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Sign me up for playing Nebraska in a game that matters.

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They're definitely the least imposing of any team in libe for a good seed.

If it were to happen would likely be in the Final Four. I'm in.

Ole Miss certainly should be the easier opponent.

I'm hoping we can get a #3 seed in the tourney and beating Georgia would make a lot more difference in that regard.

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NYC is already at $17/hr. Surely the major impacts are well documented outside of anecdotal instances.

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Chains paying minimum wage are still expanding throughout the city like wildfire.

Small businesses that already paid more than minimum wage are struggling with private equity buying all the buildings and increasing rent, tariffs and a massive dropoff in international tourism.

Kiffin is great gamble for LSU but still a gamble in terms of actually winning a championship before self destructing.

My first job was a busboy at a seafood restaurant in Destin.
All you can eat nights definitely sucked. Total mess and low tips.

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Any chance Houston could get a 2 seed in another region?

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If the real committee came to that same ranking of the teams, the bracket would be something like 1 Florida 2 UCONN in the South.

They also would likely change Alabama with another 3 seed so Bama wouldn't be in a bracket with 3 teams they've already played.

I think Lunardi is updating this so quickly every night that he's not tweaking the seeds like the real committee will eventually do.

Lurnardi just puts the teams in his bracket as he ranks them 1-64 since he's updating it constantly

NCAA committee usually tweaks the seeds a bit to avoid stuff like this.

The tiniest of drops in the bucket but with my small business, I recently had to cut one job and reduce some hours for the first time in the 16 years I've been open.

Main reason is the rising costs of merch and supplies and shipping issues after the tariff battles began coupled with a steep decline in international tourism from Europe/Japan/Canada.

Just one very small example but these recent policy decisions have had a more drastic effect on small businesses than any I've experienced and because it's small businesses it's often ignored.

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a road loss against them isnt that bad for the resume.

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Georgia loss wasn't bad at all but that extra Q1 win would have had us protecting a #3 seed instead of chasing one. Especially, since a weak spot of most teams we're competing against like Iowa St, Purdue, Kansas etc is their mediocre finish.

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no chance of passing iowa st. or probably gonzaga but the rest are indeed possible. yes we lost to purdue but we also beat illinois who beat purdue so that along with what happens to them the rest the way technically makes it a real possibility.

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Games to watch:

KANSAS Vs first good opponent in Big12 tourney. We already have a better resume than them head to head but they're named Kansas so they may need one more loss.

Iowa @ NEBRASKA

Wisconsin @ PURDUE

Ariz St @ IOWA ST (ISU has lost 3 of 4 and their resume is a lot closer to ours than you'd think)

TEXAS TECH @ BYU

Oregon St or San Fran Vs GONZAGA in WCC Tourney (long shot but Gonzaga dropping this game while others here or Bama beat 2 more tourney bound teams could drop them)


If three of those upsets were to happen Saturday, the road to a 3 seed opens a little by just getting to Sunday.

Agree, it's ultimately guesswork to know exactly what they'll do.

My concern with the Michigan example is simply that seeds below 4 are much easier to move around last second but it's certainly not out the realm that they would have a plan to switch us with a 3 seed if we won the SEC tourney.

At this point, we would need to pass three of these teams to get to the #3 seed line:

Kansas
Gonzaga
Texas Tech
Purdue
Nebraska
Iowa St

It's possible as none these have been on fire recently and we already have a better resume than Kansas though the H2H against Purdue and Gonzaga also complicates things.


Another positive note is that if we could beat Florida in the SEC tourney, I'd be a bit less concerned about avoiding teams with their size in Sweet 16.

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Never trust a dog killer

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yeah, especially a nutcase that actually bragged about shooting a puppy she was too incompetent to train.
You can't make weirdo freaks like this up.