UNI Seeding
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storminspank
Justin VanLaere
Most have them at 8 or 9, which is bull.
Palm has UNI at the 8. UNI has an RPI of 18.
Palm has Butler at the 6. Butler has an RPI of 17.
WTF?
Palm has UNI at the 8. UNI has an RPI of 18.
Palm has Butler at the 6. Butler has an RPI of 17.
WTF?
Igothawked
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I saw ESPN had them at 9. I agree that this is incredibly out of whack. I was thinking 6 maybe even a 5. But I appear to be way off.
9 seed is not rewarding them for anything they did. They would have to play a tough first round game and then a number 1 seed if they win. That is not right.
9 seed is not rewarding them for anything they did. They would have to play a tough first round game and then a number 1 seed if they win. That is not right.
storminspank
Justin VanLaere
According to KenPom, the MVC is ranked #10 in the nation, the Horizon is #14.
RPI puts the MVC at #9 and the Horizon #14.
Their SOS's are within 20 spots of each other, as well.
HawkIreign
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I see that ESPN has them as a 9 facing Louisville. That would work out nicely. Louisville would pummel them and put a hurting on peoples brackets that try to ride UNI to glory.
In light of those statistics, it is hard to justify Butler receiving a higher seed, even though they will probably have a higher seed over UNI.
If UNI had beaten DePaul and Evansville, we probably would not be having this discussion.
Oh well, I guess UNI will just have to prove it on the court.
Go Hawks!
If UNI had beaten DePaul and Evansville, we probably would not be having this discussion.
Oh well, I guess UNI will just have to prove it on the court.
Go Hawks!
hamiltoncounty
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I was hoping they wouldnt slip past a 7 Lunardi having them as a 9 seems a little harsh to me, playing Louisville wouldnt be the best case scenario either
HawkIreign
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Depends how you look at it. I have no loyalty to UNI so I'm hoping they get a tough match up. No doubt that alot of people from Iowa are going to hop on the UNI bandwagon and pick them to be their cindarella. A 1st round loss could only help my bracket.
TecmoSuperHawk
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One thing to keep in mind is that Lunardi and the bunch are doing this as of today, not what they think will happen. And the fact is that every single one of the teams projected as a 4-8 seed will lose in their conference tournament sans a couple of teams and that should help UNI jump up a spot or two.
I believe UNI will be a 6 or 7 seed.
I believe UNI will be a 6 or 7 seed.
HawkIreign
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And a few teams from power conferences that likely would have got a 10-11 will jump UNI on the strength of a good conference tourney run.
busabus114
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It wont help you that much if they are an 8 or 9. No matter how much want to pick UNI only the player's families would pick them to beat a 1 seed (Duke, Kansas, Cuse, Kentucky) in the 2nd round
HawkIreign
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I wouldn't pick them to beat a 1 seed but then again I wouldn't pick them to beat any one of the 8-9 seeds in the current version of bracketology. And I agree that people in Florida or Texas aren't going to pick UNI to beat Duke but I wouldn't put it past "loyal Iowans."
ForeverHawk
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UNI shouldn't be any worse than a 5 seed, but I am sure they will get the shaft. An 8-9 seed is a slap in the face of mid-major basketball.
busabus114
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I went to UNI and love UNI but they would get rolled up by 20 plus against any 1 seed. Loyalty only goes so far but there are a lot of idiots out there
ibahawkeye
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I think UNI will end up being a 7 seed. This could help them because if they win in the first round they will at least face a 2 seed rather than a 1 seed.
HawkIreign
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I couldn't disagree more. Without looking at the schedule I can think of 2 bad loses that UNI has (Depaul, Evansville) and can't think of one good one.
busabus114
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+1
MVC has no other tourney teams. UNI is good but they got fat off of average teams. I think they should be a 7
ForeverHawk
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HawkIreign......I am shocked you would disagree with me. A #5 may be a little high on second thought. A 6-7 may seem right. I still think 8 or 9 would be an injustice. They won both the MVC regular season and conference championship and only lost what, 4 games. That is not the resume of an 8 seed or higher in my opinion.
HawkIreign
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So after looking at the schedule they had 2 wins against teams that will likely get in and 3 loses to teams that won't get in. I don't see how thats the resume of a 5 or 6 seed. I'd say take a 9 or 10 and be happy.
