That's what u get for being so worried about punishing LSU. Just know one thing nobody wants to play against that tough LSU team in the NCAA tournament to include South Carolina. But by all means, keep holding back a championship caliber team. Their schedule was soft last season also. How did that workout?🏆💍
Following from Croatia, thanks for your insight! You make really good points, and are patching up them last holes in my knowledge about seeds and how everything works :) Thanks again, really good stuff!
@@user-gn3wq1mt7g Water indeed is amazing, its mostly all I drink....but there's more to it....you ready? :) Fresh air from Dinara mountains, around Velebit mountain and toward Adriatic sea. For people that are born in that area, we say that they have "dinaric" genes and are held in high regard; still mostly rural folks that love being outdoors. The rest of us, that are not from that area, visit it at least once a year (in summertime during work vacation, then head down to the coast) + any other opportunity, like "long weekends" and similar. It does wonders for your overall health, both mental and physical. That's a big part of it, of the culture, as well as healthy mediterranean diet combined with hardy/savory food from the rest of the land, or neighbouring lands (hungarian goulash first comes to mind - if you've never tried it, I highly recommend it!). Other than that, giving it your all like there's no tomorrow and belief that we can parry anyone, that we have a chance against anyone, is a part of the culture too :) There's 2 sides of this too, don't mess with our downtime though - its easygoing and chill (that's why our coffeetime can last hours, with 1 small coffee), until we reach a consensus; then its full throttle time. We might be territorially small with low population, but we are an old nation with big heart - more than 1300 years old, on and off as independent, with pretty tough history surrounded by conqueror wannabees and we take pride in surviving still while being so small, with our roots and traditions preserved - that's where our heart, pride and fighting spirit come from. And we have lots of our people all over the world, a big diaspora too, where some of our stars come from or are shining at their home away from home - if you're sports fan from USA, most notable one with Croatian roots is Bill Belichick. One more crucial thing that I cannot forget to mention, closest translation would be "spite", that is also engrained in the culture. So if you wanna see the best of what we can do, underestimate and belittle us :) Thanks for the recognition, proud to be Croat!
It definitely means something. It means they don't necessarily base the seeding on the resumes of the teams. Based on the data they had at the time this seeding is fishy. We know all the data is in yet but committee is definitely biased and trying to Garner certain matchups by the Regional groupings.
It’s hard to evaluate UConn. I understand NET, but sometimes eye test prevails over stats and the way they’ve beaten a few solid teams but mostly lost to every good team they’ve played isn’t a great look. Paige is a great player but she keeps getting outplayed by opposing guards, Rivers, Harmon, Hidalgo, PaoPao. And they depend heavily on freshmen who seem to be kinda hitting the freshman wall lately
Those other guards have a better supporting cast on their team though. I love the freshmen but Paige and Aaliyah are carrying this team and that's a lot of pressure that's being put on them. I've always been a UConn fan though and I'm very much looking forward to next year when the freshes have more experience and everyone else comes back.
Bueckers is in a weird position this season. Defensively she's a 4 and offensively she'd like to be a distributor but the team needs her to shoot a lot. She's trying to plug a lot of holes in the team, but with the injuries there are a lot of holes to plug.
Notre Dame should be locked into a 4 seed with a Semi-final appearance. They could possibly win the whole thing and get a 3rd seed instead. Either way ND should receive a hosting site.
UConn is missing half a roster which they take into consideration and they haven’t lost to any bad teams with #1 SOS. if UConn loses to an unranked team before the NCAA tournament they would probably lost their ability to host. Notre Dame has unranked losses.
This is off-base. The tournament decisions are based on the roster you are expected to have for the tournament. It is only relevant if a player is missing in a game(s) but is expected to play in the tournament.
Based on the records with wins/losses vs ranked/unranked opponents that seeding is definitely suspect. NCAAWB needs to realize they need to stop doing that because more people are now paying attention to the sport and will call this out. Forget the names on the front of the jerseys and let the seedings reflect the resumes. Good video.💯
GONZAGA IS A TAD BETTER THAN BIG EAST TEAMS ----real possible u conn may be out of tourney in 1st round -- the zags are not a push over at only 2 losses and undefeated in their conference --- tv time may be limited for viewing the games !
@@mplou699 Notre Dame got beat by Syracuse twice, Louisville and unranked North Carolina. UConn beat Louisville and North Carolina and has not lost to an unranked team. Notre Dame lost to South Carolina on a neutral court by twenty nine points. UConn only lost to South Carolina by eighteen points on South Carolina's home court. Notre Dame doesn't deserve UConn's spot!
@@thomas-gw3xf West Coast Conference only has four teams with winning records and five teams with losing records. Big East conference has seven teams with winning records and four teams with losing records. Gonzaga lost to Louisville and unranked Washington State. UConn beat Louisville and didn't lose to an unranked team. Gonzaga's only good win was against Stanford. West Coast strength of schedule cannot even begin to compare with the Big East! Oh and by the way UConn is undefeated in their way stronger conference.
