First game of the tournament...v. Butler.
http://www.mauiinvitational.com/site...0Bracket_0.pdf
Taking that afternoon off...probably going to have to watch with my Butler-attending son. The wife is going to make sure to be at work undoubtedly!
First game of the tournament...v. Butler.
http://www.mauiinvitational.com/site...0Bracket_0.pdf
Taking that afternoon off...probably going to have to watch with my Butler-attending son. The wife is going to make sure to be at work undoubtedly!
Last edited by TheSultan; 07-26-2012 at 11:28 AM.
Strange bracket.
My cousin is currently attending Butler and has been talking crap for years about how they are a better program than MU and would kill them. This should be fun!
So is it MU or Butler who is the three seed? It looks like MU with UNC as the #2. I am guessing Butler would be the 6th seed? Wow. Texas as #1 with Illinois and USC as #4 and #5 then. It looks the seeding has more to do with TV$$ if Butler or MU are the 6th seed. I like MU's chances...if anything nice match-ups.
I don't think this is seeded. They want a Texas / UNC match-up in the final.
MU has been designated the home team so I'm assuming they are a higher seed than Butler - Sultan is right - they want a Texas/UNC match-up in the final.
Yes, it is pretty obvious if not predicted that ESPN would arrange the seeds to get the ACC/B12 match-up they wanted. What is interesting to me is how they then seeded it to arrange it. In most "too soon" rankings, UNC is generally rated higher than any other, and then MU, Butler and Texas have a smattering of rankings in the different services with no clear #2. So in this arranged bracket, Texas gets #1, UNC #2, MU#3 and Butler #6. Obviously, for TV, UNC vs. Chaminade wasn't going to happen. And the weakened USC and U of I teams makes the Texas path easier than Butler vs. MU. ESPN is just "special". i do think MU can take this, however.
Most teams do not want Chaminade because even though it should be a win, it does not count as a win on your schedule.
"When March Madness spills into April.... that's the gravy!" - Homer Simpson
Illinois-Butler and Texas-USC would have been better draws for ESPN
UNC - Miss St
MU - Chaminade
TX - USC
Illinois - Butler
The actual bracket is very weak on the TX side as it stands. My bracket would be better competitively and for TV draw. Someone has to play Chaminade..... (:
Last edited by Nukem2; 07-27-2012 at 02:55 PM.