Bracketmatrix 2021-22

#103
#103
golfballs said:
They all jumped us? How did OSU jump us? By losing to Purdue?
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It feels like a pretty big oversight, right? I’m not sure how we got jumped by so many teams two days after our best offensive performance of the season against a good defense, too. We’ve won 4 of 5 with our only loss on the road in Austin. Doesn’t scream like a sample that is less impressive than Alabama beating short-handed Baylor at home and then got blasted by Auburn a few days later.
 
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#104
#104
TheMookieMonster said:
Bracketology: Purdue, UCLA basketball push for No 1 seed - Sports Illustrated

What an awful bracket. And a brutal draw for Tennessee. 2nd round matchup against Duke? Arizona in Sweet 16? Top-half of the bracket is weak though. I think Iowa State and Providence are very overrated.

Midwest Region
No. 1 Baylor vs. No. 16 Hawai’i*
No. 8 Indiana vs. No. 9 Loyola Chicago
No. 5 Iowa State vs. No. 12 Florida
No. 4 Providence* vs. No. 13 Vermont*
No. 6 Tennessee vs. No. 11 Iona*
No. 3 Duke vs. No. 14 Wagner*
No. 7 UConn vs. No. 10 Iowa
No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 15 Seattle*
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If that were a real bracket it would be ridiculous. Baylor would be drawing very tough 2 and 3 seeds. I think AZ will end up a 1 but a 2 is possible. It’ll come down to who wins the Pac12 tourney. Iowa St, UT, and UConn seem under seeded at a glance and Baylor would not like that second round game either. I hope we get to see Baylor and Auburn play. I’d like to see Kessler and/or Smith match up against Mayer.
 
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#105
#105
TheMookieMonster said:
It’s an interesting draw. I feel like the early games are brutal in relation the strength of their seed, but if you make it to the S16/E8 we match up well. I do NOT like the Illinois draw because Kofi would eat our posts for lunch and as you said we’d be playing a de facto road game against WVU in round 1.

Baylor is one of the weaker one seeds so if you avoid Auburn or Gonzaga I’m happy. We’ve beaten Arizona so not too bad either.
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I think Baylor is better than Purdue and possibly better than Gonzaga. Not Auburn but it’s close.
 
#106
#106
Joe Lunardi is going to have to explain to me how we dropped all the way from a 4-seed to a 6-seed by winning 4 of 5 games, while Alabama gets shelled by Auburn and moves UP and above us.

 
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#108
#108
cncchris33 said:
He must be getting seeding tips from 1985Vols and Mr. Checkerboards.
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Apparently. I was originally hoping for Alabama to beat Kentucky tomorrow to close the gap on the 2-seed in the SECT, but I guess I'll be cheering for Kentucky since Alabama will not fall below a 4 or 5 unless they lose like 12-13 games. I guess the bad losses don't matter if you're Alabama.
 
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#109
#109
TheMookieMonster said:
Joe Lunardi is going to have to explain to me how we dropped all the way from a 4-seed to a 6-seed by winning 4 of 5 games, while Alabama gets shelled by Auburn and moves UP and above us.

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Since Monday when he had us as a 4 seed (#16), we beat A&M at home…the teams he moves ahead of us: Ohio State(didn’t play), Xavier(won at home against unranked Butler), Illinois (beat Wisconsin), Marquette (beat Villanova) & Bama (lost to Auburn by 19). Illinois and Marquette is justifiable, the other 3 is bad considering what has occurred since his last update.
 
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#110
#110
TheMookieMonster said:
Apparently. I was originally hoping for Alabama to beat Kentucky tomorrow to close the gap on the 2-seed in the SECT, but I guess I'll be cheering for Kentucky since Alabama will not fall below a 4 or 5 unless they lose like 12-13 games. I guess the bad losses don't matter if you're Alabama.
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I'll probably just cheer for the earth to open up and swallow Coleman Coliseum. Then we all win.
 
