we wouldn’t be sniffing the bubble without that win.

They also went 4-2 during the season against MSU, Ill and Pur…but yeah, the OOC sucks. And, according to the guys on ESPN, those quality wins against the top three teams in the BT don’t count b/c “they were all in conference!”

Link here.

He’s had us as a lock for quite some time.

Okay, lets assume me make the field -

My impression is that the “best” we could hope for from this team is a Sweet 16 appearance.

Which seed would give us the best chance of that assuming our choices are 9,10,11 or 12? I’d actually think a #9 seed is worse than the others as you get a #1 in round 2.

Thoughts?

The Bracket Project: 10 seed.

Bracketology 101: 10 seed.

Crashing the Dance: 9 seed.

Jerry Palm: 10 seed.

I think the universe will crash in on us if we don’t make the NIT! LOL

Getting to the “big dance” and losing in the first round
or
getting in the NIT and crushing Kentucky in the first round.

are claiming SEC conspiracy today with the refs to get the SEC 3 bids.

Mississippi State looks to be on the verge of bursting someone’s bubble.

And they were saying that they thought John Calipari would be the next Wildcats basketball coach. I don’t think any coach wants that Kentucky job right now with the fan pressure there. But more than that they said the Big Ten would only get 4 teams in the NCAA tournament and that Minnesota was NIT bound. I had to laugh.

I can’t stand all the hatred for the Big 10. I just got done reading a bunch of stuff on espn.com and watched my recorded episode of the Sports Reporters that aired this morning. Mike Lupica (who is usually annoying anyways) said the Big 10 is the most unwatchable conference in the country.

I just really want the Big 10 to do well to shut all of these people up. I just hope we don’t lay an egg. I still think we get at least seven teams and PSU just might sneak in with their a 10-8 record in the second best RPI conference in the country.

That helps us!

Quit dragging this out on me!

But glad Memphis isn’t a 1 seed.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology?id=3232345

Arizona is in

…..what’s Arizona doing in?

Just got done cleaning up the puke after hearing Coach K talk.

His team is a bunch of champions blah blah blah….

heading to Mpls is good for the U, the Bison fans will show up in droves

..will sell out. Kansas, USC, Michigan State, NDSU. Wow, there’s power there. I may have to go. Hello Song Girls!

I wasn’t but until I see their name, i am nervous

How is Utah a 5 seed? Are they really two seed levels below Kansas?

Arizona playing Utah is very very very suspect

But I like seeing NDSU in Minneapolis. That is great for them. I hope they pull off the shocker. I think they deserved a #13, but at that point, it isn’t a big deal. But not sure if they will be able to pull it off against KU.

They did lose to a D2 team, but they have some impressive wins, if I recall correctly. #5 does seem a little high, though.

Gets to play at Dayton. Not fair.

these decision makers are morons

…by Washington…

…when I heard Gumbel say “Golden”

Maryland a 10? that’s the oddest one I’ve seen yet

that has to be enough

…when I heard “golden” for Marquette….

USU the 2nd 11 seed

..I’m not sure this is good news….cMON

their RPI was 54 and ours is 42

Gophers, Badgers, Wolverines

and all be surprised. Although I think I’d prefer a 10 or 11

That OSU gets to play in Dayton.

hit em all last year?

is a good tourney….

wow…a 12

a 12 for wisconsin

moving towards pissed

..either UM or UM in…

and we’ll get to knock Duke out!

and get run by Duke….

gotta love it. Texas doesn’t scare me.

…Greensboro…

that is very good news…better to play texas than florida state

Well, not really. I’m maroon and gold all the way. But I start school at Texas this fall. I’ve been wearing burnt orange along with maroon and gold all week. I’m putting that burnt orange and all Longhorns gear away for a while.

…….I am saying Duke UCLA and Minnesota in the same breath!!!!

So we weren’t all that close to the bubble.

bring on Burnt Orange Nation and the Longhorns!!

I wouldn’t do that

I can’t believe you even have to debate between the two schools!

but then nobodye else

But I had a rooting interest in Texas. Not anymore. None whatsoever.

that UNC and Duke are both in Greensboro. They must be happy that UNC Greensboro always hosts…..

Would ya’ll have rather faced TExas or Clemson?

..Paterno kitties….

Right…..

Are going to have one hell of a tough ticket. Both Duke and UNC fans buying up loads of tickets.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/brackets/viewable_men

Didn’t Northwestern work them?

they must have listened to digger and hubert this morning

…they deserved a #5 seed, but that doesn’t mean Wisconsin is in trouble.

Had Creighton instead of AZ. Think that’s all he missed.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology?id=3232345

I went to Minnesota and my brother went to Texas. This should be fun.

Minny – Texas
Wisc – Florida State
Michigan – Clemson
Purdue – Northern Iowa
Illinois – Western Ky
MSU – Robert Morris
Ohio State – Sienna

What are the predictions on these games. Which teams are most likely to lose? After the top 5 or 6 teams, are any teams really that much better than other ones?

St. Mary’s had made it.

http://www.burntorangenation.com

Texas lost to Michigan State by 4 and beat Wisconsin by 5.

And congratulate Selection Sunday a.k.a Hodger

He hit all 34 at-large teams this year.

A. J. Abrams is one of the best 3 point shooters in the country so they will have to do a much better job of defending the perimeter. We need to get the big guys in the paint going.

TUBBYS IN THE BIG DANCE!!!!!!! GO GOPHERS!!!!!!!!

if we beat Texas in the first round…Then we probably get none other than Coach Mike Mike Krzyzewski and the Duke Blue Devils..Unless they get miraculously upset by Binghampton.