NCAA March Madness Men's Bracket Preview
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Purdue loves to shoot the 3 ball so I actually would really like to play them in Lucas Oil. Traditionally 3 point shooting teams struggle in those venues.
Unfortunately it's at the pacers arena in the S16
If it's yesterday's versions of Purdue or Wisky give me Purdue anywhere over WI.
When WI is guarding they'd be a real problem for ISU.
Ive seen quite a bit of Purdue. Extremely overrated IMO. Braden Smith is by far their best player. Give me a team that relies heavily on their PG to score. Ill take my odds with Tamin Lipsey limiting that.
Agree with you regarding the matchup with Purdue - I'd also like ISU's odds if that happens. However, the other poster is right that if Purdue gets to play in Indianapolis, and say they have a days or hours head start in buying tickets if they play their Round of 32 game before us, then Purdue's chances increase a bit as that plays will be flooded with "PU" fans. They have a great following. Don't like that if that were to happen.
Fun to hypothesize with all these possibilities. It's fun to be very relevant in February and March!
I kinda like ISU in that scenario. A backs against the wall deal may be perfect for them.
Different teams with different players but the 2nd round game in Milwaukee three years ago was a home game for WI.
Wisconsin has a pretty easy remaining schedule. Only real tough game left is MSU on the road. When it's all said and done I could see them a 2 seed.
I don't care if we played them in Mackey, Purdue would be my ideal 2/3 matchup.
Hey, you got 15 of the 16 teams. That has to count for somethin'!
Our Clones sneaking up and recapturing that final #1 seed (4th overall) is not as ridiculous as I'm seeing and hearing right now.
Obviously yes, a lot of ball left to play, and we'd need to win out (including @Houston to jump them). But I'd wager the only locks for 1 seeds right now look to be Duke and Auburn. Bama looks like the most vulnerable of the Top 4 to fall.
Other Top 8 Head to Heads remaining:
Bama @ Tennessee
Bama @ Auburn
Auburn @ A&M
Florida @ Bama
A&M @ Florida
Tennessee @ A&M
Obviously yes, a lot of ball left to play, and we'd need to win out (including @Houston to jump them). But I'd wager the only locks for 1 seeds right now look to be Duke and Auburn. Bama looks like the most vulnerable of the Top 4 to fall.
Other Top 8 Head to Heads remaining:
Bama @ Tennessee
Bama @ Auburn
Auburn @ A&M
Florida @ Bama
A&M @ Florida
Tennessee @ A&M
Here is what the committee's top 10 would look like if you accounted for this weekends game results. (There's a couple places you could switch two teams, but not much more than that). After that it gets a little harder to put them in order, but the next three would likely be Purdue, Michigan, and St. John's.
On the right is TeamRankings' projected finish to the regular season for each team, which mainly tells you how hard their remaining schedule is. Auburn and Duke likely have 1 seeds about locked up unless they trip up. Alabama and aTm both have difficult remaining schedule so they have the most opportunity to rise or fall. For the other 6 teams, odds are high they will be a 1 seed if they win out, most will either have 1 or 2 more losses and will shift based on if its 1 or 2, and fall out of the top 10 with 3+ losses.
On the right is TeamRankings' projected finish to the regular season for each team, which mainly tells you how hard their remaining schedule is. Auburn and Duke likely have 1 seeds about locked up unless they trip up. Alabama and aTm both have difficult remaining schedule so they have the most opportunity to rise or fall. For the other 6 teams, odds are high they will be a 1 seed if they win out, most will either have 1 or 2 more losses and will shift based on if its 1 or 2, and fall out of the top 10 with 3+ losses.
1 | Auburn | 4.9-1.1 |
2 | Duke | 5.4-0.6 |
3 | Florida | 4.4-1.6 |
4 | Alabama | 3.4-2.6 |
5 | Tennessee | 3.4-1.6 |
6 | Houston | 4.5-1.5 |
7 | Texas A&M | 3.0-3.0 |
8 | Iowa State | 4.3-1.7 |
9 | Wisconsin | 4.3-1.7 |
10 | Texas Tech | 4.2-1.8 |
All depends on if we climb up the 2 seed line.
1 gets 8
2 gets 7
3 gets 6
4 gets 5
So yes, as it stands if we are 7/8 the. We will be in the same region as Auburn or Duke. I could be wrong and welcome the correction if this isn’t how they do it.
