2018 conference tournament and NCAA tournament thread

[Tecumseh]

Meanwhile Syracuse is about to go on another they're terrible and shouldn't be in the tournament final 4 run

Completely forgot that there are other games still going on.

 

[Reality Check]

App State could return whoever, but they still were a 1-AA team playing at Michigan against the #5 Wolverines. That was a colossal upset of the first order. That being said, this Virginia loss is bigger. Much bigger. Let alone a 16 beating a 1, they did it with relative ease.

Except that Michigan team was boat-raced by about 30 points against Oregon the very next week. At Michigan, no less.

Not to dismiss the accomplishment nor derail this thread. But that team was just overrated from the start. Though they did eventually rebound and had a decent season all things considered.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Meanwhile Syracuse is about to go on another they're terrible and shouldn't be in the tournament final 4 run

I had them in. That's all that matters.

 

[Canada4Gold]

I had them in. That's all that matters.

I had them in too, great minds haha.

To be fair I saw a few people who said they shouldn’t be in say they wouldn’t be surprised if they did go on another run. Though that probably won’t happen with Michigan State next, 2 wins is enough to likely keep people quiet again.

 

[rangerssharks414]

As I mentioned before, Virginia has been on the wrong end of two of the biggest upsets in college basketball history.

1982 Virginia vs. Chaminade men's basketball game - Wikipedia

2018 UMBC vs. Virginia men's basketball game - Wikipedia

There's a Wikipedia page already.

 

[mouser]

The official to 68 seed list the committee released had UMBC at 63(the first 16) and Penn at 64. Whether they change that from the initial scrubbed seed list if they have to slot a team up or down I don't know, but I would find it kinda dumb if they favoured having a team at home above having them on the proper seed line(IMO they should only move a team off the proper seed lines to fix the firm bracketing procedures like avoid repeat games and in conference closeness). I understand not caring too much about which 16's face which 1's, etc but you really should make the worst 6 teams the 16's and not shift a better team to 16 and a worse one to 15 because it makes a team closer to home

It’s very complicated. Here’s a great but lengthy breakdown on how the committee places the teams into brackets and how the final bracket seed might differ from the “true seed” ranking of 1-68 the committee does.

And it does confirm that once they go past the #1-#4 seeds that individual rankings of teams with the same seed # isn’t a top priority in assigning them to brackets. However there are some complicated formulas to make sure they are aren’t overly unbalancing any individual bracket by doing this.

March Madness bracket: How the 68 teams are selected for the Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

 

[Reality Check]

The gripes against Syracuse is that they never play anyone outside of their conference. Nor are willing to travel.

All the while always getting the benefit of the doubt come tournament time. I'm fine with that as long as they keep getting placed in the first four games if they're a bubble team.

 

[Scott Stevens]

It’s a moment we all dreamed about as kids when or if we would ever see it

Why? I just never have gotten the adoration of the lesser. I’m the guy who loves to see 4 one seeds duke it out at the end.

 

[Rob]

The most shocking thing for me is that it was a 20 point victory!

I'm guessing Virginia just gave up at the end.

 

[Wild11MN]

UMBC lost to Albany 83-39 in January. Not making that up. Incredible.

 

[SJSharksfan39]

The most shocking thing for me is that it was a 20 point victory!

I'm guessing Virginia just gave up at the end.

They were full court press and until the end though. The shots just were not going down.

 

[BigMac1212]

When I heard of UMBC...



(And I read the "Left Behind" book series. )

 

[BigMac1212]

Unreal. History has happened tonight.

Post of the YEAR!

 

[BigMac1212]

If the Arizona game was a murder, was this game a massacre?

No, Armageddon.

 

[rangerssharks414]

The gripes against Syracuse is that they never play anyone outside of their conference. Nor are willing to travel.

All the while always getting the benefit of the doubt come tournament time. I'm fine with that as long as they keep getting placed in the first four games if they're a bubble team.

Syracuse actually had the 13th toughest non-conference schedule this year. They only played one true road game out of conference, though. They usually have a crappy non-conference schedule, but this year was different. They still really didn't go out of the Carrier Dome unless it was for an ACC game.

 

[John Price]

Both uva and Miami didn't get out of the first weekend LOL

 

[c9777666]

Virginia needs to change everything.

Fire Bennett, no more of their slow style, get a coach that coaches fast, push the pace.

The only way to win in March.

UVA plays a style of ball that’s better suited for the days before shot clocks.

Slow and steady may have won the race for the tortoise over the hare, but not in college basketball

 

[member 51464]

I can't be the only one who assumed it would be Kansas that eventually became the first #1 seed to lose to a #16, haha.

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

 

[BigMac1212]

So. Round 2. Is a bracket still alive?

 

[Wild11MN]

So. Round 2. Is a bracket still alive?

No perfect brackets remain out there. There are a bunch with 1 game wrong that actually picked UMBC, believe it or not.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Nova is on fire. Damn.

 

[Reality Check]

I mean...It's still better than Papa John's

 

[SJSharksfan39]

I mean...It's still better than Papa John's

I wonder how long they have had this promotion. You think it will never happen in 135 tries and then when it does, you actually have to go through with it. Crazy is right.