Jerry Palm Bracketology

[cycart]

Hey guys, I know it's only December, but just saw Palm updated his bracket.

He has ISU as a 4 seed, which I think is fair and kind of surprising to see from Palm.

Here is the link (The bracket is linked in the page): Bracketology: Plenty of teams are still untested - CBSSports.com

 

[Cyclonepride]

May just be one of those guys who has to have a team prove it to him before he believes it. I'll take him as a recent convert to the Fred.

 

[A-town Cy]

Not surprising when Jerry loves the Big 10 and we are in first place in the Big 10 at 2-0

 

[Gunnerclone]

Palm's biggest thing is just playing real teams. We've done that this season and we've also beaten all of the "real" teams.

 

[CoKane]

Damn. I'd take a first round match up with Drexel, then either Louisville or Toledo for a trip to the Sweet 16. We could easily go to the Final 4 from there.

 

[Cyclonestate78]

Not surprising when Jerry loves the Big 10 and we are in first place in the Big 10 at 2-0

This. Jerry is a slave to the Big 10 and with 2 wins over "his" teams he finally thinks ISU deserves some credit.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Lot of season left between now and the dance...but it's nice to get a little love from someone who rarely gives us any.

 

[CoKane]

I'm shocked we aren't listed in the 16 seed play in game.

 

[Dingus]

Florida as a 3 seed in that bracket would get UL Lafeyette, Dayton, and Villanova (as a 2!?) to go to the Elite 8. Give me that position please. Just throw Wisc in at the #1 in that bracket and it'd be straight Final 4.

 

[drednot57]

ESPN BPI has ISU as a 3 seed. Both indices seem comparable.

 

[DSMCy]

I like this but I'm supposed to boycott Jerry Palm! I'm so confused!!

EDIT: In seriousness, the Palm Reader feature is actually really cool. Put in a team name and it will tell you what can happen today for that team's RPI to go up.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology/jerry-palm-reader

 

[HoopsTournament]

Jerry puts more emphasis on road and neutral wins than the commitee.

 

[cyclones500]

His 1-thru-4 seedlings make more sense overall right now than Lunardi's.

 

[JP4CY]

Louisville as a 5 is lower than I would have thought.

 

[Dryburn]

He must have been drinking heavily when he did this, based on his past comments and projections.

 

[clone96cr]

Looks like he has us as 3rd best team in Big12 behind OSU and Baylor.

 

[cyclones500]

Louisville as a 5 is lower than I would have thought.

It seems low until you compare resumes. Not much there for UL so far. Seeding could be a little better, but not too much. Lunardi has Louisville as a 1 seed, which is silly at this point.

 

[mj4cy]

To Palm's defense...if I was doing his job, I would probably have a big 12 homer slant to my bracket.

 

[awd4cy]

Figured we would be in his first 4 out.

 

[VeloClone]

Intriguing possible matchup in his bracket. Could Iowa State make 1 seed Syracuse pay for their zone? Outside shooting is generally the key against a zone, but Syracuse's matchup zone isn't your standard 2-3 or 1-3-1...