Selection Sunday open thread
by Mike Rutherford on Mar 15, 2009 4:58 PM EDT
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So this weekend was OK. Let's go ahead and cap it off with the best Sunday of the calendar year.
I'll still be surprised if Carolina doesn't get the top overall seed, but I can't see the committee taking us out of the Midwest and a possible Dayton/Indianapolis combo. It's not quite as fun to speculate about or breakdown potential first round opponents this year, but I'll just go ahead and say we draw the fighting Todd Bozeman's of Morgan State and that Duke is our two. Even though I'm every bit as skeptical of the Blue Devils' lofty staus as the next guy, I'm not sure they aren't a bad matchup for us, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
As far as the other two top seeds, I think there's little chance that anyone outside of Pitt and Memphis snag them, although I'd be lying if I said I wasn't still holding out a bit of hope that the Tigers are going to pop up as the two in our bracket.
I'm ridiculously excited.
Feel free to share all pre and post-bracket thoughts in the comments section.
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Indy
Lunardi thinks we are in Indy, and I’m not convinced he doesn’t have some inside info since he had us in Memphis last night.
Even though Chapel Hill is technically closer to Indy than Memphis, NC and Tennessee actually touch each other, so I don’t think they would be too upset about being in the South. Plus, I mean, UNC is in the South.
I’m thinking we get OK as our 2, with Duke going to Boston against Pitt.
I don’t want to see MSU as our 2 seed.
What a day.
Ahh, but Chapel Hill is closer
to Boston than Memphis.
When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again.
-Barney Stinson
I would have lost that bet.....
…but Pitt is much closer to Boston than Memphis right?
UConn in Boston would have been PERFECT for them.
Memphis and Canada
Did you know Louisville is 12 miles closer to Canada (Windsor, Ontario) than to Memphis. And given Memphis fans that’s a good thing!
This is SO Cool!
For the first time since I’ve been a true Card fan I can stop watching the Selection show after the first 5 minutessince they always announce the 1 seeds first. No that I will stop watching, mind you, but it’s neat to be able to relax and just enjoy the moment.
My prediction is that the Cards will get the overall 1 seed and be placed in the Dayton/Indy Brackets. The NCAA has been pretty good about trying to keep the top teams as close to home as possible.
Regardless, I’m really stoked to watch the Selection Show.
I'm guessing
They give UNC the overall 1, but put them in memphis.
uofl in Indy.
Put memphis out west with uconn.
pitt in boston. hopefully with duke.
In my fantasy world they send UNC to boston with UConn.
Us to Indy with Oklahoma.
Duke & memphis out west
Pitt & MSU in memphis.
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Brown Chairs
What do you think those brown chairs at Michigan are normally used for?
Overnight...
….amazing how the sports media seemed to switch on UL from “outside shot at 1 but lost to WKU” to “clearly a 1 seed and likely the overall #1”
I think for so long they have their minds made up and then when they realize what is going to happen they switch and act like they’ve been there all along.
The path...
…Quinn1979 were just discussing how crazy it is where we are right now, and how the exact circumstances that had to happen for us to get the 1 seed in (possibly) Indy…happened. There is almost no other scenario where we end up like this…..even if we beat UConn/Pitt in the Big East final we get the 4th 1 seed out west…..if we are the 2 or 3 seed in the BET we likely don’t get a 1 seed….
Just amazing. The path is unfolding before us.
Mike Traghese (sp?) must be having a heart attack
Congrats to the guy in his last months as BE commish
Crap, I hate having to play UConn.
Even without Dyson, I think they are a bad match up for us.
Doesn't change things....
…if they put Memphis out west as the 2, then UConn/Memphis were the last ones, so we would play the winner anyway.
Noticed that too...
…poor vikes.
When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again.
-Barney Stinson
memphis is going out west I bet
I don’t think UConn makes the final four
it’s pronounced: “NAWT AH DIME BAAK, NAWT A DIME!”
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I don't know why....
the #8 Buckeyes should get to play almost in their backyard…..their fans are nasty. I dread that game.
