SEC Places Five Teams in March Madness
by Year2 on Mar 13, 2011 6:52 PM EDT
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The SEC had four in the field for sure and two sweating things out today. Georgia got a dancing ticket, while Alabama's bubble burst.
Florida is the best seeded team with a 2-seed in the Southeast region. That's a surprise given that no one had them higher than a 3-seed especially in light of today's loss. You figure that the committee had to have made the decision yesterday. They get UC-Santa Barbara in the first round. Pitt is their 1-seed, while BYU is the 3-seed and Wisconsin is the 4-seed.
Kentucky landed a 4-seed in the East, which is probably the toughest region. In the first round they get Ivy League champ Princeton. Their 1-seed is Ohio State, their 2-seed is UNC, and their 3-seed is Syracuse. Georgia got the 10-seed in the East region where the face Washington. That's a great first round draw for Georgia given that the game is in Charlotte.
Vanderbilt is a 5-seed in the Southwest region, facing Richmond of the CAA in the first round in Denver. Their 1-seed is Kansas, their 2-seed is Notre Dame, their 3-seed is Purdue, and their 4-seed is Louisville.
Finally, Tennessee made it in as a 9-seed in the West region, where they'll play Michigan in the first round. As with UGA, that's a favorable spot for UT because it's in Charlotte. Should they win, they'll play Duke in the second round.
Overall, Florida got the most favorable draw. They got a 2-seed when they probably deserved a 3-seed. Their first two games are in Tampa. Their 1-seed is Pitt, and Jamie Dixon is nothing if not an underachiever in the tournament. BYU sans Brandon Davies is not a very strong 3-seed.
Kentucky got a tough draw by being in the East. Tennessee also is not in good shape as, if they win their first game, they get to play Duke in Charlotte in the second round. Vandy doesn't have a great situation geographically, but no one in their pod is from anywhere near Colorado.
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Alabama didn't get in?
That’s funny considering they beat Georgia twice in consecutive games. I think they did plenty to get in. Whatever formula is used to decide these things needs to be overhauled.
stuff 'bout stuff.
Alabama had several bad losses. Georgia had no bad losses. That’s your difference.
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Obviously not the standard
USC had 6 – SIX! – losses to teams outside the top 100. Fla. lost to UCF and Jacksonville, but with one more conference win than Bama, is a 2 seed. No rhyme or reason this year.
They played in the west, against crap teams.
Meanwhile the East has 5 teams going to the dance. Look at the record of East vs. West. That should explain it all.
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They lost to six teams who didn't make the tournament, but I think it's obvious they got better as the season went on.
I don’t think early losses should count as much as late ones. Teams grow over the course of four months.
stuff 'bout stuff.
by silver82blade on Mar 13, 2011 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that's right...
just increase the field to 344 teams. That’ll only leave out 1 to bitch. It’ll never be a perfect system, but bad losses matter. Maybe more than anyone thinks.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Like losing to Alabama twice in a row?
Sorry dude, but Georgia fans have nothing to say on the topic right now. I’m happy you all got in, as I would be for any SEC team, but Alabama should’ve been in too.
stuff 'bout stuff.
by silver82blade on Mar 13, 2011 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
meh
Sorry dude, but Georgia fans have nothing to say on the topic right now
You’re absolutely correct. Except for the part where we are actually dancing.
FWIW, I agree that ‘Bama should have gotten in. Never said I didn’t. Just pointing out that this year is not any different than any other. Worthy teams will always get left out, unworthy will get in. We are worthy. The seeding is nothing but semantics at this point.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Mar 13, 2011 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Georgia has now, somehow, been to two of the past four NCAA tournaments.
Although the method of appearance differed significantly between the two years. And there might as well have been 30 years between the two, considering all that’s happened.
Felton didn’t exactly leave the cupboard bare in Athens, but Fox has done a fine job revitalizing the program in a short period of time. Georgia’s had its share of face-palm losses this year, but a bid’s a bid. Glad to be back.
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