Bracketology thread for the next few weeks.
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Providence and Nova headed to OT.
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As much as I hate to admit it, UK looks to have grown up a ton these last few days. They’ll be a tough team in the tournament.
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kjayhawks said:
As much as I hate to admit it, UK looks to have grown up a ton these last few days. They’ll be a tough team in the tournament.
I actually called this when they were struggling, because it’s that obvious.
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@BShark - Are you speaking of Xavier or WSU? WSU didn’t even win their own American conference. They fell by two games. Are you saying The American Conf > Big XII?
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Funny season. We were all hyped about the team putting it together, then came the OSU debacle, and then the Doke bad news and we were all writing our season off. Now we’ve steamrolled the competition without Doke, and riding another wave of confidence. But the fact is, we’ve lost 7 games, but another fact is we’ve won 8 of our last nine, we’ll probably be a 7 loss 1 seed. We’ll probably hear some crying about it amongst others, hear some reminders of our ‘failures’ in the dance since we lost to Kentucky 6 years ago, endure some taunts, can’t win the big one, and even among our faithful, we’ll be pessimistic about our dance prognostications, except when we fill out our brackets with KU on the final line!
It’s all over but the shouting boys and girls. The field is almost set. The committee is debating, the talking heads are blathering on and on, the proctologists, I mean bracketologists are making their headline grabbing prognostications, the fans are hoping, dreaming, Vegas is gearing up, travel agents are pedaling packages, personnel offices are bracing for lots of sick days on Thursday or Friday, college fans are lamenting no more home games, and of course Duke is plotting, scheming, conniving, conning into the most favorable position with the best refereeing crew from Durham, NC. CBS is doing their part to ensure that ratings will be high so Kentucky will probably play OSU in the 2nd round, 'Nova will lose again to a overseeded 2nd round opponent, MSU-MU will be slotted oppositely so they can meet, KU/Missou/WSU are all being bracketed together so those dream ratings busters can be scheduled.
@jaybate-1-0 is theororizing, @Crimsonorblue22 is sharing momentus news in very few words, @mayjay is analyzing, @HighEliteMajor is lecturing like a physics of basketball instructor, @BeddieKU23 is looking for every angle to help our team, @BShark is poring over the WWW looking, for news that will help, @JayHawkFanToo is educating us about every nuance we need to know about, @kjayhawks is cheering or worrying or both, @Texas-Hawk-10 is trying on his championship T-Shirt, @drgnslayr is teaching us, @RockChalkinTexas is cheering all the way from Austin Texas in the midst of a sea of orange longhorns who care much more about football anyways, @Red-Rooster is upvoting, @Kcmatt is not worrying, @jayballer73 is RockChalkAllDayLongBabying, @DoubleDD is guardedly optimistic, @KUSTEVE aka Jethro is getting some pointed barbs ready for whoever would disparage our team, @Dylans is applying the wisdom that age brings, and @approxinfinity is just keeping an eye on all of us making sure we obey. (sorry if I forgot someone, I know I did, but once you start a list like this it’s tough to include everyone)
Me, I’ve been pessimistic for several months now, but no other team scares me a ton. Nova usually flames out except against us of course, Virginny can’t get over the hump, Xavier are too jerky, Duke scares me, but lost as much as we did, UNC, I just don’t know, Purdue’s height scares, but they’ve got a Bruce Weber assistant for a head coach. MSU, too scandalous, Zona too much Miller to achieve greatness. So it might as well be us. Let’s win this darn thing, make it an every 10 year thing instead of every 20-30 year thing. Rock Chalk!
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@wissox terrific
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I said we would win the 14th 2-3 weeks before we did. We did.
I said the wheels would come off Tech after we beat them. They did.
I said Doke going down for two weeks the day after he got hurt was the best thing that could have happened to this team. They won 3 in 3 in KC. It was.
No theorizin’ from the ‘bate 1.0.
Just clear vision.
Now for next: I don’t like how hot we got in KC. Needed the hot game for the second game of round 1 in the Carney–the last one before Doke plays again. If we flame out from trey in game 1/round 1, we can labor through Without Doke. But if we flame out game 2/round 1, we will likely get beat. Ugh!!
Here’s hoping we stay hot till the second round!!!
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@cragarhawk Thanks!
@jaybate-1-0 , come on bro, you do a fair amount of theoryizing! Of course, most of your theories are 99% accurate 3/5th of the time except on Sundays and days that are above 82 degrees.
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Actually theories are what I NEVER do.
THEORIES are for suckers!
Yeeeee hawwww!
It’s CARNEY time at last!!!
One more weekend and Doke is back!!!
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@jaybate-1.0 We’ll win the 2nd round game, period.
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@wissox Hey now, I’m not trying on championship shirts yet, I’m looking up hotels and ticket prices in San Antonio. Enjoyed it though.
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@jaybate-1.0 I was thinking that last night…should we have saved our 15-27 from 3 for the sweet 16? I guess it doesn’t work like that…
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Lunardi has Fizzou and Silo T playing each other out West as the 8-9 game.
Can we have an Asian Regional and send them further?
KU in the MW, with Purdue, Auburn, WSU and Gonzaga. Not thrilled if Purdue gets a rematch revenge chip.
