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Im assuming thats because we are leading the AAC standings.
We moved up to 57 RPI. This next game is huge. Win and we probably move up to top 50 RPI.
UCONN needs to keep winning.
We moved up to 57 RPI. This next game is huge. Win and we probably move up to top 50 RPI.
UCONN needs to keep winning.
Yes. I am not sure how he has UCONN ahead of Cincinnati in his bracket and how Temple is not there either.
CBS has us in as a 12 seed as well. The only other AAC team they have penciled in is UConn in a play-in game.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology
BPI ratings and who's in and out of the Tourney.
GO TU!!!!
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bpi/_/type/tournament
GO TU!!!!
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bpi/_/type/tournament
That is correct TUcandoit. Lunardi is assuming we win the Tourney. Seven teams ahead of us for an at large.
We need to keep winning.
Go TU!!!!
No the "regions" are the sites for the Sweet 16 (representing the South, West, Midwest, East). The cities hosting the round of 64/32 will have 2 groups of 4 teams that feed into one of those regions. I'm not sure if all 8 teams ever feed into the same regional; seems like it's usually 2 different regions represented...
Small correction to this thread, Lunardi isn't truly predicting us to win the conference tournament --- whatever team is 1st in conference standings is who he puts into his bracket as the auto-bid. We are in a multi team tie for 2nd but SMU is ineligible and we currently sit at the top of the tie because we have a better overall record than Temple.
About 10 years ago the NCAA went to a pod format for team placement trying to regionalize the 1st and 2nd round games more. It made it easier for them to seed as well as keep teams as close to "home" as possible so you didn't end up with a TU vs. Dayton scenario in Spokane. It doesn't mean that every team gets to play close to home or is an easy trip as evidenced by us getting shipped out to San Diego a couple of years ago, but it works better. Sometimes you will end up with 8 teams from the same bracket, sometimes you will get 4 from the east and 4 from the south or something like that. Also, what you are seeing now are just projections by guys who have convinced ESPN and CBS and whoever else that they should have a job playing guessing games. Doesn't mean that those 2 pods or that particular set of seeds is slated for any particular venue at this point.
I don't even bother trying to figger out that crap anymore. Pods, play-ins, etc. What a pain in the ass.
When Tulsa hosted a couple of years ago, the slate was: Kansas, Memphis, Texas, Arizona, Illinois, Oakland, Boston, UNLV
5 midwest teams and 3 out of region, although flights from Phoenix and Vegas into TIL are easy and you can get direct flights. BU was the only team having to make a crazy trip from those 7. It will never be perfect based on the teams that get bids and the need to balance the regional brackets, but the pod system is better than the previous model. You do the 1st/2nd round sites a favor by putting teams that will allow them to sell a lot of tickets there. When we went to St. Louis the 2 pods included Tulsa, Kansas, Kentucky, Valpo, Marquette, Stanford, Western Kentucky, and Holy Cross (Kansas was MW #1, Kentucky was East #4)...yes you had Stanford and Holy Cross make trips, every other school in the region could have made the trip by car (Marquette furthest at 8 hrs). Overall it is a better placement system than what previously existed and is more fan friendly.
That draw was fantastic for Tulsa with Memphis, Kansas and Texas all well-represented. Zona had a good number, also.
We bought our tickets from Oakland.
We bought our tickets from Oakland.
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