District Nine

[nolatiger]

Currently, only four ACC teams are included.

Duke is the one seed in the Atlanta bracket.

UNC is the three seed in the Oakland bracket.

NC State is the four seed in the Minneapolis bracket.

Boston College is six seed in the Washington D.C. bracket.

I'm a bit surprised that UNC and NC State are so high. I thought UNC would be a four or five seed, but I think they are deserving of a three. NC State doesn't deserve a four. They are too inconsistent, and will most likely be a six or so when the real brackets come out.

If this actually played out (which is obviously wont), UNC would have the easiest bracket ever. Memphis is the number one seed, with Gonzaga as number two, and George Washington at number four. UNC could practically book their Final Four tickets in advance if they got a bracket that easy.

For the record, Miami and Florida State are listed in the "Last Four Out" section, while Maryland is in the "Next Four Out". Basically, all three schools are within a few spots of working themselves in.

[ted538]

i saw the bracket earlier.

if carolina ended up a 3 in the same bracket as gonzaga at 2 i would be very happy. according to the new bracketology they would have to beat winthrop, wisconsin, and then gonzaga if the favorites won out. thats about as easy a road as you could ask for to the elite 8.

unfortunatley i dont think they will hang onto the 3 seed. they need to finish no worse than 3rd in the ACC so they can avoid duke in the semis and hopefully play them close in the season finale and acc tourny championship. if they finish 20-7 (thats what they would be if they win out except for at DUKE) and can make it to the finals of the ACC tourney and play Duke close to finish 22-8 i think they get the #3 seed. otherwise its a 4 or 5.

[nolatiger]

i saw the bracket earlier.

if carolina ended up a 3 in the same bracket as gonzaga at 2 i would be very happy. according to the new bracketology they would have to beat winthrop, wisconsin, and then gonzaga if the favorites won out. thats about as easy a road as you could ask for to the elite 8.

unfortunatley i dont think they will hang onto the 3 seed. they need to finish no worse than 3rd in the ACC so they can avoid duke in the semis and hopefully play them close in the season finale and acc tourny championship. if they finish 20-7 (thats what they would be if they win out except for at DUKE) and can make it to the finals of the ACC tourney and play Duke close to finish 22-8 i think they get the #3 seed. otherwise its a 4 or 5.

I would be willing to trade seeds with UNC, if Duke could get the bracket that they have in this. Memphis, Gonzaga, and George Washington? You could practically rest your starters all the way up to the elite eight matchup with Memphis...and even that game wouldn't be that tough. Sheldon Williams dominated them in a game where no one else on Duke did ANYTHING.

[ted538]

i didnt even see that GW was in that bracket with us. hahaha. that would be the dream bracket to be placed in. i couldactually see memphis getting beat pretty early by the 9 seed Michigan. Memphis is athletic, but undisciplined and extremely streaky. they've played no competition in CUSA, they remind me alot of the Huggins Era cincy teams that would always be a 2 or 3 seed and get bounced in the second round because they just got out "basketballed".

But there are still three weeks before the real brackets come out and i doubt carolina gets that lucky of a draw.

[nolatiger]

But there are still three weeks before the real brackets come out and i doubt carolina gets that lucky of a draw.

I doubt ANYONE gets that lucky of a draw.

[mantal]

UNCC is no longer on the next 4 out They dont' really deserve it anyway though. They lost to some shitty teams this year. Wake and Charlotte were two of the biggest disappointments in the whole league this year. They were both expected to be top 15.

[nolatiger]

It looks like UNCW is in though. I always find myself cheering for them on the first weekend of the NCAA tournament. I love to see the smaller North Carolina schools do well.

It was awesome when Appalachian State made it in when I was going there. Too bad they screwed us with a 14 seed and made us play against Ohio State (who should have been a one seed that year).

[nolatiger]

UNCC is no longer on the next 4 out They dont' really deserve it anyway though. They lost to some sh1tty teams this year. Wake and Charlotte were two of the biggest disappointments in the whole league this year. They were both expected to be top 15.

I knew that Wake was going to be a bad team when they almost got beat by a Community College in a scrimmage game.

[ted538]

I doubt ANYONE gets that lucky of a draw.

the new bracketology came out today and carolina is holding steady at a 3 seed. they would play in Greensboro vs Manhattan, then the winner of the Marquette/Kentucky game. UConn (#1), Texas (#2), and Iowa (#4) are the other top seeds in the bracket.

duke would have the winner of the Alabama/Cincinatti game as their second round matchup in greensboro as well. Pittsburgh (#2), Illinois (#3) and UCLA (#4) are the other top seeds in that bracket.

and they have since moved Gonzaga and George Washinton out of the same bracket.

[geno471588]

I'd really rather not be in the same bracket as UConn this year, if at all possible.

[ted538]

UConn 2006 = UNC 2005.

they will win the whole thing. they just have too much talent.

[geno471588]

Yeag UConn is stacked. We don't match up well with them at all. They're good and deep in the post. Rudy Gay can kill you almost anywhere on the court. Marcus Williams is a good physical PG and Denham Brown just scored 25 against Villanova. Villanova's no slouch either.

The NCAA title goes through the Big East this year I think.

I'd feel a lot better if we had more depth in the post. If something were to happen to TH (fouls or injury) we'd be sunk.

I'd like to be more confident but truth be told we've already exceeded my expectations this year, so I'm just going to sit back and watch my team play without any expectations. It's much more enjoyable that way.

[nolatiger]

duke would have the winner of the Alabama/Cincinatti game as their second round matchup in greensboro as well. Pittsburgh (#2), Illinois (#3) and UCLA (#4) are the other top seeds in that bracket.

I would love that bracket.

[ed1059]

It looks like UNCW is in though. I always find myself cheering for them on the first weekend of the NCAA tournament. I love to see the smaller North Carolina schools do well.

It was awesome when Appalachian State made it in when I was going there. Too bad they screwed us with a 14 seed and made us play against Ohio State (who should have been a one seed that year).

Dude, you were at App too? What years? I was up there when Western made the tourney and got matched up with either Arkansas or Purdue (#1 seed, cant remember though) and they took them down to the wire and almost pulled off the upset. I hate Western, but we were pulling for them since they repped the SoCon.