Adam Small

This was a great time. We went all the way back to the early 2000s, playing trivia at the flying saucer in Nashville!

@AuricGoldfnger @VandyMBB Seems like a pretty good matchup for us, all considered.

POLL for my Vandy fan brethren...how are you feeling about @VandyMBB's chances in their Round of 32 game against Nebraska?

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Last thought on Vanderbilt: Committee likely voted on the 4/5 seed lines sometime Thursday/ Friday before Vanderbilt played Tennessee. Fine, I get it. They have to start and get teams in some order, before they can adjust as necessary to games played over the weekend. Friday morning metrics for Vandy: 15 NET, 16 WAB, 15 SOR, 13 KenPom... 3-3 vs Q1A and 8-6 vs Q1... Only 1 win vs Top 4 seed lines (home vs Alabama) and only one road win vs single digit seed (@ Tennessee)... So, based on those data points a low end 4, maybe high end 5 seed if you want to ding them for lack of elite wins. Now lets add in the two neutral Q1A wins over Tennessee and Florida. Sunday morning metrics for Vandy: 13 NET, 9 WAB, 7 SOR, 11 KenPom... 5-3 vs Q1A and 10-6 vs Q1 + now a neutral court blowout win over a 1 seed... The new profile points to a solid 3 seed, at worst a high end 4 seed. The four metrics posted above moved up by an average of 4.75 spots, which *should* equate to a full seed line jump (4 spots = 1 full seed line). By seeding Vanderbilt a 5 seed in the final bracket, you are essentially saying you moved Vanderbilt up 0 or 1 spots (mayyyybe 2 spots if they really didnt like the Vandy profile as of Friday?) for adding two Q1A neutral court wins over Tennessee and Florida... That doesn't make any sense. Last point: Vanderbilt finished with an incredibly impressive 11 wins vs the at-large field - and 11-7 overall vs Field. By comparison: 2 seed Iowa State 7 (wins vs at-large field) 3 seed UVA 9 3 seed Michigan State 8 3 seed Illinois 7 3 seed Gonzaga 7 4 seed Kansas 10 4 seed Arkansas 9 4 seed Alabama 8 4 seed Nebraska 5

Vanderbilt vs. the actual 4 seeds—hard to figure

Guys we ALL know Vandy should not be a 5. Great 1st 2 round matchups though. What a season for Mark Byington @VU_CoachB and @VandyMBB From 9 wins 2 years ago to top 5 seed in tourney just 2 seasons later and spot in SEC Title game today. Cannot wait for Thursday! ⚓️🏀

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I agree. I went with @CalSpears and @cypradn to the Sweet 16 in 2007. One of the most fun times ever, also heartbreaking to lose on a buzzer beater when #JeffGreenTraveled. Ever since then, we’ve been extremely crappy in the Dance, losing first round games again and again, including to double digit seeds. But I believe in these guys. I think a sweet 16 run is in them, and maybe more.

@AdamLoebSmall Yeah- that’s a good point. Should be a fun run for the Nashville base commodores if they can go through first weekend!

For me: 1's: Duke, Arizona, Michigan, Florida 2's: UConn, Houston, Iowa State, St. John's 3's: Michigan State, Virginia, Illinois, Gonzaga 4's: Nebraska, Arkansas, Purdue, Texas Tech 5's: Vanderbilt, Kansas, Alabama, Wisconsin #NCAATournament

@KnuppelRodney That’s the thing about the Internet, you’re only allowed to do that to people you’ve never met in person 🙃

@AdamLoebSmall You’re probably right . Not defensive sounding to me. You didn’t call me a moron or idiot or anything like that, so I consider a win.

@KnuppelRodney I probably sound defensive, but I was actually kind of surprised when I dug into it today. 11 in KenPom. 14 in NET prior to FL win. My guess is 3 if we win tomorrow, 4 if we lose. But possibly 3 even if we lose.

@KnuppelRodney Yeah, lunardi had us at 4 even before the game today. I think a good chance if we take down Arkansas tomorrow, we get 3. But I’d be shocked if we’re lower than 4.

@NoisyHuevos Boom!

@AdamLoebSmall All updated here, amigo. thegamingjuice.com/list/big-board

I don't think the Committee is going to devalue Florida's SEC outright regular season title. Boils down to SEC > Big East Confident Houston is a No. 2.

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@davehill77 @jeffedelstein I’m in favor of sending Jeff to do basically anything, so yes

@AdamLoebSmall @jeffedelstein What if they had sent Jeff instead?

Take: sending a journalist from a gambling-opposed religious background, who has also never gambled, into a gonzo gig where he’s gambling all the time will never end well or help anyone learn about anything 🤷‍♂️

@JJJ89 @andrewssports I dunno man

@AdamLoebSmall @andrewssports That's essentially what a lot of people are doing though.

@jeffedelstein Honestly, the more I think about this, the more ways I can think of that it was just incredibly reckless to send this guy out on this assignment with $10k of someone else’s money to fuck around with

@jeffedelstein seems to agree.. ingame.com/drinker-degene…