NCAA Tourney Thread (UPDATE: UK Opens Against Abilene Christian Thursday at 7:00)

[lilproUK98]

Kentucky really shot itself in the foot with the Tennessee loss but if we would've gone out and gotten beat by Auburn, which I think would've happened, then we would have gotten Duke.

As others have noted, it's funny that the SEC Tournament final suddenly mattered this year. Odd how that works.

But just generally Kentucky didn't get a bad draw. Not an easy bracket by any means but if you're a 1 or 2 seed, you should have a shot to go to the Final Four and that's all you can ask.

I've said that I think North Carolina is getting upset and I still feel that way. They play wild basketball. They have amazing upside and they could win it...but I think they could lose before the Elite Eight as well.

Houston is not a great team to have as your potential Sweet Sixteen foe because they have so few losses. You really want a team that's lost 4 or 5 times so you can have some tape of what they do poorly. With the exception of just two or three games this year Houston's had a pretty easy run. That will be a very tough game for us.

I keep trying to tell people Houston will be a problem, but they aren't listening.

See my post above about the S curve.....

[JFCats22]

Why does anyone ever bring up the S curve?

the NCAA doesn’t use a S curve, makes it clear that they don’t and yet people still act confused when the S curve is not used.

I dont get it????

[lilproUK98]

Why does anyone ever bring up the S curve?

the NCAA doesn’t use a S curve, makes it clear that they don’t and yet people still act confused when the S curve is not used.

I dont get it????

Exactly why they're morons with agendas. They should use it when possible, and stay as close to it as possible. In this case the top 8 teams could have been seeded by S curve and they didn't do it. It's the most fair way. Get it now?

[Joneslab]

It's still sort of unclear what the committee uses. It looks to me like they sort of use a hodgepodge of different metrics, and then they slide teams around on the last couple of days based on single games.

That said, I don't think this particular bracket looks that bad. I do think the number of times UK and Carolina have been in the same bracket the last few years is pretty lame. With as good as Virginia has been recently, for them not to be in Kentucky's region once is sort of wild. Yet we've been in Carolina's bracket almost every year for the past half-decade.

If Rick Majerus were around he'd shake his head in disgust.

[CATHYnKY]

I literally laughed out loud when I saw Louisville playing Minnesota

Don’t know anything about Minn.

[Joneslab]

Don’t know anything about Minn.

They're coached by Rick Pitino's son.

[Joneslab]

One more thing:

That second-round game.

How bad will we beat Seton Hall? That will be a mauling beyond all recognition. We'll win that game by at least 4 touchdowns.

But it's possible we don't even get that game. If you think Tennessee is a bunch of flopping punks, wait until you see Wofford. Wofford does some stuff that will make you vomit on the carpet. They've got plays they run specifically to try to make you foul their jumpshooters. That game has the potential to be absolutely maddening.

[Catsrock]

No Duke till April. I'll take it.

[lilproUK98]

One more thing:

That second-round game.

How bad will we beat Seton Hall? That will be a mauling beyond all recognition. We'll win that game by at least 4 touchdowns.

But it's possible we don't even get that game. If you think Tennessee is a bunch of flopping punks, wait until you see Wofford. Wofford does some stuff that will make you vomit on the carpet. They've got plays they run specifically to try to make you foul their jumpshooters. That game has the potential to be absolutely maddening.

Well, did you watch the Seton Hall Marquette game? Multiple ejections and Powell is a problem, and a punk. If they are throwing in threes again, it'll be a struggle.

[Joneslab]

Well, did you watch the Seton Hall Marquette game? Multiple ejections and Powell is a problem, and a punk. If they are throwing in threes again, it'll be a struggle.

I did watch that Seton Hall/Marquette game. Wild.

But we will dismantle Seton Hall. Problem is, I don't know if we'll play Seton Hall.

[catfaninin]

It's still sort of unclear what the committee uses. It looks to me like they sort of use a hodgepodge of different metrics, and then they slide teams around on the last couple of days based on single games.

That said, I don't think this particular bracket looks that bad. I do think the number of times UK and Carolina have been in the same bracket the last few years is pretty lame. With as good as Virginia has been recently, for them not to be in Kentucky's region once is sort of wild. Yet we've been in Carolina's bracket almost every year for the past half-decade.

If Rick Majerus were around he'd shake his head in disgust.

Were in Virginia's bracket just last year. But UMBC happened.

[lilproUK98]

I did watch that Seton Hall/Marquette game. Wild.

But we will dismantle Seton Hall. Problem is, I don't know if we'll play Seton Hall.

Maybe not. But I'm not a fan of playing a team that knows it can beat you.

[Joneslab]

Were in Virginia's bracket just last year. But UMBC happened.

Oof, thats right. Totally forgot.

If this team gets a road like last year got, it's obviously taking it to Minneapolis. Trouble is, the chances of that happening two years in a row are virtually nil.

The one break historically that I think UK did get and take advantage of is when Utah beat North Carolina in the FF in '98. I was convinced all year North Carolina was beating everybody. They were the sort of Duke-with-Zion of that year. When Utah beat them I had my first moment of hope with that team that they could win it. And that was even before the Stanford miracle.

[Jload]

The number one seed in our region is someone we already beat . Nobody in this region is scary IMO. Gonzaga has a love letter and Duke is a lock for Elite 8. Houston has not been through the wars and if we play with intensity we win that game. We SHOULD make it to Final Four after that I’ m not so confident. My Final Four after looking over brackets UK, Gonzaga, Duke and Tennessee. Yeah I know UT got handled today but they were gassed, I like them over Virginia if that game happens.

[catfaninin]

Oof, thats right. Totally forgot.

If this team gets a road like last year got, it's obviously taking it to Minneapolis. Trouble is, the chances of that happening two years in a row are virtually nil.

The one break historically that I think UK did get and take advantage of is when Utah beat North Carolina in the FF in '98. I was convinced all year North Carolina was beating everybody. They were the sort of Duke-with-Zion of that year. When Utah beat them I had my first moment of hope with that team that they could win it. And that was even before the Stanford miracle.

The Duke game before Stanford had already convinced me anything was possible. Will never forget Trajan Langdon's interview after. "I kept looking in their eyes to see if they were scared. But they weren't scared."