I think Michigan State got a heck of a draw imo. Also I don't think North Carolina should have got in but with Iowa State's best player being out the Tar Heels could reach the Sweet 16.

11 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

 

Solid proof as to how the NCAA views Louisville. The overall weakness of the ACC had nothing to do with it.

After a quick glance at the brackets, Duke looks to have an easier bracket than the other 1 seeds. Auburn as the overall #1 has a second round Creighton/Louisville winner. Duke gets Miss St/ Baylor to move on to the 2nd weekend. 

UNC getting in,Louisville as an 8 and Memphis as a 5 is just terrible.

Louisville beat Clemson not once but twice with one being on a neutral court and they are a #5 seed and Louisville is a #8 seed very sad. Also I do not see how Georgia was a #9 seed I thought they should have been an #11 or a #10 at best.

Is it just me, or did UK get a sweet draw?

9 minutes ago, mcpapa said:

Is it just me, or did UK get a sweet draw?

I like UK's draw. It helps a lot getting a high seed.

1 hour ago, DragonFire said:

Dadgum, three SEC teams in that half of the bracket. 

I think Kentucky can make the Sweet 16, but I would very much have liked not to see Tennessee there.

While I agree, I'm not sure Tennessee feels great about seeing Kentucky as the 3 seed. 

5 minutes ago, sportsfan41 said:

While I agree, I'm not sure Tennessee feels great about seeing Kentucky as the 3 seed. 

They probably don't love it the most that they could, but I think they feel they're a better team (and most everyone agrees), they are also likely to be confident that they aren't going to lose to Kentucky three times.  We know exactly how poorly Kentucky defends the three, and Tennesee was inexplicably bad in their two games against Kentucky, going a combined 14/63 (22.2%) in those games.  Those are two of their four worst performances (I believe from my quick look) from three on the year.  Contrast that with what we all talk about in terms of Kentucky playing teams this year that seemingly can't miss from three.  43% of Tennessee's attempts come from outside - what are the odds that three times in a row against a poor perimeter defensive team they crap the bed?

I'm not saying I don't understand why, but it cracks me up that every year when I watch ESPN predictions on their bracketology show that Bilas and 1-2 others pick every 1 and 2 seed to reach elite eight, followed by every 1 seed to make Final Four.  Like yeah, we get it, those are the best teams and you gravitate to them.  It also never happens, so you might want to throw in SOMETHING for an upset.

 

31 minutes ago, DragonFire said:

I'm not saying I don't understand why, but it cracks me up that every year when I watch ESPN predictions on their bracketology show that Bilas and 1-2 others pick every 1 and 2 seed to reach elite eight, followed by every 1 seed to make Final Four.  Like yeah, we get it, those are the best teams and you gravitate to them.  It also never happens, so you might want to throw in SOMETHING for an upset.

They always go chalk. 

1 hour ago, TheDeuce said:

It's not going to matter, Louisville doesn't have the horses to play with Auburn. 

So while it will be an 80/20 crowd in favor of Louisville, the NCAA is happy. Auburn advances and they get Louisville's money. 

Auburn is beatable, in my opinion the most beatable of the #1's. They play slowing, can go through scoring droughts and honestly act like they've already won something. They are talented and can beat anyone, but they absolutely can be upset if a team gets just a little bit hot shooting.

 

There is literally no criteria I can think of that would have Louisville at the seed they gave them. Let alone all the criteria put together. 

Louisville got hosed.   Clemson is a 5 and, while they did hand Duke their only ACC loss, they got beat by Louisville, twice.