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Crazy to me that we get the 4 in midwest! But give credit to the committee for looking at the entire body of work. I am sure those wins against alabama and ole miss played a huge factor in keeping the 4 line and getting the midwest bracket.
 
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Can’t remember if it was here or X, but it’d be interesting if the top 3 seeds of the conference could opt out of the big ten tourney and allow the bottom 3 to play their way in 😂


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And is yet another reason why I have said that I personally cannot stand the BTT. This is not the first time it's been shown to be a meaningless thing.

As already said, unless a team that was not slated to get in wins the whole thing to get the auto bid, it has zero value.
Zero literally - facts show it
 
We say it 100 times every year and people still say "if we get to the final we'll move up" or "winner will be a 1 and loser a 2" it is absolutely meaningless unless a bubble team goes on a run to bolster their resume.
Counterpoint … Illinois probably got itself from a 4 seed to a 3 seed last year due to Q1 wins it got in the BTT, and that very likely was the difference between a Second Round/Sweet Sixteen exit and the Elite Eight we got. I think there’s a lot of nuance in how much the BTT “matters.”
 
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So metrics and NET were actually pretty good and a lot of your worries were not needed! It’s a good thing!
My worries are plenty needed because this team is playing awful for a while now and I wouldnt be surprised by anything. We probably beat HP but dont think we are beating clemson
 
Just on here. How do we get a 4 and Michigan gets a five? How is my logic better than the leads logic? Convince me.
 
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And is yet another reason why I have said that I personally cannot stand the BTT. This is not the first time it's been shown to be a meaningless thing.

As already said, unless a team that was not slated to get in wins the whole thing to get the auto bid, it has zero value.
Yup, the BTT has little to no impact on seeding. They should move the championship to Saturday.
 
Michigan beat us twice, made the championship game, had a better record.. 11-7 vs quad 1 vs our 7-10... though our quad 2 was way better and we are higher in NET and kenpom.

If recency bias plays even the smallest role I feel michigan should be above us
Or we smoked Michigan at home and were beating them the entire game until the last 4 minutes and the BTT means zip
 
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Michigan beat us twice, made the championship game, had a better record.. 11-7 vs quad 1 vs our 7-10... though our quad 2 was way better and we are higher in NET and kenpom.

If recency bias plays even the smallest role I feel michigan should be above us
How many times do people need to be told that there is no such thing as recency bias?
 
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My worries are plenty needed because this team is playing awful for a while now and I wouldnt be surprised by anything. We probably beat HP but dont think we are beating clemson
Nah nah. You were always worried about NET and our seeding. I’m saying your worries didn’t need to be as bad as they were.
 
Nah nah. You were always worried about NET and our seeding. I’m saying your worries didn’t need to be as bad as they were.
Ah yes. I knew and know metrics matter a lot. Im still surprised they mattered as much as they did for us with how awful we have looked for an alarmingly long time, but that is why a while ago I was stressing over them early in the year. They matter a LOT
 
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