What is the highest possible seed we could get in the NCAA tourney?

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  1. NOTaDIME Popular Poster

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    Assuming we win out in this extremely unlikely scenario what is the highest seed we can achieve for the dance? We would have an eight/nine game winning streak depending on the seed we get in the BET and everyone would be high on us considering our magical run last year. I think our highest possible seed is a 4 or 5. Thoughts?
  2. UcannUconn Popular Poster

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    assuming we win out. I would say 4
  3. FfldCntyFan Popular Poster

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    I believe that you have the cart about 40 yards ahead of the horse at the moment.
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  4. willie99 Popular Poster

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    24-10 or 25-10, Big East Champs, number one SOS and a soaring RPI having beaten some solid teams down the stretch

    our RPI is presently 24, I think that stretch would put us top 10

    so that would remind me of 2002, when we did just that and came out of nowhere to earn a 2 seed. I believe we would be a 2 or 3 seed.
  5. Wolferowski Popular Poster

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    well....if we run the BET tourney how about a 3 seed like last year?
  6. prankster Twister Member

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    Just to put this sort of speculation to rest for a while -

    It doesn't matter!

    On our current trajectory (presuming we do not completely melt down) we get in with a 12 seed.

    Presuming a "win-out" scenario, we get a 5 seed.

    Either way we are in the 5-12 game and presuming we win, we face the same bracket of potential opponents, either way....

    You're welcome!
  7. CL82 Popular Poster

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    1 is the highest possible seed we could be in the tourney...it won't happen this year though.
  8. businesslawyer Popular Poster

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    Assuming Jennifer Lopez comes over to the house to sleep with me tonight, how nice a dinner do you think my wife will make for us beforehand? Thoughts?
  9. freescooter Popular Poster

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    I think we're an 11 or 12 assuming we win enough games to get in. Most likely a 12. I am hoping to win 2 of the next 3 and win one in the Big East Tournament, but don't see that as automatic, frankly. The odds of an NIT bid are about equal at the moment.
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    I'd suggest you get a food taster...oh, and hide the cutlery...
  11. BLUEDOGHOUSE Popular Poster

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    #11 seed is the lowest seed you should be hoping for and a #6 the highest. Running the table at this point in the season will get us a # 4 from Jeffey & Co. My bald dome index (makes me want to barf thinking about that) is telling me there is no chance in HE** UConn gets a #3 seed even if Shabazz and the Boatshow in a science class experiment come up with the cure for cancer and type 1 diabetes. UConn has a hater list 10 miles long. Thats what makes this seasons prospects of getting to New Orleans as sweet as a freshly squeezed glass of ORANGE juice! :D
  12. huskymagic Popular Poster

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    I think UCONN will be either an 8 or 9 seed I doubt they would put UCONN lower than that. That being said if we are an 8 or 9 seed I want to be on Kentucky's side of the bracket so we can eliminate them in the second round in the 1 vs. the winner of the 8/9 matchup. That way we can ruin all they hype, all the advertisement dollars that Kentucky would have generated for the NCAAs lol.
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  13. hungry husky Popular Poster

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    I think this sounds about right. Best possible scenario is winning out and beating Cuse twice. NCAA rewards momentum so that would make us a 4 or 5, but realistically I think 8-10 is what to expect.
  14. Tenspro2002 Popular Poster

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    We have 3 regular season games left and 4 or 5 BET games. I'm assuming that we play on Tuesday unless we go 3-0.

    Win out: 4 seed (since we will have slayed a top-5 team twice and probably 3 other top-50 teams)
    2-1, BET champs: 5 seed (where Cuse ended up in '06 after winning the BET off the bubble)
    6 wins: 7 seed
    5 wins: 8-9 seed
    4 wins: 10 seed
    3 wins: 11 seed (basically treading water from where we are now - 2-1 and then 1-1)
    2 wins: first four in (play-in game) or first four out
    1 win: NIT home game (deserved)
    0 wins: NIT home game (undeserved)
  15. hungry husky Popular Poster

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    I would hate to see us in a play-in game, but better that than nothing.

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