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Post by uconncat on Jan 5, 2015 17:30:32 GMT -5
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Post by radylady on Jan 5, 2015 17:45:57 GMT -5
uh-oh
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Post by semper on Jan 5, 2015 17:46:09 GMT -5
Wouldn't that be amazing? I was about to post about it.
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Post by atticusfinch on Jan 5, 2015 17:48:31 GMT -5
Knoxville residents hair on fire -- film at eleven!!
AF
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Post by DavidK on Jan 5, 2015 18:07:50 GMT -5
Conference play just started, way to early but it is fun to say "if the season endes today"
I see THE SEC and PAC12 the most intriguing confrences in terms of debth and will have to see how those inter Conference matchups go.
(Oregon St. and Washington 2 teams I like a lot)
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Post by RoyDodger on Jan 5, 2015 19:15:17 GMT -5
Does anyone know the accuracy of Charlie Creme's bracket predictions over the years? Seems to be a little silly. Reminds me of when I was about 13 years old and started listening to rock music on WMGM in NYC (anyone remember Peter Tripp, "the curly headed kid in the third row"?). I got so into the top 40 that I made my own list almost every day. It meant nothing but it satisfied my childhood craving to make lists of favorites. Is Charlie Creme actually doing anything more than guessing and satisfying his own personal feelings? I'd be interested in hearing a defense of Creme's bracketology, especially this early in the season.
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Post by doggydaddy on Jan 5, 2015 20:28:02 GMT -5
Watching the Tennessee game tonight. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make this happen.
Then again, they will probably lose before they see UConn.
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Post by UConnChapette on Jan 5, 2015 22:14:22 GMT -5
I guess Charlie has to write about something. Good message board fodder, though.
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Post by radylady on Jan 5, 2015 22:15:16 GMT -5
Does anyone know the accuracy of Charlie Creme's bracket predictions over the years? Seems to be a little silly. Reminds me of when I was about 13 years old and started listening to rock music on WMGM in NYC (anyone remember Peter Tripp, "the curly headed kid in the third row"?). I got so into the top 40 that I made my own list almost every day. It meant nothing but it satisfied my childhood craving to make lists of favorites. Is Charlie Creme actually doing anything more than guessing and satisfying his own personal feelings? I'd be interested in hearing a defense of Creme's bracketology, especially this early in the season. Might be fun for someone to research...want an assignment? LOL
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Post by doggydaddy on Jan 5, 2015 23:40:42 GMT -5
Does anyone know the accuracy of Charlie Creme's bracket predictions over the years? Seems to be a little silly. Reminds me of when I was about 13 years old and started listening to rock music on WMGM in NYC (anyone remember Peter Tripp, "the curly headed kid in the third row"?). I got so into the top 40 that I made my own list almost every day. It meant nothing but it satisfied my childhood craving to make lists of favorites. Is Charlie Creme actually doing anything more than guessing and satisfying his own personal feelings? I'd be interested in hearing a defense of Creme's bracketology, especially this early in the season. Roy, he has been as accurate as anyone else. Meaning he knows next to nothing about the exact brackets.
He does pretty well with the #1 seeds, but a trained monkey or even sawxfan could get those right. But after that, it's just a crap shoot. And that's what he does. Shoot crap.
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Post by chicagogg on Jan 6, 2015 9:07:27 GMT -5
In the bottom bracket, Texas versus Texas A&M should get the fires stoked pretty good back in my home state.....The Hook'ems and Gig'ems will be throwing signs and it won't be play nice time by any means.
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Post by uconncat on Jan 6, 2015 10:08:34 GMT -5
Does anyone know the accuracy of Charlie Creme's bracket predictions over the years? Seems to be a little silly. Reminds me of when I was about 13 years old and started listening to rock music on WMGM in NYC (anyone remember Peter Tripp, "the curly headed kid in the third row"?). I got so into the top 40 that I made my own list almost every day. It meant nothing but it satisfied my childhood craving to make lists of favorites. Is Charlie Creme actually doing anything more than guessing and satisfying his own personal feelings? I'd be interested in hearing a defense of Creme's bracketology, especially this early in the season. Roy, he has been as accurate as anyone else. Meaning he knows next to nothing about the exact brackets.
