Golden Gophers vs. the NCAA Selection Committee - OPEN THREAD
by GopherNation on Mar 14, 2010 4:21 PM CDT
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Here is your chance to talk about our seed, our oppononent or lack of a seed and opponent. We did an awful lot to play our way into the Tournament, but didn't grab the automatic bid. It was probably enough but we'll find out very soon.
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I wouldn't be worried but we just lost by 29.
Will we get in over Florida, Illinois, Va. Tech or an Illinois team that took OSU to OT? I’m nervous.
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Illinois took them to overtime
But they didn’t win. They didn’t beat michigan st. or purdue either. If Illinois gets in instead of us it will be a travesty.
NO WAY
Illinois gets in ahead of us.
1 – we beat them in Illinois
2 – we have a higher RPI
3 – we have a few more wins
4 – we have a tougher SOS
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by GopherNation on Mar 14, 2010 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't look at the Big Ten standings though.
That said, I think we are ahead of Illinois. Miss. St., Cal. & Va Tech are a different story.
B10 standings don't always matter
Penn State was out last year and finished ahead of both Minnesota and Michigan.
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by GopherNation on Mar 14, 2010 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
We SHOULD still be in, but I'm not holding my breath
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I think we are in, I'm looking at seeding
4 or 5 seeds we could face…
Vandy, Tenn, Butler, Temple, New Mexico
I’m OK with a couple of those.
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Bracketology 101
is the self-proclaimed most accurate bracket projection (they have numbers to back it up).
They have us in as an 11 seed! That would be incredible. That may have been before the final 29 point differential.
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I'm really guessing the committee couldn't wait until after our game to have us in or seed us.
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ya
I think we were in or out before the game (especially with a 3 point game at halftime). Our seeding may have moved though. Imagine if we had won, our seed should really be different than it will be now.
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by GopherNation on Mar 14, 2010 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Bracket Matrix has us a 12 seed. Vandy, Maryland, Butler look like the most likely 1st round matchups.
my money is on a Butler rematch.
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Nervous
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lets remember were minnesotans
Which means we are probably screwed.
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by PJS on Mar 14, 2010 5:00 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
we've been through enough this year
give us a seed
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by GopherNation on Mar 14, 2010 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions
nevermind
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by GopherNation on Mar 14, 2010 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions
West Virginia deserved it over Duke
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weak #1 seeds this year
very balanced field (no big surprise there)
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they are milking it because
next year ESPN will get the tournament when the NCAA opts out of the deal and expands to 96 teams.
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by GopherNation on Mar 14, 2010 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Doesn't this guarantee 5 big 10 teams?
I thought they have to split them out in each region unless there are more than 4 teams from a conference.
not sure about that
you can’t face a conference opponent in the first or second round, that’s all I know.
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by GopherNation on Mar 14, 2010 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions
a Big Ten Regional final
?
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by GopherNation on Mar 14, 2010 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Tough bracket
Kansas having to go through Michigan State and Ohio State is a tough out for them. I think there is no way Maryland gets by MSU
haha.
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by PJS on Mar 14, 2010 5:16 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
florida is in. were fucked
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by PJS on Mar 14, 2010 5:20 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
GOPHERS!
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were in! not fucked.
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by PJS on Mar 14, 2010 5:21 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
wow they’re in Milwaukee? That’s great
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by plinytheelder on Mar 14, 2010 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions
in milwaukee should be like a home game!
Xavier is very good though.
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by PJS on Mar 14, 2010 5:24 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
We could drop game 1...
or we could upset Pitt in what amounts to a big advantage fan-wise and see a Sweet 16, especially the way they are playing (2nd half OSU not withstanding)… I can’t go Friday but you can believe I’ll make the Sunday trek if they beat Xavier.
Time to start looking for tickets..
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man I’m jealous
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by plinytheelder on Mar 14, 2010 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not sure I can afford it
Or if anyone else I know is interested in going, but I’m definitely looking into this.
