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TortElvisII

TortElvisII

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What we know.

UK is hosting on Thursday therefore, we will be playing on Friday.

If we are indeed a three seed, BYU will not be our six seed. As they do not play games on Sunday.


That leaves Illinois, UCLA, Louisville as possible second round opponents should higher seeds advance. Kansas, St. Mary's and Oregon would be other possibilities.

First round game will be in one of four locations. These are Friday locations.

Cleveland
Milwaukee
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Seattle

Lipscomb, Troy, North Carolina Wilmington and Montana are the fourteen seeds on bracket matrix. Of course you need to look at some 13's and 15's as possibly being on the 14 line as well. Robert Morris, Wofford, Akron, and Grand Canyon.

Add BYU if they make UK play and host the same day. Kind of a prick move.
 
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the nail at the foul line said:
What we know.

UK is hosting on Thursday therefore, we will be playing on Friday.

If we are indeed a three seed, BYU will not be our six seed. As they do not play games on Sunday.


That leaves Illinois, UCLA, Louisville as possible second round opponents should higher seeds advance. Kansas, St. Mary's and Oregon would be other possibilities.

First round game will be in one of four locations. These are Friday locations.

Cleveland
Milwaukee
Charlotte
Seattle
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I’m pretty sure that host site rule and not playing on the same day doesn’t exist anymore. Kentucky can play on Thursday/saturday. I see Kentucky being in Milwaukee/cleveland/seattle/providence
 
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TortElvisII

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Dontworryboutit23 said:
I’m pretty sure that host site rule and not playing on the same day doesn’t exist anymore. Kentucky can play on Thursday/saturday. I see Kentucky being in Milwaukee/cleveland/seattle/providence
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I didn't know that had been taken away.

A host institution’s team shall not be permitted to play at the site where the institution is hosting. However, the team may play on the same days when the institution is hosting.

So we aren't guaranteed Friday and BYU is a possibility.
 
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*Fox2Monk*

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the nail at the foul line said:
What we know.

UK is hosting on Thursday therefore, we will be playing on Friday.

If we are indeed a three seed, BYU will not be our six seed. As they do not play games on Sunday.


That leaves Illinois, UCLA, Louisville as possible second round opponents should higher seeds advance. Kansas, St. Mary's and Oregon would be other possibilities.

First round game will be in one of four locations. These are Friday locations.

Cleveland
Milwaukee
Charlotte
Seattle

Lipscomb, Troy, North Carolina Wilmington and Montana are the fourteen seeds on bracket matrix. Of course you need to look at some 13's and 15's as possibly being on the 14 line as well. Robert Morris, Wofford, Akron, and Grand Canyon.
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I’d much rather draw UCLA out of that bunch or St Mary’s. Oregon is very long and athletic with some great guards. I wouldn’t want to play Louisville with how they have played without a healthy Butler. Kansas would be dangerous but they do have problems scoring, but do present athletic issues for us. Illinois could drop 100 on us but they are inconsistent too.
 
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the nail at the foul line said:


I didn't know that had been taken away.

A host institution’s team shall not be permitted to play at the site where the institution is hosting. However, the team may play on the same days when the institution is hosting.

So we aren't guaranteed Friday and BYU is a possibility.
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I don’t know about the BYU aspect, but im pretty sure Kentucky can play the same day as the Lexington regional. Now I still think we get Milwaukee, that just makes the most sense how honestly
 
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The_Answer1313_rivals

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Just looking at this we kind of know quite a bit.

Duke is going East
Auburn is going South
Houston is going Midwest
Florida is going West

As a result, Bama and UT on the two line will have to go East and Midwest.
Leaving Michigan St and St Johns going South/West

UK most likely is going to be paired with Auburn/Michigan St in the South or Florida/Stjohns in the West.

I'd bet the house on this.
 
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UKWildcats1987

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The_Answer1313 said:
Just looking at this we kind of know quite a bit.

Duke is going East
Auburn is going South
Houston is going Midwest
Florida is going West

As a result, Bama and UT on the two line will have to go East and Midwest.
Leaving Michigan St and St Johns going South/West

UK most likely is going to be paired with Auburn/Michigan St in the South or Florida/Stjohns in the West.