You are incorrect, UConn lost to UNRANKED North Carolina State. UConn lost by a WHOPPING 18 points to South Carolina, you're NOT watching.@@rollandhawkins8311
I think you made great points. I echo what you said about Colorado and add that I think Arizona should definitely be in the tournament (not in the top 16). I've read some saying the ACC should have 9 teams in, but the Pac-12 only 6. It's ridiculous. All six are in the AP top 25. Teams like Arizona had to face top twenty-five teams nearly every week. That's not the case for other conferences, so more Pac-12 teams, please!
I really hope Arizona makes the national tournament, but I worry they won’t. They are better than their record. As you said they in an extremely tough conference. And a lot of their losses were very close games.
@@maxpower247 Agreed. I think they had 5 OT games and at least two that were double overtime. I think they went 2-3 in those games. They belong in the tourney but I don't know if they'll make it.
LSU positioning has nothing to do with a cup cake schedule every team with the exception of Maryland and SC had a fluff non schedule. What other team played 5 top ranked teams in their non schedule? You need to qualify your point so we can follow along. LSU lost to two non ranked conference opponents with losing records that damaged their seating or at least gave them the excuse to seat them for elimination. Had the same thing happened to UConn as a repeat champion it wouldn't be treated the same. This stuff comes down to politics and economics anyone who thinks its based on parody or honesty is fooling themselves.
He been hating on LSU all year so him saying we played a Cupcake schedule let's you know he's a hater because like you said everybody had a weak noncoferance schedule
Pac 12 teams plays a ranked team almost every week. The only team in the SEC that’s ranked besides LSU is South Carolina. So they needed to play more tough teams to make up for it. I said the same thing about Texas in the B12. Maryland and South Carolina also aren’t the only teams that had a tough non conference schedule. Off the top of my head I think of UCLA, Uconn, and Tennessee. The difference is UCLA won those tough games.
@politicallil7060 You should do your research first. LSU positioning has everything to do with their schedule. They played only 3 ranked teams all year and lost to two of them. Teams are not rewarded for beating teams that they are supposed to beat. @maxpower247 did his homework, so all of his disagreements in regard to the seedings of certain teams makes sense. His analysis is the best I've seen of anybody else out there.
03.07.24 - and NOW "they" have UCANT at #9, Stanford, UConn and Iowa are the "media darlings". We all know this whole NCAA crap is ridiculous. Can you believe that ESPN (former UConn player) Rebecca Lobo says that UCANT will be in this years Final Four???? What in the world? Such disrespect for Notre Dame.
Interesting points. But if you’ve watched LSU lately, they are peaking at just the right time. Their starting 5 are playing like one of the best starting 5 in the country. Like a repeating national championship team should do. I can tell you that no one wants LSU in their bracket.
Not sure why you are hating on Uconn. Number 2 in net rating means they played a very tough schedule. 5 losses to ranked teams and you think they should be a 4 seed????? I'm sure there are other 3 seed teams you could have picked to drop rather than them. You want Notre Dame to be ranked higher. Sure go ahead but pick another team to leap frog. Your logic doesn't make sense.
I literally said in the video I don’t mind them being a hosting team. But to doesn’t make sense to have them on there but ND not be considered a top 16 team
Net rating is heavily impacted by margin of victory. Most teams had to play some weak noncons to build sizable wins. UConn had the luxury of many blowouts in their own conference.@@maxpower247
UConn is #2 in the NET rankings which is one the main factors the NCAA Committee looks at. While UConn may not have as many impressive wins as some other teams, they also don't have any bad losses. Notre Dame is now projected to be a 4 seed in the tournament and possibly even a 3 seed depending how they perform in the ACC Tournament. Therefore, all 5 of UConn's losses are to teams that are set to be hosting aka top 4 seeds. A lot of these other teams, while they may have better signature wins than UConn, they also have much worse losses than UConn. Add UConn's impressive NET ranking into the mix and the tips the scale in UConn's favor over some of these other teams. Also, it's hard to bet against a team that is led by the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Tournament history and has two All-Americans in Paige and Aaliyah. Do I personally think UConn is a Final Four team this season? No. They have too many injuries and that's going to hinder them. But I think there's nothing wrong with having them as a 3 seed. They still have quality wins over Louisville, and North Carolina (both of whom beat Notre Dame by the way), as well wins over Creighton, Marquette, and Kansas all of whom are projected to be in the tournament.
And those "quality" wins against NC and Louisville were WITH Aubrey Griffin. She was the X-Factor for this year's UConn team and she will NOT be playing in the NCAA Tourney. Wonder if the "committee" will factor that in on March 17th???
USC has a great resume but they routinely underwhelm in the eye test. That is what burns them when it comes to rankings. Juju plays streetball and McKenzie Forbes plays a ****ier (crapier) version of Juju's style. Kayla Padilla is passive and Rayah Marshall's offense ranges from passable to incompetent. The coach is a cheerleader and they have no bench. They get by on sheer athleticism and timely baskets. Sometimes being able to jump higher and run faster than your opponent can save you in high leverage moments.
