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    Jamie Pollard on KXNO today

    Only bracketing is done by computer once the 1-68 Seed List ranking is determined. And that Seed List ranking is compiled using data from multiple sources and each Committee member can utilize that data in a manner they see fit and their individual conclusions regarding Seed List rankings are...
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    Iowa Boys HS State Basketball

    How far away do their players come from to play BB at WC? I knew that some of their prior top female athletes came from SD but wasn’t sure about their recent and current top male BB players. Also wondering if they have a lot of legacies that feed their pipeline.
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    Bracketology 2024

    During the Sweet 16 Committee reveal a couple of weeks ago, the Committee chair specifically referenced BU's NonCon SOS (which was in the 70s at that time compared to ISU's being in the 320s). And BU was one spot ahead of ISU on that reveal Seed List. It will be used as a tiebreaker where...
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    Bracketology 2024

    ....and Knoxville to Indy is 359 miles. Memphis is 3rd closest venue. Only team that has a location choice is overall #1 seed and BYU with its THU-SAT restriction on venues. Otherwise, teams are assigned to closest venue within parameters of bracketing principles.
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    Bracketology 2024

    Compilation and scrubbing of the 1-68 Seed List is all done by a Committee voting process. Once that Seed List is completed, bracketing and location placement is all done automatically by computer software.
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    Iowa Boys HS State Basketball

    Raef LaFrentz's son, Cael, is on Decorah's team. He is a 6-10 soph and averages 16 ppg and 11 rpg. Raef is an assistant coach. I am not sure what his recruiting stock is at this point and if he is a high major prospect.
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    Bracketology 2024

    If KU is also at Omaha, ISU likely plays in the afternoon session due to KU’s pull for higher TV ratings in the evening session.
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    Houston just lost Tugler

    So what? UH was lucky to beat BU due to Missi's missed FT. And UT should have beat them as well in regulation if Hunter doesn't completely hose up a late fast break opportunity. And obviously there was the end of regulation of BU vs ISU to consider as well.
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    Houston just lost Tugler

    This isn't comparable to Watson, it would be like ISU losing Ward. UH's +/- was actually higher with Tugler than with Francis according to the Athletic. It's a big loss for them and as mentioned earlier, it certainly reduces their odds to sweep UCF and KU this week and the Committee could ding...
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    Houston just lost Tugler

    Agree, and given what happened at OU without him, they could lose both of their games this week (@UCF, home vs KU). ISU was good prep for UCF in advance playing UH on WED.
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    Bracketology 2024

    UNI definitely has a legit chance to win it this weekend. Also, if Mizzou St opens up after this weekend, JR Blount will likely be a candidate and given what I know about that job, he will probably accept if offered unlike Valpo last year. And if Drake opens up as well, same deal as Mizzou St.
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    Bracketology 2024

    Regarding the above from Lunardi, he does screw up with his region assignments. The sum of the seeds for each region cannot differ by more than 5. As listed above, the sum of the seeds for the West region is 38 and for the South, it is 31. Swap Creighton and San Diego St and you fix it...
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    Bracketology 2024

    He now has ISU ahead of KU. And why would he have a bias for Wisconsin when ESPN no longer carries B10 hoops?
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    Bracketology 2024

    So what would be an example of a clear recurring ESPN bias displayed by Lunardi? Regarding Palm, he likes to agitate a certain segment of fans on a weekly basis. He appears to be currently doing that to Big East fans with is his existing omission of Providence and Villanova while inexplicably...
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    Bracketology 2024

    2023 MBB NCAAs SEED LIST CORRELATION AT LARGE MISSES NET 0.937397412 6 KPI 0.933198458 4 SOR 0.968164294 2 BPI 0.947360385 7 SAG 0.950337825 6 POM 0.935297935 5
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    Bracketology 2024

    Need to keep Creighton and Marquette in mind as well. If Creighton is above both Marquette and ISU on the final Seed List, Creighton goes to Indy (with Purdue) since they can't go to Omaha. So if Marquette and KU are above ISU as well, then Marquette and KU are in Omaha ahead of ISU and ISU...
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    Bracketology 2024

    Seeding 1-68 is always done without regard to location. Once that 1-68 list is finalized, a computer program does the actual bracketing and location placement for the Committee. Any bracketologist that knows what they're doing will follow the same process and can replicate what the computer...
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    Dear Houston

    They won't.
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    Bracketology 2024

    Winning or sharing the B12 title trumps everything else, even if it somehow would cost ISU the first weekend at Omaha.
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    Bracketology 2024

    @brentblum @ChrisMWilliams This was discussed on Sunday's podcast. Here is how it lays out currently. Note the situation with Baylor as it relates to Memphis (closest) and Omaha (2nd): First weekend assignments based on the Saturday reveal would shake out as follows. If BU is above Bama, BU...