker said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
I think the easiest paths to at least the E8 are two #2 seeds - Texas and Arizona…
Partly because they are both excellent teams. The elite 8 has a chance to be a selection of amazing games.
Both have 1 seed talent. Moreso than us and Purdon’t if I’m being honest.
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@benshawks08 But they did put NCState with 1 quad 1 win in the the tournament. Wisconsin doesn’t deserve to play in the tournament until you look at the other teams that don’t deserve it but are playing anyways. Nevada, 4th in the mountain west and 4 of last 6 losses. Okie State should be playing too.
It’s rare I’m trying to make the case for one of my teams to make it but strange logic at work putting some of these teams in there.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 either way we got penalized for it, they did not
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I do think Purdue’s got a tough road. 8/9 matchup is tough. Duke is hot right now and has the size they may actually be able to mess with Edey a bit. Filipowski is sort of his worst nightmare. Guy who is big enough to guard him, but can shoot and dribble around him.
But damn is that bottom of the Midwest bracket objectively easy. Worst 2 seed, worst 3 seed, worst 6 seed all in one bracket.
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Arkansas, UConn, and if we get that far UCLA or Gonzaga in the West. Not thrilled with that but I’m confident in Bill and a healthy KU team against any team not named Texas.
Texas A&M being a 7 and Kentucky being a 6 is kind of weird.
B12 is 6-0 against the P12. OSU should have been in over ASU.
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@Kcmatt7 said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
I do think Purdue’s got a tough road. 8/9 matchup is tough. Duke is hot right now and has the size they may actually be able to mess with Edey a bit. Filipowski is sort of his worst nightmare. Guy who is big enough to guard him, but can shoot and dribble around him.
But damn is that bottom of the Midwest bracket objectively easy. Worst 2 seed, worst 3 seed, worst 6 seed all in one bracket.
Ole Painty has one EE ever on his record. 0 FFs. Always bet against.
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Easily the most boring potential matchup is San Diego State vs. Virginia in the 2nd round.
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@kjayhawks said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
@Texas-Hawk-10 either way we got penalized for it, they did not
I’m glad KU isn’t playing in KC. What’s KU’s record in that building? I know it’s not great and KU has rarely played well there whether in December or March.
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@Kcmatt7 said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
Easily the most boring potential matchup is San Diego State vs. Virginia in the 2nd round.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 believe we have a 80% win in that building but we got tight last time.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 PG or not, UConn is the team I’m most worried about. They’ve only lost twice in the last 11 games - 2 pts to Marquette and 3 pts to Creighton. They’ve beaten Alabama, Marquette, Creighton, Providence, Iowa State, Okie State, Florida and Oregon.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
@kjayhawks said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
@Texas-Hawk-10 either way we got penalized for it, they did not
I’m glad KU isn’t playing in KC. What’s KU’s record in that building? I know it’s not great and KU has rarely played well there whether in December or March.
Went back to 16-17, we’re 18-4 there. Not bad
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Kenpom wise our bracket is nuts but I have talked myself into it. The craziest part is probably the #4 and #11 KP teams being our 4 and 5 seeds. #2 team being a 2 seed when they are missing players isn’t too crazy. #8 is our 3 seed. Arkansas and WVU being in the seed range they are isn’t surprising because both of those teams had a ton of losses.
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KU’s bracket - based on Kenpom Rankings.
- 4th best #1 seed
- Best #2 Seed
- Best #3 Seed
- Best #4 Seed
- Best #5 Seed
- 3rd best #6 Seed
- 3rd best #7 Seed
- 2nd best #8 seed (one spot behind Memphis who is top)
- 4th best #9 seed
- 2nd best #10 seed
- #11 seed tbd
- 2nd best #12 Seed
- 2nd best #13 seed
- 2nd best #14 seed
- worst #15 seed
- 3rd best #16 seed
KU’s path is hard af.
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@Jethro no clue how you do that. Too much heartbreak for me.
Odds we win it every year are better than most but it’s still not going to happen.
I’d admire your confidence just not sure it is logical
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@Kcmatt7 Gonna tweet this banger. That’s nuts.
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We play Thursday at 1pm CST on TBS. This pleases me greatly. I was going to mald if we got Friday night.
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@BShark at least it’s not the 11 am game, I was hoping for a little later
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@BShark avoiding 11 am - I’ll take it
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@BShark said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
We play Thursday at 1pm CST on TBS. This pleases me greatly. I was going to mald if we got Friday night.
Already have my Out of Office scheduled. Very ready
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@kuballin10 @kjayhawks I just hate the really late tip times. Perfect world maybe a bit later, just anything before those 9pm and later starts.
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@Kcmatt7 said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
@BShark said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
We play Thursday at 1pm CST on TBS. This pleases me greatly. I was going to mald if we got Friday night.
