Bracketology 2024

[CyPunch]

I don't think he said that. He just said teams seeded 1-7 are locks and can't fall out of the tourney. I don't think he meant the top overall 7 seeds were locks not to drop.

You're right. I misread that.

 

[danwbarrett]

All session tickets should be a total of 6 games. The 2 morning/afternoon games, the 2 evening games, and the 2 games for Saturday.

You are correct; I incorrectly wrote that.

 

[Cyclonepride]

LMAO Palm still has Baylor as a 2 seed over us and he doesn't even have Iowa State as the Midwest 3. What else do we have to do?

Join the Big Ten so he can overvalue us

 

[HackTheGibson]

I bit the bullet and this morning bought an all-session ticket in Omaha. That ticket for 3 games cost just a little more than my Big12 Tournament ticket for 11 games.

Six games, not three (three sessions, two games per session). I also got the all session tickets. I purchased them between the WV and OU games at the end of February. Should be fun!

 

[FerShizzle]

I don't think he said that. He just said teams seeded 1-7 are locks and can't fall out of the tourney. I don't think he meant the top overall 7 seeds were locks not to drop.

No. I think he means locked into the top 7. The top 30 are locks to make the tournament at this point.

Also. It’s just some dudes opinion so it doesn’t really matter.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

You literally said the committee weighs the non-con above the full body of work. There is simply zero evidence that they have ever done that.

No, the non con essentially gets counted twice and yes this absolutely happens.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Ignore Palm, maybe?

Oh I know I just find it comical.

 

[cycloneworld]

 

[Daserop]

Most overrated conference is Big East.

Creighton & Marquette have a lot of Quad 1 wins, but most of those teams are barely Quad 1 quality.

 

[1TwistedCyclone]

Always applicable: "Just win baby!"

 

[clone52]

No. I think he means locked into the top 7. The top 30 are locks to make the tournament at this point.

Also. It’s just some dudes opinion so it doesn’t really matter.

Context clues. Why would he talk about teams 1-7 (7 teams) being safe, teams 8, 9 and 10 (3 teams) needing one more win to feel safe and then every other comment is about a team trying to just get in.

He was saying all 1-7 seeds (28 teams) are safe and that all 8-10 seeds (12 teams) need one more win.

your right about one man's opinion.

 

[clone52]

No, the non con essentially gets counted twice and yes this absolutely happens.

Find me 1 example where a team with a clearly better overall resume got seeded lower because of a bad non-con SOS. Not a case where 2 equal teams got seeded based on non-con SOS, but a case where non-con SOS was valued more than overall resume.

If its so common, it shouldn't be hard for you to find an example.

 

[MushroomPinball]

Purdue at the top, some things never change lol

 

[Cyclonepride]

I'm just out here jonesing for Selection Sunday. Third favorite day of the year behind the first round game days. Just seeing ISU pop up sets off several days of analysis, anticipation and dreams of how it might all unfold. Cannot wait

 

[Cyforce]

Literally nobody is claiming that.

Take the first word out of that sentence and tell me how the meaning changed.

 

[groomsie]

Purdue at the top, some things never change lol

I'm actually interpreting this that Purdue is likely overseeded and more ripe for an "upset", than say Houston, UConn, and that teams like Arizona or Iowa State are more likely to "exceed their seed" and you'd rather not face them.

I interpreted this to mean they rate Houston as correctly seeded and most likely to back it up.

 

[rosshm16]

SOS is stupid, we might as well go back to RPI if that is a relevant statistic.

SOR and WAB are what actually matters. Winning games > Losing games

Exactly; who cares if you played a hard a schedule if (hypothetically) you lost to all those good teams? Other metrics already reward you for losing to a good team by less than the metrics expected.

SOR >>> SOS

We're currently #5 in SOR vs. Marquette's #9.

 

[Cyowa 14]

CBS still has us as a #3, matching up with Clemson in 2nd game.

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Teams like BYU are our kryptonite and their is 1 team that I want to avoid at all cost that could be on the 6/7 line for the 2nd round....St. Mary's.

 

[ClubCy]

I'm actually interpreting this that Purdue is likely overseeded and more ripe for an "upset", than say Houston, UConn, and that teams like Arizona or Iowa State are more likely to "exceed their seed" and you'd rather not face them.

I interpreted this to mean they rate Houston as correctly seeded and most likely to back it up.

I think that’s what he meant by things never change.

I will go on record without seeing a bracket that Purdue will make the Final Four this year. I said it yesterday, I think people are underestimating them.

 

[8bitnes]

lets re-word it

the committee will look at KU beating UCONN and Tennessee as better than Iowa State beating Green Bay and Lindenwood.

And we beat Kansas and Houston and were a half second away from getting Baylor on the road. That's pretty parallel to Kansas and they did that in November, what have they done lately?