Comments on: Irish Heading Southwest with a Layover in Chicago

By: CJW

CJW — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:27:44 +0000

Well it doesn’t matter now. I think ND had an arguement for 1 seed over Pitt and Duke but Duke winning out sealed it.

I think the path to the sweet 16 sets up nicely. Then it is going to be all quality teams so it makes no difference what your seed is. Purdue and Kansas are good teams but are they really any better than teams we have faced all year?

This is about will to win and impose your style of play….we were in no way screwed by the comittee. Appropiate seed, sent to Joyce West and easy 1st and 2nd round matchups. Not much more we could ask for.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:57:56 +0000

In reply to Jay. I agree on Pitt. You would think with them also having an early exit from the Big East tournament, more losses down the stretch, and losing the head-to-head, that ND would get the #1 seed for a Big East school over Pitt. Oh well, now I just want to see the Irish live up to a #1/#2 seed - no early exit!

By: Logan

Logan — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:56:56 +0000

ND probably should have got the #1 seed over Duke. If you check out some tournament predictions at http://www.whatifsports.com/bracketpreview/marchmadness/2011/ you’ll see ND is projected to win the championship at a better percentage than Duke.

By: a68domer

a68domer — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:19:49 +0000

Quit looking to the past! Even recent past where we (or they) coulda, shoulda, woulda. Now it’s time to play ball like a #2 seed. GO IRISH !!

By: Kayo

Kayo — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:24:47 +0000

I have a hard time getting worked up over #2 seed vs. #1. I would prefer the #1, of course; but any team bumped to #2 in favor of ND at #1 would be having the same kinds of conversations as those above.

The Fighting Irish controlled their own destiny. The loss to Louisville made the #1 seed a question when it could have been a lock. If they had won that game and still landed at #2, I’d be POed; but they didn’t, and I’m not.

By: Scranton Dave

Scranton Dave — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:08:29 +0000

Great post Jay!

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:27:08 +0000

I thought ND had a good case over Pitt. Very comparable resumes, ND has a better rpi, and the head to head road win.

Duke does have less losses, but still not the better profile. Please don’t bring up last years title as a reason for present seeding.

RPI top 25 wins- Duke- 3 ND- 7 Top 50 Duke- 8 ND- 11

Duke’s best road win was at Miami, ND took down Pitt and Uconn.

By: Scranton Dave

Scranton Dave — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:22:35 +0000

What does Duke winning it last year have to do with anything? Its about what happened this year. We didnt win our conference tourney but our conference tourney was much more difficult than the one Duke played in. Duke or North Carolina would also lose to Louisville.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:34:30 +0000

In reply to irishmark. Agreed.

By: The Gipper

The Gipper — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:31:45 +0000

Puke is always a committee and media darling but ND had a 1 seed in its sights and did not get the job done while Puke routed NC and the committee had no choice but to give them a 1 seed.