Hmmm... USC is kind of a hard team to figure out. They have some games where they play great, and then in their next game they barely survive a weak opponent. I would say that they are inconsistent, which is not what you want to be in the NCAA tournament.
If they beat Ohio State, then it comes down the B10 tournament. If they lose in the B1G tournament that means they most likely lost to Indiana or Ohio State twice in the same season. So it would make no sense for them to move up. But if they win the tournament I don’t have an issue with them moving up.
These points you made are correct. I disagree with your take on LSU because Iowa had a cupcake schedule and they are being penalized for it. LSU beat VT and yet VT is higher than LSU!
iowa has 2 ranked wins since that VT tech game and might pick up a 3rd tomorrow. LSU has none. They are a 3 seed cause they only have 1 ranked win and are lower than Iowa in net rankings wins. The committee looks closely as those net rankings as you can see with Uconn being seeded that high (they are #2 in net rankings)
Has the Big East always been this trash?? The closest team to UConn is Creighton, and they're 10 spots down. How is any of their wins counting? They should be a 4 or 5 seed at worst.
@@mplou699 as much as I can't stand uclown... I mean uconn.. I don't think that's a fair statement. They went back to the big east to prop up their men's basketball team, and it worked. Had nothing to do with their women's team.
Everyone knows the big east is bad, I don’t think it’s overrated, but people are overreacting. UConn’s 5 loses all come from current ranked teams, and all teams that are in the NET 50. Notre dame lost to an unranked UNC at home, and then Syracuse twice, totaling their unranked loses to 2, and 2 at home. But they definitely should be in the top 16 for the teams they have beaten including UConn on the road. UConn beat teams ND lost to. And the NET does help their seeding, in which they rank 2nd, so this is something we cannot question, the NET rankings aren’t there for nothing, the same way Stanford’s seeding could have helped them because of a certain player not being on the court, does that mean it’s the same for UConn? I don’t know. but that’s the explication I could give. I don’t think any team would have the top SOS and lose 5 players and remain with a 26-5 record.
A team’s non-conference schedule doesn’t really reflect on how strong a team is imo… last year UConn & SC both had tough non-conference schedules but didn’t make it past the final four. Lsu & Iowa had cupcake schedules but still made it to the natty. But seeding wise, Lsu & Iowa should both be a 3 seed. And I hope there’s a rematch with Iowa & SC so SC can smoke them and get redemption from last year
@@matthewreese3907 Utah was underrated, they almost eliminated Lsu had they not missed key free throws. And considering the fact that their offence was awful in the elite 8, it’s the defence that carried them. I watched Iowa vs Colorado and Colorado did lunch them, same way Louisville did, but they got out with the W. The regions do need to be revised, region 2 is way too powerful compared to region 4
Colorado played 4 ranked teams in a row. They play in the toughest conference. They also play great defense and they have good balance--a good inside game and a good outside game. They compete. They could go deep into the tournament.
Your entire video is contradictory first you say punish teams who didn’t play a tough schedule then you say teams that did play a tough schedule and have losses against that tough schedule shouldn’t be ranked high which one is it? 😂
So why are they coming up with the brackets before the conference tournament is finished? Name the natty champions again before they play the NCAA TOURNAMENT or fix the game in certain teams favor like last year. Can we let the teams play without any fix this year and stop promoting Caitlyn Clark because he is so over rated, they gave him records he didn’t earn like the scoring record, there are ladies who scored more points than him like Pearl Moore, only record he got is most 3 point basket missed in a career and most basket misses in a career, why we not talking about that? He should have allowed other team members to shoot once in a while, at least Angel Reeves did that for her team.
You’re an asshat! You’re talking about a young lady, not some dude. Caitlyn Clark is being recognized as the D1 all-time leading scorer, not all divisions. Have you heard of assists? She leads the country in that category. You can have an opinion without being pathetically nasty about it!
You can have a different opinion without being pathetically nasty while delivering it. Caitlyn Clark is definitely a young lady, not a dude. She is the all-time D1 scoring leader, not for all divisions. No one has claimed otherwise. Also, have you heard of assists and do you know what they are? She leads the country in that category. Iowa doesn’t typically get blue chip recruits. Without Caitlyn’s efforts, they wouldn’t have played in the final four last year.
Sports have been ruined by the involvement of corporations. Coke Cola owns Kim Mulkey and dresses her in flashy advertising for themselves. How can she be taken seriously?
