Archive Welcome to the Final Four, Kentucky

SportsAndLady

Posts: 35,632

Mar 14, 2010 6:33pm

Easiest bracket ever.

Meanwhile, the top overall seed gets put in the hardest bracket.

Also...Duke gets out west, against the play in game?

se-alum

Posts: 13,948

Mar 14, 2010 6:42pm

Duke has the easiest road by far, but UK's bracket isn't that tough. KU and 'Cuse got screwed hard.

SportsAndLady

Posts: 35,632

Mar 14, 2010 6:43pm

ccrunner609 wrote: Funny Lavin just said that UK road was tough with physical teams like Texas in the second round.

You might be a little premature.

It might have been premature to say they have the easiest bracket, because that probably belongs to Duke's bracket...but they definitely got an easy ass bracket, and you could even argue easier than Duke's.

But you're right, it's probably Duke.

wes_mantooth

Posts: 17,977

Mar 14, 2010 6:46pm

I think Duke's road is by far the easiest.

Kansas got raped with OSU and Georgetown in there.

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centralbucksfan

Posts: 5,111

Mar 14, 2010 6:46pm

If TExas gets their head out of their ass.....they could certanly beat UK. Thats if they get by Wake in the first round.

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ironman02

Posts: 4,989

Mar 14, 2010 6:47pm

Kansas and Kentucky got the #1 and #2 overall seeds, and were "rewarded" with OSU and WVU. How does that make any sense whatsoever?

Then Duke gets #2 Villanova who has been struggling, #3 Baylor, #4 Purdue (without Hummel), etc. What a gift for the Blue Devils.

ytownfootball

Posts: 6,978

Mar 14, 2010 6:48pm

Duke got the easy row to hoe and it's not close.

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centralbucksfan

Posts: 5,111

Mar 14, 2010 6:49pm

ironman02 wrote: Kansas and Kentucky got the #1 and #2 overall seeds, and were "rewarded" with OSU and WVU. How does that make any sense whatsoever?

Then Duke gets #2 Villanova who has been struggling, #3 Baylor, #4 Purdue (without Hummel), etc. What a gift for the Blue Devils.

You got that right. Damn.

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cview

Posts: 351

Mar 14, 2010 6:55pm

The Lawrence and Syracuse PD's phones should be ringing off their hooks right now because they both got raped.

Purdue at a 4 is a joke as well.

EDIT: Kansas could walk backwards to the Elite 8 but whoever comes out of the bottom of that bracket will be a really touhg out as I believe OSU/Georgetown is the best combo of 2/3 seeds.

jordo212000

Posts: 10,664

Mar 14, 2010 6:56pm

Isn't that one of the perks of being one of the top 1 seeds?

SportsAndLady

Posts: 35,632

Mar 14, 2010 6:58pm

jordo212000 wrote: Isn't that one of the perks of being one of the top 1 seeds?

Yeah..damn i wish we would have lost a game or two extra, that way we could have been put out west and had an automatic FInal 4 bid...now we're gonna have to beat 2-3 very good teams just to get out of the region.

reclegend22

Posts: 8,772

Mar 14, 2010 7:05pm

Along with Duke, Kentucky got one of the hardest second round games of the top four seeds in each bracket of the Tournament.

Texas is no slouch. They have the talent to beat UK.

darbypitcher22

Posts: 8,000

Mar 14, 2010 7:07pm

too many teams in both UK and Duke's bracket that you don't know which version is going to show up, whether or not its the good one or the abysmal one

Cleveland Buck

Posts: 5,126

Mar 14, 2010 7:09pm

Ohio State got fucked pretty hard. I never argued that they should be a 1 seed, but they are the worst 2 seed? Really? And Illinois got the shaft as well. Illinois accomplished a lot more against better competition than Utah State and even Florida.

darbypitcher22

Posts: 8,000

Mar 14, 2010 7:11pm

Minnesota, Florida, and Notre Dame were terrible picks IMO

reclegend22

Posts: 8,772

Mar 14, 2010 7:15pm

Illinois may have beaten some good teams on the year, but they finished 19-14. 19-14. If you want in, try not to finish 19-14. (And, no, I don't believe Arizona should have gotten in a season ago.)

Although there a couple of other teams in with high losses, so it is what it is, I guess.

darbypitcher22

Posts: 8,000

Mar 14, 2010 7:16pm

i think OU was the only other team with 14 losses... Next highest were Notre Dame and Minnesota w/ 13

wes_mantooth

Posts: 17,977

Mar 14, 2010 7:17pm

reclegend22 wrote: Illinois may have beaten some good teams on the year, but they finished 19-14. 19-14. If you want in, try not to finish 19-14. (And, no, I don't believe Arizona should have gotten in a season ago.)

Although there a couple of other teams in with high losses, so it is what it is, I guess.

I my only argument to that is why is Utah St in over them or Miss St? Utah St played 0 top 25 teams. Utah St is the main one that I have an issue with.

ytownfootball

Posts: 6,978

Mar 14, 2010 7:19pm

The Illini really blew their chances by not winning a couple tough conference games down the stretch. They had a tough schedule toward the end granted, but they needed to win at least two maybe one away and they didn't.

darbypitcher22

Posts: 8,000

Mar 14, 2010 7:27pm

if Illinois would have beat OSU and played against Minneosta today, you wonder how that would have affected the bubble proceedings this afternoon

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ralphus33

Posts: 62

Mar 14, 2010 7:29pm

I don't think Kentucky will make it to the final four, but even if they do, it will be taken away in a couple years.

september63

Posts: 5,789

Mar 14, 2010 7:36pm

ironman02 wrote: Kansas and Kentucky got the #1 and #2 overall seeds, and were "rewarded" with OSU and WVU. How does that make any sense whatsoever?

Then Duke gets #2 Villanova who has been struggling, #3 Baylor, #4 Purdue (without Hummel), etc. What a gift for the Blue Devils.

This sums up my exact frustrations with the draw.

Ironman92

Posts: 49,363

Mar 14, 2010 7:51pm

Again....the committee places teams before the final game...no way is OSU the #8 team in this field.

Notre Dame a #6?

Haven't we learned that no one has it easy to the Final 4?

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friendfromlowry

Posts: 6,239

Mar 14, 2010 7:52pm

You know, as a Duke fan, I don't like this draw any more than you anti-Duke fans do. They will probably beat the #16 seed by 10-15 points (after leading by two at halftime), then be lucky to make it past the second round and eventually lose to Texas A&M in the sweet sixteen. They manage to screw it up every year, and while this year's Duke team is slightly more athletic and better than teams in the past, I still think a quicker, more agile team will be waiting to upset them (2008 WVU style).

darbypitcher22

Posts: 8,000

Mar 14, 2010 7:57pm

I have West Virginia knocking out Kentucky in an Elite 8