<p>I didnt say it was the determing factor, but it does play a roll. Its a lesser verison of the BCS.</p>
<p>I can't belive a team with the toughest schedule in all of the 320-something odd DIA teams is 27-3 and you guys are saying they are not a number 1 seed team. The beloved UCONN's SOS is 45. Memphis is 31, and Villanova is 4th. Those are the projected number 1 seeds in the tournament. The other number 1 hopefuls? Ohio State 26. Gonzaga 88. Who else is left? Texas? SoS of 45 aswell. Who else could be a number 1 seed than the 4 projected 1s, maybe Ohio State over Memphis, thats the only one.</p>
<p>I think you all are looking at this past week. Look at the big picture (I realize that the slection commitee uses last 10 games record as an indicator, but I don't see that playing that big of an importance at this moment especially when Duke lost 4 out of their last 7 a couple years ago and was still seeded as 1). The name Duke plays a huge roll in seeding and getting selected. As does other big names such as North Carolina, Kentucky, and Kansas.</p>
<p>In a week, we will all see that Duke will get the number 1 seed in the Atlanta regional. Especially after they cut down their first of 3 nets in Greensboro.</p>
<p>With Duke's SOS (most games being in the ACC) I'm suprised that more ACC teams aren't predicted to be in the tournament. The ACC is by far the most competitive bracket, and I don't see why teams that have hard SOS's are being penalized and not being given a chance to compete in the tournament.</p>
<p>ACC is having an off year, Big East is by far the best conference. That goes to show how weak of an non-conference schedule UCONN played to have their overall SoS down to 38, and how hard of a non-conference schedule Duke played to keep theirs at 1.</p>
<p>The RPI SOS also takes into account the AVERAGE strength of all the teams they played. Thus, UConn can play 8 games against the RPI 1-25 and 7 games against RPI 26-50, and due to their weak OOC schedule, the RPI deems their schedule 38th toughest in the country. Kansas State played 5 games against the RPI Top 50 (compared to UConn's 15), and somehow the RPI thinks KSU has a tougher schedule. Duke hasn't played any really bad teams (no USF in the ACC), which is why they managed to have the toughest SOS and not some one in the Big East.</p>
<p>Even if they do get a 1, they won't make it to the Final Four. Duke and Gonzaga with probably be last 1 / first 2, placing them in the same bracket (like St. Joe's and Oklahoma State a few years back) and I don't think anyone on Duke can even dream of covering Adam Morrison. His release point is way out of Dockery's reach.</p>
<p>Same for JJ, I don't think anyone on Gonzaga can guard JJ. However, I will not think they will play each other. There are basically two rules in picking a tournament, never have a 16 beating a 1, and never take Gonzaga to the final four. Their cup-cake conference is their demise in the tournament as they don't see the compeition in their conference as they are going to see in the 2nd round of the tournament.</p>
<p>Gonzaga isnt a better team than Duke, Adam Morrison is good, and you are right, I don't think anyone from Duke can stop him, maybe put Lee Melc on him, or try McRoberts. But as a team, they are not better than Duke. If those two do play, I hope its Bird-Magic-esque, it certainly would be hyped that way.</p>
<p>As of right now, Duke is the 2nd number 1 in Joe Lunardi's bracketology, who is the best in the bussiness.</p>
<p>Edit Btw, Gonzaga might not be the 4th number 2, their game is in OT.</p>
<p>San Diego again almost beat Gonzaga - I'm from San Diego, and I know that the WCC is, well, nowhere near the calibre of the ACC. That is to say, no team other than Gonzaga has been or will be ranked in the near future. How many have been ranked in the ACC in the past year or two? Quite a few. And while I'm sure Morrison could be a great player in the ACC, I just don't think he'd rack up as many 40+ point games - therefore I feel his ppg average is a bit skewed. Regardless, I'm curious to see how he fares in tournament play...</p>
<p>Additionally, I don't know if anyone watched the Missouri Valley championship - but anyone who agrees that they should get 5 seeds needs to get a life. That was some of the worst basketball I've seen for awhile...even compared to last night.</p>
<p>Lex, I would have to disagree with you on the MVC. Sure, they are sloppy and their pace is slow, but that's just their style, much like the SEC. We know for sure that Northern Iowa, So. Illinois, Bradley, and Wichita State are in. Creighton has to have a legit shot of getting in and there's another team I'm missing who's got a shot.</p>
<p>yeah but it's hard to play your first game at noon when the other team just played the night before. look at what happened to GW and UConn. it was a good win.</p>
<p>We pretty much haven't played a good game for over two weeks now. It's a bit unsettling going into the NCAA tourney like this, but a win is a win.</p>
<p>Also, this week has been characterized by upsets. Wake-FSU, Wake-State, UConn-Syracuse, Pitt-Nova, Temple-GW...I'm sure there are some I'm forgetting. Anyway, these are all MAJORLY unexpected upsets. I'm just happy we got the W...with the way this week has been going, that's all we can really ask for.</p>
<p>hey if your a student of the college that's on its way to the final four, can you like get a discount to those tickets? I figure you dookies might know something about this since your team keeps making it to the final four so many times.</p>