2008 Woodie Awards
UConn’s destination for the NCAA Tournament will be announced today.
The official tournament selection show will begin a 6 p.m., and the Huskies’ seed and opponent will be announced soon thereafter.
In Joe Lunardi’s latest version of Bracketology, UConn is receiving a No. 5 seed and scheduled for a date with No. 12 seed Oregon in Denver as part of the East Regional (Charlotte).
The seed is a bit lower than where Lunardi and other analysts have been placing the Huskies, as they’ve been a No. 4 or No. 3 seed throughout most of the projection process.
However, after getting bumped from the Big East tournament by West Virginia in the second round and after No. 7 seed Pittsburgh (now a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament) taking down Georgetown in the finals, the Huskies have slid to the top No. 5 seed.
Although the sites of the first two rounds and regional don’t change from Lunardi’s projection yesterday of a No. 4 seed, it does put UConn in the dreaded 5-12 match-up. If you’re not aware, almost every year a five is downed by a 12. With UConn losing two of their last three, they seem to fit the M.O. of an upset-bound fifth-seed.
I’ll be back later tonight with the official announcement.
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