2012 NCAA Tournament Thread
 

Selection show starts in 10 minutes

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Thinking the Hoosiers get a 4 seed. I'll be happy with that. Be happier if they avoid Kentucky's bracket.

I thought it was at 7pm?

Getting nervous for the selection show. Hoping for a longshot selection for my Huskies. Either way, I am fired up for the selection show. Great day to be a dude!

And here we go...!

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nope. Six. ESPN does bracketolgy at 7.

God that music gets me fired up!

No one really shocked about Kentucky

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Same with me :D

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Interesting. 3/4 one seeds lost their conference tourny

A little surprising with UNC staying at #3. That's ok, I bet the committee does them the "favor" of sending either Kansas or Mizzou to St Louis as their #2.

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dola- that could be good news for my Huskies if the committee is undervaluing conference tournament results

That's because the tourney committee is a damn moving target. A couple of years ago, they handed out #1 seeds to the tourney winners over better teams because... I dunno... it sounded better that year.

Then again, it's not like Florida State or Louisville or Colorado were going to make it. Mizzou was the one hurt by their moving target this year.

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Of course, I'd be perfectly happy if it was us :)

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VCU-Wichita State: definitely a fan of that game

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good call

I want to see Kentucky get another shot at Indiana so badly.

Of course not. The committee says they never do that sort of thing, but it always feels like they do

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Mizzou would prefer a 2 in the Midwest over a 1 in the West, I would imagine.

Wait- WTF. Did Seth Davis just say Baylor was going to lose in the first round?

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Kansas, too :)

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Well, so far the first bracket was good for at large hopes. Didn't see any of the other bubble teams so far that we are "competing" against.

I just love this bracket. Kentucky could potentially have to play UCONN, Indiana, and Duke to go to the Final Four. That would be a lot of fun!

he did. South Dakota is really good. They took it to us at home earlier this year (yet another game Romar didn't have us ready to play in)

Exactly. I was hoping they wouldn't, but of course they'll stick them in there. Imagine the build up of that game? Two massive fan bases, the memory of one of the best games of the year. I think they'll both make it too. Kentucky will win this time around, but IU will give them a run.

After the last three years, if you told me IU would be a four seed, I would have thought you were smoking crack. This will go down as one of my favorite IU teams. Now, a sweet sixteen appearance would be a nice ending.

I figured wed be in the 5-7 range, so a 6 seed is right in middle

Duke will lose to Notre Dame. Put it on the board.

Not much respect for Memphis.

For Indiana, problem is: without Jones- isn't that going to be pretty tough to get anywhere deep?

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I dont think Indiana gets by round 2.

Top half of Michigan State's bracket isn't too bad. Really like Sparty's chances at a Final Four.

Wow, winner of big east a 4 seed.

#2 in West.

Iona!

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Shit, Iona gets in. Really hurts us.

It hurts their rotation, no doubt. But the freshman that took Jones spot isn't bad. They've been playing pretty well as of late. If they can figure out the rotation, and it seemed like they got a bit better in the 2nd half of the Wisconsin loss, then I think they can get by Wichita State.

Murray St might have been underseeded. However, Marquette isn't a horrible 2nd round draw.

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Michigan St. got a gifted bracket. Kentucky's is much harder.

Also, I refuse to call the first 4 "The First Round"

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I am shocked that they sent the Big 12 Tourney winner out west. Kansas gets more play for winning the regular season?

Actually, Mizzou didn't get the home court but they have to be pretty happy with their bracket.

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Nah, they'll screw us by sending us to Boston to play Syracuse. Just watch

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Well, the regular season is a longer process.

West is week.

Agreed.

As soon as they kept UNC on the #1 line, they had to scramble up where they sent all the 2s so Kansas or Mizzou didn't get to go to St Louis

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This. Kansas gets the 2 in the East. Ohio State the 2 in the Midwest then?

Unreal Iona will get in and not the regular season PAC 12 winner. No way you are gonna tell me Iona is better than UW, or a number of other bubble teams.

Me too

And, yes, I just contradicted what I posted 10 minutes ago because I went from optimistic to pessimistic

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