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yeah I wonder how much it would be to go to a game, I guess the ticket is for 2 games (i.e. both games that afternoon)?
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by plinytheelder on Mar 14, 2010 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Looks like tickets are sold out already
At least, via the NCAA website
Still available on StubHub, etc.
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i dont get why these automatuc bid teams go nuts when they already know theyre in
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by PJS on Mar 14, 2010 5:28 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
yeah I was thinking that too, plus all the fans, ???
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by plinytheelder on Mar 14, 2010 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions
nope
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by plinytheelder on Mar 14, 2010 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Very decent chance to make a little run
we easily could lose, but we aren’t in a bad bracket at all…
I'm not
I think we stole their spot, which I’m a-ok with.
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We really
killed some of the other B10 tens seeds, too. I can’t believe Purdue was seeded higher than MSU.
Xavier plays very good defense
Jordan Crawford is a 6-4 guard who averages 19.7 ppg. Then they have two guys averaging just under 12 ppg.
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Xavier
Seems like their strength is PG and SG. Look for Iverson and Damian Johnson to have a big day. I like our chances as we are playing really well as a team. We have 3 pt shooters and can score inside, We don’t match up well with really athletic NBA type bodies like Turner though. I think Xavier has played a much easier schedule and we should win this one the way we are playing now. Pound it inside.
A Home Game?
You think Milwaukee will be like a home game? So now you’re happy to travel to Wisconsin? After all the ill will you speak of Wisconsin on this site? Badger fans will show up en masse to cheer for Xavier. There won’t be a single ticket left after UM sells out of theirs. I hope you’re all students cause no one else from Minnesota is getting in that building. We’re gonna be their sixth man. We’ll be all over the refs for every call against our beloved Musketeers. You’ll be wishing you treated us and our beautiful state a little kinder. Home game…….bah. ;)
Mark 8:36
So
Badger fans would rather go to a Gopher game than a Badger game?
I don’t get it…….
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by CrazyCollegian on Mar 14, 2010 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Me neither.
I mean I knew they were dumb, but THAT dumb?
Status update: lonebadger is officially on crack.
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by buddylee853 on Mar 14, 2010 8:21 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Apparently
So.
Man…. nope still can’t comprehend.
Milwaukee on Friday! Woohoo!
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by CrazyCollegian on Mar 14, 2010 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm sure that's exactly what Wisconsin fans want to do
c’mon LB, we are all on the same team now. I’d love to see 5 B10 teams in the Sweet 16. I thought only Iowa fans were this vindictive.
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by GopherNation on Mar 15, 2010 9:01 AM CDT up reply actions
;)
It is difficult to type sarcasm but I thought the little slanted smiley on the end might have implied it better. Yes, yes, we will be rooting for all Big Ten teams in the tourney until we face one. I just thought it was funny that Minnesotans think that driving through Wisconsin is like being tortured but it is still like a ‘home game’ when the Goophs are there. I don’t think that Milwaukee hates UW Madison. All the Milwaukee papers cover the Badgers pretty extensively. As far as recruiting, it seems that more Madison kids end up at Marquette and the Badgers get a good share of Milwaukee kids a la Landry, and Devin Harris.
Mark 8:36
I knew you were kidding
but driving through Wisconsin does suck. I do it 5 or 6 times a year, including this weekend!
Is it even possible to have a closer first round game? Des Moines or Madison I guess could host but they typically don’t and they are basically just as close as Milwaukee.
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by GopherNation on Mar 16, 2010 8:46 AM CDT up reply actions
hehe
Hey serious question here, isn’t Milwaukee more “home territory” for the Gophers than for the Badgers? I thought they were all Marquette fans there and didn’t like the Badgers.
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by plinytheelder on Mar 15, 2010 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions
tempted to fly from dc to the game....
Have a ticket lined up I think.
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by PJS on Mar 14, 2010 7:41 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I'm applying for the student lottery today
Here’s hoping!
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