He does pretty well with the #1 seeds, but a trained monkey or even sawxfan could get those right. But after that, it's just a crap shoot. And that's what he does. Shoot crap.
True. Last year the committee made South Carolina a #1 seed in the west and Charlie picked Stanford. We know which team made the FF and which team didn't. I think Creme does a pretty decent job. BTW, he has USF making the tournament. USF played a decent OOC schedule; I hope they don't slip up and lose to AAC teams not named UConn.
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Post by semper on Jan 6, 2015 10:28:27 GMT -5
I love the Creme bracketology game, even if it's a crap shoot. It's like sitting around over brews and speculating about the future, and you learn from doing that. Of course the future is up for grabs, but it's still great fun.
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Post by meyers7 on Jan 6, 2015 11:29:47 GMT -5
Watching the Tennessee game tonight. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make this happen. Then again, they will probably lose before they see UConn. They'd have to get by Chattanooga (LOL) or UNC.
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Post by phil on Jan 6, 2015 14:17:07 GMT -5
Can someone explain why he has AR State as the winner of the Pac-12 and a 4 seed, but Oregon State as a 3 seed? How can Oregon State be ranked ahead of AR Sate, but not win the conference? Mathematically possible, of course, but quite unlikely, unless I am missing something.
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Post by uconncat on Jan 6, 2015 15:04:55 GMT -5
- I can't explain the AZ st/OSU decision; perhaps just early season sloppiness;
- Seton Hall makes the tournament (plus St John's) but no DePaul (RPI 108, SOS 159); oh those missed FTs;
- Pitt is in as a #9 seed, one of 7 ACC teams; Pitt? I checked and Pitt's RPI is 57 and SOS 39, best win to date is over OhioSt;
- The Big 12 with 3 teams in; OkSt, KSU and WVa left out for weak OOC schedules
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Post by phil on Jan 6, 2015 15:06:57 GMT -5
He isn’t buying into the Princeton hype. This is a team which will be a seeding nightmare. If you buy into the theory that a ranked team shouldn’t move down with a win, where will they end up? Baring a bad night, which may happen, they shouldn’t lose another game. If you look at the teams just ahead of them in the AP poll, most are highly likely to have a loss or two soon. Princeton could end up in 16th without breaking a sweat. Of course, the committee doesn’t have to look at AP rankings and they claim they don’t use them, but they don’t live in a cave, so they know what they are. At 16th, and no losses, they would be looking for a 4 seed. I don’t see any way they get a 10 seed. Not unless they lose some games they should not lose.
On the other hand, they might find themselves in the top 20 without having beaten a ranked team. There are none on their remaining schedule, so that’s a given. Their only chance at having a win over a ranked team is if someone like Michigan catches fires and earns a ranking. So how do you seed a team that, on one hand has no solid wins, but on the other hand is undefeated?
Edit: I just noticed that Sagarin has Princeton ranked 5th. That’s ahead of Texas. I suspect that will drift down as they have no one left on their schedule, but that’s a lofty ranking.
