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Middle Tennessee State is a 1.5 favorite as #12 seed vs #5
Sounds like the selection committee is biased. Gamblers should set the seeds.
03-16-2017 09:44 AM
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(03-16-2017 09:44 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  Sounds like the selection committee is biased. Gamblers should set the seeds.

Last time a 12 was favored over a 5 was in 1999...

The unfortunate thing then was the 12 seed lost...
03-16-2017 09:46 AM
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I truely don't want it to happen but I see this as a flop coming on.... I want Mtsu to go deep but if it was wku I feel we would pull a western with this much hype.
03-16-2017 10:00 AM
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(03-16-2017 09:46 AM)SpaceRaider Wrote:  
(03-16-2017 09:44 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  Sounds like the selection committee is biased. Gamblers should set the seeds.

Last time a 12 was favored over a 5 was in 1999...

The unfortunate thing then was the 12 seed lost...

Always bet on the Niners!...
03-16-2017 10:18 AM
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Probably cuz Minnesota isn't good.
03-16-2017 10:18 AM
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(03-16-2017 09:44 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  Sounds like the selection committee is biased. Gamblers should set the seeds.

Most Vegas shops opened up at pk to -1.5 Minny. The books should probably do well if Minnesota wins.

The funny one is Wichita State being a 10 seed and opening up as a 6 point favorite.
03-16-2017 10:26 AM
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(03-16-2017 10:00 AM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  I truely don't want it to happen but I see this as a flop coming on.... I want Mtsu to go deep but if it was wku I feel we would pull a western with this much hype.

Well, this is the feeling I think all MT fans are completely familiar with. When all eyes nationally are on the Raiders, I keep expecting to get my heart broken. But these guys so far have seemed to be immune to the national attention, but this week has reminded me a bit like the 48 hours after the Michigan State win last year, only longer.

If they manage, somehow to get to the second week of the tournament, and the next game in the state of Tennessee, I can't begin to imagine the intensity of lime light on the Raiders then.
03-16-2017 10:57 AM
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(03-16-2017 09:44 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  Sounds like the selection committee is biased. Gamblers should set the seeds.

BRILLIANT.
03-16-2017 08:33 PM
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(03-16-2017 09:44 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  Sounds like the selection committee is biased. Gamblers should set the seeds.

Almost all mid majors are underseeded in the tournament. On average I estimate all G5 schools in the top 50 teams are seeded 1.5 to 2 seeds worse than they should be. Wichita State is vastly underseeded. They have the metrics of team about 4 seeds higher than they are.

Underseeded:

Wichita State
Rhode Island
Saint Mary's (Won)
SMU
MTSU (Won)
VCU (Lost to Saint Mary's)
Nevada
Oklahoma State
Cincy

Florida, Virginia, and Michigan are other some schools that are slightly underseeded as well.

Overseeded:

Maryland (LOST to lower seed)
Seton Hall
Northwestern (won due to Vanderbilt stupidity, though Vanderbilt was seeded similarly)
Michigan St.
South Carolina
Virginia Tech
Minnesota (LOST to lower seed)

Bunch of P5 schools are overseeded a bit.

For example, if you went off of metrics, SMU would be a 3 or 4 seed, Cincy a 5, Saint Mary's a 4, Wichita a 6. Gonzaga would still be a #1

Teams like MTSU and Nevada would move up to the 10 range, Rhode Island into a 9/maybe 10.

This whole terrible combo of eye test, metrics, and beating NAME team garbage ruins it. They have so many options because they want to be able to justify their picks AFTER they make them and they want to be able to justify why a non power school is seeded how it is even though the metrics say otherwise.
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