***Bracket Reveal Thread***

*Fox2Monk*

Heisman
Jun 10, 2009
44,733
80,545
113
We avoided:

Kansas revenge game for them
Duke bad matchup
Gonzaga bad matchup
Nova in Philly
Arizona bad matchup

We've been dissing Baylor all year. If we get past Purdue, we'll have our chance to prove we were better than them.

Plus, as a bonus, we don't have to play any SEC teams along the way.
It’s a great draw no doubt.
 

JimboBBN

Heisman
Jan 26, 2016
14,734
28,638
113
We avoided:

Kansas revenge game for them
Duke bad matchup
Gonzaga bad matchup
Nova in Philly
Arizona bad matchup

We've been dissing Baylor all year. If we get past Purdue, we'll have our chance to prove we were better than them.

Plus, as a bonus, we don't have to play any SEC teams along the way.
I think it’s huge we avoided SEC teams. Wouldn’t see Auburn or Tennessee until the title game.
 

Runt#1969

All-American
Dec 13, 2010
21,134
8,594
113
My 2022 final bracket predictions

East
1 - Baylor Baylor
2 - Kentucky Kentucky
3 - Wisconsin Purdue
4 - UCLA UCLA
5 - Houston St. Mary's
6 - Murray State Texas
7 - Colorado State Murray State
8 - Boise State UNC
9 - Seton Hall Marquette
10 - Rutgers San Fran
11 - San Fran / Notre Dame Va tech
12 - Loyola Chicago wyoming - Indiana play in
13 - Meh Akron
14 - Meh yale
15 - anyone st peters
16 - someone norfolk state

South
1 - Arizona Arizona
2 - Villanova Villanova
3 - Tennessee Tennessee
4 - Providence Illinois
5 - St. Mary's Houston
6 - Texas Colorado State
7 - Iowa State Ohio state
8 - Ohio State seton hall
9 - San Diego State TCU
10 - Texas A&M Loyola Chicago
11 - Memphis Michigan
12 - Miami UAB
13 - warm body Chattanooga
14 - ditto Longwood
15 - yayy a 15 seed
16 - who dat?



West
1 - Gonzaga zags
2 - Duke duke
3 - Texas Tech texas tech
4 - Illinois Arkansas
5 - USC Uconn
6 - Alabama
7 - Michigan State
8 - TCU Boise State
9 - Marquette Memphis
10 - Davidson
11 - rutgers - notre Dame ----
12 - Xavier - BYU -----
13 - someone
14 - yayy someone
15 - ok anyone

Midwest
1 - Kansas Kansas
2 - Auburn Auburn
3 - Purdue Wisconsin
4 - Arkansas Providence
5 - UConn iowa
6 - Iowa LSU
7 - St Mary's USC
8 - UNC*** san diego
9 - Creighton
10 - Virginia Tech Miami
11 - Wyoming Iowa State
12 - Wake Forest Richmond
13 - meh s dakota state
14 - who cares colgate
15 - meh

didnt do too bad. Switching Wisconsin for Purdue, I like that matchup for us. Otherwise, looks like I did pretty well.

I like our region. We can do this. We can make this Final Four.

It's quite doable, folks. It's out there now.

Enjoy !

Go Big Blue !
 
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*Fox2Monk*

Heisman
Jun 10, 2009
44,733
80,545
113
Now there’s an irony - after 30 hours of meltdown by Rupp Rafters Kentucky probably got an easier draw than if the Cats had won the tournament.
Always better to see how things shake out. I hope we do our thing. I wanna see Oscar and this team get somewhere. I still love them.
 
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Son_Of_Saul

Heisman
Dec 7, 2007
45,128
97,975
113
The actual four best teams (Gonzaga, Arizona, Auburn, Tennessee) and the worst matchup for us (Duke) are all in other brackets.

This is beautiful. We can still lose obviously, but we'll be more talented than every team in our region.
 

Runnin'Ramel

Heisman
Jan 19, 2005
35,657
13,503
113
Time for many of you to realize when we are told the conf tourneys don’t impact seeding it means the conf tourneys don’t impact seeding! It impacts who gets in.
 
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Thunder Mash

All-American
Apr 28, 2019
4,120
6,875
113
Kentucky needs to play like they did mid season. If they come out like they did vs UT, Murray State will be a real challenge.
 

notFromhere

Heisman
Sep 7, 2016
22,588
67,503
113
Texas A&M....
GOTTA WONDER why the games even matter. Beat 2 TOP 20 TEAMS in 32 hours. 23 wins total. Finishing strong with that run in the tourney. Curb stomped by the committee

Kansas got throttled by UK at the chalk house and finished as a 1 seed ahead of the Cats.

Michigan (17 wins, bounced 1st round of B10)?ND (lost to TxA&M at home, BC, FSU, bounced first round of tourney)? IU (losing record in conference, barely 20 wins total)?
 
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jameslee32

Heisman
Mar 26, 2009
33,663
22,359
83
Perfect Draw- best ever for UK
Thursday v St Peters
Sat v Murray St
Indianapolis
Regionals in Philly no Nova
Baylor #1 seed
We have a great shot to the FF.
Yeah I tend to agree but it's about matchups. Baylor plays great defense if we meet.
 

Runt#1969

All-American
Dec 13, 2010
21,134
8,594
113
Now there’s an irony - after 30 hours of meltdown by Rupp Rafters Kentucky probably got an easier draw than if the Cats had won the tournament.
Truer words have rarely ever been spoken around here than this right here.

Beautiful. Just perfect. I almost had it laid out, only if it were Wisconsin instead of Purdue, and I think we're better off avoiding a flopping team like Wisconsin anyways. Any game with Wisconsin is worse than a trip to the dentists. Purdue will actually play a game of basketball, not basketbrawl or hockey or sumo wrestling.

Hate we got Murray State as a 7 seed, but hey, we had to get a bad part of a draw somewhere. I lobbied wayyyy back before the early reveal NOT to have Murray State in the same region as Kentucky, as I knew they would do.

lot of good it did. nobody listens to me.....😫

Listen to me ! 🤬 lol