The House of Blue

Why put two teams UK has already faced in the same region? Makes little sense. And, all three KY programs in the same region? Stupid!!

Not much way to get around having a region without teams we've already faced. It's likely that 8-10 teams that we've played this year will make the tournament.

Lunardi has a tough job, and it's fun to look at his predictions but I don't think his predictions "suck." The seeds below the one-line are where everything changes between now and Selection Sunday. The only time I think it's fair to compare his bracket to that of the selection committee is on Selection Sunday when he puts out his last predictions once all the games have been played.

His job sucks, because he has to assume that each team will play exactly the way it's been playing from now until Selection Sunday. Otherwise, his predictions would be bogus. And obviously, if he were able to predict how each team is going to play, he'd be a lot richer and probably retired young at this point.

I don't envy his job one bit.

He does seem to have a pretty good idea as to what the selection committee looks for, but he has to apply it what seems like a billion times a year instead of just once like the actual selection committee does.

I believe I referenced looking at his last prediction in comparison to the actual bracket. I'm not saying it isn't fun or that he's dumb. Suck was probably a bad choice of words. How about inaccurate instead.

I also wasn't referring to who he picks to actually make the bracket. Was obviously unclear there. What I meant is he off base in regards to where those teams will be place, what seed they'll get, etc.

The good thing about all this is that Lunardi is just guessing & practically all of his so called projections never come to fruition. Just enjoy the ride. We'll see how things shake out on the 11th.

The bad part is that it's almost a lock that UNC is the 2 seed in our bracket unless they move up or down to a 1 or 3. Since I don't see that happening unless Mich St. and Kansas bow out early in their conference tournies, I would almost bet money we get UNC as a 2. And naturally, we'd least want to see a Baylor or a OSU as our 3, but we'll get that too. It's how things work.

Meanwhile, Duke will face the Ohio County School for the Blind in the second round, and in the third, the Tri-County school for Non-Basketball Athletes.

If NC beats Duke this week and wins the ACC tournament, they will be a 1 seed.

This ^^^

I appreciate that mindset, and most of that comes from the sheer-unbeatable nature of this UK team right now. We don't really have to fear anyone because, as you said, there's only one MAYBE two teams in the whole country who can contend with us if we are playing at a high level.

But with that being said, I think the bigger point is not whether we think K-St can beat us, but whether we think they are the toughest of the 8/9 seeds. Right now, I think they probably are. Or at least, they have enough talent to make things interesting. The other possibilities are California and UVA, but I think K-St probably has more ability at their peak than either of those two.

So the bigger issue is who has the "toughest" lower seeds in their bracket. I think if you compare 2-9 in each round, the current ATL bracket is by far the toughest.

Which line would you rather see:

2-UNC, 3- Baylor, 4-Louisville, 5-Wichita St, 6-Murray St, 7-San Diego St, 8-Purdue, 9-K. St

2-Duke, 3-Michigan, 4-Indiana, 5-UNLV, 6-Vandy, 7-Gonzaga, 8-Virginia, 9-St. Louis

Is that really even a comparison? lol

what I don't get is you all think the selection committee's picks are impeccable. Who's to say that it's not the selection committee that sucks (which we hear every year), and Lunardi is spot on?

Lunardi gets the #1 seeds and the field of 65 or 68 whatever it is. He is good about that. However, the other seedings is where it gets dicey because it relies on human judgement and the committee puts people where they want with little to no reasoning. Can't fault Joe for that. It is purely entertainment.