Georgia Bulldogs Wednesday Afternoon NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch
by T Kyle King on Mar 9, 2011 12:15 PM EST
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PrintThe latest bracket projection is available, and, thanks to all the jockeying for position in tournaments conducted by conferences you’ve never heard of among teams you couldn’t locate on a map, the Georgia Bulldogs have slipped to the eleven line on the S-curve, and I have been left longing for the sanity of an SEC-specific bowl pecking order (in which the greatest uncertainty is over whether the Outback Bowl will do something weird again) or, in the alternative, the expansion of the field to 4,096 teams.
The Fox Hounds now find themselves among the last four teams into the field who will not have to participate in a play-in game. Chris Dobbertean foresees a first round showdown with the sixth-seeded Cincinnati Bearcats in the Tulsa Pod of the West Region, with the winner to face the team that emerges from the third-seeded Texas Longhorns’ opening matchup.
Aside from wins over the Auburn Tigers on Thursday and the Alabama Crimson Tide on Friday, what would help the Red and Black the most would be a Big East Tournament loss by the Marquette Golden Eagles to the West Virginia Mountaineers at 9:00 tonight on ESPN, an ACC Tournament that plays out according to plan, and Big Ten Tournament losses by the Michigan St. Spartans to the Iowa Hawkeyes at 5:00 tomorrow afternoon, by the Michigan Wolverines to the Illinois Fighting Illini at 2:30 Friday afternoon on ESPN, and by the Illini to the Ohio St. Buckeyes at 1:40 Saturday afternoon on CBS.
Go ‘Dawgs!
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Update:
Earlier this afternoon, Nebraska lost to Oklahoma State. This is good for Georgia.
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Agree
Should I be rooting for or against Colorado? I am inclined to root for them to strengthen our RPI and SOS; however, an argument can be made for wanting them to lose early and eliminate them from stealing a spot from UGA…
I am bi-winning. I win not only here but also there.
Seth Emerson suggests rooting against Colorado (and, later today, Baylor).
We’re better off clearing out other bubble teams than we are competing with one that happens to bolster our strength of schedule. The Buffs are better as a semi-quality win over an NIT-bound squad than as a competitor. I tend to agree with Seth’s argument.
Go 'Dawgs!
By the way, . . .
. . . I phrased that as badly as I possibly could have, but you get the gist.
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In short, do this and you'll be good:
1) Root for every bubble team to lose. Badly.
2) Root for the #1 seeds in the Big 6 conferences to win their tournaments. Except for the SEC. Don’t root for Florida. Root for us to win it instead.
by D.N. Nation on Mar 9, 2011 3:51 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
In addition to this, RPI/SOS are so firmly entrenched at this point,
that single wins by teams we won or lost to are going to have minimal effects on our resume.
by hailtogeorgia on Mar 9, 2011 4:31 PM EST up reply actions
Colorado down two at the half.
To Iowa State, who beat the Buffs earlier this year.
Worse officiating than in the SEC?
I think I have just witnessed the new standard of craptacular at the end of the St. John’s v. Rutgers.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
*end of the St. John's v. Rutgers game...
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Wasn't that fantastic?
I don’t know much about basketball and I could tell something weird happened.
by Cherokee's Grip on Mar 9, 2011 4:45 PM EST up reply actions
The were 3 fouls against St. John's that were not called
in the last 5 seconds of the game. And there will be 1.7 seconds left on the clock in perpetuity Not only did the St. John’s player travel, he stepped out of bounds and threw the ball into the stands. That last play pretty much covered 2/3 of the NCAA rules manual.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Interesting note
Saw that Georgia and USC had the same odds (10 to 1) to win the SEC tournament. Either South Carolina fans are suckers, or Vegas isn’t respecting the Dawgs.
Not sure how I feel about that since (1) UGA’s fanbase is larger than USC’s (meaning there are more Georgia fans who will potentially bet on Georgia than South Carolina fans who will bet on South Carolina) and (2) Vegas is not in the business of losing money.
Regardless, postseason play has begun and I am stoked.
Go Dawgs.
Just imagine what the odds were in 2008
Serious cash!
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone, Easy A
by RedCrake on Mar 9, 2011 5:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Explanation Needed
Another thing I can’t wrap my mind around:
We’re projected to be anywhere from a 10 to 12 seed. So how in the heck are we in the “last four in” or the “last four out”? If we’re seeded at 12 and are among the “last four in”, what does that make anyone seeded 13-16? If my math is correct, that would be at least another 12 teams.
I’m sure it has to do with some possible AQs being seeded lower, because they just won a conference tournament in a crappy conference, but are there really that many of them?
The King is dead. Long live the King!
by Afghan Dawg on Mar 9, 2011 6:38 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I completely agree.
That’s never made sense to me. The “last four in” ought to be the four 16 seeds. Otherwise, they’re not the last four into the field. The only way to claim a twelve seed is among the “last four in” is if the term refers to the last of the at-large teams, but that’s only true if all of the 13, 14, 15, and 16 seeds are tournament champions from minor mid-major leagues, which isn’t the case.
We are on the same page here, Afghan Dawg.
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Yes.
There are.
Georgia was a 14 seed in 2008 after the miracle run in Atlanta. That was the lowest seed a major conference team had ever had.
by D.N. Nation on Mar 9, 2011 8:28 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Won't bother looking, but
There’s only been one 13 seed from a major conference.
by D.N. Nation on Mar 9, 2011 8:30 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Looking at . . .
. . . Chris Dobbertean’s S-curve, I see you’re right, D.N. Nation. I’ll be danged. You learn something new every day. Much obliged.
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Down goes Baylor!
The Crimson and Cream creamed them by an 84-67 final margin. I’d say the Bears’ bubble has burst.
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I'd sooner cheer for Oklahoma...
… that have to bear cheering for Baylor.
by vineyarddawg on Mar 9, 2011 10:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
West Virginia up 36-29 on Marquette at intermission.
If that score holds up, it’ll be good news for the Fox Hounds.
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Drat.
Marquette wins. That makes two bubble teams who won (Colorado and Marquette) and two bubble teams who lost (Baylor and Nebraska) today. The field isn’t being cleared as much as I’d like, but it is being cleared, with the ACC and Big Ten Tournaments to play a significant role in determining how many teams are still battling for at-large spots.
Still, the game that matters most tips off in the Georgia Dome at 1:00 tomorrow. The comment thread will be open around mid-morning tomorrow.
Go 'Dawgs!
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