Its because their trying too make it hard for LSU its been hate the whole season against LSU but itll backfire. Geaux Tigers and LSU the most disrespected team and lets be clear LSU doesn't care what seed they get the Showtime Tigers gonna show out regaurdless the number infront your name never made you Champions its what you do when you hit that court and you don't even know it. 😂😂😂😂 Geaux Tigers
I had to laugh the purpose of seating is to maximize dollars and to make sure the top money teams make the final four. They had to spread the teams out so that they don't get certain teams in the final four. The reason the Regional 2 field is strong is so they can get LSU eliminated quickly. They put two teams in that bracket that they previously lost to Ohio State and Colorado and a strong possible team that can beat them USC. They don't want an Angel Reese team near the final four and the thought of two predominantly black teams in the tournament finals is frightening because the committee figures that is just bad for business especially the TV rating so I do understand. Plus their supporters aren't going to have that kinda cash to travel and buy high priced tickets, over priced meals and expensive accomodations. I do know this they had better get Iowa out of SC way if they want Catlin to go out with a splash. You need a West Coast team in the final four thats a huge TV market. Last thing they have to set up an ACC team for the East Coast in case UConn can't survive but I got them in my final four, they gonna need Paige to follow Clarks rise for next years marketing campaign. I think Virginia Tech might be positioned to cover the east Coast if Uconn can't get there. The tournament is always a set up because the NCAA is a cartel that always manipulates the market for profit. They also control the officials and they will postion them in matchups to eliminate teams they want gone. Hopefully this time things will go according to plan. LSU slipped up on people last year they do not want a repeat of last year's drama although they might not be able to eliminate SC, they can tolerate a champion not as loud. LSU winning the title dam near started a civil war. 😮 Shocked is how I think we will all be looking when its all said and done😊 been a fun season.
@User_xxCqvmeqoG I would say yes and no. Both teams have 1 5 star recruit, and both of them are phenomenal players. However Iowa's Caitlin Clark is an experienced senior that distributes the ball at a High level. Juju will get significantly better help next year with a top recruit class coming in.
You are such a joke! Notre Dame lost to UNC and Louisville! Notre Dame is right where they should be! They got hot agents UConn. We will see how the tournament turns out!
Most of us see that HUGE win over UConn on their OWN court, a GREAT win for Notre Dame. It made a HUGE statement of how really bad UConn is, not to mention the HUGE win for South Carolina. We don't care that ND lost to two teams that have been in and out of the polls since preseason.
Too much respect shown for the big 12 in this reveal.
The team that’s #1 (Oklahoma) had 5 non conference losses. If that’s not proof the B12 is overrated than nothing is.
@@maxpower247 Plus their conference champ is only #20 in the AP. The Pac-12 has at least 5 teams ranked ahead of them.
LOOK AT WHAT TEXAS JUST DID! GO BIG 12 CHAMPS!
It's all about the money. Setting up match ups that people want to see. Having the fan base that will travel anywhere to see their favorite team play.
Of course Colorado loses RIGHT AFTER I post this 😭😭😭
Lmaooo Colorado started of so well what happened to them🤣
Ugh. That's a bad loss at home. Especially w/ Wash St not having Leger-Walker.
@@jjohnson3203 unless they make a deep Pac 12 tourney run, I can’t see them hosting. As you said, losing to Wazzu without CLW at home is really bad
YIKES
That's what u get for being so worried about punishing LSU. Just know one thing nobody wants to play against that tough LSU team in the NCAA tournament to include South Carolina. But by all means, keep holding back a championship caliber team. Their schedule was soft last season also. How did that workout?🏆💍
Following from Croatia, thanks for your insight! You make really good points, and are patching up them last holes in my knowledge about seeds and how everything works :) Thanks again, really good stuff!
Glad I could help!
Croaticus - I'm amazed that for a small country(geographically speaking) Croatia has so many great athletes. Is there something in the water there?
@@user-gn3wq1mt7g Water indeed is amazing, its mostly all I drink....but there's more to it....you ready? :)
Fresh air from Dinara mountains, around Velebit mountain and toward Adriatic sea. For people that are born in that area, we say that they have "dinaric" genes and are held in high regard; still mostly rural folks that love being outdoors.
The rest of us, that are not from that area, visit it at least once a year (in summertime during work vacation, then head down to the coast) + any other opportunity, like "long weekends" and similar. It does wonders for your overall health, both mental and physical.
That's a big part of it, of the culture, as well as healthy mediterranean diet combined with hardy/savory food from the rest of the land, or neighbouring lands (hungarian goulash first comes to mind - if you've never tried it, I highly recommend it!).
Other than that, giving it your all like there's no tomorrow and belief that we can parry anyone, that we have a chance against anyone, is a part of the culture too :)
There's 2 sides of this too, don't mess with our downtime though - its easygoing and chill (that's why our coffeetime can last hours, with 1 small coffee), until we reach a consensus; then its full throttle time.
We might be territorially small with low population, but we are an old nation with big heart - more than 1300 years old, on and off as independent, with pretty tough history surrounded by conqueror wannabees and we take pride in surviving still while being so small, with our roots and traditions preserved - that's where our heart, pride and fighting spirit come from.
And we have lots of our people all over the world, a big diaspora too, where some of our stars come from or are shining at their home away from home - if you're sports fan from USA, most notable one with Croatian roots is Bill Belichick.