I'd bet the house on this.
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Florida being ranked the 4th 1 seed is criminal IMO. How is Duke considered above Florida based purely on resume?
 
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Fox2monk said:
I’d much rather draw UCLA out of that bunch or St Mary’s. Oregon is very long and athletic with some great guards. I wouldn’t want to play Louisville with how they have played without a healthy Butler. Kansas would be dangerous but they do have problems scoring, but do present athletic issues for us. Illinois could drop 100 on us but they are inconsistent too.
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St marys is more like 8-10 seed in strength, this should be most favourable opponent

Do not want UCSD or Drake as our 11...
 
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CatEye2010

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Regarding first round sites, I’ve always thought it was unfair that there are not any, or rarely ever, any sites in the southeast. Other than Lexington or Louisville why no S. Carolina, Florida, Georgia (except for Atlanta) , Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri? Makes fan travel a lot harder. Maybe it’s their plan?!?
 
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The_Answer1313_rivals

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UKWildcats1987 said:
Florida being ranked the 4th 1 seed is criminal IMO. How is Duke considered above Florida based purely on resume?
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Florida has a better resume than Duke. I don't think there's any question of that.

But the issue is not everyone has the same number of opportunities to get resume building wins. The SEC was historically good. The ACC was rather poor.

Say Duke played in the SEC tho. Would they have done better than UF? Entirely possible.

This is why I feel you can't just base everything on resume. That's why the NET was developed. So that everyone could be on a level playing field.
 
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The_Answer1313_rivals

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wccat2969 said:
Hell has officially frozen over. Jerry Palm has UK a 3. He has had UK a 4 for quite some time and usually seeds UK lower than most other bracketologists.

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Yep. There doesn't really seem to exist a combination where UK is not getting Auburn/Florida as the 1 and Michigan St/St Johns as a 2.
 
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I feel like there's a bit of recency bias with Auburn. I think they will be fine. The results over the last two weeks doesn't really change my mind about that team. Lost some close games vs Alabama and UT who we also know are very good teams.
 
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Dontworryboutit23 said:
I can’t either really but Maryland is the team that would bump us down
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Even if Maryland was to jump to a 3, I'm seeing a lot of seed lists where we aren't the last 3. The general consensus seems to be we are one of the better 3 seeds so even if Maryland was to jump on that line, they probably are replacing another team from that line.
 
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If we had a healthy team, I think a Sweet 16 was the hope.

Since we do not have a full healthy team but Butler gets to play:

Is it fair to say that the realistic expectation is: Win first round game, be competitive and have a damn good chance to win second round game. If we go to Sweet 16 or more we over achieved with our current roster make up?
 
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UKWildcats1987

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Farsight said:
If we had a healthy team, I think a Sweet 16 was the hope.

Since we do not have a full healthy team but Butler gets to play:

Is it fair to say that the realistic expectation is: Win first round game, be competitive and have a damn good chance to win second round game. If we go to Sweet 16 or more we over achieved with our current roster make up?
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That's my opinion. Win 1 and then it's house money.

Butler being available is vague. Does that mean he starts and can play 30 mins or that maybe he's off the bench next weekend ? Maybe can only play 10 to 15 mins?
 
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Conspiracy theory me says:


Burnie Burns Conspiracy GIF by Rooster Teeth


Injury to Grant Nelson assures Alabama will be the two seed in the East.
 
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the nail at the foul line said:
Conspiracy theory me says:


Burnie Burns Conspiracy GIF by Rooster Teeth


Injury to Grant Nelson assures Alabama will be the two seed in the East.
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I would assume that's likely as if you assume Duke n east and Houston n Midwest then UT is with one and Bama with other.

I assume indy is closer to Knoxville than Newark. I also assume UT is higher on the 2 line than bama so they will get geographical preference.

If Nelson is out, the 3 seed n their region is a beneficiary as well.
 
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TOMCATS1990 said:
Houston may get the West region with Florida getting the Midwest.
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I heard someone say Houston had the West as their preferred destination.

Every team is required to give the NCAA their preferred destination since the #1 overall seed gets that.

It be interesting to see if the committee ignores their request and puts them in the MW.
 
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