Men's Sweet Sixteen Has 12 Teams From 3 Conferences

[LuteHawk]

The 2019 Men's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16

5 teams from the ACC: Duke, Virginia, North Carolina
Virginia Tech, Florida State

4 teams from the SEC: Kentucky, Tenn., Auburn, LSU

3 teams from the Big Ten: Mich.St, Mich, Purdue

The NCAA Committee got the best teams into the
tournament.

 

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

Duke, Auburn, LSU, and Tenn are lucky as hell to have advanced. Sure, they're good, but without some amazing luck, they'd all be home to stay right now. I'm not sure the NCAA committee can be credited for that "luck" . . . or can they?

 

[Underscore2]

The 2019 Men's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16

5 teams from the ACC: Duke, Virginia, North Carolina
Virginia Tech, Florida State

4 teams from the SEC: Kentucky, Tenn., Auburn, LSU

3 teams from the Big Ten: Mich.St, Mich, Purdue

The NCAA Committee got the best teams into the
tournament.

B1G was under-seeded, assured a tough road by design of the committee, and still has 3 left. I hope all four 1 seeds go down in the sweet 16.

 

[HoustonREDHawk]

There has been an east coast bias to seeded and invites to the dance for a long time. The B1G beats the hell out of each other, and then pays the price. This year, the Big 12 and the Big East were both over-seeded. Villanova's history might earn them respect, but the rest of that league was pretty mediocre, although Marquette started well but sucked for the last month. The three best leagues are very likely to have 7 or 8 of the Elite 8, depending on the Zags vs FSU.

 

[2432Hawk]

SEC and Pac12 are only 2 conf. to have exceeded their "seeding" Every one else got in all their "seeded sweat 16 teams"

SEC had 3 seeded teams in top 4, and Auburn at 5 vs. a highly overseeded Kansas at 4.. Pac12 was hot garbage... but Oregon ended the season playing like their pre-season rankings.
BigTen was highly underseeded as usual. No respect.

 

[2432Hawk]

And man, I'll vomit if (and probably when) the ACC gets 4 teams in the Final Four

 

[HoustonREDHawk]

And man, I'll vomit if (and probably when) the ACC gets 4 teams in the Final Four

FSU has a shot to make that happen, if the seeding holds otherwise. I don't think Leonard Hamilton is a good enough coach to beat the Zags and then UM/Tt winner, but he has a talented team.

 

[Hawk_4shur]

Is Cinderella dead? Forever?

 

[K OKeefe]

It is quite clear that the upper echelon of the ACC is the best in the country. I fully expect FSU to beat the Zags and move on to the Elite 8.

 

[mtdew_fever]

In have to believe this isnt all that uncommon compared to previous years.

The 2019 Men's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16

5 teams from the ACC: Duke, Virginia, North Carolina
Virginia Tech, Florida State

4 teams from the SEC: Kentucky, Tenn., Auburn, LSU

3 teams from the Big Ten: Mich.St, Mich, Purdue

The NCAA Committee got the best teams into the
tournament.

 

[mtdew_fever]

Which B10 school was under seeded?

Would winning more quality non-conference games have helped the committee in their seeding?

B1G was under-seeded, assured a tough road by design of the committee, and still has 3 left. I hope all four 1 seeds go down in the sweet 16.

 

[Run&Blade]

Is Cinderella dead? Forever?

It will not be getting easier to get at large teams in.

The smaller conferences should avoid expansion at all costs. No point in making your odds even greater in a 1 bid league.

 

[HawkLogic]

Duke, Auburn, LSU, and Tenn are lucky as hell to have advanced. Sure, they're good, but without some amazing luck, they'd all be home to stay right now. I'm not sure the NCAA committee can be credited for that "luck" . . . or can they?

Yes and no. When you have extremely athletic team, they tend to turn up the effort in last couple minutes of games and pull out wins.
Duke, UT, LSU Auburn fall under category of being athletic.
Auburn looked sensational in their 2nd game, but everything they were throwing up went through the hoop.


Despite the usual posts bragging how great the B1G was, there are only 3 B1G teams in Sweet16. If B1G wants to get better reputation, they need a couple teams to make the Final4.

 

[mtdew_fever]

More so, the mid-major conference schools have historically been competitive by having upperclassman and especially with 5th year seniors in their lineup.

