louisville is 10th in ap poll. Yet an 8 seed. Wow...

[dukedevilz]

Yes, this is one heck of an odd year. Extremely good at the top and extremely bad on the bubble.

Where would you have put Louisville and do you see an argument for putting them at an 8?

I can make arguments for them to be an 8, a 7, or a 6.

Somewhere in the 23-26 range on the S-Curve. I think I'd have their resume ahead of Kansas, Saint Mary's, and Marquette. And then I'd be splitting hairs on UCLA, Illinois, and Ole Miss. But, I can see why they would fall to #29. The teams ahead of them all have arguments to be made.

 

[dukedevilz]

Lol, I think every team can say if they hit more shots then they would win by more. If Proctor doesn’t have his best shooting game then Louisville wins. Is that how this works?

And everyone just loved seeing Cooper Swift every dead ball

Myopic. Proctor only stood out to you because he made 6 3Ps. He also missed 8 3s. And he missed 4 free throws. He's had much better shooting days; he just had a much higher volume. Nothing Proctor did against Louisville was out of the ordinary for Duke. In fact, it was actually below average shooting. Duke's true shooting percentage on the season is 60.7%, while Proctor had a true shooting percentage of 58.6% against Louisville.

 

[kyjeff1]

Outside of play-in UNC (who everybody thinks should've been out), it looks like Clemson's the only tourney team they beat all year. And like you said, the brackets were already set at that point.

Just not much on their resume. This happens to teams every year that don't play a tough schedule or post quality wins.

I've seen people claim they should've been a 4 or 5. I'm not sure what the argument is for that.

Agreed.

It's a tough spot for Louisville. After 2 awful years, they get a good coach and a good roster and they counted on the ACC being good, but they also scheduled a tough pre conference schedule.

The issue is, the teams they scheduled, were really good and they lost them all, then the ACC was like a lead weight on their resume.

Like you, I don't see an argument for a 5 or a 4, they just don’t have the wins, but I can squint and see a path for a 6 seed, but who would they knock off the 6 line? I don't know the answer to that.

 

[kyjeff1]

Somewhere in the 23-26 range on the S-Curve. I think I'd have their resume ahead of Kansas, Saint Mary's, and Marquette. And then I'd be splitting hairs on UCLA, Illinois, and Ole Miss. But, I can see why they would fall to #29. The teams ahead of them all have arguments to be made.

Either way, someone was going to feel screwed, it just happens to be Louisville and like Exit said, Gonzaga.

 

[ExitFlagger]

Somewhere in the 23-26 range on the S-Curve. I think I'd have their resume ahead of Kansas, Saint Mary's, and Marquette. And then I'd be splitting hairs on UCLA, Illinois, and Ole Miss. But, I can see why they would fall to #29. The teams ahead of them all have arguments to be made.

How is their resume better than KU's? KU has more Quad 1 wins and four wins that are better than any of Louisville's. Both have 1 Quad 2 loss.

 

[rockycard]

Myopic. Proctor only stood out to you because he made 6 3Ps. He also missed 8 3s. And he missed 4 free throws. He's had much better shooting days; he just had a much higher volume. Nothing Proctor did against Louisville was out of the ordinary for Duke. In fact, it was actually below average shooting. Duke's true shooting percentage on the season is 60.7%, while Proctor had a true shooting percentage of 58.6% against Louisville.

Don’t give Louisville any credit. What a pure homer!

 

[dukedevilz]

How is their resume better than KU's? KU has more Quad 1 wins and four wins that are better than any of Louisville's. Both have 1 Quad 2 loss.

I don't have an issue with KU being ahead of Louisville on the S-Curve. If it were me, though, I'd have Louisville slightly ahead.

Louisville has a higher winning percentage in Q1 games (40% to 35.3%). And they have a much higher winning percentage in combined Q1/Q2 games (68.1% to 52%).

Don’t give Louisville any credit. What a pure homer!

Louisville is a solid team. I'm just saying what Tyrese Proctor did isn't anything out of the ordinary. It wasn't like he went off for a legendary performance that hadn't been seen in years. And yes, Duke missed a lot of wide open shots in the final 5-10 minutes.

 

[JC for 3]

Myopic. Proctor only stood out to you because he made 6 3Ps. He also missed 8 3s. And he missed 4 free throws. He's had much better shooting days; he just had a much higher volume. Nothing Proctor did against Louisville was out of the ordinary for Duke. In fact, it was actually below average shooting. Duke's true shooting percentage on the season is 60.7%, while Proctor had a true shooting percentage of 58.6% against Louisville.

...this is what BLOCKHEAD does... blames a team's high scorer whenever U6 has lost and plays the what if game.

 

[rockycard]

...this is what BLOCKHEAD does... blames a team's high scorer whenever U6 has lost and plays the what if game.

Would you just go suck on your sister’s tit and shut the **** up!

 

[downsouthcubbie]

Louisville got hosed. Great win over Clemson the other night. And no, you won't see me here bitching about a potentially game changing no call at the end of the game, like someone else on here. We blew that game in the last 30 seconds of the first half. Congrats to all you Cards on here.

 

[JC for 3]

Would you just go suck on your sister’s tit and shut the **** up!

Projecting your twisted fantasies ain't helping ya, BLOCKHEAD.

Just like these wins didn't help U6:

Morehead St
Bellarmine
Virginia (twice)
Syracuse
Boston College
Miami
Notre Dame
NC State
Virginia Tech
Cal

,,,an 8 seed is justified,

 

[ExitFlagger]

I don't have an issue with KU being ahead of Louisville on the S-Curve. If it were me, though, I'd have Louisville slightly ahead.

Louisville has a higher winning percentage in Q1 games (40% to 35.3%). And they have a much higher winning percentage in combined Q1/Q2 games (68.1% to 52%).



Louisville is a solid team. I'm just saying what Tyrese Proctor did isn't anything out of the ordinary. It wasn't like he went off for a legendary performance that hadn't been seen in years. And yes, Duke missed a lot of wide open shots in the final 5-10 minutes.

I doubt the committee views all quad 1 wins the same. Some sites list "Quad 1A," and I'm assuming they use something similar.

Beating Duke shouldn't be viewed the same as winning at Arizona St. I'm sure we can all agree on that.

Winning percentage shouldn't be much of a factor if SOS isn't close to equal. And apparently the committee agrees.

 

[dukedevilz]

I doubt the committee views all quad 1 wins the same. Some sites list "Quad 1A," and I'm assuming they use something similar.

Beating Duke shouldn't be viewed the same as winning at Arizona St. I'm sure we can all agree on that.

Winning percentage shouldn't be much of a factor if SOS isn't close t

And I'm fine with Kansas being ranked ahead of Louisville. There are metrics to use for both sides. My original point, however, remains. The gap between team #16 and team #30 is actually VERY narrow. Much, much narrower than a typical year.

 

[Blueheart32]

Would you just go suck on your sister’s tit and shut the **** up!