2024 - 25 NCAA Thread

[GKJ]

Oh, UNC playing in the First Four as well? lol no wonder.

 

[John Price]

 

[Reality Check]

Michigan:

• Had a better conference record than Wisconsin and Purdue, and tied with Maryland
• Went a combined 5-2 against those three
• Won the Big Ten tourney, beating all three along the way

Wisconsin is a 3 seed, Purdue and Maryland are 4 seeds, and Michigan is a 5 seed. Make it make sense.

I'm not going to sit here and act as if Michigan is heading to the final four. Or even winning one game in this tournament.

But them being placed behind Purdue, at this point of the season, is laughable.

This entire bracket in general seems like it was put together on a dart board.

 

[John Price]

Don't think this really means much, just tough talk

 

[John Price]

Maybe WVU deserved to be in, 10-10 is fine, but I'm not really mad they're out. But I'm not a WVU fan. Teams get jobbed every year.

 

[DaveG]

It's not so much that they were left out at 19-13/10-10, it's the fact that the teams that the bubble teams that got in over them didn't deserve to do so and the reasoning given by the committee was flimsy at best. Especially with the optics around who got in as last team in, who was the chairman of the selection committee, and the bonus he got as part (AD) of said last team in's selection to the tourney.