Bracketology - Week 15

[BRS24]

No change to top; 16 teams. UConn back to the 2 seed in the #2 bracket.

Big Ten - 12, SEC - 10, ACC - 9, Big 12 - 7, Big East - 2, Atlantic 10 - 2, - Ivy - 2

A bit of an oops as USF is listed 2x in the Next Four Out group.

 

[LETTERL]

Duke moves up...and NC State, with 2 ranked wins in the last 8 days, including beating Duke, stays a 4?

 

[MSGRET]

Duke moves up...and NC State, with 2 ranked wins in the last 8 days, including beating Duke, stays a 4?

It's Charlie, what do you expect?

 

[dabears17]

Duke moves up...and NC State, with 2 ranked wins in the last 8 days, including beating Duke, stays a 4?

The Net rankings have Duke at 8 and NC State at 18. NC State has played 7 Quad 4 teams, while Duke has only played 4.

DI Women's Basketball Rankings - NCAA Women's Basketball NET Rankings | NCAA.com

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www.ncaa.com

 

[Stagnant]

Duke moves up...and NC State, with 2 ranked wins in the last 8 days, including beating Duke, stays a 4?

Charlie is just waiting for the first bracket reveal to save him. Probably not putting in a lot of effort just yet.

 

[ConnMotors]

Things will change again by next Monday. On Thursday you have #3 Texas visiting #8 Kentucky and #1 UCLA at #6 USC. Sunday we have #4 South Carolina hosting #7 Connecticut. Later in the afternoon #5 LSU travels to #3 Texas.

 

[Bigboote]

The only effect that publishing these twice a week has on me is that I’m shaking my head twice as often.

I find them interesting (why I keep on reading) in that they may give some insight into what the committee might be thinking. But geez, there is sometimes some weirdness.

 

[triaddukefan]

Duke moves up...and NC State, with 2 ranked wins in the last 8 days, including beating Duke, stays a 4?

Duke has the better overall resume.

The Net rankings have Duke at 8 and NC State at 18. NC State has played 7 Quad 4 teams, while Duke has only played 4.

DI Women's Basketball Rankings - NCAA Women's Basketball NET Rankings | NCAA.com

Get NCAA women's college basketball rankings from the Associated Press, USA Today/WBCA and NCAA committee.

www.ncaa.com

Duke has 4 quad 1 wins according to that chart

 

[Plebe]

Duke moves up...and NC State, with 2 ranked wins in the last 8 days, including beating Duke, stays a 4?

You always have to look at what happened to other teams in the vicinity as well. Duke was likely already at #9 and then benefited from Kansas State getting blown out by Oklahoma State. NC State likely moved up from a low 4 to a high 4—just because a team doesn't jump a seed line doesn't mean they didn't move up the overall board—but none of the 3 seeds really faltered in the same way K State did.

FWIW I do think NCSt has a better resume than Ohio State.