02-20-2024, 01:48 PM
(02-20-2024, 12:43 PM)TheFarm07 Wrote:(02-20-2024, 10:40 AM)Card10Fan Wrote: If we hold as a #1 seed, which potential #2 seeds would we want to face and not want to play?
I would say yes to Virginia Tech and NC State. I don't love a matchup with Texas. (they are physical and hard to score against although I think we can beat them). Ohio State would be a tough matchup (with how they press) if they fall to a #2 seed. I never want to play Uconn in the NCAA tourney unless it's in a Final 4.
If we are a #1 seed in the NCAA tourney and a #2 seed from the Pac12 can't be in our same bracket, it does narrow the potential matchups down to a handful of teams if the higher seeds win their matchups.
Agreed, there's not many teams that we would be matched up with if we ended up as a #1 seed and the committee is avoiding putting a conference foe in our region as the #2 seed.
The universe of possibilities at this point would be between Iowa, Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Texas, N.C. State and UConn, barring an unexpected late season surge from another team.
Creme's latest bracketology (today) has Texas as our #2 in the Portland region. He has Oregon State as the #2 in Albany vs South Carolina as #1 in the region