Flordia is the # 1 seed over all in the Tournament, do they deserve it despite the fact that they had some trouble during the end of the season. Same goes with North Carolina and a few others. Why didn't teams like Kansas, or Ohio State recieve the # 1 over all. And do you think that the committee got it right with some teams left out?
2007-03-11 16:45:07 · 11 answers · asked by bman 2 in Sports ➔ Basketball
I agree that is pretty impressive, but Memphis has a 22 game winning streak.
2007-03-11 16:52:02 · update #1
No. Florida does not deserve to be the #1 of the #1 seeds. They did deserve to be either the #3 or #4 of the #1 seeds. How they surpassed OSU and Kansas is beyond me (and I would also put UNC above them). They played well in an unimpressive SEC Conference Tournament? They blew-out an unranked Arkansas? All this at the same time that OSU handled the Big Ten tournament and the 3rd ranked Wisconsin Badgers and Kansas came back and thrillingly beat a surging (#15 ranked) Texas with an unstoppable Kevin Durant. Even ahead of Kansas when Kansas beat them in the regular season (in a game that went to OT, but was really dominated by KU for most of the game)?
Nope. Florida did not deserve it. They were the best team last year, but the NCAA got better. OSU, Kansas, and UNC are all better. Its unfair that Florida got such an easy bracket, but I still have faith they won't make it to the final 4 (watch out for GA Tech in that bracket, just saying).
Also, lol at the Florida fan giving me a thumbs down!
2007-03-11 17:21:18 · answer #1 · answered by Mavid Glich 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They lost 3 out of 5 games after going on a 16 game winning streak. Their 5 losses came to Vandy (a 6 seed), Tennessee (a 5 seed), Kansas (a #1 seed), LSU and Florida State (notoriously known as giant killers). They clenched the SEC regular championship with a handful of games left in the regular season. Then they obliterated teams in the SEC tourney. And the conference overrall is #2 in the RPI, just behind the ACC. The overrall seed should be the team that no one wants to play because they're just that good. Trust me, no one WANTS to play Florida.
And as far as Ohio State, Florida beat them earlier this season by 26 points. And the Big Ten as a conference doesn't have much weight. North Carolina shouldn't have even been a #1 seed because they had 6 losses, specifically 1 to a team that wasn't ranked all season and almost beat them again in the ACC Championship. I think Kansas could've clenched the #1 overrall had it not been for their losses to DePaul and Oklahoma State, who neither made the tournament.
And Jay Bilas said it best about Memphis, "they're in the witness protection program", also known as Conference USA. The conference had no weight and they got their seed based on their non-conference schedule.
2007-03-11 17:08:00 · answer #2 · answered by sweetie_tdp 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I definitely think Florida does NOT deserve it. They stumbled in the end and some say its OK because they had already clinched conference and so on. But it's not OK, you have to keep playing till the end. They did not do that. Another thing, the only reason they get #1 ranking is because they are defending champs. I think if anyone should have the number one ranking, its gonna have to be Kansas or Memphis. I don't know why people underestimate Memphis so much. True, their conference isn't the ACC or anything close to it, but they still have the mentality and skill to win 22 in a row! Not many teams can achieve that, even with a weak conference.
2007-03-11 17:24:29 · answer #3 · answered by Lakers Fan Till I Die 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know that getting the overall #1 seed is any big perk.
When you get to the sweet sixteen, any team can beat another. It becomes a test of who has the best night. By the final four, it's even more unpredictable. The refs can do more to change a game at that point than a player can.
2007-03-11 16:51:00 · answer #4 · answered by momwithabat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unc- dominant youthful center in hansborough, super coach, and team that gets extra effective with time; the acc is tougher than human beings think of even although duke isnt as good advert they normallly are. florida - noah and green lead the protecting champs desire i say extra ohio st - get extra effective because of the fact the season is going on; super interior out pastime; protection is likewise above customary wisconsin - participant of the 12 months candidate with tucker; a sprint shaky down low except butch steps up also have a wager ucla - super outdoors pastime; susceptible downlow texas a&m - super team of seniors led by making use of pg regulation pitt - gray downlow with some great youthful swingmen nevada - underrated and super participant in fazekas(24 ppg 12 rpg and a brilliant touch), and multiple scoring strategies
2016-10-18 04:01:32 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Florida has another good run next season, the same people dissing them now will be dissing them again, just like they dissed the Gators all of last year before the national title game.
2007-03-11 17:33:26 · answer #6 · answered by Zombie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah they do just because they lost 3 out of 4 games just recently, remember they won 17 straight earlier in the season they just hit a little rough spot at a bad time
2007-03-11 16:49:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do. They have played very well, and understand they are the team who won last year, and still has their winning starters. They very well deserved it, and one team that didn't is UNC.
2007-03-11 17:06:47 · answer #8 · answered by JJ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please, please, please, realize that the NCAA tournament is all about making $$$.
Ohio State, North Carolina, Florida, and Kansas represent leagues that can bring in the fans, and thus the $$$.
It doesn't matter how good a team like Wright State or Oral Roberts ever could be; they couldn't bring in the $$$.
2007-03-11 17:02:19 · answer #9 · answered by Teacher Man 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No I'm pissed because Syracuse one my Admired teams is out of the Tournament, this blows.
2007-03-11 17:01:51 · answer #10 · answered by tfoley5000 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