Polls are crazy

[Jimcs50]

The Ags could run the table and take home both the regular season and the championship hardware, and they still won't get a one seed. It's going to go UCLA, Florida, UNC, and Wisconsin / Ohio State.

A&M basketball is fielding an excellent squad; but how is the selection committee going to leapfrog the Aggies over the winner of the ACC, the defending champs, a dominant B10 squad with under five losses, and last years' national runner up who's been ranked first part of the season?

Kansas and A&M should both get twos. And none of us Horns fans are allowed to when we get a seven or an eight, OK?

Eloquently stated.

[johngateswhiteley]

The Ags could run the table and take home both the regular season and the championship hardware, and they still won't get a one seed. It's going to go UCLA, Florida, UNC, and Wisconsin / Ohio State.

A&M basketball is fielding an excellent squad; but how is the selection committee going to leapfrog the Aggies over the winner of the ACC, the defending champs, a dominant B10 squad with under five losses, and last years' national runner up who's been ranked first part of the season?

Kansas and A&M should both get twos. And none of us Horns fans are allowed to when we get a seven or an eight, OK?

but, i could see UNC & Wisconsin/Ohio State losing more games...heck UCLA could as well. and if A&M is not losing and winning their post season conference le to boot....how can they be a #1 seed over at least 1 of those teams. makes sense to me.

as for t.u., you know i could care less....but feel free to all you want, who said you couldn't? though, you might want to wait until A&M wins in Austin.

[j-6]

I don't really get the whole hype over getting a one seed unless you're the overall #1 in the field. Tournament history is littered with twos ('04 UConn), threes (like Florida and Carmelo's Syracuse team), and fours (Arizona) taking home the le. In fact, in the last ten years, just as many non-#1's have won as #1's.

With the pod format and neutral courts, I think it's more advantageous to wind up in a 1st and 2nd round pod with three beatable teams than to sweat the seeding. Look how often low seeded tourney darlings like George Mason and Wichita State show up in the regionals because it's just a one-and-done format. When you're a top-ten team like A&M, you've got a great shot at the hardware with only fifteen other teams left standing.

A few years back when the Horns made the Final Four, they were a one seed. OU was a one as well, so there's a little precedent for the Big 12 to get two #1's. Of course, the eventual champion wound up beating UT and OU in consecutive games.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I'm fine with a two seed. Yeah, the one seed would be nice because that means we'd probably be playing the regional in San Antonio and that would be some serious home court advantage.

Regardless, we're going to have to go through some damn good seeds to win it all anyway. Not too worried about that one seed. Just prefer staying away from Florida and UNC for as long as possible

[johngateswhiteley]

I don't really get the whole hype over getting a one seed unless you're the overall #1 in the field. Tournament history is littered with twos ('04 UConn), threes (like Florida and Carmelo's Syracuse team), and fours (Arizona) taking home the le. In fact, in the last ten years, just as many non-#1's have won as #1's.

With the pod format and neutral courts, I think it's more advantageous to wind up in a 1st and 2nd round pod with three beatable teams than to sweat the seeding. Look how often low seeded tourney darlings like George Mason and Wichita State show up in the regionals because it's just a one-and-done format. When you're a top-ten team like A&M, you've got a great shot at the hardware with only fifteen other teams left standing.

A few years back when the Horns made the Final Four, they were a one seed. OU was a one as well, so there's a little precedent for the Big 12 to get two #1's. Of course, the eventual champion wound up beating UT and OU in consecutive games.

it's true, in the grand scheme of things it really doesn't matter that much...a 2 or a 1, a 1 or a 2. obviously, it would be cool if A&M is a 1 seed...but i won't lose any sleep over it. my thoughts are more in the sense that, i don't see how they can't be a 1 if they run the table and win the conference tourney cause not every team ahead is going to go undefeated from here on out and its not like A&M is that far from a 1 seed right now, imo.

[samikeyp]

Enough of the polls....

Bring on the Madness!

[johngateswhiteley]

Enough of the polls....

Bring on the Madness!

not far away...

[Jimcs50]

More idiots in the women's voting.

Texas A&M women are ranked 2 places below Oklahoma. A&M swept Oklahoma this year and are leading the conference, and will win the conference with a victory tomorrow night.

How moronic are the voters anyway?

[samikeyp]

Texas A&M women are ranked 2 places below Oklahoma. A&M swept Oklahoma this year and are leading the conference, and will win the conference with a victory tomorrow night.

and below Baylor in the coaches poll. Screwy.

[johngateswhiteley]

if florida loses to UT they better drop out of the top 10, cause thats 3 out 4 they will have lost to unranked teams. wtf is wrong with these stupid ing pollsters?