Albany?
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It’s technically luck of the draw after the top 4 seeds - but I’m optimistic that it’s a real possibility.
I have no inside information at all but logically you’d think they will try where possible (along seeding lines) to keep as many teams as possible closer to home due to the Corona stuff. At quick glance - Providence looks to be the only other team in the whole 6-11 range from the northeast region. To send Stanford to Albany and RU out west right now would make no sense for anyone.
I have no inside information at all but logically you’d think they will try where possible (along seeding lines) to keep as many teams as possible closer to home due to the Corona stuff. At quick glance - Providence looks to be the only other team in the whole 6-11 range from the northeast region. To send Stanford to Albany and RU out west right now would make no sense for anyone.
Nova and SHU will almost certainly be in two of the four pods. With those schools predicted in the 3-4 range as seeds meaning you will need 3-6-11-14 and 4-5-12-13. So basically one pod is eliminated as RU wont be a 12 or 13 seed. I suppose RU could be 11 seed where SHU is a 3. Will Penn State be headed to Albany or Cleveland. With their seed falling to 6 or 7, that could eliminate a pod for Rutgers as conference foes cannot meet. Providence is likely headed to Albany as perhaps a 7 so that could matchup well with RU as the 10 but I wouldnt want to play them right now. Also RU is being considered for the 8-9 game. I dont see any 1 seeds going to Albany so that is an issue as well. Dayton will be in Cleveland
trying to place all the Big 10 schools in the seed list..likely 10 of them will be difficult
trying to place all the Big 10 schools in the seed list..likely 10 of them will be difficult
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I don't think that the committee will even consider the corona situation when placing teams. I hope I'm wrong.
here is a question. would you rather a worse seed/tougher opponent in Albany or a higher seed/weaker opponent in spokane?
BAC - what am I missing? Isn’t there still a decent chance that Nova lands a 2 seed in Albany? If SHU wins their tourney they will jump Creighton and be a 2 also. Couldn’t RU land in the 7 / 10 game there? Certainly these teams could land in Albany as 3 seeds and RU could be an 11. Seems to me there’s definitely a possibility.
I have to believe that as the team with the longest drought and the fact that we have many older die-hards whom have been waiting, we are the most vulnerable fanbase to the corona virus. For this reason, Rutgers should play close to home.
Reducing the risk of exposure should be the priority for all participants. I’d rather us see us play a tougher opponent in Albany or any driveable location. I hope the selection committee is thinking carefully about teams, it’s coaches, support staff, fan base getting on our airplanes to travel. They are making decisions on Sunday about the travel plans for ten of thousands of people over the following three weeks. It’s tough to forecast but the committee should be conservative and minimize travel.
we are likely in the 7-10 range, meaning we’ll be in the 1-16, 8-9 grouping or the 2-15, 7-10 grouping.
Right now the #1s seem to be Kansas (which will play in Omaha most likely) Baylor (which will play in Omaha most likely) Dayton (Cleveland) and Gonzaga (Spokane). So those are our likely destinations if we finish 8 or 9.
The 2s are likely SD State (Sacramento) Creighton (St Louis) Kentucky (St Louis) and FSU (Tampa).
very unlikely we end up in Albany but things can certainly change
So many schools possible. Nova/SHU. Both? Doubt Big East gets three so Providence not likely. Winner/runner up B1G if Dayton gets Cleveland? PSU? UVA may need a home. Hofstra, Vermont, BU/Colgate?
Also NCAA will try to not make BYU play on Sundays so leaves Albany as an option for them.
Rutgers is America's team though so Albany does make sense! Good a possibility as anybody. RU V BYU?
Also NCAA will try to not make BYU play on Sundays so leaves Albany as an option for them.
Rutgers is America's team though so Albany does make sense! Good a possibility as anybody. RU V BYU?
Best case for t to be sweet is to wind up in a winnable 7-10 game and then take our chances with a weaker 2! That would be sweet ! Sweet 16n
maybe but I like them as 3 now. I can actually see no Big East school getting that 2. It could very easily be filled by a Duke or Louisville or Michigan State or even Kentucky.
If RU is seeded in the 8/9 game you can basically kiss Albany goodbye.
this...you want San Diego State out west...as a 10 you want to draw perhaps Arizona
I dont want to be playing BYU at all
Ah now I see your thinking! Let me add that I
love RU’s draw from the perspective of it reducing the odds of landing in the 8/9 game.
Michigan is good but I still don’t think RU will be an 8/9 seed with a loss. I think we’d probably fall to a 10 or an 11 in that case. And on the flip side, I do think there’d be a real chance for a 7 seed with a win absent a complete no show the following day. We’d be riding a 3 game winning streak getting a ton of hype.
I see anywhere from 7 to 11 on the table for RU. The committee could ding RU's seeding for the road mark so that is where the 11 could come from. I certainly wouldnt mind seeing Colorado or Arizona but with Illinois, Iowa, Penn State and Michigan all in that 6-7 range too, going to be tough to sort all these placements out. Thats where RU could get bumped to the 9 line just to avoid the conflicts they may have with Big 10 7 seeds
Don’t forget the quad musical chairs that will be at stake in the B10 with all these neutral site games that someone has to win and lose. No other conference has anything like this situation - 5 teams just out of the top 30 NET sitting between 32-38 net.
if Purdue beats OSU, RU probably picks up another Q1 win. Same if PSU beats Indiana. Iowa and Illinois in the mix too.
Also - SFA is sitting at NET 77. They move to Q2 if they move up to 75 which is likely to happen if they win their tourney.
if Purdue beats OSU, RU probably picks up another Q1 win. Same if PSU beats Indiana. Iowa and Illinois in the mix too.
Also - SFA is sitting at NET 77. They move to Q2 if they move up to 75 which is likely to happen if they win their tourney.
I doubt very much RU will start out in Albany. The Committee will want to test them on the road, so I would guess best case is Cleveland. Otherwise maybe Tampa or Greensboro?
So the brackets are set up to ensure teams from the same conference do not meet until the sweet 16? If so that will drive the placement and perhaps seeding if there are 10 B1G teams to situate. I think I would rather be the strongest 10th seed rather than an 8-9.
All depends on how many times they met in the regular season. If only once, they can meet in the 2nd round. Twice, Sweet 16. And three times, not until the Elite 8.
The committee is trying to keep everyone as close to home as possible as they go down the seed list, while adhering to their bracketing principles. Under no circumstances would they intentionally send a team further away just to "test them" based on how they do things. But, based on the difficulties they'll have slotting all of the Big Ten teams into the bracket, you will see some teams traveling since there isn't another option.