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My S-curve thru Feb. 6. Imperfections in a few places, but I'm still just doing this on an unpaid basis. :)
I have a logjam lag near the bubble range.

1
Villanova (Big East)
Gonzaga (West Coast)
Kansas (Big 12)
North Carolina (ACC)
2
Oregon (Pac-12)
Baylor
Wisconsin (Big Ten)
Louisville
3
Arizona
Florida State
Kentucky
Virginia
4
Florida
UCLA
Cincinnati (American)
South Carolina (SEC)
5
West Virginia
Butler
Duke
Purdue
6
Maryland
Saint Mary’s
Creighton
Notre Dame
7
Xavier
USC
SMU
Iowa State
8
Michigan State
VCU (Atlantic 10)
Northwestern
Dayton
9
Arkansas
Virginia Tech
Indiana
TCU
10
Minnesota
Tennessee
Oklahoma State
Seton Hall
11
UNC-Wilmington (Colonial)
Middle Tennessee (C-USA)
Kansas State
Michigan/California
12
Miami/Rhode Island
Wichita State (Missouri Valley)
Boise State (Mountain West)
Akron (MAC)
13
Monmouth (MAAC)
New Mexico State (WAC)
Valparaiso (Horizon)
Belmont (Ohio Valley)
14
Vermont (America East)
Princeton (Ivy)
Arkansas State (Sun Belt)
Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun)
15
Bucknell (Patriot)
North Dakota State (Summit)
Winthrop (Big South)
Furman (Southern)
16
Sam Houston (Southland)
Texas Southern (SWAC)
Weber State (Big Sky)/N.C. Central (MEAC)
UC Davis (Big West)/Mount St. Mary’s (Northeast)

Last four byes
Tennessee
Oklahoma State
Seton Hall
Kansas State

Last four in
Michigan
California
Miami
Rhode Island

First four out
Wake Forest
Marquette
Illinois State
Clemson

Next four out
Texas Tech
Syracuse
Georgia Tech
Nevada
 
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ISU can reasonably play its way up to a 6 and that would be huge I think. Not only are the 3s softer than the 2s, but at least one 14 has beaten a 3 each of the last four years. Playing an 11 and a 14 to get to the Sweet 16 would be pretty nice.
 
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cyclones500 said:
My S-curve thru Feb. 6. Imperfections in a few places, but I'm still just doing this on an unpaid basis. :)
I have a logjam lag near the bubble range.

1
Villanova (Big East)
Gonzaga (West Coast)
Kansas (Big 12)
North Carolina (ACC)
2
Oregon (Pac-12)
Baylor
Wisconsin (Big Ten)
Louisville
3
Arizona
Florida State
Kentucky
Virginia
4
Florida
UCLA
Cincinnati (American)
South Carolina (SEC)
5
West Virginia
Butler
Duke
Purdue
6
Maryland
Saint Mary’s
Creighton
Notre Dame
7
Xavier
USC
SMU
Iowa State
8
Michigan State
VCU (Atlantic 10)
Northwestern
Dayton
9
Arkansas
Virginia Tech
Indiana
TCU
10
Minnesota
Tennessee
Oklahoma State
Seton Hall
11
UNC-Wilmington (Colonial)
Middle Tennessee (C-USA)
Kansas State
Michigan/California
12
Miami/Rhode Island
Wichita State (Missouri Valley)
Boise State (Mountain West)
Akron (MAC)
13
Monmouth (MAAC)
New Mexico State (WAC)
Valparaiso (Horizon)
Belmont (Ohio Valley)
14
Vermont (America East)
Princeton (Ivy)
Arkansas State (Sun Belt)
Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun)
15
Bucknell (Patriot)
North Dakota State (Summit)
Winthrop (Big South)
Furman (Southern)
16
Sam Houston (Southland)
Texas Southern (SWAC)
Weber State (Big Sky)/N.C. Central (MEAC)
UC Davis (Big West)/Mount St. Mary’s (Northeast)

Last four byes
Tennessee
Oklahoma State
Seton Hall
Kansas State

Last four in
Michigan
California
Miami
Rhode Island

First four out
Wake Forest
Marquette
Illinois State
Clemson

Next four out
Texas Tech
Syracuse
Georgia Tech
Nevada
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I like it except for your bubble teams. I would put Cal, Syracuse and even Texas Tech over Seton Hall and Tennessee. Clemson already has 7 conference losses, I wouldnt put them anywhere near the bubble.

Also, I like where you have West Virginia. Alot of brackets have them as a 3 seed but I just dont see it. They have some head scratching losses.
 
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Cydkar said:
Their next 2 games will be big in that department. I will root against them, with vigor, regardless of how it affects our quality of loss. It was a bad loss no matter how it's defined.
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I'd never root for them, but at least now there's some value in them winning. **** it, let's just win out and then Iowa can go back to being completely irrelevant.
 
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New bracketologies are out today. ESPN, CBS, USA TODAY, all the usual suspects.

7 seed in the ESPN
10 seed in NBC? I believe

Somewhere in between everywhere else.
 
Gunnerclone said:
New bracketologies are out today. ESPN, CBS, USA TODAY, all the usual suspects.

7 seed in the ESPN
10 seed in NBC? I believe

Somewhere in between everywhere else.
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This is a year (like most should be perspective-wise) where getting in is what's important. Let things roll from there and hope for the best.
 
W. Virginia over Wisconsin is interesting. Could mean that the Big 12 will get a boost like last year in seeding.
 
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CBS has us back outside the top 50. Good news is that Miami is ranked 50th now, moving our top 50 win total up to 4 for now.
 
As long as we at least get to 9-9 I dont see how we wont finish at least tied for 4th. A team like K-state or TCU is going to have to get hot and pull off some big wins in order to finish ahead of us. Oklahoma State has a chance but dug themselves a deep hole early.

Thats taking into account we win the remaining games we are suppose to win.
 
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Cydkar said:
Their next 2 games will be big in that department. I will root against them, with vigor, regardless of how it affects our quality of loss. It was a bad loss no matter how it's defined.
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Those 2 games told us what I hoped they would. I didn't see them but they competed against Minny. Minny isn't great but in the barn they are a tough out. If ISU went in there and won I'd be impressed so I have to be fair and say that Iowa almost impressed me. :)
 
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