re: 2022-23 Auburn basketball season thread- 21-13 (10-9) Season over

Up to 17th in KenPom and 26th in NET after yesterdays action. That’s 5-7 seed range metrics wise. Resume is more like a 9 seed

Just close losses to good teams and not slipping up against bad teams. We’ve only been blown out once and the only thing close to a bad loss is losing at Georgia who is decent. And we beat everyone by 10+ when we win for the most part, so that helps with efficiency metrics

Yeah, long as we avoid Dayton or the NIT I'll be fine

Vandy is playing some good ball right now. Expecting a battle Saturday.

I would be feeling much better if Robbins wasn’t back.

Where do you all see us going in the tourney. I am thinking we survive one game but the second one will be iffy the way we are playing...I hope we go further...

I don’t think we can beat a top 3/4 seed on a neutral floor. For that reason I think we can get to a sweet 16 but only if we play a higher seed that upset somebody in round of 64.

Lunardi has us as an 8 in today's bracketology. Just for discussions sake even though it is meaningless right now.. he has us in Purdue's bracket. That's the best second round matchup I could draw up for us if we are in the 8-9 game. We couldn't score against Houston, they won't put us in Bama's bracket, and Kansas is just so well rounded.

I’m not so sure they wouldn’t put us in Alabama’s bracket. They would salivate at the opportunity of an Auburn - Alabama matchup in the round of 32 being played at the BJCC.

Nevermind, I actually found it written on an article from the NCAA website. Here are some of the rules:

III. Building the Bracket
Sixteen levels are established (i.e., the seeds, 1 through 16) in the bracket that cross the four regions, permitting evaluation of four teams simultaneously on the same level. Teams on each seed line (No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, etc.) should be as equal as possible.

Each region is divided into quadrants with four levels in each, permitting the evaluation of four different sections within each region against the same sections in each of the other regions.

The committee will assign all four teams in each bracket group (seeds 1, 16, 8, 9), (4, 13, 5, 12), (2, 15, 7, 10), (3, 14, 6, 11) to the same first-/second-round site. There will be two ”pods? at each first-/second-round site which may feed into different regional sites.

Each of the first four teams selected from a conference shall be placed in different regions if they are seeded on the first four lines.

Teams from the same conference shall not meet prior to the regional final if they played each other three or more times during the regular season and conference tournament.

Teams from the same conference shall not meet prior to the regional semifinals if they played each other twice during the regular season and conference tournament.

Teams from the same conference may play each other as early as the second round if they played no more than once during the regular season and conference tournament.

Any principle can be relaxed if two or more teams from the same conference are among the last four at-large seeded teams participating in the First Four.

To recognize the demonstrated quality of such teams, the committee shall not place teams seeded on the first four lines at a potential “home-crowd disadvantage” in the first round.

Teams will remain in or as close to their areas of natural interest as possible, as determined by mileage from campus to the venue. A team moved out of its natural area will be placed in the next closest region to the extent possible. If two teams from the same natural region are in contention for the same bracket position, the team ranked higher in the seed list shall remain in its natural region.

A team will not be permitted to play in any facility in which it has played more than three games during its season, not including exhibitions and conference postseason tournaments.

A host institution’s team shall not be permitted to play at the site where the institution is hosting. However, the team may play on the same days when the institution is hosting.

Teams may play at a site where the conference of which it is a member is serving as the host.

A team may be moved up or down one (or in extraordinary circumstances) two lines from its true seed line (e.g., from the 13 seed line to the 12 seed line; or from a 12 seed line to a 13 seed line) when it is placed in the bracket if necessary to meet the principles.