Hilton Magic
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Looks like multiple violations of the NCAA’s “Key Men’s Bracketing Principles” in Gary Parrish’s bracket (see #2 below).
- Regional assignments: The four No. 1 seeds are placed in separate regions, with the highest-seeded team choosing its preferred region.
- Conference and rematch rules: The first four teams from the same conference are placed in different regions when they are among the top four seed lines. Teams from the same conference that have played three times during the season, including conference tournament games, cannot meet until the Elite Eight. Teams from the same conference that have met twice during the season, including the conference tournament, may not meet before the Sweet 16. If teams from the same league played just once during the season, they may meet as early as the second round. These principles can be relaxed if a league has nine or more teams in the tournament.
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Dude, that’s entire NIL budget! Not even financially possible…
Change it to $20 olive garden gift cards, and that’d be much more believable.
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It’s not so much that I’m offended that Iowa State could be a 1 seed but that even as a 2 seed we wouldn’t get the South region.
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I hope the coogs are not in st johns bracket, one coach I would not want to face is petino; once he gets a program going tough to beat him.
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New NET just dropped, we dropped from 7th to 8th, passed up but crapass Purdue because they beat a mid IU team last night. SMH
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Nobody asked you Gary!
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The NET is so bizarre this season. Gonzaga barely dropped after a Q3 loss and now they’re above us. Makes zero sense
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The NET is cooked this year… makes no sense.
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Being behind UConn?!? Lemme go get the gun…
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This is not etched in stone.
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These committee people are total morons. UConn ahead really???
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Everyone knows that
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They better put us in the South when it’s all said and done
The argument FOR Iowa State > Houston is big wins and H2H
Q1A wins
Iowa State: 4
Houston: 2 (more specifically 2-3 in quad 1A, ISU is 4-1, i believe)
The argument FOR Houston > Iowa State is better losses and metrics
All 3 of Houston’s losses are Q1A. Iowa State has a loss to a team outside the field in Cincinnati, probably two?
After Big Monday, the predictive metrics are pretty even. Houston with a slight edge - especially on Torrvik.
Really hinges on if you value success playing up to the top tops… or value avoiding playing down and laying eggs.
Are avoiding letdowns more representative of quality? or consistently rising to those rarest of occasions? I don’t have a problem w/ either, honestly.
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Michigan and Duke get hosed as the top 2 number 1 seedw, as does Houston. I dont see how, at this point, Uconn is any higher than 7th on the seeding list.
Zona has the easiest top 3 by longshot, while ISUs bracket is navigable.
The Midwest arguably has the 3 best 1, 2, and 3 seeds. Thats absurd.
This is a crime.
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