#17 Overall Seed (Top 5)

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

A little surprising.

[onepost]

No it wasn't

[dgies9156]

Way to go guys. Knock 'em dead this week!

We'll see you in Minneapolis.

[Heisenberg]

They did not punish us for the SH loss.  The committee agreed it was terrible officiating and not a "real" loss?

[Cheeks]

CBS live guys feel Nova should have had MU's seed, but says MU vs Murray State best first round matchup of the tournament.

[Heisenberg]

CBS live guys feel Nova should have had MU's seed, but says MU vs Murray State best first round matchup of the tournament.

And last year they were crowing about the genius that was Tony Bennett and how Virginia was going to win it all.

How did that work out?

[Cheeks]

And last year they were crowing about the genius that was Tony Bennett and how Virginia was going to win it all.

How did that work out?

There will be lots of opinions the next 72 hours

[NickelDimer]

CBS live guys feel Nova should have had MU's seed, but says MU vs Murray State best first round matchup of the tournament.

I assumed they viewed us and Nova equally. Nova got a decent draw and they play pretty close to home so they get a 6 instead of 5. I though it was logical

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

No it wasn't

I don't think anyone really expected us to be the top 5 seed after losing 5/6.

[muguru]

I don't think anyone really expected us to be the top 5 seed after losing 5/6.

I'm not going to really complain but just imagine what they could have had had they not lost 5/6 and stayed as the top 5 seed...tells me the top 3 seed was very likely.

[Its DJOver]

I'm not going to really complain but just imagine what they could have had had they not lost 5/6 and stayed as the top 5 seed...tells me the top 3 seed was very likely.

Can we hold you to this?

[onepost]

I don't think anyone really expected us to be the top 5 seed after losing 5/6.

I did, and said as much.  Everyone here is so goddamn negative and reactionary.
We had a great season, had TEN Q1 wins (among the tops in the nation), and went through a slump like many others.

We were the #1 5 seed: this was no surprise to anyone that paid attention.

[GooooMarquette]

I did, and said as much.  Everyone here is so goddamn negative and reactionary.
We had a great season, had TEN Q1 wins (among the tops in the nation), and went through a slump like many others.

We were the #1 5 seed: this was no surprise to anyone that paid attention.

We got this.

[Its DJOver]

Anyone have a link to the committee's final S-Curve?  It'd be an interesting study.

[muguru]

Can we hold you to this?

Yeah but I will be up front and do NOT like the FSU match up in round two..in that instance would have rather had a #6. You gotta admit FSU's length and size is going to be a problem.

[Bocephys]

Anyone have a link to the committee's final S-Curve?  It'd be an interesting study.

https://twitter.com/nicoleauerbach/status/1107415088191934467?s=21

[Its DJOver]

Yeah but I will be up front and do NOT like the FSU match up in round two..in that instance would have rather had a #6. You gotta admit FSU's length and size is going to be a problem.

I agree, I think of the 4 seeds, they're the toughest match-up, but considering that we had already played two of the other 4 seeds, it essentially means that we had a 50/50 chance of getting them.  I was actually hoping that they'd get the three and knock Texas Tech back to the 4 (might have happened if they beat Duke yesterday), but no complaining remember. 

People's fear's for the longest time was getting matched up with Duke, and I think everyone agrees that if we play them this year, Wojo will have massively overachieved.

[Its DJOver]

https://twitter.com/nicoleauerbach/status/1107415088191934467?s=21

Much appreciated.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Remember when people were complaining that there was anti-Marquette conspiracy and it wasn't fair that teams like Michigan State weren't dropping farther on the s-curve but if Marquette lost one game we would drop like a rock? This shows that it is just not how it works.

We went 5-5 from the bracket reveal and dropped all of 5 spots on the s-curve. Went from the last three to the top 5. I'll be honest, even I thought we had dropped to the 3rd or 4th 5.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

While unlikely, I don't think it's a guarantee that Florida State gets past Vermont. They are a solid low major with tournament experience. Florida State does not travel well for basketball so every fan in the building will likely be pulling for Vermont. With Hamilton's history of tourney flops, the Catamounts could do us a huge solid.

Of course we have to take care of business first.

[muguru]

Anyone have a link to the committee's final S-Curve?  It'd be an interesting study.

Here ya go...Compiled from CBS's Broadcast

Duke

2 Virginia

3 North Carolina

4 Gonzaga


5 Tennessee

6 Michigan St

7 Kentucky

8 Michigan


9 Houston

10 Texas Tech

11 LSU

12 Purdue


13 Kansas

14 FSU

15 Kansas St

16 Virginia Tech


17 Marquette

18 Auburn

19 Wisconsin

20 Mississippi St



21 Villanova

22 Maryland

23 Buffalo

24 Iowa St


25 Louisville

26 Nevada

27 Cincinnati

28 Wofford


29 VCU

30 Syracuse

31 Mississippi

32 Utah St


33 Washington

34 UCF

35 Baylor

36 Oklahoma


37 Iowa

38 Seton Hall

39 Minnesota

40 Florida


41 Ohio St

42 Belmont/Temple/Arizona St/St John's

43

44 St Mary's


45

46 Murray St

47

48 Oregon


49 New Mexico St

50 Liberty

51 UC Irvine

52 Vermont


53 St Louis

54 Northeastern

55 Yale

56 Old Dominion


57 Georgia St

58 Northern KY

59 Montana

60 Colgate


61 Bradley

62 Abilene Christian

63 Gardner Webb

64 Iona

65 - 68 North Dakota St, NC Central, Fairleigh Dickinson, Prairie View

[muguru]

Remember when people were complaining that there was anti-Marquette conspiracy and it wasn't fair that teams like Michigan State weren't dropping farther on the s-curve but if Marquette lost one game we would drop like a rock? This shows that it is just not how it works.

We went 5-5 from the bracket reveal and dropped all of 5 spots on the s-curve. Went from the last three to the top 5. I'll be honest, even I thought we had dropped to the 3rd or 4th 5.

But...TAMU, you have to admit...dropping 5 spots on the S-curve is two seed lines..that's huge actually. Imagine where they would have been had they won all 5 of those?? AT least the top 3 seed, if not the last 2 seed.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

LSU shoulda probably dropped even with their resume but that's really my only gripe.

Pretty good job by the committee this year. Don't see anything that's way out of left field.

[muguru]

LSU shoulda probably dropped even with their resume but that's really my only gripe.

Pretty good job by the committee this year. Don't see anything that's way out of left field.

Michigan State has a legitimate gripe being in Duke's region I think

[WarriorDad]

17th is surprising to me.