A month away from the NCAA Tournament and not having snow on the ground.
A month away from getting out of the winter and everyone is just happier.
So here we are without football and getting our first look at the NCAA Tournament bracket.
First off, yes, this matters.
- I still hate that we don’t get a full bracket reveal.
We know who the best teams are in the country.
That’s easy to figure out.
But what is the committee judging the bubble teams on?
At the minimum give us the bottom 8 teams too.
Tell us who is floating near the bubble, especially this year when everyone seems to be the same.
Teams should know where they stand and we do it in football.
- The 1 seeds are right.
People are going to bitch and moan about Purdue as the overall 1 seed, but they deserve it.
It also doesn’t matter who gets the overall 1 seed between Purdue and UConn.
Purdue will be in the Midwest, UConn will be in the East.
- Why the hell do we do this before a loaded Saturday slate?
Again, just need some common sense here.
- The debate I saw with everyone was San Diego State getting a 4 seed over Dayton or Clemson.
Yeah, that’s where we are at this season.
They are fine, I guess.
Basically sums up this year better than anything if we’re debating these teams as a 4 seed.
- Why is UNC a 2 seed?
This had to be done earlier this week and they just didn’t adjust?
They’ve lost 3 of 5 and none of the losses are, uh, great.
I thought for sure they’d be on the 3 line and for sure not the top 2 seed.
That seems to be what everyone is saying too.
- That said, Alabama/Marquette as a Sweet 16 game?
There might be 190 points in that game.
- Big 12 and SEC make up 7 of the teams.
Not exactly shocking, they are the 2 best conferences in America this year.
Big 12 is a gauntlet, SEC right behind them.
- There’s no bracket of death.
At least not yet.
Every year we hear how one bracket is loaded.
Each one of these has a weakness in it.
They had to move Wisconsin because of weird bracketing rules.
So instead of being in the Midwest, they go to the East.
The West seems the most loaded because of Auburn as a 4 seed.
They are top-5 in most analytic rankings.
That team is better than a 4 seed.
- You want odds?
Lowest odds for a team not in the top-16?
Defense doesn’t matter in March.
If Arizona can make a Final Four, they are basically at home.
- We are close to locking in the 1 seeds barring a disaster.
Purdue/UConn feel close to safe.
Houston can get there.
Arizona doesn’t have any marquee games left because the Pac-12 fucking stinks out loud.
That could open up a race for the last 1 seed.
- All I know is it feels so fucking good to see a bracket.
Give me One Shining Moment.
Give me the week leading up to the tournament where you spend too much time breaking down a bracket.
Give me it all.
