Yeah I’d rather play the other 5 seed options than playing Auburn, but they don’t scare me to the level that a team like Houston did 2 years ago. They are certainly good but we’re more than capable of beating them, and I could see them not even getting to round 2.
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When the committee released its top 4 seeds on February 17th, it looked like this:
1s: Purdue, UConn, Houston, Arizona 2s: North Carolina , Tennessee, Marquette, Kansas 3s: Alabama, Baylor, Iowa State, Duke 4s: Auburn, San Diego State, Illinois, Wisconsin
Since that time, Auburn has had: 2/17: Q1 home loss to Kentucky 2/24: Q2 road win at Georgia 2/28: Q1 road loss at Tennessee 3/2: Q2 home win vs Miss St 3/5: Q3 road win at Missouri 3/9: Q3 home win vs Georgia
Q1: 0-2 Q2: 2-0 Q3: 2-0
Does that profile hold serve for a 4 seed, or does it drop them to a 5?
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Illinois is the 2nd 4 seed in the latest Bracket Matrix, with UK opening up some distance between us and them as the best 4 seed.
1 5 seed playing today (BYU) and 1 3 seed playing for folks hoping for a pipe dream.