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Yeah, no way. Not after the tournaments are done.

Yeah, no way we stay a two. We will be at best a three and possibly even a four. Eff it. It's more important who is in our bracket than exactly what seed we get. Let's hope we get sent out west with Gonzaga and New Mexico. I don't want to see Duke or Louisville.

3 seed.. because the B1G has the toughest conference by far this year.

Yeah, I hope so too. Àll we had to do was beat Wisky (either game) or not crap the bed at PSU. Or if that damn ball would have rolled in against IU. I think we will hold a three seed, but it will be close. There are at least 10 teams with comparable or better resumes: Gonzaga, IU, UL, Duke, KU, Syracuse, Georgetown, Miami, OSU and MSU. And UF could win the SEC tourney, KSU could win the B12 tourney and UNM could win the MW tourney, which would put them all in contention to move up in seeds. Keep your fingers crossed that at least two of them lose.

Edit: And if Wisky beats IU for a second time and goes on to win the BTT, they will move up too. Lots of landmines to avoid over the next two days.

No, we don't belong as a #4. That would drop to the range of Kansas State, Arizona, Marquette and Syracuse. I wouldn't put any of those teams ahead of Michigan, even with the way we are playing.

3 seed is probably about right.

" the selection committing " who ?.

To keep a three seed, we probably need SYR, UNM, KSU and MSU to lose. And we need to hope the committee considers our resume better than SYR's (which I believe it is). Assuming that happens, the following nine teams definitely will be ranked ahead of us on the S-curve: GONZ, IU, UL, KU, DUK, OSU, GTWN, MIA, and UF. And to crack the top 12 (i.e. get a three seed), we will be competing with MSU, UNM, SYR and KSU. We need to be ranked ahead of at least two of those four.

Syracuse is the key. If they win tonight, it probably moves them up ahead of us (which is where Lunardi currently has them). If they lose tonight, our resume is better and I think we will end up on the three line and they will end up on the four line. But it's very close.

Cope,

1. L12 is irrelevant. It's something the committee did away with years ago.

2. Syracuse is 2-4 against top 25 RPI teams vs. 3-4 for UM. If Syracuse loses tonight, they will be 2-5. As for top 50, Syracuse is 6-7 (6-8 if they lose tonight) vs. UM at 8-6. UM's record against top tier teams is just better.

3. Syracuse's best OOC win is SDSU (RPI: 32). In comparison, UM has three quality OOC wins, KSU (RPI: 16), NCST (RPI: 31) and Pitt (RPI: 44). FWIW, Syracuse split with Pitt this year 1-1.

Bottom line: If Syracuse wins the BE tournament, I agree that they will jump over UM (and MSU) and pull a #3 seed. But if they lose, I think they will fall to a #4. Of course, it doesn't matter what we think. It only matters what the selection committee thinks and we won't know that until tomorrow.

Here's how I see things. Regardless what seed UM gets. It's one & done come tourney time. If the memories from last year's against ohio don't ring a bell then I don't know what will get them motivated.

Cuse taking this one. Book it.

Whoever has Michigan SOS at 62 is a moron. There is no way New Mexico played a tougher schedule than Michigan. Playing Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio State, MSU all 2 times, plus K State, NC State and Pitt doesn't even compare to the toughest teams New Mexico played.