NCAA Tournament East Region

[RedOctober3829]

Brooklyn—Fri/Sun
1 UConn
16 Stetson

8 FAU
9 Northwestern

Spokane—Fri/Sun
5 SDSU
12 UAB

4 Auburn
13 Yale

Omaha—Thurs/Sat
6 BYU
11 Duquense

3 Illinois
14 Morehead St

Omaha—Thurs/Sat
7 Wash St
10 Drake

2 Iowa State
15 So Dakota St

 

[Ale Xander]

Uconn FAU winner goes to FF

TD Garden is basically sold out, so probably smart move to bring the draws here (Kentucky/Duke/UNC)

 

[Philip Jeff Frye]

So Yale UConn in the Sweet 16?

 

[Dan Murfman]

So Yale UConn in the Sweet 16?

I’ll signup for that right now

 

[JOBU]

Not a fan of this draw for UConn. All 3 FF teams from last year are in the bracket. ISU as the 2? Illinois, Auburn. Feels like they placed the top 2-4 seed lines in with UConn. Alot of conference tourney champs in there. Got to beat good teams at some point though, right?

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

What a brutal bracket. The East is always rough.

 

[Ale Xander]

Would you Huskies fans prefer UNC/Zona at the 2, Kentucky at the 3?

 

[BaseballJones]

UConn will win the region beating Stetson, FAU, SDSU, and Illinois. None of the games will be particularly close.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Would you Huskies fans prefer UNC/Zona at the 2, Kentucky at the 3?

I don’t care who’s in the bracket tbh. It’s all going to be hard. Uconn will have a home game like atmosphere every game they play. Play to the standard and the opponent really isn’t an issue.

 

[JOBU]

ISU as the 8th overall seed? The committee can’t be serious with that shit.

 

[tims4wins]

ISU as the 8th overall seed? The committee can’t be serious with that shit.

That’s not how it works any more.

 

[JOBU]

All three cbs “analyst” picked UConn to repeat. #fucked

 

[Ale Xander]

All three cbs “analyst” picked UConn to repeat. #fucked

Seth wore white sneakers with a blue suit, so you can’t count him.

 

[BaseballJones]

That’s not how it works any more.

Why did CBS have the numbers on the right side of the teams as they were at the end of the show picking their winners? They had ISU as 8, UConn as 1.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Why did CBS have the numbers on the right side of the teams as they were at the end of the show picking their winners? They had ISU as 8, UConn as 1.

Yeah those were the overall seeds. Apparently they dinged ISU for their terrible non conference schedule.

 

[jmanny24]

Yeah those were the overall seeds. Apparently they dinged ISU for their terrible non conference schedule.

They definitely did it was ranked in the 320s. Most of the Big 12 played cupcake non-con knowing the league would boost their numbers

 

[JOBU]

The number 1 (UConn), 4 (Iowa State), 7 (Auburn), and 10th (Illinois) ranked teams are the 1-4 seeds in the East. Strap up boys.

 

[Ale Xander]

The number 1 (UConn), 4 (Iowa State), 7 (Auburn), and 10th (Illinois) ranked teams are the 1-4 seeds in the East. Strap up boys.

2 of the other 3 are football schools so no worries there.

 

[Bleedred]

NU is going to beat FAU. They will then get clobbered by UConn.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Not a fan of this draw for UConn. All 3 FF teams from last year are in the bracket. ISU as the 2? Illinois, Auburn. Feels like they placed the top 2-4 seed lines in with UConn. Alot of conference tourney champs in there. Got to beat good teams at some point though, right?

As someone else mentioned, the Sweet 16/Elite 8 will be in Boston for UCONN (after being in Brooklyn for the first round), so UCONN is certainly getting an advantage in the East.

I can't wait, I'll be there on Thursday/Saturday in Boston, and I'll be rooting for UCONN assuming they're still live.