Selection Day Surprises

[CatManTrue]

Wisconsin got jobbed with a #8 seed up against Virginia Tech.

If they win, they face #1 overall Villanova in the round of 32.

No respect for the Big Ten so far...

 

[VirginiaWildcat]

Wisconsin got jobbed with a #8 seed up against Virginia Tech.

If they win, they face #1 overall Villanova in the round of 32.

No respect for the Big Ten so far...

Terrible...

 

[julescat]

B10 didn't deserve too much respect this season.

 

[FLCat07]

If WI is an 8 seed, we are a 9, 10 or 11?

 

[catcrazy]

Bull crap. B10 I think was best conference top to bottom just only one marquis team in Purdue but even Rutgers was tough as nails

 

[NU Houston]

Both Providence and USC in.

 

[julescat]

Bull crap. B10 I think was best conference top to bottom

Do you own a TV??

 

[Windy City Cat Fan]

B10 didn't deserve too much respect this season.

Why? big ten isn't top heavy but strong across the conference. Indiana beat both UNC and Kansas

 

[VirginiaWildcat]

Do you own a TV??

Do you?

 

[VirginiaWildcat]

Indiana beat both UNC and Kansas

Both games were a fluke apparently...

 

[Windy City Cat Fan]

Sparty a 9?

 

[julescat]

Do you?

yes.

 

[Windy City Cat Fan]

Purdue a 4 - I guess the disrespect was just for UW not the big ten

 

[CatManTrue]

Bull crap. B10 I think was best conference top to bottom just only one marquis team in Purdue but even Rutgers was tough as nails

Purdue in as a #4 in the Midwest, Michigan State as a #9 with their 19-14 record.

A bit more respect there.

 

[CatManTrue]

Purdue a 4 - I guess the disrespect was just for UW not the big ten

I think you're right. Michigan also in the Midwest as a #7 after winning the BTT, not too shabby.

Based on the selections so far I'd guess we end as an 8 or a 9 seed. If we end up as one of the 11 seed play-in games I'll go apoplectic.

 

[D_C_B]

If Sparty is a 9, we should be higher. It we won't be. The BT is getting the shaft.

 

[CatManTrue]

If Sparty is a 9, we should be higher. It we won't be. The BT is getting the shaft.

Minnesota selected as the #5 seed in Milwaukee. That's much higher than I expected...

 

[FeliSilvestris]

Purdue a 4 - I guess the disrespect was just for UW not the big ten

That's about right. Purdue was about #15 in the land, which means a #4 seed. That was by far the strongest B1G team.

 

[NU Houston]

Seton Hall as a #9 seed?

 

[benoitdenizetl]

How is Minnesota a 5?! That's weird.

 

[TejasCat]

Hoping we are an 8/9 out West in SLC. The Zags are our best matchup round 2 if we can win

 

[Jonny2TheP]

Dayton a 7?

 

[CatManTrue]

Seton Hall as a #9 seed?

That's a surprise. The Big East is overrated and I'm surprised 21 wins out of that conference merits a #9 this year.

How is Minnesota a 5?! That's weird.

They were hot for the second half of the year. I'm not a fan of Pitino Jr. but they are stout this year.

 

[Windy City Cat Fan]

Wow 8 seed

 

[WildcatfanChris17]

IT HAPPENED!!! Let's go Cats!

 

[Windy City Cat Fan]

That's about right. Purdue was about #15 in the land, which means a #4 seed. That was by far the strongest B1G team.

But Wisconsin was an 8 seed, were ranked 24th, went further in the BTT and blew us out of the water. Seems like maybe just Wisconsin was not very highly respected I assume due to the way they finished the season.

 

[CatManTrue]

Wow 8 seed

Maryland is a #6 seed in the same region; didn't we just beat them soundly? Lol.

 

[mikewebb68]

Hoping we are an 8/9 out West in SLC. The Zags are our best matchup round 2 if we can win

Ding! Ding! What do we have for TejasCat, Johnny?

 

[CatManTrue]

Sparty a 9?

The Michigan State AD led the selection process, they just interviewed him on the selection show.

Conspiracy theory, anyone?

 

[willycat]

Ding! Ding! What do we have for TejasCat, Johnny?

Question for TejasCat, who will NU play after they beat Vandy and either Gonzaga or the Jackrabbits? Also where?

 

[Wrestlerneverdiesasacatfan]

Wisconsin got jobbed with a #8 seed up against Virginia Tech.

If they win, they face #1 overall Villanova in the round of 32.

No respect for the Big Ten so far...

Wisconsin got screwed!

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

Wichita State got hosed.

 

[GECat2]

Wisconsin jobbed. Minnesota over valued. Dayton laughable. Sparty - Really? Thank God they kept Syracuse out.

 

[willycat]

Wisconsin jobbed. Minnesota over valued. Dayton laughable. Sparty - Really? Thank God they kept Syracuse out.

where are the whining illini???

 

[CatManTrue]

Wisconsin jobbed. Minnesota over valued. Dayton laughable. Sparty - Really? Thank God they kept Syracuse out.

Iowa as a #1 seed in the NIT, along with Syracuse and Illinois State.

So glad we're in the main event.

 

[FeliSilvestris]

But Wisconsin was an 8 seed, were ranked 24th, went further in the BTT and blew us out of the water. Seems like maybe just Wisconsin was not very highly respected I assume due to the way they finished the season.

See complete seed list elsewhere:
#16 Purdue
#18 Minny
#23 Mary
#27 Mich
#29 Wisky
#32 NU
#35 MSU
It's a weird ranking, to say the least.
PU seems about right.
Minny and Mary WAY over-appreciated!!!
Wisky unexplicably UNDER-appreciated.
Mary should have dropped out of the top 25 after their exit from the BTT (they were barely in per AP, and not in per coaches). Minny was only briefly in the top 25, as #24 back in January. A mystery that for the committee they are top 20.
Wisky definitely UNDER-appreciated.

 

[GOUNUII]

Wisconsin jobbed. Minnesota over valued. Dayton laughable. Sparty - Really? Thank God they kept Syracuse out.

I love Dayton for personal reasons. But you cannot put any A-10 team in the same conversation with Big Ten tested Michigan and Wisconsin. Really makes a mockery of this whole body of work analysis. Flyers are at best a 6-10 team playing a Big regular season schedule.

GOUNUII

 

[mikewebb68]

Iowa as a #1 seed in the NIT, along with Syracuse and Illinois State.

So glad we're in the main event.

Wow, that means that Iowa was one of the first four out. Did not have them anywhere near the Dance, so that was a shock.

 

[NJCat]

Wow, that means that Iowa was one of the first four out. Did not have them anywhere near the Dance, so that was a shock.

Not much of a shock to Stephen Bardo though.....

 

[julescat]

I love Dayton for personal reasons. But you cannot put any A-10 team in the same conversation with Big Ten tested Michigan and Wisconsin. Really makes a mockery of this whole body of work analysis. Flyers are at best a 6-10 team playing a Big regular season schedule.

That is a ridiculous statement, in my opinion.