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Post by linkster on Jan 6, 2015 17:39:22 GMT -5
Arizona St. is currently the 4th best RPI per the NCAA. If the season were to end today and the seeding committee used RPI, here is how the top 8 teams would be sited according to their policies. 1 Notre Dame Atlantic Coast 2 UConn AAC 3 Kentucky Southeastern 4 Arizona St. Pac-12 5 Tennessee Southeastern 6 Louisville Atlantic Coast 7 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 8 Texas Big 12 Albany - UConn, UNC Greensboro - Notre Dame, Tenn Okl. City - Kentucky, Louisville Spokane - Arizona St, Texas __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ If I use linkster's totally subjective top 8 the 4 regionals would be: UConn S Carolina Texas Notre Dame TAMU Louisville Tenn Baylor Albany - UConn, Tenn Greensboro - S Carolina, Louisville Okl. City - Texas, TAMU Spokane - Notre Dame, Baylor Note that with the geographical siting of the No 1 seeds and the new NCAA guideline about separating Conf. foes, Tenn would be unable to be put either in Greensboro or Okl. City. I am hoping beyond hope that both SC & TAMU get 1 seeds.
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Post by uconncat on Jan 6, 2015 17:53:07 GMT -5
He isn’t buying into the Princeton hype. This is a team which will be a seeding nightmare. If you buy into the theory that a ranked team shouldn’t move down with a win, where will they end up? Baring a bad night, which may happen, they shouldn’t lose another game. If you look at the teams just ahead of them in the AP poll, most are highly likely to have a loss or two soon. Princeton could end up in 16th without breaking a sweat. Of course, the committee doesn’t have to look at AP rankings and they claim they don’t use them, but they don’t live in a cave, so they know what they are. At 16th, and no losses, they would be looking for a 4 seed. I don’t see any way they get a 10 seed. Not unless they lose some games they should not lose. On the other hand, they might find themselves in the top 20 without having beaten a ranked team. There are none on their remaining schedule, so that’s a given. Their only chance at having a win over a ranked team is if someone like Michigan catches fires and earns a ranking. So how do you seed a team that, on one hand has no solid wins, but on the other hand is undefeated? Edit: I just noticed that Sagarin has Princeton ranked 5th. That’s ahead of Texas. I suspect that will drift down as they have no one left on their schedule, but that’s a lofty ranking. Agree. I don't see Princeton losing again and don't see them as a 10-seed. BTW, a few of us (MilfordHusky, TJI) have talked about meeting up at the Palestra for Princeton's last game of the season against Penn. I've never been to the Palestra (which is inexcusable since I now work at UPenn), but Princeton going for an undefeated season would make that game ever more special.
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Post by ~*Jen*~ on Jan 6, 2015 17:59:03 GMT -5
I still maintain that the only way for UConn and TN to meet is if TN is our 16 seed. ~shifty eyes~ Yep, I said it.
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Post by uconncat on Jan 6, 2015 19:36:41 GMT -5
Why has this thread been moved? Yes, it's relevant to teams other than UConn but sometimes there's just overlap.
I'm feeling like there are too many pots to cook in.
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Post by pap49cba on Jan 6, 2015 19:58:06 GMT -5
Why has this thread been moved? Yes, it's relevant to teams other than UConn but sometimes there's just overlap. I'm feeling like there are too many pots to cook in. I agree. I don't know where to post anything.....
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Post by Icebear on Jan 6, 2015 21:30:55 GMT -5
I moved the posts you both made to get folks used to looking beyond the other page and left the link to chase it over. We, also, changed the name of the other sub board to broaden what fits there. Post without fear until things become clearer. I'll move things around if we need to. Remember it is all a work in progress. You guys just keep doing what you do so well.
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Post by triaddukefan on Jan 6, 2015 21:42:59 GMT -5
As long as South Carolina is the #1 seed in Greensboro, and Duke isnt in the Albany region, thats all I care about.
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Post by phil on Jan 7, 2015 10:08:11 GMT -5
BTW, a few of us (MilfordHusky, TJI) have talked about meeting up at the Palestra for Princeton's last game of the season against Penn. I've never been to the Palestra (which is inexcusable since I now work at UPenn), but Princeton going for an undefeated season would make that game ever more special. For shame! I have been to the Palestra, so I don't have the "got to go to one of the most iconic venues in the history of basketball" (is the guilt working?) but it is an intriguing thought. March 10, right? Too early to commit, but keep me in mind as we get closer.
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