Oh I absolutely think Wisconsin is a paper tiger and vastly over rated. I just don't see Iowa putting back to back good performances together on the road.
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Oh I absolutely think Wisconsin is a paper tiger and vastly over rated. I just don't see Iowa putting back to back good performances together on the road.
Updated list with results of teams around us in the bracket matrix. Our current average seed is 6.51... it improves with every update.
5) Virginia: W vs Carolina
5) Notre Dame: W vs Boston College
5) Cincinnati: W vs Houston
5) Minnesota: W vs. Nebraska
6) SMU: W vs. Tulsa
6) Creighton: W vs. St John's
6) St Mary's: West Coast conference tourney
6) Wisconsin: L vs. Iowa
7) ISU: W vs. OK State
7) Maryland: W @ Rutgers
7) OK State: L @ ISU
7) Dayton: W vs. VCU
5) Virginia: W vs Carolina
5) Notre Dame: W vs Boston College
5) Cincinnati: W vs Houston
5) Minnesota: W vs. Nebraska
6) SMU: W vs. Tulsa
6) Creighton: W vs. St John's
6) St Mary's: West Coast conference tourney
6) Wisconsin: L vs. Iowa
7) ISU: W vs. OK State
7) Maryland: W @ Rutgers
7) OK State: L @ ISU
7) Dayton: W vs. VCU
Updated list with results of teams around us in the bracket matrix. Our current average seed is 6.51... it improves with every update.
5) Virginia: W vs Carolina
5) Notre Dame: W vs Boston College
5) Cincinnati: W vs Houston
5) Minnesota: W vs. Nebraska
6) SMU: W vs. Tulsa
6) Creighton: W vs. St John's
6) St Mary's: West Coast conference tourney
6) Wisconsin: L vs. Iowa
7) ISU: W vs. OK State
7) Maryland: W @ Rutgers
7) OK State: L @ ISU
7) Dayton: W vs. VCU
If we're hoping for a 6-seed, gotta win at least one more game between WV and B12 tourney. I love our chances as I think Creighton and Wisconsin will end up lower, and SMU is kind of hard to figure out. They only have 1 RPI Top-25 win, and it's at home against Cincinnati. I won't be shocked at all if they end up in the 7-8 seed range. We should easily beat out all the other 7 seeds you have listed there.
Lunardi's March 5 bracket
ISU at 6, look at that region, not only the first-weekend pairings, but the entire thing ... I'd take that in 2 microseconds if we aren't rising to a 5.
ISU at 6, look at that region, not only the first-weekend pairings, but the entire thing ... I'd take that in 2 microseconds if we aren't rising to a 5.
Cyclonepride
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I'd rather be a 6 if it meant playing in Milwaukee than a 5 and being shipped out to somewhere far.
Big East could get 7 teams into the tournament, and has a realistic shot of it: Outside of Xavier playing in 7/10 game, the 5-6-7 don't risk too much with another loss in the BE tourney. How many people thought, in preseason, that league would get 70% of its teams in?
Considering what I've watched lately, I'd understand the bigEast getting 7 teams in just as much as the big10. Obviously we don't know what will happen this coming week, but the highest seed for a big10 team as of now is a projected 5 (Purdue) , I think? That's almost unheard of.
So Lunardi has us possibly facing Vanderbilt. I thought first round rematches were avoided? I hate the thought that we could get Iowa if they make it. Not that I don't think we could beat Iowa, but if we lost we'd never hear the end of it from their fan base.
Cyclonepride
Thought Police
Most bracketologists totally ignore the match up rules. Probably because their more interested in guessing the seeding correctly.
Don't worry about the match ups shown in bracketology brackets.
It's rare for that conference. I think 2004 was the most-recent time Big Ten got nobody seeded 4 or higher (Illinois was a 5 that year, UW 6).
So which one of these networks are telling the closest to the truth? lol ESPN has Lunardi, of course, who they swear by. Pretty sure CBS just claimed Jerry Palm has a 98% success rate on predicting the field. Example only: Palm had Rhode Island, KState, & Cal as last four in, I believe, but Vandy and Syracuse as first four out. Iowa wasn't even mentioned on his list, not saying they can't play their way there, though. Whereas Lunardi has all three of those out on his list, but Vandy and Syracuse in. I usually don't pay much attention to bracketology, but just thought it was interesting how different their bubbles are (as of now). Pulling for KState to beat Baylor, maybe the big12 could get another team in...maybe. Lots of tense conference tournament games for some of these teams.
Side note: Thought sure both MVC teams would get in regardless, but now that Illinois St. is taking a beating, they might be out.
Side note: Thought sure both MVC teams would get in regardless, but now that Illinois St. is taking a beating, they might be out.
I just have this unfortunate feeling selection Sunday will be interfered with by Russia 
Cyclonepride
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I think K State gets in either way, but barely if they lose to Baylor. Good chance of being in the play-in game.
I just have this unfortunate feeling selection Sunday will be interfered with by Russia
Bid-stealer!
I noticed the differences in those last-in/first-out lists, too. Partly a reflection of how difficult the assessment is regarding those teams. Lunardi probably is closer to what'll happen; Syracuse and Vanderbilt have some ugliness on their resumes, and could buck history if they get in (SU because of bad RPI, Vandy because of having 14-plus losses). Palm's in/out seems to lag slightly, Cal and URI aren't as safe as they were a couple weeks ago, Iowa has nibbled its way upward.
Better be sure if Georgia gets in, they're talking about the US University and not the East bloc Country.I just have this unfortunate feeling selection Sunday will be interfered with by Russia
