2019 NCAA Selection Sunday Thread...

[Shmuley]

I thought our white bread grade fluffers looked excited.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Bad News: We start out in San Jose. What a weird pod, sending 4 teams from East of the Mississippi out to play in California.

That’s 17ing stupid as ****! East bracket plays in California?

Morans.

 

[PineGroveBully]

What was Nick's reaction?**

 

[StarkVegas Steve]

I love Seth Davis and Clark Kellogg picking Liberty. I'd just play that clip over and over for any motivation that might be needed.

 

[She Mate Me]

I love Seth Davis and Clark Kellogg picking Liberty. I'd just play that clip over and over for any motivation that might be needed.

Liberty appears to be the weakest 12 by quite a bit. Massey says we're 80% to beat them. By 9 is the prediction.

We'd be 5-7 pt favs vs the other 12's.

And Seth is so smart he has VCU, an 8 seed, ranked 25th in his AP poll, and MSU, a 5 seed, unranked.

ETA... and UCF, the 9 seed playing VCU, is #20 in Sethy's wittle AP poll.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

We are gonna kick Liberty’s ***.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Give me (a win over) Liberty or give me (NCAA) death I guess?

 

[tcdog70]

Didn't Vandy beat Liberty?

 

[Dawgzilla]

If they were thinking about Duke then they might not get past Liberty

I was just talking about the moment our seeding was revealed. We were the first team announced after Duke's pod, and the team did not seem very excited. They weren't "looking past" anyone, because our first weekend opponents hadn't even been announced.

 

[fishwater99]

What was Nick's reaction?**

I think he was there..

 

[PineGroveBully]

Doesn't change the fact that if a team is scared of a team they might play next week then their mind isn't on winning the next game whether you know that opponent or not.

As far as the team looking subdued I think it's more that we were looking at a veteran team that was safely in the field and in general is just a group of guys that just doesn't show a lot of outward emotion.

I think it was a positive that they were as businesslike as they appeared. You saw a team that's not satisfied being 1 of 68. They want to make some noise while there. Hopefully I'm right and hopefully they will.

 

[Dawgzilla]

Doesn't change the fact that if a team is scared of a team they might play next week then their mind isn't on winning the next game whether you know that opponent or not..

Yes, but that is obvious and irrelevant to anything I was saying

I don't know if their demeanor was good or bad, but it was a lot different than the other teams with cameras in their faces - including teams that had automatic bids and knew they were in.

I just expected a little more excitement from a group of guys who have never been in the tournament.

 

[Dawgzilla]

With the pod system, I don't mind an East Region pod opening up in California.....but it doesn't make any sense when none of the teams are from anywhere near that area. I guess the arena will be packed with UC-Irvine fans.

 

[PineGroveBully]

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