One more crucial thing that I cannot forget to mention, closest translation would be "spite", that is also engrained in the culture. So if you wanna see the best of what we can do, underestimate and belittle us :)
Thanks for the recognition, proud to be Croat!
All this means nothing till conference champions are crowned. This year has been consistently inconsistent. With the exception of South Carolina.
Iowa will give the SC gangsta thugs another bus ticket home. I can't wait for Dawn go speechless when it comes to CC, again.
@@mikem201 South Carolina is better than last year's team. Iowa is not as good as last year's team.
@@mikem201clearly you're white. What makes SC gangsta thugs? Last I checked the roster was full of college educated student athletes.
It definitely means something. It means they don't necessarily base the seeding on the resumes of the teams. Based on the data they had at the time this seeding is fishy. We know all the data is in yet but committee is definitely biased and trying to Garner certain matchups by the Regional groupings.
It’s hard to evaluate UConn. I understand NET, but sometimes eye test prevails over stats and the way they’ve beaten a few solid teams but mostly lost to every good team they’ve played isn’t a great look. Paige is a great player but she keeps getting outplayed by opposing guards, Rivers, Harmon, Hidalgo, PaoPao. And they depend heavily on freshmen who seem to be kinda hitting the freshman wall lately
Those other guards have a better supporting cast on their team though. I love the freshmen but Paige and Aaliyah are carrying this team and that's a lot of pressure that's being put on them. I've always been a UConn fan though and I'm very much looking forward to next year when the freshes have more experience and everyone else comes back.
Bueckers is in a weird position this season. Defensively she's a 4 and offensively she'd like to be a distributor but the team needs her to shoot a lot. She's trying to plug a lot of holes in the team, but with the injuries there are a lot of holes to plug.
@@JohnViolette0well said!
You might want to consider another team for your favorite.@@A_Fan_of_WBB
Notre Dame should be locked into a 4 seed with a Semi-final appearance. They could possibly win the whole thing and get a 3rd seed instead. Either way ND should receive a hosting site.
The fan in me really wants to see USC vs Iowa. I want to see JuJu Watkins vs Caitlin Clark before she bolts to the WNBA.
UConn is missing half a roster which they take into consideration and they haven’t lost to any bad teams with #1 SOS. if UConn loses to an unranked team before the NCAA tournament they would probably lost their ability to host. Notre Dame has unranked losses.
Don't know about the losses to unranked teams. Iowa has two of those and they barely dropped in the rankings.
This is off-base. The tournament decisions are based on the roster you are expected to have for the tournament. It is only relevant if a player is missing in a game(s) but is expected to play in the tournament.
Excellent assessment overall. You have really done your research. You will be proven correct when all is said and done.
Based on the records with wins/losses vs ranked/unranked opponents that seeding is definitely suspect. NCAAWB needs to realize they need to stop doing that because more people are now paying attention to the sport and will call this out. Forget the names on the front of the jerseys and let the seedings reflect the resumes. Good video.💯
I can understand your complaint with UConn, but I think they should definitely be questioning some other decisions before UConn as a 3-seed
GONZAGA IS A TAD BETTER THAN BIG EAST TEAMS ----real possible u conn may be out of tourney in 1st round -- the zags are not a push over at only 2 losses and undefeated in their conference --- tv time may be limited for viewing the games !
Yep, UConn should be a FOUR seed, Notre Dame deserves that THREE spot.
@@mplou699 Notre Dame got beat by Syracuse twice, Louisville and unranked North Carolina. UConn beat Louisville and North Carolina and has not lost to an unranked team. Notre Dame lost to South Carolina on a neutral court by twenty nine points. UConn only lost to South Carolina by eighteen points on South Carolina's home court. Notre Dame doesn't deserve UConn's spot!
@@thomas-gw3xf West Coast Conference only has four teams with winning records and five teams with losing records. Big East conference has seven teams with winning records and four teams with losing records. Gonzaga lost to Louisville and unranked Washington State. UConn beat Louisville and didn't lose to an unranked team. Gonzaga's only good win was against Stanford. West Coast strength of schedule cannot even begin to compare with the Big East! Oh and by the way UConn is undefeated in their way stronger conference.
You are incorrect, UConn lost to UNRANKED North Carolina State. UConn lost by a WHOPPING 18 points to South Carolina, you're NOT watching.@@rollandhawkins8311
I think you made great points. I echo what you said about Colorado and add that I think Arizona should definitely be in the tournament (not in the top 16). I've read some saying the ACC should have 9 teams in, but the Pac-12 only 6. It's ridiculous. All six are in the AP top 25. Teams like Arizona had to face top twenty-five teams nearly every week. That's not the case for other conferences, so more Pac-12 teams, please!
I really hope Arizona makes the national tournament, but I worry they won’t. They are better than their record. As you said they in an extremely tough conference. And a lot of their losses were very close games.
@@maxpower247 Agreed. I think they had 5 OT games and at least two that were double overtime. I think they went 2-3 in those games. They belong in the tourney but I don't know if they'll make it.
