Georgia Bulldogs NCAA Tournament Bracketology
by T Kyle King on Feb 15, 2011 12:15 PM EST
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PrintNow that I have made a hash of my rooting guide for fans of Mark Fox’s Georgia Bulldogs, I am (with some help from Seth Emerson’s Twitter feed) going to attempt briefly to bring you up to speed on the Hoop Dogs’ NCAA Tournament status, as it is projected around the web. Here is how the experts see the Red and Black’s standing vis-a-vis the Big Dance:
- CBSSports.com’s Jerry Palm foresees the Classic City Canines being awarded an eight seed in the Cleveland Pod of the Southeast Regional, which would have the Athenians opening the tournament against the UCLA Bruins.
- ESPN’s Joe Lunardi lists Georgia as a ten seed in the Southeast Regional. Under Lunardi’s scenario, the Bulldogs would be Tucson-bound to face the St. John’s Red Storm.
- SB Nation’s Chris Dobbertean seeds Georgia tenth in the West Region and predicts an opening round showdown with the Illinois Fighting Illini in Denver.
- Sports Illustrated’s Andy Glockner has Georgia as a ten seed in the Charlotte Pod of the East Regional. He also foresees the Fox Hounds facing UCLA in the first round, so we may be in for some spirited back and forth with our colleagues at Bruins Nation.
Speaking of Sports Illustrated, now that Nate Montana has transferred to the University of Montana, how sure do you suppose Stewart Mandel is that the Grizzlies’ new quarterback has never heard of the Georgia football team? Oh, well; we’re a basketball school now, anyway, right?
Go ‘Dawgs!
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Here, we see illustrated the potential pitfalls . . .
. . . of scheduling postings to be published in advance:
Since I wrote the foregoing posting and arranged for it to appear during the lunch hour, Chris Dobbertean has updated his bracketology. He now has Georgia as an 11 seed in the West Regional facing Missouri in the first round.
Fortunately, MaconDawg will be along with a more insightful bracketology posting later this afternoon, so you will not be subjected solely to the impoverished opinions of a sports blogger who includes the words "ill-informed" in the headline of virtually every basketball posting he publishes!
Go 'Dawgs!
I wouldn't be against seeing us get a 12 seed.
It seems like a twelve seed pulls off an upset in the first round against a five seed almost every year. I saw a study last year (that I can’t find right now) that showed that this is more than a feeling, though. When the win percentage probabilities were given from 1-16, the chart showed the line going steadily downhill…1 – 99%, 2 – 95%, 3 – 89% and so on (these are fictional numbers). The only spot on the chart where the downhill slope changed was at the five seed. The five seed is actually less likely to beat the twelve seed than the six seed is to beat the eleven…so if we make as a twelve…don’t look back and bring on the upset!
Note: Yes, I know there are probably plenty of reasons for this and I understand that just because Georgia gets the twelve seed doesn’t automatically make us more likely to win…the whole post hoc ergo propter hoc blah blah blah stuff. But hey, it can’t hurt, right? I mean, it’s been such a long time since we made the tournament (well, not including the joke of 2008) that, at this point, I’ll take anything. Plus, if it will offer me some peace of mind where I won’t worry as much before the game, then I’m not complaining.
See, Kyle, I’m giving you a fight for most links in a post. Who cares if they’re apropos?
by hailtogeorgia on Feb 15, 2011 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
I would love to play Illinois in the first room (at least from a personal perspective).
Not sure how the team would do but a few of my closest friends are Illinois alums and talked all kinds of trash before we beat them last year. It was a great game (which we all attended together) and I know we’ve all been hankering for a rematch.
They’ve also been through a lot of ups and downs (like us) and my buddies are constantly losing their minds at the head scratching inconsistency (sound familiar?). At the least, I certainly think it would be an intriguing matchup.
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone, Easy A
first room = first round
whatever.
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone, Easy A
First room? Losing your minds? Head-scratching?
Allamaraine!
Move along! Move along home!
by vineyarddawg on Feb 15, 2011 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
This is an apt episode to describe the typical football/basketball experience.
You have people hopping around saying nonsense (or—heaven forbid—dancing to Soulja Boy), authorities outside the game capriciously removing players, emotional meltdowns experienced by people who get caught cheating, and a catastrophic tumble down an abyss to lose the game at the end. You also have people dressed in weird uniforms, problems that can only be solved by drinking, and people who screw you over but then laugh and say that it’s only a game. Who knew DS9 had so much in common with sports?
by Cherokee's Grip on Feb 15, 2011 7:49 PM EST up reply actions
Auburn
when the asterisk fell.
by Cherokee's Grip on Feb 15, 2011 7:55 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
It maybe geek funny, but that is funny.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Just realized that guy on the bottom row looks like Kanye West with an overbite
You know what they say…
Cam Newton ain’t a gold digger, but he ain’t messin with no broke *******…
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone, Easy A
by RedCrake on Feb 16, 2011 12:24 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I'm glad my typo has inspired such vigorous commenting!
Perhaps I should proofread less frequently.
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone, Easy A
by RedCrake on Feb 15, 2011 8:04 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
“how sure do you suppose Stewart Mandel is that the Grizzlies’ new quarterback has never heard of the Georgia football team? Oh, well; we’re a basketball school now, anyway, right?”
I don’t get this joke. Can someone explain?
Short Version: Stewart Mandel is an idiot.
Long version: When doing a breakdown of which football programs he considers historically elite (it was around 3 years ago and I believe he used some sort of medieval aristocracy metaphor if memory serves), one of Mandel’s arguments against including Georgia was that if people in Montana saw Georgia’s red and black G logo, they wouldn’t be able to identify it as Georgia’s. Therefore, we are not an elite football program.
Whether or not we are an elite program is, perhaps, a discussion worth having in some circles. I am, however, convinced that none of those circles reside in Montana.
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone, Easy A
by RedCrake on Feb 15, 2011 10:02 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Thanks for the explanation, RedCrake.
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