Predict Em' Committee

[jcho201]

Let The Experts @ Predict Em' Be The Selection Committee

Just give a quick response saying what seed you think these teams should've got. Ill post the teams and what seed they got whn ppl post.

----Team #1-----------------Team #2------------------Team #3
----RPI - 22------------------RPI - 17-------------------RPI - 16
Vs RPI Top 50: 5-5-------------8-8------------------------4-7
----Big Wins-----------------Big Wins------------------Big Wins
-----@ Pitt------------------Georgetown-----------------Texas
-----Vs Pitt-------------------Air Force-----------------Notre Dame
------Duke--------------------Indiana----------------@ Georgetown
---Bad Losses---------------Bad Losses----------------Bad Losses
-North Dakota St.-----------N.C. State--------------------None

A Bad Loss is a loss to a team with an RPI of 80 or worse.
Team #1 beat both of the other teams mentioned.

The Big Wins are the Highest 3 ranked teams that each team beat according to the RPI.

[GamblinMan03]

Team 1: #7
Team 2: #6
Team 3: #8


Edit: These are not the only "big" wins these teams have had, you just cant compare a resume on the four or five games you selected.

[GamblinMan03]

That second team you mentioned, IMO you forgot about a lot of other big wins.

First of all, they went on the road to Boston College and destroyed a BC team at that time that was in first place of the ACC. This was actually the second time they beat BC during the season.

Second, they beat Gonzaga at a neutral court when the Zags had their whole lineup. Remember, this was less than a month after Gonzaga beat UNC on that same court.

How you can not call these big wins is beyond me?

I would also call a win over Georgia Tech the last couple weeks of the season "big" considering how they finished up the year.

Lets be fair here, not sure of the other wins teams 1 and 3 had but this is just my opinion.

[jcho201]

All 3 teams have pretty solid wins besides the ones mentioned. I just threw the top 3 teams according to RPI that they beat in there. Not trying to give a bias to any team, just threw it together to have a little fun and see what ppl thought.

[GamblinMan03]

I know who team 3 is and they really impress me with some of those wins you mentioned. Did they deserve it over the Cuse? Maybe, maybe not. They did deserve it though.

[snowman]

team 1- 8 seed
team 2- 6 seed
team 3- either 4 or 5 seed

[jcho201]

Ill post who the teams are sometime tomorrow. Im trying to get a read on where ppl think Team 3 should be seeded.

[CuseFan10]

I will pass because I know who all 3 are just by looking at it.

[PhillyFan3]

its marquette duke and villanova ... not a mystery

[jcho201]

Damn fellas, I was just tryin to see how ppl judged 3 relatively comparable teams without a name next to them. If Nova was a very prestigous program would they be a 5 or 6. Everyone is complaining about seeds, so i wanted to see what they thought. Anybody can look up the RPI and see what team's what, but thats not what I was going for.

[CuseFan10]

Haha, I didn't need to look it up. I see what you're getting at though.

Nova is not getting a 5-6 seed wit ha 4-7 Top 50 record and 7-9 Big East record, that's not happening. They probably deserve a 7 (or an 8, but an 8 makes no difference fro ma 9 anyway). Look how much better Nova's upper echelon wins are then Duke's. Yet, Duke gets a 6?

I have no problem with Villanova's seed, but Marquette, Notre Dame, Louisville all got screwed on their seeds BIG TIME. They all should be 1 line higher minimum, and that's being lenient.

The Big East got totally disrespected

[jcho201]

I can live with that. By the way, I just saw an interview with Tim Izzo and he was complaining about Marquette being an 8 and having to play them in the first round. But then again, i would be upset too if my team was a 9 seed and had to play a team that was ranked in the top 20 for most of the year.

[BUNK MORELAND]

I think they deserved atlteast a 5

DUKE 6 ?

They should be playing in an 8-9 Game

[GamblinMan03]

Originally Posted by williwonka05

I think they deserved atlteast a 5

DUKE 6 ?

They should be playing in an 8-9 Game

Theres no way Duke should be playing in an 8-9 game because all season long we have been better than teams like Purdue, Michigan St, Xavier, BYU, Villanova, and Kentucky. I also think we have been better than Arizona throughout most of the season.

And to anyone who thinks that Duke should not be a six, I would like to know the teams seeded below us who should be above us. I really cant name any besides maybe Marquette and UNLV. Even Marquette is stretching it, they were inconsistent down the stretch also.

[TheCaymanIslands]

I would have no complaints if Duke was just left out of the tourney alltogether.