2025 Seed Watch Party Thread

#426
#426
ABtheVolsfan92 said:
Here are our most likely potential opponents we will face in the 2nd round. Kansas, Louisville, Marquette or Memphis. All 4 can deff beat us would prob opt for Louisville since we beat them once. I wouldn't be too scared of Marquette but they were a top 10 team early in the season
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Marquette and Kansas being a 7 seed would be wild. Louisville will be 6 or higher.
 
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#433
ABtheVolsfan92 said:
Here are our most likely potential opponents we will face in the 2nd round. Kansas, Louisville, Marquette or Memphis. All 4 can deff beat us would prob opt for Louisville since we beat them once. I wouldn't be too scared of Marquette but they were a top 10 team early in the season
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I’m 90% confident Louisville will be a 6-seed. They’re 23rd in both rankings used by the selection committee and went 18-2 in the ACC. I’d throw Oregon & Gonzaga in there as #7 options.
 
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I was pulling for Furman but that is a probably a win for us they could have beaten us in the 15/2 game. I am from South Carolina and trust me we wanted no part of them
 
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#437
Currently doing some research on seed and location possibilities for different teams and doing my own bracket pretty much.

I am pretty sure I already know this answer but let’s say Florida lands the final 1-seed. Duke will most certainly be placed in the Raleigh pod. Will Florida also be placed or get the choice to play in Raleigh? Is it against bracketing principles of any kind to have two 1-seeds playing in the same pod/location? They would feed into different regions but just wanted to check to see if there were any principles that prevented two 1-seeds from playing at the same location or pod. I don’t think there is.

Someone please clarify, thanks!
 
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#438
BallerVolFan said:
Currently doing some research on seed and location possibilities for different teams and doing my own bracket pretty much.

I am pretty sure I already know this answer but let’s say Florida lands the final 1-seed. Duke will most certainly be placed in the Raleigh pod. Will Florida also be placed or get the choice to play in Raleigh? Is it against bracketing principles of any kind to have two 1-seeds playing in the same pod/location? They would feed into different regions but just wanted to check to see if there were any principles that prevented two 1-seeds from playing at the same location or pod. I don’t think there is.

Someone please clarify, thanks!
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No UF would be placed there too.
 
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BallerVolFan said:
Currently doing some research on seed and location possibilities for different teams and doing my own bracket pretty much.

I am pretty sure I already know this answer but let’s say Florida lands the final 1-seed. Duke will most certainly be placed in the Raleigh pod. Will Florida also be placed or get the choice to play in Raleigh? Is it against bracketing principles of any kind to have two 1-seeds playing in the same pod/location? They would feed into different regions but just wanted to check to see if there were any principles that prevented two 1-seeds from playing at the same location or pod. I don’t think there is.

Someone please clarify, thanks!
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The committee goes down the seed list and places teams, in order, in first weekend pods closest to that team’s campus. Since there are two top 4 seeds in each of the eight locations, the top 16 might look like this:

1. Auburn - Lexington
2. Duke - Raleigh
3. Houston - Wichita
4. Florida - Raleigh
5. Tennessee - Lexington
6. Alabama - Cleveland
7. Mich State - Cleveland
8. Texas Tech - Wichita
9. Iowa State - Milwaukee
10. St. John’s - Providence
11. Kentucky - Milwaukee
12. Maryland - Providence
13. Texas A&M - Denver
14. Purdue - Denver
15. Wisconsin - Seattle
16. Clemson - Seattle
 
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#442
VolCalls said:
I’m 90% confident Louisville will be a 6-seed. They’re 23rd in both rankings used by the selection committee and went 18-2 in the ACC. I’d throw Oregon & Gonzaga in there as #7 options.
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Oregon is a SEC killer this year going 2-0 with wins over Bama and A&M.
 
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#444
I think I would need to see it to believe it after the committee’s extensive track record of how they treat the SEC Tournament, but here is Lunardi referencing again this morning that the team that advances the furthest this weekend may get the final 1-seed.

 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I think I would need to see it to believe it after the committee’s extensive track record of how they treat the SEC Tournament, but here is Lunardi referencing again this morning that the team that advances the furthest this weekend may get the final 1-seed.

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In years past he’s said it didn’t matter, and a couple weeks ago he said again after Friday it wouldn’t matter, him changing tune tells me he’s been told by the committee it will matter this year.
 
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#446
bleedingTNorange said:
In years past he’s said it didn’t matter, and a couple weeks ago he said again after Friday it wouldn’t matter, him changing tune tells me he’s been told by the committee it will matter this year.
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I was just going to say that. Overall he's not very good at projecting seeding, but every year at this time he comes out very confidently with some nugget that he could really only know if it was leaked to him.
 
#447
#447
bleedingTNorange said:
In years past he’s said it didn’t matter, and a couple weeks ago he said again after Friday it wouldn’t matter, him changing tune tells me he’s been told by the committee it will matter this year.
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Exactly this. They’ve always held the “contingency” story as a back pocket way to hold spots depending on outcomes. I’ve never seen it actually happen though. On air last week, he said the committee will in effect use the tournament as a playoff for the last one seed. Increases the drama, and gives us a glimmer of hope.
 
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#448
bleedingTNorange said:
In years past he’s said it didn’t matter, and a couple weeks ago he said again after Friday it wouldn’t matter, him changing tune tells me he’s been told by the committee it will matter this year.
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Not that this team needs extra motivation, but the idea that a 1-seed could be the ultimate prize for the winner of the tournament would make playing the extra games worth it. Will be interesting to see how it all plays out.
 
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#449
#449
The SEC tournament has always mattered. Anyone who thinks otherwise is being silly. It didn't matter a few years ago because we beat a crappy A&M team in the title game.
 
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