wlaxphan20 wrote: ↑Tue May 03, 2022 5:08 pm
Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Tue May 03, 2022 5:07 pm
LarryGamLax wrote: ↑Tue May 03, 2022 4:57 pm
Dr. Tact wrote: ↑Tue May 03, 2022 4:51 pm
laxagainsthumanity wrote: ↑Tue May 03, 2022 4:10 pm
Dr. Tact wrote: ↑Tue May 03, 2022 3:29 pm
Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Tue May 03, 2022 3:22 pm
I actually can't believe there is any talk at all about Michigan making this tournament.
Dear God, please don't let the committee seed Duke. Thanks from agnostic -- but still hopeful for a sign -- Seacoaster(1).
I echo your prayer....
How is Florida is seeded ahead of Stony Brook and Loyola when they lost to both? Especially now that their Syracuse victory holds a little less weight. IMO Florida is firmly the 8 seed and only because Denver and Duke lost to unranked teams. No way Duke gets a seed after the ND loss.
I had started a post that said just that, but felt I'd be that dad
You can always be "that Dad" when the facts support you.
Absolutely. Be that Dad, Doc.
Emphatically agree with Larry & Seacoaster
I will emphasize as well. I looked again at the numbers and I don't know how you justify it. FWIW, I had 6. SB 7. Loyola 8. Florida. RPIs are close enough that head to head losses should put them at 8. Period.
As for Michigan, I think they're comfortably in at this point as Big Ten rep #4. Taking USA Lax Mag as representative of the committee view for a second, which of their first 4 out would you put in ahead of Michigan? JHU, OSU, UMass, or Va Tech? To me, the only ones you can make a case for would be JHU or OSU. These three went 1-1 against each other, and Michigan can also point to wins over ND and ASU.
Trust me, I'm not a Meechigan fan by any stretch. I just think the bottom of the at-large pool is very pedestrian this year.
I will go out on a limb, possibly not a very long one, and say that all seeds will advance to the quarterfinals with the possible exception of Princeton sneaking in. If I were being generous, I might add JMU but that's it.