[Cracked Sidewalks] Top-16 Reveal Preview

[WhiteTrash]

Indiana ahead of us is LOL

Surprised Ohio State isn't ahead of us too.

[CountryRoads]

Not much respect but I'd take that region in a heartbeat.

[JakeBarnes]

Indiana, Iowa St and K-State all ahead of us is LOL.

Really surprised by the IU. Makes no sense.

[GoldenEagles03]

Based on this, MU is closer to a 5 seed than a 3 if they lose to Creighton.

Yup.  Makes me think 5 seed most likely, 3 seed the absolute ceiling.

Crazy.

[goldeneagle91114]

IA state and K state BOTH as three seeds and no UConn? What is the NET being used for???

[mugrad_89]

IA state and K state BOTH as three seeds and no UConn? What is the NET being used for???

Sounds like it's selectively being used.  No question the Big 12 is good, but they're literally getting SEC football level love.

[tower912]

Indiana ahead of us is LOL

I have been saying for a month that IU was dangerous.   Not surprised at all by this.

[goldeneagle91114]

I have been saying for a month that IU was dangerous.   Not surprised at all by this.

Don't look now, but they're down 3 at half to Ill.

[MuggsyB]

This is rather unfortunate but there's time to move up.

[MuggsyB]

IA state and K state BOTH as three seeds and no UConn? What is the NET being used for???

Yes. WTF???

[MuggsyB]

I have been saying for a month that IU was dangerous.   Not surprised at all by this.

They looked dangerous in Evanston.  Hopefully Illinois punks them in Bloomington. 

[UWW2MU]

NET is a sorting tool to classify wins/losses, not seeding a team itself.  Resume gets the seed, not their NET.

THAT BEING SAID - I think our resume is superior to IU...

[CountryRoads]

This is rather unfortunate but there's time to move up.

Agree there is so much basketball to be played. Iowa State and Kansas State have much tougher schedules down the stretch and we can move ahead of them which would put us on the 3 line.

I think we'll have a right to complain if we finish 4-2 (1-1 in BET) and aren't on that 3 line.

Indiana as a 3 in Louisville was a joke.

[Newsdreams]

What a bunch of unnatural carnal knowledgeing bs. How much love does the big 12 get my god

They could potentially put 9-10 teams in. 8 teams are expected in, very strong conference if not the strongest, they beat each other up but don't hurt their seeding much.

[SaveOD238]

I wish we'd been on the three line, but I'll take this.

I think as long we take 2 or fewer losses ROS, we should still be in protected seed territory.  Unless we lose twice to Creighton and they steal our seed.

Gonna be interesting to see what the committee does with the large number of Big XII teams in the bracket and the large number of BE teams on the 4-5 line (MU, X, UConn, Creighton, maybe Prov).

[Newsdreams]

IA state and K state BOTH as three seeds and no UConn? What is the NET being used for???

Not how it works. They mentioned Creighton and UConn are close to a 4 seed

[cheebs09]

I wish we'd been on the three line, but I'll take this.

I think as long we take 2 or fewer losses ROS, we should still be in protected seed territory.  Unless we lose twice to Creighton and they steal our seed.

Gonna be interesting to see what the committee does with the large number of Big XII teams in the bracket and the large number of BE teams on the 4-5 line (MU, X, UConn, Creighton, maybe Prov).

I have to think there's still time for the B12 to beat up on each other. I could see KSU and ISU falling back a bit.

[brewcity77]

Need to dig in, but feels like road wins against tourney teams really mattered. I can't think of much more rationale for those 3/4 lines. Would also explain UConn not being included.

[goldeneagle91114]

They could potentially put 9-10 teams in. 8 teams are expected in, very strong conference if not the strongest, they beat each other up but don't hurt their seeding much.

I get it, but at some point losses have to count for something.

[muwarrior69]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-picks-schedule-predictions-for-texas-vs-oklahoma-and-more-top-25-games-saturday/

[cheebs09]

Needless to say, from where I thought we'd be at the start of the year, fighting about the 3/4 line is a wonderful spot to be.

[Newsdreams]

I get it, but at some point losses have to count for something.

Quality of losses matta.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

I have no idea what criteria the committee is using.  Big 12 and B1G seemed to get a boost for being strong conferences, but Arizona, UCLA, and Virginia received no penalty for being in worse conferences than the Big East.

Seems very inconsistent.

[GoldenEagles03]

Needless to say, from where I thought we'd be at the start of the year, fighting about the 3/4 line is a wonderful spot to be.

Agreed but the 5/12 matchups are a nightmare.  Seems like that's where the committee wants Marquette and Xavier to end up with their current placements.

It doesn't matter what we think, but I feel like Indiana at 18-8 with their resume is just too high.

Seems like Marquette is destined for a 5 unless they win out.

[TallTitan34]

Was Seth Davis seriously asking about the entire B12 making it?