Bracketology 3/10

[wojosdojo]

9 seed in Cleveland with rematch against Mizzou? Win and we play Pitt? Wow. Still hoping for that 7 seed in Chicago but seems unlikely if it would be our 3rd (or 4th) time playing ND. Maybe things would have been different if Purdue got that 2 seed.

Whatever happens on Sunday, I hope we get something avoiding a #1 the second round.

[NavinRJohnson]

9 seed in Cleveland with rematch against Mizzou? Win and we play Pitt? Wow. Still hoping for that 7 seed in Chicago but seems unlikely if it would be our 3rd (or 4th) time playing ND. Maybe things would have been different if Purdue got that 2 seed.

Whatever happens on Sunday, I hope we get something avoiding a #1 the second round.

I would say a 10 seed in Chicago would be entirely possible. If you beleive they are an 8 or 9 seed, I could easily see the committe miving them down a line and letting them play at the UC, especially considering the way they are going to have to address the presence of 11 BE teams.

[brewcity77]

There is absolutely, positively, without a shadow of a doubt, zero chance of that happening. No way the Selection Committee puts three Big East teams in a region and sets two of them to play in the next round, especially not with a potential 8/9 game, which is always a toss-up. We'd far more likely be in the East region, matched with George Mason and facing Ohio State in the third round.

A number of reasons for this. First, the SC tries to avoid tourney rematches within the past two years. That rules out the region we're in against Missouri and also the Southwest against Utah State. Second, as mentioned, they'll keep us out of a potential match with a Big East team before the Sweet 16. Third, they try to avoid in-season rematches in the first two rounds, which keeps us out of the West and a potential third-round tilt with Duke. Fourth (and probably least important), location-wise, it would allow them to adhere to that seldom mentioned "home" region. We are constantly shipped out West, but I have to think our natural bracket would be the East. Puts us in the same city (Cleveland) but the SC can then move us back out West in the future without worry.