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Purdue’s 2 seed is borderline criminal
Posted on 3/20/26 at 7:47 am
Posted on 3/20/26 at 7:47 am
And it has nothing to do with their ability as a basketball team. 13-7 big 10 record finishing 6th place and winning the tournament is not 2 seed material. Arkansas should have been minimum 3rd seed with that logic and St. John’s and whoever else. I’m sure their schedule was hard. So was auburns. Finished behind wisky in conference.
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 7:50 am to JamalMurry27
We played Duke, Houston, Michigan State, Louisville and Texas Tech on top of our SEC schedule.
But we lost to Georgia and Kentucky so the 4 was probably somewhat deserved. Still an argument for a 3 winning the SECT.
But we lost to Georgia and Kentucky so the 4 was probably somewhat deserved. Still an argument for a 3 winning the SECT.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 7:54 am to JamalMurry27
The weird thing about that is the committee the past few years seemed to have basically ignored conference tournaments for seeding. I wonder if they basically had Michigan State and Purdue slotted for 2/3 right before the selection show and flipped Purdue to a 2 when they won.
This post was edited on 3/20/26 at 8:00 am
Posted on 3/20/26 at 7:56 am to JamalMurry27
Purdue is better than you think... the seniority on this team may take them deep in the tourney.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 8:24 am to JamalMurry27
Conference standings mean NOTHING. That has been illustrated over, and over, and over again. In fact, the standings don't even appear on the Team Sheets used by the committee.
What matters most? Wins over top competition (other NCAA Tournament teams) and wins AWAY from home.
Purdue is 9th in NET. They have 11 wins over Q1 opponents. The only teams who have more are Duke, Michigan, Arizona, Florida...all No. 1 seeds. Purdue's record away from home is 11-3. Compare that to Arkansas who is 10-7 in such games. Purdue also has the 3 best SOS
By the metrics used by the committee, Purdue has the resume of a No. 2 seed
What matters most? Wins over top competition (other NCAA Tournament teams) and wins AWAY from home.
Purdue is 9th in NET. They have 11 wins over Q1 opponents. The only teams who have more are Duke, Michigan, Arizona, Florida...all No. 1 seeds. Purdue's record away from home is 11-3. Compare that to Arkansas who is 10-7 in such games. Purdue also has the 3 best SOS
By the metrics used by the committee, Purdue has the resume of a No. 2 seed
Posted on 3/20/26 at 8:41 am to Alt26
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Conference standings mean NOTHING
Yeah, let's just throw away how teams from the same conference stack up against one another over a 16 - 18 game schedule.
St. John's - Big East Regular Season Champ as well as Conference Tournament Champ... 5 seed.
UConn - Regular Season Big East Runner Up, as well as Conference Tournament runner up... 2 seed.
Oh, I guess head to head matters more... St John's 2 wins to 1 loss against UConn.
This post was edited on 3/20/26 at 8:43 am
Posted on 3/20/26 at 9:00 am to STLhog
Karma is ark now gets a 12 seed for a sweet 16 bid. And if they beat Arizona (very unlikely) they’ll likely get to go heads up against Purdue
Posted on 3/20/26 at 9:02 am to JamalMurry27
You being allowed to post here is criminal
Posted on 3/20/26 at 9:09 am to longhorn22
It's Purdue, they'll find a way to lose next weekend.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 10:07 am to JamalMurry27
Purdue has a higher strength of schedule, Kenpom ranking, and NET ranking.
It’s not complicated
It’s not complicated
Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:02 am to Choupique19
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Yeah, let's just throw away how teams from the same conference stack up against one another over a 16 - 18 game schedule.
St. John's - Big East Regular Season Champ as well as Conference Tournament Champ... 5 seed.
UConn - Regular Season Big East Runner Up, as well as Conference Tournament runner up... 2 seed.
Oh, I guess head to head matters more... St John's 2 wins to 1 loss against UConn.
The committee's position is they look at the season as a whole, without placing greater emphasis on conference play. The goal is to encourage teams to play tough out of conference opponents and reward them for beating tough OOC opponents, rather than encourage teams to play nobody in the non-conf. schedule and just hope to finish better than other teams in the conference standings. It's a big reason why you see the best teams play one another in the non-conf. schedule as opposed to football (and baseball) where the non-conf. schedule is virtually meaningless.
UConn beat BYU, Illinois, Kanas, Florida, and Texas outside of Big East play.
St. John's lost to Alabama, Iowa St, Auburn, Kentucky. Their best win outside of the Big East was over Baylor who went 15-16.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:11 am to JamalMurry27
Stfu Jamal
Posted on 3/20/26 at 4:04 pm to JamalMurry27
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I’m sure their schedule was hard. So was auburns. Finished behind wisky in conference.
Jamal sounds like you need some wisky bud
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