Already have my Out of Office scheduled. Very ready
THIS IS THE WAY
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Phew. Early Thursday games are the best. That way can enjoy the rest of the round in peace.
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We have a tough Bracket , Arkansas & Illnois both decent teams but feel like they are no beter then teams from the Big 12 Texas , Baylor K/State.- I think if we can get Kevin Back , If Juan comes out with some purpose /intensity - -our defense could be a big lift.
The Sweet Sixteen/ Great Eight would be a challenge - St Marys or U Conn I think will be a Challenge — but could be worse. We just have to come out and be aggressive from the word go.
Rotation starting 5 -then Udeh - - Joe Keep Bobby on the dam bench-- don’t think you will see much if any MJ- just still seems lost – looks lik alot of 7 man rotation
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Phew. I have work calls I can’t miss from 12-2 Eastern on Fridays so this is perfect.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
Phew. Early Thursday games are the best. That way can enjoy the rest of the round in peace.
See Farmer understands.
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@DCHawker said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
@Texas-Hawk-10 PG or not, UConn is the team I’m most worried about. They’ve only lost twice in the last 11 games - 2 pts to Marquette and 3 pts to Creighton. They’ve beaten Alabama, Marquette, Creighton, Providence, Iowa State, Okie State, Florida and Oregon.
That’s a potential Sweet 16 match up which means Self would have a minimum of 4 days to prep for a team without a PG. Not worried. UConn also has to deal with a Rick Pitino team with extended time to prep as well.
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@jayballer67 Kev is expected to practice either Mon or Tues
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I have nothing but complete respect for the UNC fanbase. They certainly deserved more than what they got on the court this year:
https://twitter.com/CBKReport/status/1635059498309279744/photo/1
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Off the top, the East bracket looks the toughest to emerge from.
West is second.
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First games of the weekend never worry me with this staff, it’s the second game that usually gets us. BS win percentage is great in every round but the round of 32 and the elite game is the only one sub .500
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Que sera sera…put Doris Day on, and just keep the faith!
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Now time to see if the women can survive their embarrassing loss to TCU and sneak into the women’s tournament.
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@BShark said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
@jayballer67 Kev is expected to practice either Mon or Tues
Well thats good to hear, I mean we know he won’t be 100 % - but if we can get some meaningful minutes , his defense is a must for us to advance, it’s just a must we got to get Grady going more and get something out of Juan - he has JUST GOT to be aggressive mode - pretty simple - he is aggressive scores in double figures- --we win – he comes out like he does in games like Texas we screwed
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@Kcmatt7 Glad I don’t trust Ken Pom
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@Kcmatt7 said in Complain About KU's Unfair Bracket Thread:
KU’s bracket - based on Kenpom Rankings.
- 4th best #1 seed
- Best #2 Seed
- Best #3 Seed
- Best #4 Seed
- Best #5 Seed
- 3rd best #6 Seed
- 3rd best #7 Seed
- 2nd best #8 seed (one spot behind Memphis who is top)
- 4th best #9 seed
- 2nd best #10 seed
- #11 seed tbd
- 2nd best #12 Seed
- 2nd best #13 seed
- 2nd best #14 seed
- worst #15 seed
- 3rd best #16 seed
KU’s path is hard af.
Thank you NCAA Committee for being soooo… balanced — er — consistent?
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And the KU women fail to make the NCAA Tournament this year. That TCU loss in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament knocked them out of the NCAA tournament.
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Non ideal bracket.
I’ll remain hopeful we got a run in us. Time for J Will and Juan to lead us back to the Final 4!
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From CBSSports.com…
- Reigning champion Kansas gets jobbed
After Kansas thumbed its nose at the NCAA throughout the FBI case investigating the program and corruption within college basketball, which was adjudicated before the season with mostly meaningless penalties, it doesn’t feel like too much of a stretch here to say the committee wasn’t incentivized to go out of its way to award the reigning champion Kansas Jayhawks. Maybe that’s a little too tin-foil cap theory-like of me, but consider this: Kansas had 17 Quad 1 wins – four more than No. 1 overall seed Alabama and 10 more than No. 2 overall team Houston – and landed as the No. 3 overall team.
Kansas still landed on the No. 1 seed line, but in getting passed by as the No. 1 overall seed and getting jumped by Houston, KU did not get to land in the Midwest Region. That pushes the Jayhawks to the West, which is arguably the toughest region of them all. So not only did the Jayhawks not draw a favorable geographic spot, they got a tough region to boot.
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@DCHawker the NCAA hates anyone west of the Mississippi River. You could tell they weren’t happy when we won last season. Called us the Kansas City Jayhawks.
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@BShark who else did he pick, have been on the rd.
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@Crimsonorblue22 Marquette, Texas, Bama
