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NCAA 2024 Basketball Tournament Selections Sunday (Men's show begins at 4:00 PM MT on CBS and Women's at 6:00 PM MT on ESPN)
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King_George_XXIV_Rules
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We lost to them and Taco Fall in the NIT back in the day, so it would be a revenge game for Tad
MarkW
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I need an explanation of how #10 seeded teams have to go through a play-in? Is it because the were among the "last 4 in?"
Also, watching the Gonzaga v St. Msry's WCC final (my son is visiting Gonzaga on Monday) my comment was "CU would beat them by 20 points." And they got a #5 seed.!
Also, watching the Gonzaga v St. Msry's WCC final (my son is visiting Gonzaga on Monday) my comment was "CU would beat them by 20 points." And they got a #5 seed.!
ahoelsken
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Selection committee chair said 5 bid thieves this year. (Oregon, UNM, UAB, Duquesne, and NC State) Said the last two years there have been 3 combined.
ahoelsken
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Three 11s went to bid thieves. Moved the first four games up a line.
Robert Sorell
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The last four at large have play in games.
I don't like the play-in game, but honestly, this is a good bracket for us. We'll get a lot of exposure by playing that Dayton game; hopefully millions of people will see us stomping the Broncos. Huge opportunity for Cody...
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Why are the bid thieves seeded so high? Are they contractually not allowed to be lower than an 11 or be a play in team?
King_George_XXIV_Rules
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They are 1-2 vs. common opponents, while we are 2-2 (CSU & WSU)
I like the bracket for the Buffs. NC State or Kentucky to get to the Elite 8. Very doable
ahoelsken
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If you win your conference tournament if you're.....New Mexico (for example), are you one of the last four conference champions?
Kellogg just called us getting to the R32.
Should be out tonight.
ahoelsken
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Tech will handle NC State IMO. They're really good. Ignore what you saw against Houston.
Gonzaga was wildly over seeded. Not a lot to quibble about otherwise, imo. Most of bracket matrix had the zags at 7 or 8.
King_George_XXIV_Rules
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You cannot be assigned a play-in game on the 10 for 11 line if you are an AQ bid; you can be one of the 16 seed play in teams though as an AQ.
How do we match up with Boise? Don't know much about them.
They're a bunch of awkward athlete white guys with some basketball skills.
BuffBronco
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Robert Sorell
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The committee takes the 32 AQs as in, then they hash out who the 36 at large bids are, then you take those 68 teams and rank them.
The bid thieves ended up being teams like Oregon and New Mexico that were 5, 10, 15 spots away from being at large teams, but are well ahead of the teams that are on the 12 and 13 seeds.
I'm confused...did people think they deserved better? Wasn't their NET 20 spots lower than ours?
A 7 seed seems exactly right.
They are 12 spots higher than us. Seems odd.
For anyone wondering we'll likely be favored over Boise and Florida
I think CSU has a favorable matchup here. CSU can get hot and hit a lot of 3's.
The committee really hates them some MWC unless your name is SDSU. And they say past tournament performances and perception don't matter but the only teams out west who got good seeds, maybe even higher than they should have, are SDSU and Gonzaga, 2 teams who have recent success in the tournament. FAU also got an 8 seed and many thought they might not even get in.