Georgia Bulldogs Projected as 11 Seed in NCAA Basketball Tournament
by T Kyle King on Mar 7, 2011 1:15 PM EST
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PrintWe are six days from Selection Sunday, and Chris Dobbertean has brought us his latest NCAA Tournament bracket projection, in which the Georgia Bulldogs have crept up to the eleven line. This seems fair, despite the Fox Hounds’ road loss this weekend against the Alabama Crimson Tide, in light of the caliber of the opposition the Red and Black have faced.
Nine of the Athenians’ ten setbacks came at the hands of the No. 1-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the No. 2-seeded Florida Gators, the No. 4-seeded Kentucky Wildcats, the No. 5-seeded Xavier Musketeers, the No. 6-seeded Vanderbilt Commodores, the No. 7-seeded Temple Owls, and the No. 9-seeded Tennessee Volunteers, with the tenth loss coming at division champion and bubble team Alabama.
Chris sees the Bulldogs opening the tourney in the Charlotte Pod of the Southwest Region against the sixth-seeded Georgetown Hoyas in a logo battle that will confuse the color-blind. The winner of that matchup would be in line for a potential showdown with the third-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels in the next round, so we finally may get a shot at settling the score concerning which is, in fact, the oldest state-chartered university in the land.
Go ‘Dawgs!
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By what possible justification
does Tennessee get a better seed than us? They’re fifth in the division, and we beat them. Plus, Bruce Pearl looks like the Ringmaster of a low-budget circus in that God-awful orange blazer.
The King is dead. Long live the King!
by Afghan Dawg on Mar 7, 2011 7:42 PM EST via mobile reply actions
As Seth Emerson notes, a team's body of work overcomes head-to-head results.
Thus, Georgia is in better shape than Alabama, despite the Tide’s win over the Bulldogs, because the Red and Black have no bad losses. Tennessee is getting the benefit of the doubt over Georgia because (a) the Volunteers have a recent history of NCAA Tournament appearances to bolster their credibility and (b) the Big Orange played a tough non-conference slate that included wins over Belmont (twice), Pittsburgh (on the road), Villanova (on the road), and Virginia Commonwealth (which currently is giving Old Dominion all it can handle).
No argument on the orange blazer. Even Tennessee fans know that thing is hideous.
Go 'Dawgs!
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