LSU positioning has nothing to do with a cup cake schedule every team with the exception of Maryland and SC had a fluff non schedule. What other team played 5 top ranked teams in their non schedule? You need to qualify your point so we can follow along. LSU lost to two non ranked conference opponents with losing records that damaged their seating or at least gave them the excuse to seat them for elimination. Had the same thing happened to UConn as a repeat champion it wouldn't be treated the same. This stuff comes down to politics and economics anyone who thinks its based on parody or honesty is fooling themselves.
He been hating on LSU all year so him saying we played a Cupcake schedule let's you know he's a hater because like you said everybody had a weak noncoferance schedule
@@torreyturner9562the ACC and Pac 12 are way deeper than the SEC…
Pac 12 teams plays a ranked team almost every week. The only team in the SEC that’s ranked besides LSU is South Carolina. So they needed to play more tough teams to make up for it. I said the same thing about Texas in the B12.
Maryland and South Carolina also aren’t the only teams that had a tough non conference schedule. Off the top of my head I think of UCLA, Uconn, and Tennessee. The difference is UCLA won those tough games.
@@maxpower247I agree, anyone who really knows the game would agree also
@politicallil7060 You should do your research first. LSU positioning has everything to do with their schedule. They played only 3 ranked teams all year and lost to two of them. Teams are not rewarded for beating teams that they are supposed to beat. @maxpower247 did his homework, so all of his disagreements in regard to the seedings of certain teams makes sense. His analysis is the best I've seen of anybody else out there.
Catlin Clark will win the NCAAs all by herself this year.
03.07.24 - and NOW "they" have UCANT at #9, Stanford, UConn and Iowa are the "media darlings". We all know this whole NCAA crap is ridiculous. Can you believe that ESPN (former UConn player) Rebecca Lobo says that UCANT will be in this years Final Four???? What in the world? Such disrespect for Notre Dame.
When I was watching Notre Dame vs.Virginia Tech game. They were saying the ACC may get 9 teams in the NCAA tournament.
If the ACC get 9 the SEC, Big 10, and the Big 12 need 6 and the Pac 12 need 7 or 8.
UCANT is not even mentioned in the "Power Five" ha ha!@@KelzKelz
Interesting points. But if you’ve watched LSU lately, they are peaking at just the right time. Their starting 5 are playing like one of the best starting 5 in the country. Like a repeating national championship team should do. I can tell you that no one wants LSU in their bracket.
USC is the weakest of the top ten.
Not sure why you are hating on Uconn. Number 2 in net rating means they played a very tough schedule. 5 losses to ranked teams and you think they should be a 4 seed????? I'm sure there are other 3 seed teams you could have picked to drop rather than them. You want Notre Dame to be ranked higher. Sure go ahead but pick another team to leap frog. Your logic doesn't make sense.
I literally said in the video I don’t mind them being a hosting team. But to doesn’t make sense to have them on there but ND not be considered a top 16 team
Net rating is heavily impacted by margin of victory. Most teams had to play some weak noncons to build sizable wins. UConn had the luxury of many blowouts in their own conference.@@maxpower247
One can take that NET rating and put it where the sun does NOT shine.
GREAT POINTS!!!
UConn is #2 in the NET rankings which is one the main factors the NCAA Committee looks at. While UConn may not have as many impressive wins as some other teams, they also don't have any bad losses. Notre Dame is now projected to be a 4 seed in the tournament and possibly even a 3 seed depending how they perform in the ACC Tournament. Therefore, all 5 of UConn's losses are to teams that are set to be hosting aka top 4 seeds. A lot of these other teams, while they may have better signature wins than UConn, they also have much worse losses than UConn. Add UConn's impressive NET ranking into the mix and the tips the scale in UConn's favor over some of these other teams.
Also, it's hard to bet against a team that is led by the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Tournament history and has two All-Americans in Paige and Aaliyah. Do I personally think UConn is a Final Four team this season? No. They have too many injuries and that's going to hinder them. But I think there's nothing wrong with having them as a 3 seed. They still have quality wins over Louisville, and North Carolina (both of whom beat Notre Dame by the way), as well wins over Creighton, Marquette, and Kansas all of whom are projected to be in the tournament.
And those "quality" wins against NC and Louisville were WITH Aubrey Griffin. She was the X-Factor for this year's UConn team and she will NOT be playing in the NCAA Tourney. Wonder if the "committee" will factor that in on March 17th???
USC has a great resume but they routinely underwhelm in the eye test. That is what burns them when it comes to rankings. Juju plays streetball and McKenzie Forbes plays a ****ier (crapier) version of Juju's style. Kayla Padilla is passive and Rayah Marshall's offense ranges from passable to incompetent. The coach is a cheerleader and they have no bench. They get by on sheer athleticism and timely baskets. Sometimes being able to jump higher and run faster than your opponent can save you in high leverage moments.
