NCAA Bracket Error
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this is taken from Andy Katy's recent article with the committee chair:
Guerrero also addressed why the committee had to punt on a few bracketing procedures. Under the rules of bracketing, teams from the same conference can't meet until the regional final unless there are nine teams from that conference. The Big East had eight and Marquette (No. 6 seed) and West Virginia (2) could meet in a Sweet 16 in Syracuse, while Villanova (2) and Notre Dame (6) could meet in a Sweet 16 in Houston.
"The committee did everything it could to separate those teams as much as possible," Guerrero said of the Big East teams. "But it was very challenging and we made every effort to avoid a rematch. We also looked at teams that may have only played once in their regular season [in unbalanced schedules]."
I find it odd that they use the cop-out of these conference teams only played each other once during the year.
Guerrero also addressed why the committee had to punt on a few bracketing procedures. Under the rules of bracketing, teams from the same conference can't meet until the regional final unless there are nine teams from that conference. The Big East had eight and Marquette (No. 6 seed) and West Virginia (2) could meet in a Sweet 16 in Syracuse, while Villanova (2) and Notre Dame (6) could meet in a Sweet 16 in Houston.
"The committee did everything it could to separate those teams as much as possible," Guerrero said of the Big East teams. "But it was very challenging and we made every effort to avoid a rematch. We also looked at teams that may have only played once in their regular season [in unbalanced schedules]."
I find it odd that they use the cop-out of these conference teams only played each other once during the year.
what u say "sounds" good but isn't true...there are many laws that are rules yet exceptions are common...doesn't mean that the rule is not a rule
not committing murder is a rule but you can under certain circumstances kill somebody in self defense....point is the rule is still a rule though exceptions exist as you can't plan for every possible scenario when creating the rule
Absolute bullshit. I think they messed up and when they realized it they didnt have enough time to fix it. They can move any team up or down a line to fix any problems. And they have zero justification to put 3 teams from one conference in the same bracket. This has NEVER happened before but these rocket scientists want us to think they KNEW they had done this and couldnt do anything else?
So the rule is there cannot be three teams from the same conference in the same region unless there are nine teams from the conference in the tournament ... or unless the committee just feels like doing whatever the hell it wants.
there are four SEC teams. Two of them wind up in the West and none in the South.
Looks like the want to make sure the SEC can't have four in the final 4.
Looks like the want to make sure the SEC can't have four in the final 4.
24 hours later after reviewing the brackets again
this has to be the WORST year ever for the comittee
their screw up in placing multiple teams from the same conf in the same region is a joke
their screw up in placing conf rivals vs one another in the sweet 16 (when there's not a conf rival on the other side of the bracket)
their screw up in duke ahead of syr as the third #1 seed
their screw up in seeds 2-4, placing the toughest of each seed vs the top two 1 seeds
and finally, their bs answers when answering the above issues.
a hatchet job by this group.
this has to be the WORST year ever for the comittee
their screw up in placing multiple teams from the same conf in the same region is a joke
their screw up in placing conf rivals vs one another in the sweet 16 (when there's not a conf rival on the other side of the bracket)
their screw up in duke ahead of syr as the third #1 seed
their screw up in seeds 2-4, placing the toughest of each seed vs the top two 1 seeds
and finally, their bs answers when answering the above issues.
a hatchet job by this group.
