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Old Mon Mar 14, 2011, 10:47am
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Maybe a certain "bird" will come along and let us know who is running the clocks and keeping the books at every venue! Now THAT would be seeing it all!
Yup, that would be the next step. Track the scorers and timers at each game. Maybe have a Most Valuable Shot Clock Operator award for every round.

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Old Mon Mar 14, 2011, 10:55am
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How about a sticky?
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How about a sticky?
How about the chat room?
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Old Mon Mar 14, 2011, 11:21am
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How about the chat room?
Or a sticky chat room?
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Old Mon Mar 14, 2011, 11:23am
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Or a sticky chat room?
Hey, this is a family friendly forum.
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Old Mon Mar 14, 2011, 11:26am
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Or a sticky chat room?
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Old Mon Mar 14, 2011, 11:28am
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So what is up with a couple of those play-in teams coming in at a #11 and a #12 seed? Anyone hear the explanation behind that?
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Old Mon Mar 14, 2011, 11:33am
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So what is up with a couple of those play-in teams coming in at a #11 and a #12 seed? Anyone hear the explanation behind that?
Yes, it's to make sure that Duke gets Hampton in the "second" (which is to say, first) round, and keep Georgetown guessing.
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Old Mon Mar 14, 2011, 11:34am
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So what is up with a couple of those play-in teams coming in at a #11 and a #12 seed? Anyone hear the explanation behind that?
Ask the Committee, they can rationalize it ALL!
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Old Mon Mar 14, 2011, 11:42am
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So what is up with a couple of those play-in teams coming in at a #11 and a #12 seed? Anyone hear the explanation behind that?
Those are the at-large "last 4 in". So they're from the major or mid-major conferences, and last year they would've been the last 4 left out. So, in effect, they're still considered "better" than some of the automatic qualifiers that are considered #16 seeds, that's why they still get a #11 or #12.

So, we won't get the automatic #1 vs. #16 anymore, until #16 wins one of these first round games.
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Old Mon Mar 14, 2011, 11:45am
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So what is up with a couple of those play-in teams coming in at a #11 and a #12 seed? Anyone hear the explanation behind that?
The explanation I heard is that they did not want to put 8 of the lowest conference champions in those play-in games. So they put the 4 lowest conference champions against the "last 4" at-large teams to make it in the tournament.

Why the winner ends up as an 11 or 12 seed, I do not know.
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