Hmmm... USC is kind of a hard team to figure out. They have some games where they play great, and then in their next game they barely survive a weak opponent. I would say that they are inconsistent, which is not what you want to be in the NCAA tournament.
Why ? You still have to play who is in front of you
You know whats funny.You're clamoring for Iowa to get dropped if they lose to OSU but you'll be here complaining if they move up after beating OSU
If they beat Ohio State, then it comes down the B10 tournament. If they lose in the B1G tournament that means they most likely lost to Indiana or Ohio State twice in the same season. So it would make no sense for them to move up.
But if they win the tournament I don’t have an issue with them moving up.
If Iowa wins the Big 10 championship, they will deserve that fourth 1 seed@@maxpower247
Good points about UCLA being a Top Seed. Same with Stanford being a #2
This is how you get Caitlin in the draft
These points you made are correct. I disagree with your take on LSU because Iowa had a cupcake schedule and they are being penalized for it. LSU beat VT and yet VT is higher than LSU!
LSU played VT early in the season. VT is a different team now
@Christopher-hg2yi I like VT, but LSU is one of the most improved teams since early and they beat VT by 18!
@@Christopher-hg2yi So is LSU, they are one of the most improved teams as well!
iowa has 2 ranked wins since that VT tech game and might pick up a 3rd tomorrow. LSU has none. They are a 3 seed cause they only have 1 ranked win and are lower than Iowa in net rankings wins. The committee looks closely as those net rankings as you can see with Uconn being seeded that high (they are #2 in net rankings)
Iowa SoS is 6th while LSU is 55th.
Agree with each point.
How dang games Cameron missed…
Has the Big East always been this trash?? The closest team to UConn is Creighton, and they're 10 spots down. How is any of their wins counting? They should be a 4 or 5 seed at worst.
Since 2017, I consider the Big Easy as "trash". It's where Geno likes to stay so he can run up team stats.
@@mplou699 as much as I can't stand uclown... I mean uconn.. I don't think that's a fair statement. They went back to the big east to prop up their men's basketball team, and it worked. Had nothing to do with their women's team.
I would like to know how the weak SEC gets 9 teams in ams the Pac-10 only 6. Cal, WSU, and Arizona should all be in over the dregs of the SEC
Funny tho that UConn ended up in the Final Four, if as you said, they didn't deserve to be there...
Everyone knows the big east is bad, I don’t think it’s overrated, but people are overreacting. UConn’s 5 loses all come from current ranked teams, and all teams that are in the NET 50. Notre dame lost to an unranked UNC at home, and then Syracuse twice, totaling their unranked loses to 2, and 2 at home. But they definitely should be in the top 16 for the teams they have beaten including UConn on the road. UConn beat teams ND lost to. And the NET does help their seeding, in which they rank 2nd, so this is something we cannot question, the NET rankings aren’t there for nothing, the same way Stanford’s seeding could have helped them because of a certain player not being on the court, does that mean it’s the same for UConn? I don’t know. but that’s the explication I could give. I don’t think any team would have the top SOS and lose 5 players and remain with a 26-5 record.
You're "grasping for staws"...
But uconn can't beat ANY teams they played against in the top 16???
Facts
Agree
A team’s non-conference schedule doesn’t really reflect on how strong a team is imo… last year UConn & SC both had tough non-conference schedules but didn’t make it past the final four. Lsu & Iowa had cupcake schedules but still made it to the natty. But seeding wise, Lsu & Iowa should both be a 3 seed. And I hope there’s a rematch with Iowa & SC so SC can smoke them and get redemption from last year
To be fair, LSU and Iowa had fairly easy paths to the final 4 last year.
@@matthewreese3907 Utah was underrated, they almost eliminated Lsu had they not missed key free throws. And considering the fact that their offence was awful in the elite 8, it’s the defence that carried them. I watched Iowa vs Colorado and Colorado did lunch them, same way Louisville did, but they got out with the W.
The regions do need to be revised, region 2 is way too powerful compared to region 4
Why do people use the word natty? Do you even know what that word means? If not go look it up in the dictionary.
Easy paths to the final four are a thing of the pass @@matthewreese3907
@@harrykern616 It's short for the National Championship...
I agree with most of what you said, but Colorado is not as good as you seem to think. They are on a bad losing streak at the wrong time of the season.
Colorado played 4 ranked teams in a row. They play in the toughest conference. They also play great defense and they have good balance--a good inside game and a good outside game. They compete. They could go deep into the tournament.
Selection Sunday is March 17th. Pick up a newspaper.
I like this video.
Your entire video is contradictory first you say punish teams who didn’t play a tough schedule then you say teams that did play a tough schedule and have losses against that tough schedule shouldn’t be ranked high which one is it? 😂
It will change.
Iowa is rated #3 in the country but a two seed? Dumb.
Yeah that doesn’t even make sense top 4 should be 1 seeds
That should change now with Ohio st looking unimpressive.
You are SPOT ON about UCANT. I've been saying this all season. Notre Dame deserves that 3 seed OVER UCONN.