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#111
#111
bleedingTNorange said:
Since Monday when he had us as a 4 seed (#16), we beat A&M at home…the teams he moves ahead of us: Ohio State(didn’t play), Xavier(won at home against unranked Butler), Illinois (beat Wisconsin), Marquette (beat Villanova) & Bama (lost to Auburn by 19). Illinois and Marquette is justifiable, the other 3 is bad considering what has occurred since his last update.
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Yeah, his logic doesn't exactly make much sense. We should be a 5-seed at worst. I think we're one of a handful of teams to only have Q1 losses. It's like he decided to stop looking at NET and KenPom and other metrics and just checked the VolNation game threads where people decided this is an NIT team and he adjusted his seeding accordingly.
 
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#112
#112
TheMookieMonster said:
Yeah, his logic doesn't exactly make much sense. We should be a 5-seed at worst. I think we're one of a handful of teams to only have Q1 losses. It's like he decided to stop looking at NET and KenPom and other metrics and just checked the VolNation game threads where people decided this is an NIT team and he adjusted his seeding accordingly.
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I don’t really mind where anyone has teams seeded as of today, assuming it’s somewhat reasonable, you wanna have Tennessee 3-6 seed ok, but don’t have them a 4 and drop them 5 spots when they won a game and 3/5 you moved ahead of them didn’t, that just doesn’t make sense.
 
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#114
#114
MackDaddyVol said:
First time I have posted here in weeks. And I want to say ONE thing: If you put any credence in “Joey Brackets” in February, you need an intervention.
Now I will resume lurking!
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He’s good at determining the teams that will be in the field but when it comes to seed lines, he’s way less reliable.
 
#115
#115
TheMookieMonster said:
Bracketology: Purdue, UCLA basketball push for No 1 seed - Sports Illustrated

What an awful bracket. And a brutal draw for Tennessee. 2nd round matchup against Duke? Arizona in Sweet 16? Top-half of the bracket is weak though. I think Iowa State and Providence are very overrated.

Midwest Region
No. 1 Baylor vs. No. 16 Hawai’i*
No. 8 Indiana vs. No. 9 Loyola Chicago
No. 5 Iowa State vs. No. 12 Florida
No. 4 Providence* vs. No. 13 Vermont*
No. 6 Tennessee vs. No. 11 Iona*
No. 3 Duke vs. No. 14 Wagner*
No. 7 UConn vs. No. 10 Iowa
No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 15 Seattle*
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Not to mention Rick Pitino's Iona who beat Bama
 
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#116
#116
bleedingTNorange said:
BracketMatrix updated seed list yesterday, including seed lines 2 ahead and 2 behind:

9: Villanova
10: Duke W
11: Wisconsin
12: Houston
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13. Texas Tech W
14: Michigan State W
15: LSU L
16: Providence W
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17: Illinois
18: Tennessee W
19: Alabama
20: Ohio State
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21: Connecticut L
22: Xavier
23: Iowa State L
24: Texas L
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25: Marquette
26: USC
27: Indiana
28: St. Mary’s
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Updated matrix…
9: Duke
10: Houston
11: Wisconsin
12: Villanova
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13: Texas Tech
14: Michigan State
15: Wisconsin
16: Illinois
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17: Tennessee
18: LSU
19: Xavier
20: Ohio State
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21: Alabama
22: Marquette
23: Connecticut
24: Iowa State
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25: Texas
26: USC
27: Indiana
28: St. Mary’s
 
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#119
#119
bleedingTNorange said:
Updated matrix…
9: Duke
10: Houston
11: Wisconsin
12: Villanova
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13: Texas Tech
14: Michigan State
15: Wisconsin
16: Illinois
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17: Tennessee
18: LSU
19: Xavier
20: Ohio State
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21: Alabama
22: Marquette
23: Connecticut
24: Iowa State
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25: Texas
26: USC
27: Indiana
28: St. Mary’s
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Curious as to why LSU is still that high.
 
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