NCAA tournament seedings

[Neue Regel]

I do not want to see Baylor in the second round.

Let’s talk about that, Baylor has former Blue Devil Jeremy Roach and former Miami standout Norchad Omier (sp?) and a dynamic freshmen guard but they’ve been up and down all year.

Baylor: #58 defense and #16 offense in KenPom
Miss State: #47 Defense and #23 offense.

 

[youngman42]

I would have liked to see Tennessee again to get revenge and because I think this Duke team is better suited to play against them. But you had to know it was UT or AL.

A big question is Malik Brown.

Duke is always so secretive with injuries. On the other hand, given the amount of gambling money on the tournament, one would think there would be pressure to give some indication as to his availability or potential availability?

And I think that will be a huge determination as to whether Duke can have a shot. Against the better SEC teams we will need his defense.

And more so, praying for Malik so he gets a chance to play and contribute. Just really love him.

 

[youngman42]

Can't complain too much about our draw.

Cal vs Self in the first round is intriguing.

They screwed Louisville with the 8 seed.

Cheats possibly getting in is a complete joke. No business sniffing the tourney. Hopefully SDSU ends them once and for all

Also, possibly Cal vs Pitino in round 2!

But that would be a tough win for Arkansas over Kansas (even though Kansas has fallen on hard times).

 

[bleediteveryday30]

I think we got a shit draw, and the cheats getting in is bullshit.

 

[Dattier]

Meh. The #1 overall seed isn’t what we’re playing for. 4-team tournament in Raleigh Thursday & Friday.

 

[Neue Regel]

I would have liked to see Tennessee again to get revenge and because I think this Duke team is better suited to play against them. But you had to know it was UT or AL.

A big question is Malik Brown.

Duke is always so secretive with injuries. On the other hand, given the amount of gambling money on the tournament, one would think there would be pressure to give some indication as to his availability or potential availability?

And I think that will be a huge determination as to whether Duke can have a shot. Against the better SEC teams we will need his defense.

And more so, praying for Malik so he gets a chance to play and contribute. Just really love him.

Don’t think we can expect much from Maliq in this event but we have substituted with a player who brings elite offense and shot blocking with Patrick NGongba. Won’t be any violins for the Devils as long as Flagg is back.

 

[christophero]

Baylor or Miss St. could be a difficult round 2 game. Kentucky is a 3 seed and gets Illinois in round 2. UNC in play in game as we knew they would. St. John's may have to play Kansas in round 2. I did not want Alabama as our 2 but it's a decent draw. We will likely play Oregon or Arizona in the sweet 16.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

The potential of playing Roach in the second round makes me feel like throwing up.

 

[Neue Regel]

I think we got a shit draw, and the cheats getting in is bullshit.

If it makes you feel any better you seem to be in the minority feeling from my quick take in reading stuff here and at DBR along with Duke friends I’ve heard from. Most like the bracket (and I’m generally a glass half empty person. )

 

[JimboSlice00]

Our 8-9 draw is the one I would have chosen if given the chance. Go and look at the others. Louisville as an 8 is BRUTAL, UConn is a really tough 8, Gonzaga is never a pushover and they can score.

Not saying it will be easy, but our second round draw is not bad.

 

[christophero]

Alabama would have to beat Wisconsin to make the elite eight.
Baylor lost to Houston by 4 on March 8th.

 

[JimboSlice00]

If it makes you feel any better you seem to be in the minority feeling from my quick take in reading stuff here and at DBR along with Duke friends I’ve heard from. Most like the bracket (and I’m generally a glass half empty person. )

Yeah all the outlets seem to really like our draw- at least through sweet 16. Every fellow Duke fan I’ve talked to likes it too.

All hinges on Coop of course

 

[JimboSlice00]

Jon live on espn and sounding really encouraging with Coop. Fully expect him to play Friday

 

[bleediteveryday30]

I hope you all are right. Overall, I am livid over the cheats getting in and the draw we got.

 

[christophero]

I'd rather play Miss St than Baylor. We should be able to beat either.
Baylor was 19-14. MSU was 21-12. MSU best wins was Ole Miss and TA&M. They lost to the top of the SEC.

 

[christophero]

FWIW I am looking at ESPN's preseason top 25. I do this sometimes because it can give some idea of talent, even if that talent underachieves. Baylor was preseason 7th, one spot ahead of us. Arizona was 9th. Obviously our rating was too low but we had a lot of new pieces. Number 1 was Kansas, which is way off. Alabama was second.

