Joey Lunardi coming up on Sportscenter

[gampelcrazies]

Heads up for those interested. Joe Lunardi is coming up on sportscenter to talk about UConn.

 

[Matrim55]

He's a clown, and that bracket is a joke.

 

[intlzncster]

He's a clown, and that bracket is a joke.

I don't know why people treat him like God on here. He has us as last 4 in, when I think we are above that.

 

[BUConn10]

The worst part is that despite no other, more historically accurate, brackets had UConn as a "first 4 out" except him. Yet because he has ESPN's spin machine behind him, everyone has been repeatedly saying "UConn needs this one to be in", and part of me thinks it's become true now simply because everyone thinks it.

 

[Matrim55]

I don't know why people treat him like God on here. He has us as last 4 in, when I think we are above that.

He puts too much emphasis on RPI, which is a much smaller part of the equation than it used to be.

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/spo.../colorado-state-ncaa-tournament-rpi/24829067/

No team with an RPI in the top 30 had ever been left out of the 68-team NCAA tournament. He never dreamed CSU (29) would be the first. It was.

"We look at RPI really as an organizer in terms of top 50 and 100, but we spent a lot of time, more time than I remember, in comparing (RPI) in the swings to metrics such as the Sagarin, Ken Pom, BPI," Barnes said. "Those are used in the room as well and talked about quite extensively. We review those metrics each week, and that carried over to this week."

CSU's KenPom ranking is 68th. It's 57th in the Sagarin and BPI. The Rams never had a chance under those systems.

On the other hand, we're top 35 in every rating except RPI (we're 45), we played a tough OOC schedule and have good road/neutral wins.

Plus - I'm not sure if this matters or not, but still - we're UConn, we sell tickets, we draw eyeballs. And after yesterday, we're going to have buzz.

 

[Silk31]

He really is such a hack. I love how he touted the Cincy game as an elimination game and then after we win it's Cincy is still in but UConn still may have work to do...no consistency

 

[HuskyNan]

ESPN bracket analyst Joe Lunardi upgraded the Huskies to "last four in," and had them playing Pitt in Dayton. Vanderbilt's loss to Tennessee in the SEC Tournament pushed the Commodores closer to the bubble, but Lunardi still had Vanderbilt in. Monmouth, St. Mary's and Pitt were his other "last four in" teams.

Other analysts differ, and included UConn in the NCAA Tournament before Friday's game. Jerry Palm of CBSSports.com had UConn as a No. 11 seed, among his last four in, assigned to a play-in game in Dayton against Wichita State. He had Vandy out.

Shelby Mast's projection for USA Today had UConn more securely in, as a No. 11 seed, to play Seton Hall in Providence in the Round of 64. Mast had Vanderbilt and St. Mary's out, Monmouth in.

Huskies Stoke NCAA Tournament Debates, Courant

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[nomar]

Andy Bottoms, the purported #1 guy, has UConn in, and not even in the last 4. He has UConn with a #10 and Cincy with a #9. Interestingly, YESTERDAY, before the game, he had UConn with a #10 and Cincy also with a #10.

I guess it has to do with teams losing, but still, kinda funny.

 

[Matrim55]

I'm straight up ganking this post from Syracusefan.com. It's good research:

Considering what the NCAA Tourney committee member said last year regarding the rankings they use...

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/spo.../colorado-state-ncaa-tournament-rpi/24829067/

"We look at RPI really as an organizer in terms of top 50 and 100, but we spent a lot of time, more time than I remember, in comparing (RPI) in the swings to metrics such as the Sagarin, Ken Pom, BPI," Barnes said. "Those are used in the room as well and talked about quite extensively. We review those metrics each week, and that carried over to this week."

...here is how the current bubbles rank when averaging the four ranking systems RPI, Sagarin, KenPom, and BPI.

Let me know if there are any other teams missing.

