NCAA 2019 Conference Tournament/NCAA Tournament Thread

[HisIceness]

Shit or get off the pot. Win the whole damn thing.

 

[John Price]

Miami getting clobbered

 

[PanthersPens62]

Hokies blowing out the U

 

[rangerssharks414]

the raycom broadcast is insisting clemson is in

nc state is 10-9 in ACC play or something. That might be good enough. Lot of ACC teams gonna get in.

I just don't see it. They have a home win over Virginia Tech. That's it. All of their other wins are just wins.

 

[John Price]

Miami closed in a bit but VT rebounded and pulled away. Good game.

 

[EON]

NC State is in and Clemson is out imo. Belmont might get first four but it's unlikely, Lipscomb is definitely NIT bound.

Interested to see what happens between Indiana and Ohio State, that's probably a win and in game.

Also big games for bubble teams TCU and Oklahoma tonight.

 

[Kyle McMahon]

Surprised to hear Oklahoma is still being given better than 50% chance of getting in after that embarrassment.

 

[EON]

Surprised to hear Oklahoma is still being given better than 50% chance of getting in after that embarrassment.

19-13 on a pretty tough schedule, 42nd in kenpom, 40th in NET. That might knock them down a seed line, maybe even to the first four, but they should still be in.

 

[John Price]

Surprised Ohio State is even in consideration. They had a terrible year. Then again, Indiana arguably had a worse year and is somehow in the mix.

Lunardi loves the Big Ten. He thinks like 8 Big Ten teams will get in. Who else would you put in other than Purdue, MSU, MD and Michigan

 

[rangerssharks414]

19-13 on a pretty tough schedule, 42nd in kenpom, 40th in NET. That might knock them down a seed line, maybe even to the first four, but they should still be in.

I think Oklahoma is going to get in as well, and I think they'll avoid going to Dayton. They've played ZERO Quad IV games, which is ridiculous. I get that they went 7-12 against Big 12 opponents, but everything else points to them being in.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Surprised Ohio State is even in consideration. They had a terrible year. Then again, Indiana arguably had a worse year and is somehow in the mix.

Lunardi loves the Big Ten. He thinks like 8 Big Ten teams will get in. Who else would you put in other than Purdue, MSU, MD and Michigan

Wisconsin is a lock. Iowa and Minnesota should be in. Ohio State and Indiana are on the bubble. I think one of them will get in, but I'm not sure which one.

 

[Elvis P]

Zion Williamson will play Thursday in the Blue Devils' ACC quarterfinal game against Syracuse, the school tweeted

 

[John Price]

But why should Minnesota be in? Who did they beat?

Ohio State and Indiana were very bad this year. They don't deserve to be in. The damn committee will look favorably on them and give them spots when decnet mid majors get left out

 

[Kyle McMahon]

19-13 on a pretty tough schedule, 42nd in kenpom, 40th in NET. That might knock them down a seed line, maybe even to the first four, but they should still be in.

They did play a very strong OOC, I suppose that would be what saves them.

I'd rather see a mid-major that heated up down the stretch get in than a team from a power conference that has slumped for weeks though. The Big 12 didn't look that good this year, are they really going to get 7 teams into the tourney?

 

[Kyle McMahon]

But why should Minnesota be in? Who did they beat?

Ohio State and Indiana were very bad this year. They don't deserve to be in. The damn committee will look favorably on them and give them spots when decnet mid majors get left out

I agree, Indiana had a stretch where they lost 12 out of 13. Pretty ridiculous that one win against Michigan State (that Sparty completely blew in the second half) would undo all of that. A runner-up from a lesser conference (UNCG for example) would be a much more deserving team IMO.

 

[John Price]

A reminder that Minnesota finished 9-11 in conference play.

 

[Kyle McMahon]

A reminder that Minnesota finished 9-11 in conference play.

In their defense, they did have a 2-point loss @ Michigan, and a few other really close losses in-conference. Nice wins at Washington, Wisconsin, and they beat Iowa when the Hawkeyes were still in contention. I think they have a better argument for inclusion than Ohio State or Indiana if they can win today.

 

[John Price]

Over the last few years Virginia has had an insane record against ACC competition. They've only lost like 3 times. Once to VT, twice to Duke, that's it...

 

[rangerssharks414]

I have Minnesota comfortably ahead of Ohio State and Indiana right now.

 

[PanthersPens62]

From what I have heard, the committee is looking very strongly at out of conference schedule/wins ahead of how a team did in conference play.

 

[EON]

They did play a very strong OOC, I suppose that would be what saves them.

I'd rather see a mid-major that heated up down the stretch get in than a team from a power conference that has slumped for weeks though. The Big 12 didn't look that good this year, are they really going to get 7 teams into the tourney?

I do agree that I would like to see more mid majors but Oklahoma isn't the team to complain about, they earned a bid with a very challenging schedule. Teams like Texas/TCU/Ohio State/Indiana/NC State/etc. have much worse of a case.

 

[Kyle McMahon]

I do agree that I would like to see more mid majors but Oklahoma isn't the team to complain about, they earned a bid with a very challenging schedule. Teams like Texas/TCU/Ohio State/Indiana/NC State/etc. have much worse of a case.

Agree with that, other than Texas. If they win tonight, I think they probably have a better case than Oklahoma. Wins over UNC and Purdue OOC, and a hypothetical win tonight would give them in-conference wins over Kansas twice, K-State, and Iowa State. So they have no shortage of quality wins...just a lot of losses to go along with them.

 

[John Price]

@DaveG

 

[Canes]

Zion is officially back. Already 20+ points in the 1st half.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

Give me Belmont before Texans, tOSU, Clemson or Indiana.