Per Sagarin: 240th SOS for Murray St

[AreYouNUTS]

How the flying **** were they a 7- seed?

 

[bethlehemfan]

How the flying **** were they a 7- seed?

Probably the most egregious mistake among many

 

[bac2therac]

28-2..no real issue. One of their losses was Auburn. They beat Memphis. They beat a good San Fran in the first round. Maybe they could be an 8 but geez why is Kentucky a 2

 

[biazza38]

Hahahahhahahah Kentucky

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Again, like I said, “upsets happen,” but I’m just asking a serious question as to their seating and thank you for the responses.

Good for Saint Peters, don’t get me wrong!

 

[fluoxetine]

How the flying **** were they a 7- seed?

Because they were 28-2

 

[fluoxetine]

Murray is an interesting case for the should efficiency / margin of victory matter.

Just based on wins and losses, at 28-2 even with that schedule, they probably deserved a 5 seed.

 

[JerseyShoreKnight]

They can say they seeded each team where there was consensus, but I think they leave some room for adjustments to create must see matchups early on. They wanted an all Kentucky game, Izzo vs Coach K one more time, Kofi vs De Sousa, a surging UNC squad taking on the defending champs, etc.

 

[zebnatto]

Game was about one team only: St. Peter’s University. You’re a journalist, that’s the story to write.

 

[bac2therac]

Again, like I said, “upsets happen,” but I’m just asking a serious question as to their seating and thank you for the responses.

Good for Saint Peters, don’t get me wrong!

Did you see the resumes on the 8/9s? Alot of big flaws based on their season..unc..marq..memp..boise..creig..sd state, tcu..shu.

I think this is a case of St Peters in the midst of a miracle run

 

[bac2therac]

Murray is an interesting case for the should efficiency / margin of victory matter.

Just based on wins and losses, at 28-2 even with that schedule, they probably deserved a 5 seed.

Im ok with a mid major who only had one bad loss..2 all year getting a top 8 seed. Its not like they didn't win their first game which was a thrilling overtime game.

Alot of times the ncaa comes down to matchups. I almost think Murray would have performed better vs a Kentucky type school..hunter vs hunted

 

[AreYouNUTS]

They can say they seeded each team where there was consensus, but I think they leave some room for adjustments to create must see matchups early on. They wanted an all Kentucky game, Izzo vs Coach K one more time, Kofi vs De Sousa, a surging UNC squad taking on the defending champs, etc.

This I agree with!

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Did you see the resumes on the 8/9s? Alot of big flaws based on their season..unc..marq..memp..boise..creig..sd state, tcu..shu.

I think this is a case of St Peters in the midst of a miracle run

Not arguing with that. Bottom line is Murray State strength of schedule is one of the single worse than the nation. Hard to argue with that.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Did you see the resumes on the 8/9s? Alot of big flaws based on their season..unc..marq..memp..boise..creig..sd state, tcu..shu.

I think this is a case of St Peters in the midst of a miracle run

Hard to argue with that but bottom line is they (MS) had an AWFUL SOS.

 

[fluoxetine]

Not arguing with that. Bottom line is Murray State strength of schedule is one of the single worse than the nation. Hard to argue with that.

Hard to argue with that but bottom line is they (MS) have one if THE wurst SOS.

240th is bad but not really the worst. It's like 33rd percentile. And they still only got a 7 seed despite going 28-2 against it so it's not like they didn't get penalized for it compared to what you would normally see from a team with that record.

 

[fluoxetine]

Murray was ranked higher in Kenpom SOS than Eddie Jordan's last Rutgers team was ranked in Kenpom.

 

[Letitrip]

I have no problem with any of the seedings - Virtually ever game is going down to the wire regardless of seeding. anyway. Enjoy the ride....

 

[RUJMM78]

How the flying **** were they a 7- seed?

They had the longest winning streak in the country going into the tournament which was 22 games before losing to St.Peters.