Less than 5 hours to the Section Show. I really can’t see any way Pitt doesn’t get a #1 seed. They’ve been in the top-4 all but one week in the polls this year. They have the top RPI.
There is really no logical way to put Pitt on the second line. They can’t argue about Fields’ health because then they would have to drop UNC and Ty Lawson’s toe a notch.
It is really about finding out if Pitt will be in the East (Dayton and Boston) or West (Philly and Glendale).
I have a hunch that Louisville just played their way to getting the Midwest #1 (Dayton and Indy).
everything ive seen says their gonna give UNC the east and us the midwest with louisville getting memphis……hope it ends up like that….uconn and memphis fight over the west, and then most likely we’ll get duke in our bracket…cant see how they would give oklahoma or mich st over duke……
Comment by schoey 03.15.09 @ 1:09 pm
I really want to avoid Michigan State….I like the way we match up with Oklahoma or Duke.
Comment by Chris 03.15.09 @ 1:18 pm
I wouldn’t mind being with Oklahoma.
Control Blake Griffin = win.
Comment by Jimbo Covert's my dad 03.15.09 @ 1:52 pm
It seems to me with all the NCAA rules regarding placing teams close to home and separating teams from the same conference etc that we could easily end up either Dayton/Indianapolis or Dayton/Boston. I just don’t see us ending up in Philadelphia or the West
Comment by Tiger Paul 03.15.09 @ 2:56 pm
Does anyone understand the Memphis No. 1 seed talk? There best win of the season, according to RPI, is at No. 21 Tennessee. They played three teams who were ranked in the Top 25 at the time they played them and they went 1-2 – only beating Gonzaga, which UCONN spanked. UConn has wins against RPI 5, 12, 13 and 20. If Memphis gets a No. 1 seed, it means Calipari can get a No. 1 seed without beating a Top 25 team and beating up on a pathetic conference. Bob Ryan on the Sports Reporters this morning compared Memphis to what UNLV did in the 1990s, but there’s one big difference. UNLV was undefeated in one of those seasons and had a single loss in the other. Can Memphis really earn a No. 1 seed with its best win against a major-conference team being a team with 12 losses?
Comment by matt in nyc 03.15.09 @ 3:21 pm
Memphis’ best win is against RPI #6 Gonzaga.
Comment by maz. 03.15.09 @ 4:41 pm
Jamie dixon was just live on CBS
Comment by Tiger Paul 03.15.09 @ 4:46 pm
link to cbssports.com – says RPI No. 29 for Gonzaga. I just don’t buy a team from a non-BCS conference can get a No. 1 seed unless it showed it can beat a top team in a BCS conference.
Comment by matt in nyc 03.15.09 @ 4:55 pm
Louisville overall #1. They deserved it.
Comment by Panthoor 03.15.09 @ 5:01 pm
Pitt #1 seed east regional.
Comment by omar 03.15.09 @ 5:03 pm
We are the second overall. Awesome job guys.
Comment by Panthoor 03.15.09 @ 5:03 pm
Whoo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Bobby 03.15.09 @ 5:04 pm
dayton/Boston and 3 #1 seeds for BE
Comment by Tiger Paul 03.15.09 @ 5:05 pm
Agreed when you win the conference and the conference tourney, you have to be #1 if you do that in the top conference.
That being said, #1 seed a big moment in the history of Pitt hoops.
Comment by Brian 03.15.09 @ 5:05 pm
I have a feeling that there will be major upsets all over this tournament.
Comment by Panthoor 03.15.09 @ 5:14 pm
The Midwest is a brutal region
Comment by Brian 03.15.09 @ 5:15 pm
YES!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by schoey 03.15.09 @ 5:16 pm
Good bracket, but we need to be concerned with FSU and UCLA, if they get far enough to match up against us. Howland knows how to play us. FSU is just as physical and they have the revenge factor. Otherwise I like the matchups
Comment by Tiger Paul 03.15.09 @ 5:33 pm
