3.4.16 Bracketology

[Marty Jackson]

If we get in no one is going to want to play us...we are a double digit seed that can actually do some damage

this team is a bunch of puckerers. They're not scaring anyone until they show some fight.

 

[johnhuskies95]

Our path to the tourney is very simple. Beat UCF tomorrow, and win our first AAC tourney game which will be Cincy/Tulsa giving another quality top 50 RPI. The 4/5 is an NCAA tourney eliminator for the loser. A victory would give us 4 top 50 RPI (2 of which are top 25) wins, 7 top 100 wins (possibly 8 if Georgetown climbs back in from 106), eliminates another bubble contender, and leaves us sitting at 22-10 (12-7). Pretty much dead on for one of the last 4 in spots assuming we lose the next game.

This pathway only fails if there are 1 or 2 bid stealers or one of the teams below us (Gonzaga, Ohio State, LSU, etc) makes a deep run. The bubble is the softest it's been in years. A trip to the AAC final locks up a bid.

Regardless, it feels good to have destiny in our hands. If we lose the 4/5 we don't deserve a bid. Looking forward to seeing how the team responds with their backs to the wall in that 4/5 game.

I wish I shared your optimism. Even in our wins against Cincinnati the games are always close, and I don't trust this team at all in close games.

 

[UconnPT2007]

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

The March 6th update has us as the 2nd to last team in ahead of only Oregon State. Tulsa 1st one out. Cincy 3rd to last team in.

 

[gwhuskyfan]

USA Today has us in as an 11 but with a bye, so no play-in: http://usat.ly/1p8IHxX

 

[Jerry1714]

If anyone is interested, here is how the "bracketologists" have ranked over the years and links to their brackets

http://www.bracketmatrix.com/rankings.html

The #1 ranked guy had us as a 10 prior to SMU game

http://assemblycall.com/bracketology/

 

[upstater]

Need to win the next 2 and then should be in.

BUT, conference tourney upsets may require 2 tourney wins.