4s and 13s - Like a bad hand of Blackjack

by Takin' the Points on Mar 8, 2010 12:02 PM EST Comment 7 comments

While there's still a lot of basketball left to be played before the final NCAA seedings - Eric Prisbell of the Washington Post (or what remains of it) has us penciled in for a Four Seed in his latest updated field.

Look at the potential pairings - To be honest, I would rather play Temple or Wisconsin (I fear Vasquez) than ANY of those projected 13s.

No. 4s
Wisconsin
Temple (Atlantic 10)
Georgetown
Maryland

No. 13s
Murray State (Ohio Valley) - they are a whopping 30-4, with their only losses coming to to Cal, La Tech, Western Kentucky, and Morehead State - we have much more glaring bad losses, lets just leave it at that. And they have this guy, Isaiah Canaan who can hit shots from his knees at half court

Kent State (MAC) - Odds on favorite to win the MAC tourney - maybe they're not that good but they have a guy named Tyree Evans which is too close to Tyreke Evans for my liking

Siena (Metro Atlantic) - 26-6 and provided they beat Fairfield tomorrow , the champs of the MAC- they have no bad losses, all on the road or at neutral sites - @ Butler, @ Northern Iowa, @ Ga Tech, @ Temple, neutral-St. Johns, and @ Niagara . Furthermore, they've won their first round game in the NCAAs as an underdog each of the past two years (losing to Lville last year and Nova the year before).

Cornell (Ivy) - The fear of a probable program-crippling first round loss to Cornell has already been discussed at length on this blog - it is real and need not be discussed further.

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4s

I split 4s against a 6 without thinking twice.

There’s also (barring a run to semis in BET) no chance Georgetown is a 4 seed in the Dance – that piece in the Post has more than just a small scent of homerism.

Casually.

by CasualHoya on Mar 8, 2010 12:10 PM EST reply actions

Lunardi has

us as a 6th seed, and looking at that whole bracket, there isnt any team in there that we should fear. I like when this team plays the role of underdog. I think we are the team that no one wants to play, because when we are on, we can run with any team.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

WE ARE GEORGETOWN NOW AND FOREVER

by AIR CRAWFORD on Mar 8, 2010 1:30 PM EST reply actions

vs Florida

I live in SEC country, and would love to see this game happen. Not only is it game that should be a win, but it is a chance to beat Vernon Macklin too.

They play so fine, don't you agree?

by FreeForThree on Mar 8, 2010 2:42 PM EST up reply actions

would be awesome to have Macklin brick the tying free throw to lose the game

It's not me, It's you

by SomebodyBuyAustinaSteak on Mar 8, 2010 2:46 PM EST up reply actions

potential 4th matchup against Syracuse...

gotta think the more times we play them, the easier it gets for us to beat their zone.

It's not me, It's you

by SomebodyBuyAustinaSteak on Mar 8, 2010 1:39 PM EST reply actions

I would think we are at least a 5

assuming a win against the dominique joneses and a decent showing against cuse.

There are just not 20 teams better than the hoya, espcially when we will have beaten 5 of those teams (Butler, Temple, Nova, Duke, Pitt). But I would prefer a 6 to avoid the 1 seeds.

by bunk moreland on Mar 8, 2010 2:31 PM EST reply actions