NCAA Tourney

Today’s Creme Reveal has Texas in KC as a 2 with Mississippi State. Baylor as a 2 with Louisville. Doubt tonight’s results will change anything ......if you believe Creme. Baylor and Texas as 2’s. I get lost with all the scenarios so just think this is probably correct.

 

I would love to see a Baylor / Louisville showdown.

I really wish we could get into ND’s brackett, if they indeed end up a 1 seed. I just think our athleticism and depth would match up well with them. Mississippi State scares me. Regardless, I think we have as much a chance as any to make it to the FF.

 

Well, at least we know Texas is in. OU fans still unsure if that second round loss cost them an invite.

 

I just don’t know how the committee can leave them out based on high RPI. If they do.....dare use the word hypocritical?

 

Believing Creme is like believing that Pigs FLY! He's never right, but I would love it if he were right!!

 

Charlies full of creme

 

The men’s will be different this year with all 68 announced, then brackets follow. This takes a lot of drama out as one of the fun things is watching the bubble teams. So they will lose a lot of viewers when their teams don’t make it. Wonder if the women’s will do the same? Sooners might get to go feed the pigs early.

 

Crème is providing a talking point, nothing else. Why would anyone take his projections as gospel? It's a guess, same as yours and mine, although I do think he has better sources than I do.

 

THIS Made me laugh out loud .

 

And this.

 

So ready for it to be Monday. Still a few conference tournament games to catch tomorrow and Sunday.

 

Congratulations to Ex Lady Longhorn Kamie Etheridge and her Northern Colorado Bears as they win the Big Sky tournament and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Maybe they will send the team to Austin.
http://www.espn.com/ncw/recap?gameId=401020823

 

Hypocritical with regards to what?

 

Eight teams vying for the final four spots in the tournament. What are y'alls thoughts on OU and WVU getting in?

 

Surely at least one of WVU and OU will get into the tourney. I think OU has the best chance of the two.

 

Hoping to see at least four teams in and maybe five. BU, Texas, OU and OSU and one of WVU and TCU.

 

Interesting thread from Her Hoop Stats on the final eight teams being considered.

 

Don't think either OU or WVU is getting in.

 

I wouldn't hate ou staying home.

 

We need as many Big 12 teams getting as possible.

 

How Baylor getting a #1 seed could affect us.

http://www.espn.com/womens-college-...2729001/everything-need-know-selection-monday

 

For us, assuming we are still ranked #8 by the committee (our RPI fell to #12 and teams that were 3-seeds in the last reveal -- UCLA & Tennessee are now ahead of us in the RPI rankings) it all comes down to the placement of SEC teams, Miss. State and South Carolina.

In the Feb. 19th reveal, Miss. State was the overall #2 national seed behind UConn. Since then, only one loss in the SEC tourney championship game to #7 South Carolina. And, MSU fell to #5 in RPI (one spot lower than Baylor). If the committee keeps MSU at #2, then they can't have SC at #7 and in the same regional.

Why should MSU stay at #2 overall? Well, since the final reveal, #3/4 Louisville lost to UConn, but beat #4/3 Notre Dame. ND only lost to Louisville in the ACC championship game. So, all those teams lost once. MSU only has one loss on the season; so, Crème doesn't have them moving from their #2 spot.

Could Baylor leapfrog any of those 3 teams? They just don't come close to matching the number of Top 50 and Top 100 RPI wins. So, my answer is a resounding "NO".

Most think #6 Oregon will stay out West. But, the committee could always go against geography and follow more of a true S-curve format for those Top 8 teams. SC finished the year with wins over Tennessee, Georgia, and MSU; very impressive. Enough to vault USC to #6 over Oregon? All Oregon did to finish the season was beat UCLA and Stanford to win the PAC tourney.

So, no one ranked in the Top 8 in the last reveal really faltered since then. Texas suffered two losses to Baylor; so, we either stay ranked #8 or fall behind teams like UCLA and/or Tennessee.

For once, I really want Crème to be right and we get a #2 seed opposite MSU in Kansas City.

 

So Texas makes up three of Baylor's six wins over top 50 teams. Only six top 50 wins? I bet most, if not all of those, came in Big 12 play. Not exactly a ringing endorsement for a #1 seed, imo.

 

Texas (3), OU (2), and Stanford are the Top 25 RPI wins; none between 26-50. And, if OU doesn't make the tourney, it further dilutes their "quality" wins.

Granted, same for us as far as our two wins over OU. We have wins over FSU and Georgia, and the losses to UConn and Tennessee.

OSU, WVU, and TCU not being in the Top 50 is hurting us and Baylor. Other than Texas and OU, the other Big 12 teams scheduled very poorly in non-conference. I still say that we need to stop playing teams below #200 RPI in non-conference; absolutely no benefit, and it drags down our overall RPI.

 

I understand why we schedule some of these teams (historical connection; former players/coaches on staff; connection to current players/staff) but maybe most of those should be spread out to once every couple of years instead every year. There's plenty of teams that we could contact that are in 100s instead of the 200s.

The issue of which I have no idea about is whether those teams would be willing to come to Austin and not expect a return trip from the Horns the following year.

Texas State is one team I wish we still played frequently. I'm sure that they would hold out for a visit from Texas, maybe two visits to Austin for one to their place. TSU has gotten better (lost in the finals of their conference tournament by one or two pts) and it would be a more interesting game than some of the teams we have played.

 

What bothers me is that last year that had Texas slated at #2 with a "slim chance" of dropping to #3, which is exactly what happened. Even Creme had us at #2 and because of that, I don't really count on his prognostications as occurring.

 

Just over three hours til we know what region we will be in and who will be coming to Austin.

 

My concern isn't which #1 seed we're bracketed with... not sure it makes THAT big a difference this season (although it does APPEAR that we MIGHT match up a little better with a couple of them). My biggest concern is who we may meet en route to a potential 1 vs 2 Regional Final.

 

Not in Albany.

 

And, OU made it.