Mich State?
Ah hell no. How is this a #1 overall seed bracket?
When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again.
-Barney Stinson
yeah, this is tougher than i thought it was going to be
some tough teams in our bracket
NDSU over Kansas
Woodside goes off.
When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again.
-Barney Stinson
after further consideration
We only have to beat on of those teams in the bottom brackett. The third round game against Wake could be tough but hell it is tournament time.
No one has played against a defense like ours!
Only Mich. St has me concerned. But even then they don’t have the guards to handle our press.
Nobody plays full court press in the Big Ten.
On the other hand, they play brutal half court defense.
I think when we see the other brackets.....
we’ll see that ours isn’t THAT tough.
A lot of good teams out there.
Memphis is a bunch of thugs.
See how pissed they were about getting a 2?
Play in a better conference or win your out of conference games, d-bags.
That Cal-MD game will be tough to pick
When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again.
-Barney Stinson
BYU won't be playing in Provo
When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again.
-Barney Stinson
is it just me...
or did Uconn get a soft number one?
I think as a #1 overall, we have a really difficult road.
Don't think we'll face Ohio State
I’m calling it now… Siena will be the Buckeyes. They’re good, guys. Very solid team. And don’t sweat Mich. St. They’re physical, but we’ll run them into the ground. They remind me of Pitt with less beef inside.
Siena is a better team than OSU.
However, OSU has been playing really well lately, and has had success by forcing a faster tempo against the Big Ten and using a 2-3 zone. Those are the kind of teams we have trouble against, so I hope we get Siena.
Good points
but we consistently beat the ‘Cuse zone in the 2nd Half. I think we’ve got that one solved. And we’re so much faster than OSU. I’m not worried one bit until the 3rd Round.
Nobody had a camera on our guys?
Pathetic. These talking heads are getting really bad with their bias.
If that palestra.net
video is correct, then the team is not having a party. They are having a small gathering at Porcinis. Not sure if that is a great venue for this kind of thing.
When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again.
-Barney Stinson
I agree
UNLESS the refs call it really tight. Then anyone having a good night can beat them by fouling their bigs out.
Maybe overconfident here
but I honestly don’t see us breaking a sweat until Sweet Sixteen. I like the matchup with OSU, even though it’s in Dayton. We’ll travel well up that short distance, so I don’t think they’ll have a huge crowd advantage.
Man I hope
Pitino keeps these guys grounded. It would be so easy to let overall #1 (still that hasn’t sunk in yet) go to their heads and get upset early.
I almost hate that Miss State won that game.
I hate Tenn, but I really think they stole a bid from St Mary’s or Providence, which were more deserving teams IMO.
I disagree with the whole "snub" arguments in general.
Win your games and it won’t be a problem.
When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again.
-Barney Stinson
Yeah, but OSU is tough.
Like I said, they’re the team that matches up with us best in the Big Ten IMO.
Before I go
I just realized this means UK is the #4 team in the state. Behind Morehead St., WKU, and us. HAH!
by SpeedStudent on Mar 15, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah but
We will be back, we always are…Congrats non-the-less rep the State in the NCAA tournament. I hope you all pull it off and remember we are 5 titles ahead so catch up will you already ;)
UL Football Fan/UK Basketball Fan ~ FOB Kalsu, Iraq
by The White Mandingo on Mar 15, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
there should be a statute of limitations on...
counting championships dating back to the 1940’s. (60 years??, please)….now, let’s see , how many does yUK and U of L have in the last 30 years? I think that would be 3 for yUK and 2 for U of L….now, that’s better. LOL
LOL
So your telling me you wouldn’t count them if U of L had them??? Don’t worry about answering that because I already know the answer.
UL Football Fan/UK Basketball Fan ~ FOB Kalsu, Iraq
by The White Mandingo on Mar 16, 2009 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, we'd count em
but after 30 yrs we wouldn’t be quite as boastful
didn’t Holy Cross once rule in the 40’s— don’t hear much chest pounding from the priests now
Here we go!!