They will make sure Iowa get an easy road for tv ratings
They are currently in South Carolina’s region... I wouldn’t call that easy
Of course, people will want tp watch the best female basketball player in college.
Nope, I want to watch the BEST TEAM in Division I college.@@joeshmoe4671
Always black peoples profiles hating on Clark and Iowa 😂😂 I smell some racism 😂😂
@@skylermummert24 interesting being that black people can't be racist. 🙄 Pick up a book, maybe?
So why are they coming up with the brackets before the conference tournament is finished? Name the natty champions again before they play the NCAA TOURNAMENT or fix the game in certain teams favor like last year. Can we let the teams play without any fix this year and stop promoting Caitlyn Clark because he is so over rated, they gave him records he didn’t earn like the scoring record, there are ladies who scored more points than him like Pearl Moore, only record he got is most 3 point basket missed in a career and most basket misses in a career, why we not talking about that? He should have allowed other team members to shoot once in a while, at least Angel Reeves did that for her team.
You’re an asshat! You’re talking about a young lady, not some dude. Caitlyn Clark is being recognized as the D1 all-time leading scorer, not all divisions. Have you heard of assists? She leads the country in that category. You can have an opinion without being pathetically nasty about it!
You can have a different opinion without being pathetically nasty while delivering it. Caitlyn Clark is definitely a young lady, not a dude. She is the all-time D1 scoring leader, not for all divisions. No one has claimed otherwise. Also, have you heard of assists and do you know what they are? She leads the country in that category. Iowa doesn’t typically get blue chip recruits. Without Caitlyn’s efforts, they wouldn’t have played in the final four last year.
So many fans of Pearl Moore recently 😅
Hey dumb ass Clark is like 6th all time for women’s assists with over 1000 😂😂 didn’t pearl play 6 on 6 meaning she only played offense 😂
Sports have been ruined by the involvement of corporations. Coke Cola owns Kim Mulkey and dresses her in flashy advertising for themselves. How can she be taken seriously?
Its because their trying too make it hard for LSU its been hate the whole season against LSU but itll backfire. Geaux Tigers and LSU the most disrespected team and lets be clear LSU doesn't care what seed they get the Showtime Tigers gonna show out regaurdless the number infront your name never made you Champions its what you do when you hit that court and you don't even know it. 😂😂😂😂 Geaux Tigers
Geaux Tigers
I had to laugh the purpose of seating is to maximize dollars and to make sure the top money teams make the final four. They had to spread the teams out so that they don't get certain teams in the final four. The reason the Regional 2 field is strong is so they can get LSU eliminated quickly. They put two teams in that bracket that they previously lost to Ohio State and Colorado and a strong possible team that can beat them USC. They don't want an Angel Reese team near the final four and the thought of two predominantly black teams in the tournament finals is frightening because the committee figures that is just bad for business especially the TV rating so I do understand. Plus their supporters aren't going to have that kinda cash to travel and buy high priced tickets, over priced meals and expensive accomodations. I do know this they had better get Iowa out of SC way if they want Catlin to go out with a splash. You need a West Coast team in the final four thats a huge TV market. Last thing they have to set up an ACC team for the East Coast in case UConn can't survive but I got them in my final four, they gonna need Paige to follow Clarks rise for next years marketing campaign. I think Virginia Tech might be positioned to cover the east Coast if Uconn can't get there. The tournament is always a set up because the NCAA is a cartel that always manipulates the market for profit. They also control the officials and they will postion them in matchups to eliminate teams they want gone. Hopefully this time things will go according to plan. LSU slipped up on people last year they do not want a repeat of last year's drama although they might not be able to eliminate SC, they can tolerate a champion not as loud. LSU winning the title dam near started a civil war. 😮 Shocked is how I think we will all be looking when its all said and done😊 been a fun season.
I'm not reading all that racist screed
Juju Watkins & USC are both overrated.
This won’t age well
Isn't cool how we are going back and forth about this those tv ratings gonna be awesome
@@maxpower247 Teams win championships. Southern California is not a team!
Haven't watched a USC game but is it like IOWA too with only one star recruit?
@User_xxCqvmeqoG I would say yes and no. Both teams have 1 5 star recruit, and both of them are phenomenal players. However Iowa's Caitlin Clark is an experienced senior that distributes the ball at a High level. Juju will get significantly better help next year with a top recruit class coming in.
𝓐𝓬𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓪𝓬𝔂 🎯🎯🎯
You are such a joke! Notre Dame lost to UNC and Louisville! Notre Dame is right where they should be! They got hot agents UConn. We will see how the tournament turns out!
Going by his philosophy Syracuse should be ahead Notre Dame Syracuse beat them twice this season 😂😂
Most of us see that HUGE win over UConn on their OWN court, a GREAT win for Notre Dame. It made a HUGE statement of how really bad UConn is, not to mention the HUGE win for South Carolina. We don't care that ND lost to two teams that have been in and out of the polls since preseason.