I think Kansas fans are now coming around to they just aren’t what they are used to being.
Bracketology 2024
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Nebraska is not going to get to play in Omaha. Lower seeded teams don't get the benefits of playing that close to home.
You are right Nebraska fans have no clue how this works
Nebraska probably wont play in Omaha, but that scenario isn't unheard of. We played LSU in Milwaukee as an 11 seed. Granted Lincoln to Omaha is much closer than Ames to Milwaukee, but point stands.
Not nearly the same thing. Ordinarily Milwaukee would be a great site for ISU, as it's close and we recruit Wisconsin strongly, but that was a virtual home game for Wisconsin - which made that game all the more satisfying.
Yeah, I should have made the distinction that when we start chattering about playing in Des Moines it's because we would have earned the right to play there; not because we're that close so we were put there by default - that has never happened, especially when we hosted it the first year.
And you played Wisconsin next round like 60 miles from Madison.
Nebraska 59 miles from Omaha vs 350 miles Ames to Milwaukee.
If you can find me a lower seed that played was closer to home than a top 4 seed in the same venue I will buy it. It may exist but I just don't recall it
Literally pointed that out in my post. I was just saying there are instances where lower seeded teams play much closer to the site than higher seeded teams.
But yeah, Nebraksa isn't getting Omaha.
The fact that it would be Nebraska's first ever tournament win if they beat us would make it that much more unbearable
Edit:I'm an idiot, second win.
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The anti-TJ crowd (they're still out there and show up in little snippets occasionally) would be out in full force. .
Yeah it happens all the time. Unless the destination is in the backyard, the selection committee has many other criteria to consider.
Slow down wouldn't they have to win a game in the NCAA Tournament before matching up with us?
Different Era with different rules, but in 1986 #11 seed LSU played #6 seed Purdue in Baton Rouge on LSU's Home Court. LSU won, and Gean Keady was H-O-T! The Tigers then beat #3 see Memphis (with Keith Lee) in the 2nd Round to advance to the Sweet 16 in Atlanta. There, they had the tables turned and played #2 Georgia Tech @ the Omni, pulled the Upset and beat #1 Seed Kentucky in the Elite 8.
They would have to win their 1st ever tournament game to get to the round of 32!!
I think the committee will do what they can to keep Nebby out of Omaha as they haven’t earned the right to play there. However, the committee has rules that it must follow, such as:
1. Ensuring the top three teams from each conference are in different regions.
2. Ensuring no more than two teams from each conference are in the same region, unless the conference gets nine invites.
3. Ensuring no more than one team from a conference is seeded in the same group of four in line Nos. 1-4 and 13-16, in any region.
4. Ensuring teams who have already played once don’t meet in the Round of 64 or in the Round of 32 if they have played twice.
The above are just examples. If the committee can meet its criteria AND keep Nebby out of Omaha, I think they will do so. The problem lies if they can’t meet their criteria without putting Nebby in Omaha.
1. Ensuring the top three teams from each conference are in different regions.
2. Ensuring no more than two teams from each conference are in the same region, unless the conference gets nine invites.
3. Ensuring no more than one team from a conference is seeded in the same group of four in line Nos. 1-4 and 13-16, in any region.
4. Ensuring teams who have already played once don’t meet in the Round of 64 or in the Round of 32 if they have played twice.
The above are just examples. If the committee can meet its criteria AND keep Nebby out of Omaha, I think they will do so. The problem lies if they can’t meet their criteria without putting Nebby in Omaha.
We are that picture perfect team that will get upset in the first round.