Allright ULouisvillians, now is the time to come to the aid of your team. We better have a hell uv a traveling crowd in Dayton on Friday and Sunday. Get to OHIO!!!
if we don't show up....
I can guarantee that the OSU fans will buy all the tickets……pack those bags and let’s get going. Go CARDS!!!
Amazing
isn’t it, that this team that was 8-3 and looked like it would struggle just to make the Dance is now the overall #1??? I’m in shock a bit. Giddy shock.
LOL
That’s insane. Wake is one of the easiest matchups we could hope for. Those guys probably rank at the bottom of all BCS teams in terms of shooting 3’s. We can collapse in the halfcourt and absolutely stifle those guys. I HOPE we get Wake!
Stats
Compare 3’s… Louisville took 608 and made 201. Wake took 381 and made 121. Similar percentages, but look at that huge gap! Louisville took the most 3’s in the BE. Wake took the least in the ACC (by far). PLEASE LET US PLAY WAKE!
Good stats TX
But I said a month ago that I hoped we didn’t face Wake due to their height. 5+ players 6-10 or taller I think. Couple seven footers. Here’s hoping our beating from UConn doesn’t mean we can’t handle tall teams.
Oh I know
Wake’s tall… they have to be since they don’t shoot the rock well from outside. But UConn owned us because we had to respect their outside abilities with Dyson playing. He was their best outside player on both ends of the court. He was the reason Thabeet was able to get the ball basically at will inside. But two things are clear vs. Wake: we have fouls to give inside (platoon TJ and SS and get them both to front aggressively); and Wake’s Guards are horribly mismatched in the halfcourt vs. Dre, PK, and Smith. Your big men aren’t nearly as effective if the outside guys can’t get looks into them. Seriously, we’ll abuse Wake. I just saw that Parrish over at CBSSports.com picked Wake to win our Region. LOL What a tool.
I never fill out just one.
It’s just too damn fun to fill them out to stop at one! ;o)
Congratulations to all on the overall #1
But the truth is the committee, once again, didn’t do us any favors. Playing Ohio State in Dayton will be a tall order, regardless of the apparent weakness of this year’s Big Ten. And there is no doubt what so ever that the Midwest region is the toughest of all. Gee whiz, I thought getting the number one overall meant a break and getting the weakest number 2. Perhaps that truly is Michigan State, but I have my doubts.
theoldman
Not worried about OSU
because I think there’s a real chance that Siena will take them out in Rd 1. But either way, we’ll travel well and have a sizeable crowd in Dayton to offset OSU’s “home” feel. Plus, we played better on the road this year than at the Hall, anyway. But yeah, this is a tough draw overall for what should have been the easiest bracket.
March Madness!!!!
A lot of people are saying that the Midwest is the toughest bracket, I completely disagree. We are with, hands down, the weakest #2 seed in the tournament. Would you rather have the option of playing Oklahoma? Memphis? Duke? No, you would not…Michigan State has a lot of flaws; I was in Indy for the Big 10 tournament, and the only team that really impressed me was Purdue (and obviously they won). Ohio State can make big shots, but they give up a lot on defense, and their guards can’t handle a lot of pressure.
After that, Wake Forest and Kansas are the toughest teams in our bracket. Kansas is too young, too inexperienced, and I think we would matchup well with them. Wake Forest could pose some problems; but again, what have they done since January?…West Virginia is probably the team that worries me the most, but I don’t see HuggyBear coaching that team to the Elite Eight.
After saying all of that, I am still worried. I have never felt this confident in a team…In fact, the last time I was anywhere close to this confident was right before the UCONN game, and we all know how that ended.
by Luke Whitehead's Rap Career on Mar 16, 2009 12:42 PM EDT reply actions
Long as the boys dont revert back
to being scared of inside contact, ie: UConn game..we will be fine. Never in my life had I seen a team so scared to go inside and risk getting their shot blocked..lol
by twistedwedge on Mar 16, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
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