1. Wichita State - 46, 25, 11, 26 = 27.0
2. Texas - 26, 30, 30, 36 = 30.5
3. St. Mary's - 37, 32, 33, 31 = 33.25
4. *Connecticut - 45, 31, 29, 30 = 33.75
5. Vanderbilt - 63, 24, 26, 25 = 34.5
6. Cincinnati - 47, 33, 31, 27 = 34.5
7. *VCU - 41, 39, 34, 28 = 35.5
8. *Dayton - 19, 43, 54, 40 = 39.0
9. Butler - 58, 28, 39, 35 = 40.0
10. Florida - 54, 38, 43, 34 = 42.25
11. Texas Tech - 35, 47, 42, 46 = 42.5
12. *Saint Joseph's - 27, 53, 45, 45 = 42.5
13. Pittsburgh - 52, 34, 44, 43 = 43.25
14. Providence - 38, 44, 46, 47 = 43.75
15. Valparaiso - 49, 50, 36, 41 = 44.0
16. Colorado - 36, 48, 55, 44 = 45.75
17. USC - 51, 45, 48, 42 = 46.5
18. Syracuse - 70, 40, 41, 39 = 47.5
19. *Michigan - 56, 36, 50, 54 = 49.0
20. South Carolina - 62, 51, 51, 38 = 50.5
21. Oregon State - 34, 57, 60, 61 = 53.0
22. *Georgia - 60, 61, 65, 49 = 58.75
23. Tulsa - 61, 66, 58, 59 = 61.0
24. Saint Bonaventure - 30, 79, 79, 74 = 65.5
25. Ohio State - 72, 60, 68, 65 = 66.25
26. Houston - 85, 62, 56, 67 = 67.5
27. George Washington - 67, 65, 78, 60 = 67.5
28. Monmouth - 53, 81, 67, 86 = 71.75
29. Temple - 59, 82, 83, 68 = 73.0
30. Alabama - 74, 84, 93, 85 = 84.0

 

[intlzncster]

Interestingly, YESTERDAY, before the game, he had UConn with a #10 and Cincy also with a #10.I guess it has to do with teams losing, but still, kinda funny.

And I'm OK with that, as long as it's based on solid metrics, and not some BS. Combinatorics cause so weird outcomes, but the wheat is usually separated from the chaff.

 

[Rocktheworld]

They need to up his dental coverage if they are going to force him on to our television screens this much

 

[Jimdish255]

Lunardi still has UConn and Temple as last 4 in with St. Mary's and Monmouth. Was asked why those 2 and failed miserably by saying "cause they won lots of games".

Holy Crap! That's It? They Won Lots Of Games!?!

 

[JMick]

He was just on again and kept us in the Last Four In, again, after saying earlier this morning we were securely in with a win.

 

[JMick]

Lunardi still has UConn and Temple as last 4 in with St. Mary's and Monmouth. Was asked why those 2 and failed miserably by saying "cause they won lots of games".

Holy Crap! That's It? They Won Lots Of Games!?!

I just saw that - a freaking joke

 

[Rocktheworld]

Lunardi still has UConn and Temple as last 4 in with St. Mary's and Monmouth. Was asked why those 2 and failed miserably by saying "cause they won lots of games".

Holy Crap! That's It? They Won Lots Of Games!?!

I guess we'll just have to WIN THE WHOLE DAMN THING (AGAIN)

 

[3rdbass]

Lunardi sucks. He is the 36th most accurate analyst in picking the field in past years.

 

[jrazz12]

He's a funking clown. Stop listening to anything he says. When we get a 7 seed tomorrow he's gonna look really stupid. But that's ESPN for you.

 

[Jimdish255]

He should have at least asked if they wanted the large fries with that analysis.

 

[4in16]

He's a funking clown. Stop listening to anything he says. When we get a 7 seed tomorrow he's gonna look really stupid. But that's ESPN for you.

Then he'll act all confused and baffled as to why we are seeded safely away from the first four, guy is proving he's an idiot. Even duck*ing Jerry Palm had us safely above the last 4 in after beating Cinci.

 

[JMick]

He just changed his mind again lol

 

[rip7774]

I will believe we r in when I see it. NCAA committee has screwed AAC time and time again, even got Louisville that one year! In a normal world we r in easy now, so hopefully it works out that way.

 

[minidarren]

Now he is saying;

Temple 10
Cincy 10
UCONN last 4 in

 

[3rdbass]

Just saw Lunardi had both Cincy and Temple as 10 seeds and UCONN still last 4 in. LOL!

 

[3rdbass]

We definitely have a better resume than Temple!

 

[msgordon]

he has us as last 4 byes, which is different so he moved us off the last 4. but still behind cincy and temple-- hes wrong about that and i doubt anyone else agrees with him