WHAT IF WE DONT MAKE IT
Just kidding. Enjoy the selection show, everybody!
Just kidding. Enjoy the selection show, everybody!
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I keep thinking that FINALLY the neurotic crowd will calm down, but I’m sure they’ll find some goddamn way to keep freaking outThe best part of the selection show is that they put us in the first block and now all the nervous nellies can’t keep wringing their hands
NO. SLEEP. TILL BROOKLYN.BUT WHAT IF WE DON'T MAKE IT? Like there's a blizzard and we can't get to Brooklyn?
I agree. We win the first game and play Connecticut tough, its good PR for the kids who don't know about the NU basketball program.Absolutely. It's a tough draw, but they're all gonna be tough draws. Why not take on the best?
I’m looking at the bracket and the only team that really scares me is Stetson.Absolutely. It's a tough draw, but they're all gonna be tough draws. Why not take on the best?
Even with zero Nicholbombs?Torvik likes NU much more than he likes FAU, for what it's worth.
The Caterwauling will never cease around here!I keep thinking that FINALLY the neurotic crowd will calm down, but I’m sure they’ll find some goddamn way to keep freaking out
I was away for awhile.The Caterwauling will never cease around here!
The conference tournaments went about as bad as possible and we still made it in with teams to spare.
Yes, the level of angst on this board was accelerating all week.I was away for awhile.
Did anybody really think NU wasn't "in" after we beat Minnesota that badly?
Yeah, the Minnesota game made us a 100% lock pretty much everywhere. This was never in doubt.I was away for awhile.
Did anybody really think NU wasn't "in" after we beat Minnesota that badly?
With the Chairman stating there were "5 bid-thieves" - does this suggest that the 'Cats could've been seeded mid 7, or at least an 8 if the major conf. tourneys went chalk?We had 2 to spare. We were #36 and #38 was in the play-in.
I feel like we’ve been quite lucky with our past two tourney opening round matchups, so I’m not going to complain. Even though most people think FAU was overseeded, they have great guard play and just made a huge run last year. They are a tough team and it will take one of our better games to pull it off.Feels like we got the Group of Death for this tourney and we're starting off against a FF team last year for a chance to play last year's champion and perhaps this year's favorite.
Always great to be in the tournament though.
Doubt it, we just would've had play in games with 11 seeds and Virginia/Oregon/NC State would've been replaced with Seton Hall/Oklahoma/Indiana StateWith the Chairman stating there were "5 bid-thieves" - does this suggest that the 'Cats could've been seeded mid 7, or at least an 8 if the major conf. tourneys went chalk?
No. Bid thieves don’t hurt anyone but those who are left out. They eat from the bottom of the pool. Don’t affect anyone but maybe some positioning (if anything they help us by shoving someone above us down) above the 11 seed and maybe the 10 seed line.With the Chairman stating there were "5 bid-thieves" - does this suggest that the 'Cats could've been seeded mid 7, or at least an 8 if the major conf. tourneys went chalk?
As a 9 seed we were way safe. Even as the worst 9 seed we were ahead of 4 10 seeds and 4 11 play on seeds.We had 2 to spare. We were #36 and #38 was in the play-in.
Not entirely true, it was close. Check the CBS bracketology special where they listed the seed #. We were #36 and only #37 and below at larges didn't have to compete in a play in; every at large above that line had to be in the play in, Case in point: #38 Boise State was the first of 4 to have to be in the play in. The other seed #'s in the play-in varied only because of where the committee seeded the automatic qualifiers in and amongst the 10's and 11's, and remember the automatic qualifiers WERE NOT required for the play in. Fortunately for us, they viewed us as a 9 and not a 10 seed.As a 9 seed we were way safe. Even as the worst 9 seed we were ahead of 4 10 seeds and 4 11 play on seeds.
The play in seeds are all 10s this year due to the bid thieves.As a 9 seed we were way safe. Even as the worst 9 seed we were ahead of 4 10 seeds and 4 11 play on seeds.
Well, good thing we beat Minnesota then.Not entirely true, it was close. Check the CBS bracketology special where they listed the seed #. We were #36 and only #37 and below at larges didn't have to compete in a play in; every at large above that line had to be in the play in, Case in point: #38 Boise State was the first of 4 to have to be in the play in. The other seed #'s in the play-in varied only because of where the committee seeded the automatic qualifiers in and amongst the 10's and 11's, and remember the automatic qualifiers WERE NOT required for the play in. Fortunately for us, they viewed us as a 9 and not a 10 seed.
It was my biggest concern, especially after Big Matty went down. I knew we couldn't count on any BTT wins. We had to have that MN winWell, good thing we beat Minnesota then.
Otherwise, with a 4 game losing streak, I doubt we’d have been selected.