If you get a Duke / UVA matchup in the ACC Final then I think the winner gets the last 1 slot. Winner may get it anyway.
Wichita State got screwed over. I definitely think they're a top 2 team, and I'm not buying the overhyped talk. Kentucky in round 2 is an incredibly rough pull, and Louisville is better than a lot of 2 and 3 seeds.
I don't like the draw at all personally, and see how we're a sexy upset pick. NDSU has an rpi of 34. Other 12 seeds are SF Austin = 52, Harvard = 46, NC St = 47, and Xavier = 55 (fwiw, SFA and Harvard would be a little scary, too). All that said, no whining and no excuses, you have to play well and beat whoever you play, it's not supposed to be a cakewalk and that's why we love it. Let's get it on. Boomer!
Fair point, and of course San Diego St (or NM St) is very winnable in the 2nd (or what they call 3rd, whatever). After that, presumably AZ is brutal -- but you have to beat good teams, that's the whole point! Maybe we pick that moment for the biggest win of the season and then catch a break with Nebraska to go to the FF (no, I'm not serious!). So I'm not trying to whine. What time is the game Thursday, I'm ready!