Now if a player is good, they can easily grad transfer out to a power 5 school, which really hurts.

It will not be getting easier to get at large teams in.

The smaller conferences should avoid expansion at all costs. No point in making your odds even greater in a 1 bid league.

 

[jhawkinaz]

The 2019 Men's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16

5 teams from the ACC: Duke, Virginia, North Carolina
Virginia Tech, Florida State

4 teams from the SEC: Kentucky, Tenn., Auburn, LSU

3 teams from the Big Ten: Mich.St, Mich, Purdue

The NCAA Committee got the best teams into the
tournament.

Dang, a couple bounces of the basketball away from 5 Big 10 and 2 SEC

 

[HaydenHawk8]

The 2019 Men's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16

5 teams from the ACC: Duke, Virginia, North Carolina
Virginia Tech, Florida State

4 teams from the SEC: Kentucky, Tenn., Auburn, LSU

3 teams from the Big Ten: Mich.St, Mich, Purdue

The NCAA Committee got the best teams into the
tournament.

How many of those conferences had teams from their respective conferences square off?? Sorry still a little bitter about that. Should not happen, should of moved teams around. Seeding made zero sense this year

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

The 2019 Men's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16

5 teams from the ACC: Duke, Virginia, North Carolina
Virginia Tech, Florida State

4 teams from the SEC: Kentucky, Tenn., Auburn, LSU

3 teams from the Big Ten: Mich.St, Mich, Purdue

The NCAA Committee got the best teams into the
tournament.

#parody

 

[H4wkfan4life]

Duke, Auburn, LSU, and Tenn are lucky as hell to have advanced. Sure, they're good, but without some amazing luck, they'd all be home to stay right now. I'm not sure the NCAA committee can be credited for that "luck" . . . or can they?

"luck" so that is what we are calling it these days ay?

Is Cinderella dead? Forever?

depends who the refs are

 

[H4wkfan4life]

The NCAA Committee got the best teams into the
tournament.

who said any of the remaining 16 shouldn't have been in the tourney?
pretty easy to put every one of them in there lol.....

 

[H4wkfan4life]

And man, I'll vomit if (and probably when) the ACC gets 4 teams in the Final Four

I'll gladly take that bet.

it is nice to see that a poorly made nike shoe was enough to get unc the 1 seed!

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

Iowa had the closest weekend game and then UCF, all the rest were blowouts. The committee definitely nailed this tourney/seeding.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Iowa had the closest weekend game and then UCF, all the rest were blowouts. The committee definitely nailed this tourney/seeding.

I'd say UCF missing a tip-in at the end and LSU winning on a layup were a little closer even though we went to OT.

We definitely played one of the top 3-5 games in the tournament so far. Had we won late, it probably would've been the best, objectively speaking.

That damn close to making Tournament history.

 

[anon_gjzkhykcp9iuj]

It is easy to get 4 teams in when every single one is a confirmed cheater. SEC at it's norm.

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

I'd say UCF missing a tip-in at the end and LSU winning on a layup were a little closer even though we went to OT.

We definitely played one of the top 3-5 games in the tournament so far. Had we won late, it probably would've been the best, objectively speaking.

That damn close to making Tournament history.

Forgot about LSU/Turtle game. That's what convinced me we should have fouled at the 20 second mark ( even though the game was tied ). Give them 2 FTs and now we control the last shot, win, lose or tie. I thought we had spent too much energy to comeback to survive OT. I was right...

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Forgot about LSU/Turtle game. That's what convinced me we should have fouled at the 20 second mark ( even though the game was tied ). Give them 2 FTs and now we control the last shot, win, lose or tie. I thought we had spent too much energy to comeback to survive OT. I was right...

I think Tennessee actually played for that scenario when they rushed their second to last shot which forced Iowa to have to play with the shot clock running.

 

[cidhawkeye]

Is Cinderella dead? Forever?

Hmmmm.... who made it last year?

 

[And1Hawk]

Multiple sweet 16’s have yet to play a power 5/6 school.

 

[SeattleHawkeye]

Forgot about LSU/Turtle game. That's what convinced me we should have fouled at the 20 second mark ( even though the game was tied ). Give them 2 FTs and now we control the last shot, win, lose or tie. I thought we had spent too much energy to comeback to survive OT. I was right...

I've always wondered why teams don't do this. Granted, I've never coached basketball in my life so...