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Lunardi didn't drop us at all following our beat down at WVU. Still a 9 seed in his eyes...

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Bracketology: The Big 12 is actually the Big 14, and it's a perplexing puzzle

The Big 12 has a bloated 14 schools for 2023-24 and is about to learn that
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Palm dropped us to a 7 which isn't shocking. Still has Iowa as an 11 seed as well.

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Bracketology 2026 - NCAA Tournament Predictions

CBS Sports is helping you get ready for March Madness with the latest news, picks, and predictions for the 2026 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket.
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Bracketologists have to base their projections as of today. Cyclones are a 6 or 9 or whatever as of today. Win games, they rise or, at the very least, maintain. Lose, they fall. Seems pretty simple.
Tomorrow is the first must-win game of the season. The tournament start with KSU.
 
Bracket matrix dropped us to the 3rd 7 seed after the West Virginia loss. If you went by that, it would have us against Wake Forest in the first round.
 
NET rankings as of today...

Make this make sense:

Team A:
  • 0-5 Q1 record
  • 16-7 overall record
  • NET seed: 5
Team B:
  • 5-1 Q1 record
  • 5-1 Q2 record
  • 21-2 overall record
  • NET seed: 7
Team C:
  • 7-7 Q1 record
  • 16-9 overall record
  • NET seed: 11
 
dahliaclone said:
NET rankings as of today...

Make this make sense:

Team A:
  • 0-5 Q1 record
  • 16-7 overall record
  • NET seed: 5
Team B:
  • 5-1 Q1 record
  • 5-1 Q2 record
  • 21-2 overall record
  • NET seed: 7
Team C:
  • 7-7 Q1 record
  • 16-9 overall record
  • NET seed: 11
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I understand where you're going with the quads, but the seeds you're using are strictly Net rank.

Team B is Providence. A competent bracketologist would have PU slotted no lower than 4.

Iowa and Iowa State are drawing closer together, but ISU maybe still a seed line higher (could debate if it's 7/8 - 8/9 - 9/10)
 
This is an interesting site. These are the bubble teams we need to lose as much as possible. Yes, we have a sliver of a chance of making the NCAAs still...but I think we need 19 wins total. Can we get there? Not sure.

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BUBBLE MATRIX

One-stop-shop for NCAA Tournament selection analytics and criteria, with each category weighed based on recent selection committee trends. The Bubble Matrix has been a proven source for predi…
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I find Bart Torvik's "similar profile" teams to be interesting, providing the result of their season on the right.

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This will work itself out over the next few weeks. Thus, these projections for the bottom seeds are little more than clickbait presently.

My sense is that the B12 is again overrated, regardless of who makes the field. Only Baylor and Ku have a Final 4 shot. But the beakers are not good defensively and that will hurt their chances. TxT could be E8 because they defend so well.
 
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dahliaclone said:
This is an interesting site. These are the bubble teams we need to lose as much as possible. Yes, we have a sliver of a chance of making the NCAAs still...but I think we need 19 wins total. Can we get there? Not sure.

big-underdog.com

BUBBLE MATRIX

One-stop-shop for NCAA Tournament selection analytics and criteria, with each category weighed based on recent selection committee trends. The Bubble Matrix has been a proven source for predi…
big-underdog.com big-underdog.com
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This just shows how weak the bubble is this year. The fact this team still has an opportunity is bonkers.
 
Any 'expert' that has their next bracket and includes UNC is ****. They have 0 Q1 wins and now just lost at home to Pitt...which is a Q4 loss. They don't deserve to be mentioned anywhere near the tourney in any capacity at this point. The only reason they are is because of their name.
 
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Bubble team results tonight:

UNC loses at home to Pitt (that's a Q4 loss)
SMU lost at Temple (Lunardi had them as an 11 seed)
Boise State up 14 at Air Force
Rutgers beat #11 Illinois
Seton Hall lost at UCONN
Miami won at Louisille
Notre Dame beat Boston College
Loyola Chicago beat Valpo
 
Lunardi has ISU in the play-in game and UNC in as the last four bye...woof.


Palm at least has ISU at the #9 seed and UNC just on the bubble.


I bring up UNC because if their resume was applied to any other team but a blueblood they are a joke of a resume this year.
 
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B1G fans will be crowing about teams with winning conference records being left out even though that's never meant an auto bid, only helped if the schedule was tricky.
 
mj4cy said:
Lunardi has ISU in the play-in game and UNC in as the last four bye...woof.


Palm at least has ISU at the #9 seed and UNC just on the bubble.


I bring up UNC because if their resume was applied to any other team but a blueblood they are a joke of a resume this year.
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It seems like Lunardi has the worst projection for us. The others I’m seeing have us in the 9 seed range.
 
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