 

[CbusDukie]

The 8/9’s will take down at least one 1 seed. The depth in the SEC and Big12 shoved 5-7 seeds to those lines.

 

[christophero]

Not taking anything for granted, but we have a relatively easy path to the elite eight. It's the tournament it's never going to be a cakewalk. And Bama could get upset. (so could we though)
By the way...Bubba Cunningham being head of the selection committee is an enormous conflict of interest. West Virginia got screwed.

 

[The_Only_Blue]

Clear your calendars

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Women got screwed with South Carolina. Also, having the cheats as our 3 in the same region and side of the bracket to potentially play each other in the sweet sixteen is bullshit.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Not taking anything for granted, but we have a relatively easy path to the elite eight. It's the tournament it's never going to be a cakewalk. And Bama could get upset. (so could we though)
By the way...Bubba Cunningham being head of the selection committee is an enormous conflict of interest. West Virginia got screwed.

We could lose easily next Sunday.

 

[The_Only_Blue]

 

[bleediteveryday30]

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[christophero]

North Carolina has: San Diego State, Ole Miss, Iowa State and Michigan State. Iowa State has an injured starter.

 

[The_Only_Blue]

Look at these fools celebrating. Like they didn't know bubba was going to put them in. Gtfoh

 

[christophero]

I am now a massive San Diego State fan. I ran on their track in college, very nice campus.

 

[sheyduke]

I’m not worried , bring on all of the competition .

 

[denverexpat]

Out of curiosity, I watched the Women's selection show....if you think the Men's selections were not great...well, have a look at the Women's brackets...if all goes chalk...the final 4 teams in the semi-finals would be playing each other for the 4TH time! And ND who is the ACC regular season co-champion...is a 3rd seed! Duke plays Lehigh....revenge game for 2012...lol

 

[pisgah101]

Anyone complaining or worried about our bracket would be regardless of our region. We have the best 8/9 matchup by far. Imagine being number 1 overall and rewarded with Lville in Lexington.. I’ll pass. We’ve already beaten our 4 at their place. Our 2 has the worst defensive Kenpom rating of 2 seeds and there best player is seeing a knee specialist. Our 3 is the third worst one as well and we’re on the opposite side of the bracket from Florida and Auburn who both have more difficult roads


As fast as Carolina I knew they were in as did others on the board, it shouldn’t be a shock and they have a chance to get to a sweet 16. Don’t be upset it’s ok we beat them 3 times haha let them have their fun.

 

[JimboSlice00]

Anyone complaining or worried about our bracket would be regardless of our region. We have the best 8/9 matchup by far. Imagine being number 1 overall and rewarded with Lville in Lexington.. I’ll pass. We’ve already beaten our 4 at their place. Our 2 has the worst defensive Kenpom rating of 2 seeds and there best player is seeing a knee specialist. Our 3 is the third worst one as well and we’re on the opposite side of the bracket from Florida and Auburn who both have more difficult roads


As fast as Carolina I knew they were in as did others on the board, it shouldn’t be a shock and they have a chance to get to a sweet 16. Don’t be upset it’s ok we beat them 3 times haha let them have their fun.

Agreed fully with that first part. Our 8/9 matchup won’t be “easy” but it’s the most ideal of the four.

 

[christophero]

Any second round game you will get is top 30ish team unless there is an upset.

 

[The_Only_Blue]

Kelsey ain't wrong here. Feel they got screwed as an 8. They beat Clemson twice and had the same acc record as them.

I'm not too worried about us. The main thing for us is to be healthy.

 

[christophero]

Unlikely to happen, but Roach hitting a game winner on us is about the worst possible outcome I can imagine. I'm not sure how tight him and Proctor are but I imagine both will be looking forward to the match up.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Unlikely to happen, but Roach hitting a game winner on us is about the worst possible outcome I can imagine. I'm not sure how tight him and Proctor are but I imagine both will be looking forward to the match up.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

 

[JimboSlice00]

Unlikely to happen, but Roach hitting a game winner on us is about the worst possible outcome I can imagine. I'm not sure how tight him and Proctor are but I imagine both will be looking forward to the match up.

Roach doesn’t even start for them…he’s had an underwhelming season

 

[pisgah101]

Roach doesn’t even start for them…he’s had an underwhelming season

Yep doubt he’s taking a game winning shot

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Yep doubt he’s taking a game winning shot

Ya'll need to stop speaking this shit into existence. I'm not superstitious. But I am a little stitious.

 

[christophero]

We play the winner of American and Mount St. Mary's.

 

[The_Only_Blue]

Hmm 🤔🤔