Media Mock Bracket

[spartan3186]

Here is the mock-bracket the media did in their committee simulation....

A #3 seed in Louisville against Belmont... with San Diego St/Xavier Waiting, Mich St as the #2 seed and Michigan as the #4 seed? I don't think we could ask for anything better.

http://blogs.courier-journal.com/ericcrawford/files/2012/02/Screen-shot-2012-02-17-at-2.56.47-PM.png

[Canadian Dimes]

well that would be a BS bracket ...play a basic home game for the #14 seed and then possibly a basic home game against Xavier?

One frustration i have had over the last few years is these pods were supposed to benefit the top 4 seeds.  But more and more I see them not and benfitting teams that it was not supposed to benefit...ala Xavier last year

[Bocephys]

well that would be a BS bracket ...play a basic home game for the #14 seed and then possibly a basic home game against Xavier?

One frustration i have had over the last few years is these pods were supposed to benefit the top 4 seeds.  But more and more I see them not and benfitting teams that it was not supposed to benefit...ala Xavier last year

I think they also try and keep travel costs down when they can.  So when they can keep a team like Xavier close to home and not screw over a top 4 seed (we were 6th), it's a win win.  If we can crack that top 4 line then we most likely don't get stuck playing an away game at a "neutral" site.

[TallTitan34]

Utah State in Boise was a Utah State home game.

[muwarrior69]

The last time we played Michigan State were we not scoreless for the first ten minutes. Maybe our luck will change, but I do not relish playing them.

[wadesworld]

The last time we played Michigan State were we not scoreless for the first ten minutes. Maybe our luck will change, but I do not relish playing them.

That doesn't have a thing to do with either of this year's teams...

[robmufan]

The last time we played Michigan State were we not scoreless for the first ten minutes. Maybe our luck will change, but I do not relish playing them.

Is that a double negative? Because we WERE scoreless for the first (almost) 10 minutes...

[MUMac]

The last time we played Michigan State were we not scoreless for the first ten minutes. Maybe our luck will change, but I do not relish playing them.

This year, that mean they were right where we want them!

[ErickJD08]

We played Wahington in California. It's true though. It seems like every year the tourney is an away game. Wasn't Stanford in CA too?

[avid1010]

The last time we played Michigan State were we not scoreless for the first ten minutes. Maybe our luck will change, but I do not relish playing them.

i have no interest in playing an izzo team in march/april...he's the best, imo.

[Avenue Commons]

Marquette, Creighton and Xavier together. Why not just add Georgetown and Gonzaga and try and make it an all-Jesuit bracket?

[Brewtown Andy]

I think they also try and keep travel costs down when they can.  So when they can keep a team like Xavier close to home and not screw over a top 4 seed (we were 6th), it's a win win.  If we can crack that top 4 line then we most likely don't get stuck playing an away game at a "neutral" site.

Except Xavier was the 6 last year. Putting them in Cleveland was doing them a favor.