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@kjayhawks It was just a matter of time for their freshmen. - - Their talent was always there - just needed to adapt to the College Game. - Like always they are going to be a tough out. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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wissox said:
@cragarhawk Thanks!
@jaybate-1-0 , come on bro, you do a fair amount of theoryizing! Of course, most of your theories are 99% accurate 3/5th of the time except on Sundays and days that are above 82 degrees.What I am, of course, penultimately thrilled about is how “conspiracy theory”-- lately sheepishly being reduced to “theorizing” and other variations–by persons so long conditioned by the CIA’s MSM meme-ing them with “conspiracy theory,” came to be proven to be CIA/Deep State memes (thanks Judicial Watch). I admit, I figured “conspiracy theory” and “theorizing” had to be propaganda terms propagated in the CIA shaped reverb chamber of the CIA-shaped MSM, but, well, even I couldn’t predict that the term itself would be tied straight to the Company. Damn, that was very sweet and I missed it! There. I admit it. I’m only good at forecasting KU basketball. Good forecasting requires true love. I don’t love politics and propaganda, as I do KU Basketball. But you know that.
Ultimately, I am all yeeeee hawwwww, its Carney time at last, and as usual, that ain’t no “theorizin’”.
Oh and I refer you again to my "playful predictin’ ":
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Called 14th title 2-3 weeks before and stuck to forecast, when the hand wringers were bed wetting. Check.
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Called the wheels coming off TTech-less, after Self and his players exploited their weaknesses. Their wheels went off in every direction. Check.
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Said losing Doke was best thing for KU that could have happened. They won 3 in 3. It was. Check.
“How sweet it is,” as Jackie Gleason used to say.
But these are just the usual results for the Oread Oracle, as you know.
Rock Chalk, my theorizin’-projecting fellow Jayhawk!
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Does anyone know what time the actual bracket come out today?
Now the dilemma - how do we go back to not rebounding with DeSousa on the bench? Will Dok and Silvio play together??? Will Silvio cut into Dok’s minutes, Mitch’s, or a guard (Vick/Garret)? Ahhh new variables for the Dance. Let the fun begin!
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@dylans Bill will finally be able to tell Doke and Mitch to play balls to the wall. Knowing we have Silvio to come in means that we just gained 5 fouls at that position. So now Mitch and Doke can really play aggressively.
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@kcmatt7 Mitch is pretty aggressive as is - he tries to swat every shot.
Silvio is pretty aggressive as is too - he puts his butt on someone every shot and boxes out to the stands. I love this quality and he and Garrett are the only ones with it.
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Dok is too reserved going for rebounds and blocks some so maybe that’s where the improvement could lie.
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@dylans There are still times where Mitch or Doke is trying to avoid a foul and we give up an easy basket because of it.
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@Kcmatt7 All our posts have a ton to learn about positioning. It’s the one thing Lando had going for him.
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@jaybate-1.0 Ok Swami, or whatever you want to be called, since you’re on a little hot streak. Tell me how the next four weeks are going to go!
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Davidson just popped a bubble.
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@BShark this year the bubble is crazy, the committee will leave out some guys that thought they were in. It will be interesting to see if the B12 gets 6,7 or 8 teams in. I’d say most likely 7.
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Can anyone tell me or does anyone know how the brackets set up for the NCAA tourney? - what I mean is it - - The South vs the East in the final four and the West vs the Midwest ? - is that the set up? anyone know - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer73 http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology here’s a bracket projection with the matchups you are looking for.
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You knew they couldn’t leave out Un Young.
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@BShark Texas?
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@Crimsonorblue22 Whoever gets OU and UT will be licking their chops.
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Doke’s throws got ou in.
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Wow. This selection show is awful. Lol
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cragarhawk said:
Wow. This selection show is awful. Lol
No drama. Sucks.
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@Crimsonorblue22 OU has 7 wins this year. SEVEN.
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@cragarhawk Agreed, not a fan of revealing the teams first.
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Lawrence Police Verified account @LawrenceKS_PD 13m13 minutes ago
Please do not call 911 to complain about the format of the NCAA tournament selection show. We can’t do anything about it, no matter how bad it is.
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So the B12 get 7 teams in: Kansas, West Virginia, Texas Tech, Kansas State, Texas, TCU and Oklahoma. I’d would’ve took Baylor or Okie State over Oklahoma with how they finished. Interesting that Syracuse got in.
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I read a statement from Marsha that he wouldn’t be available to the media after the selection show. What? He would speak tmrw.
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St Mary’s a top 30 Kenpom team is not in. Had to squeeze Un Young in there somehow!
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Poor Bruce just can’t catch a break. UVA will dumpster them.
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That’s if they get past Creighton. You know Foster is gonna be jacked to try and eliminate Bruce.
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Glad Arizona isn’t in our bracket.
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Arizona Kentucky in the SECOND ROUND. HOLD ME. MERCY.
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Yes
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DODGED THE SHOCKERS. CRISIS AVERTED.
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We won’t get duke, right?
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@Crimsonorblue22 Duke and MSU I bet.
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Or UNC and MSU
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Also you know Missouri is gonna be in our 8/9 game. @HighEliteMajor called it in advance too.
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And Michigan?
