2.15 Bracketology

[Jerry1714]

9 seed v. Michigan with Nova as the 1 seed

Temple 11 seed
Cincy 11 seed
Tulsa Next Four Out

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

 

[mcs333]

He has us as a nine seed playing Mich. which is the eight seed. Our BPI is 22, Mich. 48, our Rpi is 4 better than Mich. and we beat them head to head but he seeded them higher than us. Makes no sense. I know it doesn't mean much but they are getting paid to put this together and some of his seedlings are just stupid!

 

[BFieldHusky]

9 seed v. Michigan with Nova as the 1 seed

Temple 11 seed
Cincy 11 seed
Tulsa Next Four Out

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

Would be interesting to see him release his current S-Curve.

 

[methodology]

Are you really calling the team seeding of an 8/9 game absurd because Michigan an 8 seed and UConn a 9 seed?

All 8/9 games the seeding is interchangeable. They are basically the same teams

 

[BoatShow]

Wow a bunch of teams I'd love to throat punch in that region.

 

[Jerry1714]

Brad Evans has been one of the more accurate "bracketologists" in recent years.

http://sports.yahoo.com/featured/ncaab/bigboard/

Also, has us a 9 seed.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Brad Evans has been one of the more accurate "bracketologists" in recent years.

http://sports.yahoo.com/featured/ncaab/bigboard/

Also, has us a 9 seed.

He has 10 at large teams behind us.

 

[Alum86]

Nice to beat Nova in 2nd rd again

 

[Jerry1714]

Might as well throw in the NCAA mock bracket, done after Temple loss, but before Tulsa win.

8 seed v. Oregon State with Nova again as the 1

http://nypost.com/2016/02/12/mock-ncaa-bracket-takeaways-seton-hall-on-edge-big-12-power/

 

[August_West]

He has us as a nine seed playing Mich. which is the eight seed. Our BPI is 22, Mich. 48, our Rpi is 4 better than Mich. and we beat them head to head but he seeded them higher than us. Makes no sense. I know it doesn't mean much but they are getting paid to put this together and some of his seedlings are just stupid!

He is doing exactly what he knows the committee would do,

He's recognizing that UConn is a member of the AAC.

I don't know why people don't get that at this point. Grasping that will save you a lot of incredulity on selection Sunday where we are either seeded 2 lines too low, or left out entirely with better metrics than all of the last 4 in. ( God forbid we are a bubble team that day) .

Precedent has been set. We've seen it every year on selection Sunday with the AAC and every week with the polls.

 

[Jerry1714]

Are you really calling the team seeding of an 8/9 game absurd because Michigan an 8 seed and UConn a 9 seed?

All 8/9 games the seeding is interchangeable. They are basically the same teams

I think the Lavert injury will factor a lot into Michigan's seeding if they perform very well down the stretch. His first game back they went out and beat Purdue.

 

[Matt1010]

I think the Lavert injury will factor a lot into Michigan's seeding if they perform very well down the stretch. His first game back they went out and beat Purdue.

Although I agree that the Lavert injury will be factored in, he was a complete non factor in that Purdue game.

 

[J187Money]

Maybe we can win the conference or the conference tournament for the conference we are too good to be in. Then we won't have to worry about it.

 

[upstater]

I think the Lavert injury will factor a lot into Michigan's seeding if they perform very well down the stretch. His first game back they went out and beat Purdue.

I know you're talking about the other games they played without Levert, but of course he did play against UConn, right?

 

[champs99and04]

I know you're talking about the other games they played without Levert, but of course he did play against UConn, right?

Yes. Don't think they had Duncan Robinson for that game, though.

 

[huskiesnyc]

Yes. Don't think they had Duncan Robinson for that game, though.

Robinson played 26 minutes against UConn. In fact he's played in all 26 games they've played this season.

 

[champs99and04]

Robinson played 26 minutes against UConn. In fact he's played in all 26 games they've played this season.

My bad. Not sure why I thought that.

 

[Blue Blood]

I'm just gonna say I hate the first 4 it makes the bubble atrocious we have been bad at times and realistically we'd still need to implode to miss the tourney I feel like it's been a soft bubble since they started those games and I don't like it

 

[huskyharry]

Playing Villanova at the Dunk in Providence would not seem to me like a horrible situational matchup for us...but of course, we are doomed, DOOMED for sure!

 

[BFieldHusky]

Updated bubble watch:

Connecticut [18-7 (8-4), RPI: 43, SOS: 52] On the one hand, Connecticut led by 13 points at the half, and 20 in the second, on its own floor, yet eventually found itself in a possession-by-possession game down the stretch against Tulsa. On the other hand, the Huskies managed to close it out with a narrow win -- against a team that beat SMU at SMU, for what it's worth -- and avoid a second dire collapse in three days. There are positives and negatives to take from a 75-73 win, and maybe more of the latter. But after seeing the Huskies let a 12-point lead crumble in the final five minutes in a loss at Temple last week, merely getting to the buzzer with a win Saturday means Kevin Ollie's team took some sort of step forward -- if only on paper.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bubblewatch