IT IS STAFF SELECTION FRIDAY!!!!!
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Before anyone actually starts to pick apart the bracket I want to make sure everyone knows what they are looking at. This IS NOT what I think the Selection Committee will do on Selection Sunday, nor is it what I think the committee would do if today were Selection Sunday. For the sake of this exercise, I don’t give a damn about the Selection Committee. If someone from Bracket Matrix sees this and puts this on there, it will compromise the matrix. I’m not trying to guess the committee. Jon Teitel does that! He is FANTASTIC at doing it! I couldn’t compete with him if I wanted to. If that’s what you’re looking for, you can check out his bracket HERE
-If I were king, and in charge of everything, and the season ended today, this is who I would have in the bracket and where I would have them seeded. I’m also doing this on the basis that if the season ENDED TODAY, this is what it would be. I think Houston is a Final Four team, but when you look at who’ve they’ve played and who they’ve beaten, I feel that as of today everyone I have seeded ahead of them has done more. By the end of the year it wouldn’t shock me at all if Houston were a #1 seed, but that’s now how I choose to do it.
I have a few comments below, and some staff members may chime in as well. Understand that if they disagree with ANYTHING that I have done, then THEY ARE WRONG!!!!
OTHERS CONSIDERED: UCF, Arizona State, UC San Diego, Bradley, North Texas, Xavier, Indiana, Dayton, Boise State, Nebraska, Penn State, Cincinnati, San Francisco
COMMENTS FROM DAVID:
-I mentioned Houston earlier. They were my preseason pick to win it all. I still think they can win it all, and I think they’ll win the Big 12, and will be shocked if they’re seeded any worse than the 2-line come Selection Sunday. But as of now they don’t have any wins against any of the teams that are ahead of them, so I don’t have them seeded that high yet. But…I will.
-A team like Oregon actually seems to be better away from home than they are at home. They are actually kind of tough to place. They have some great wins, but then a smattering of home losses to teams that they clearly appear to be better than.
-Gonzaga on the 8-line may seem low. Well…show me where at any point this season they’ve looked better than that! This was one of my Final Four teams coming into the season, and while they haven’t looked so bad that they should be left out, they’ve also not looked all that much better than an 8 seed at any point this year.
-Maryland on the 10 line may seem really low to a lot of people as well. Realize that until they beat Illinois last night, which was their first road win and first win of any real substance, I didn’t have them in at all.
-Drake and UC Irvine (despite the road loss yesterday) are Under the Radar teams that I have seeded inside the bubble and ahead of the First Four. I realize that both need to pretty much win out in order to stay there, but both are really good and have earned it so far.
COMMENTS FROM THE STAFF (coming soon…maybe):
