Official Bracketology Thread

[golfballs]

Lol.

It should be but expectations will be off the charts next year. With how some in this group view basketball as a win every game pretty sport to be good it might be rough around here.

Unfortunately won’t be picked 13th preseason

 

[golfballs]

Surely we know what seeds will be there already?

No I don’t think so. Because depending on who the higher seeded teams are it will make a difference in choosing the sites.

 

[BruinVol]

No I don’t think so. Because depending on who the higher seeded teams are it will make a difference in choosing the sites.

Ok thanks. I swore it was said somewhere here that the 4 and 6 seeds were in Nashville

 

[cncchris33]

Lol.

It should be but expectations will be off the charts next year. With how some in this group view basketball as a win every game pretty sport to be good it might be rough around here.

Yeah, the miserable will find misery in anything if they look hard enough. The key is deciphering who those people are and ignoring them.

 

[cncchris33]

No I don’t think so. Because depending on who the higher seeded teams are it will make a difference in choosing the sites.

I thought the sites were set, and higher seeded teams were favorably slotted by region.

 

[golfballs]

I thought the sites were set, and higher seeded teams were favorably slotted by region.

The sites are set but what seeds will depend on who the seeds are

 

[OJJ]

(Some) Higher seeds get to play closer to home in this new pod system. Not guaranteed. We'll know nothing until selection Sunday. Everything out there is pure guessing.

 

[golfballs]

For example if Tennessee were the #1 overall seed, they’d play in Nashville. That means they’d host the 1/16 and 8/9 games. If we aren’t the #1 seed and the other top seeds have other sites that are closer then maybe we’d be a 2 and still play in Nashville. Then they would be 2-15 and 7-10.

At least that’s how they’ve done it in the past. Things are changing so maybe it’s different now

 

[cncchris33]

The sites are set but what seeds will depend on who the seeds are

So 2 of the the #6 seeds don't definitely play in Nashville as of yet?

The bracket setup would indicate those sites and the seeds they host were already set.

 

[BruinVol]

So 2 of the the #6 seeds don't definitely play in Nashville as of yet?

The bracket setup would indicate those sites and the seeds they host were already set.

Can you post that bracket setup?

I can't find it

 

[cncchris33]

Can you post that bracket setup?

I can't find it

It is Lunardi's bracketology setup. Can't find it on mobile.

 

[golfballs]

Oh that’s just his guess. Not any kind of official decision

 

[Caculator]

Thinking about buying some

Why only Sunday?

How much?

Sunday is the only day I can go, meeting my son (UTC '19) for a redeaux like we did 9 years ago at the FedExForum. Got them from stubhub, $200 after fees and taxes for nosebleeds. About the same price and location a decade later.

 

[BruinVol]

Sunday is the only day I can go, meeting my son (UTC '19) for a redeaux like we did 9 years ago at the FedExForum. Got them from stubhub, $200 after fees and taxes for nosebleeds. About the same price and location a decade later.

Thanks

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Speaking of the whole 8-10 team getting in thing...

Texas A&M could finish 20-11(8-10) and have a RPI of 26 and SOS of 11, does anyone actually think they’d get left out?

And when I say speaking of I’m referring mainly to Ziti...

 

[golfballs]

According to the SOR/Computer average on the NCAA team sheets, Tennessee (16.67 avg) is tied for 13th with Auburn, Oklahoma, and Texas Tech.

That puts them all on the 4-seed line.

Btw, Clemson lost their best player for the year. So I expect they'll fall.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Golfballs, where do you find that at?

 

[golfballs]

8 SEC teams in. With Georgia right on the bubble.

 

[golfballs]

Golfballs, where do you find that at?

NCAA RPI Archive - Home

Normally takes them a day to compile, so this is as of yesterday.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

New ESPN update from Lunardi...

NCAAM Bracketology - ESPN

4- Auburn
5- Kentucky
5- Florida
5- Tennessee
9- Arkansas
9- Texas A&M
10- Alabama
10- Missouri

First 4 Out- Georgia

 

[bleedingTNorange]

8 SEC teams in. With Georgia right on the bubble.

I think 7 is about a guarantee, could be as many as 9.

 

[golfballs]

Golfballs, where do you find that at?

Actaully, here's a site which automatically updates the rankings prior to their team sheets being compiled:
NCAA Teamsheet Ranks T-Rank - College Basketball Rankings

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Actaully, here's a site which automatically updates the rankings prior to their team sheets being compiled:
NCAA Teamsheet Ranks T-Rank - College Basketball Rankings

Awesome thanks...Sagarin is the only model that doesn’t have us 12-18, he has us 29th...if you removed his rating or if his was in that 12-18 range we would be at the tail end of the 3 seeds or first 4 seed.

 

[golfballs]

Awesome thanks...Sagarin is the only model that doesn’t have us 12-18, he has us 29th...if you removed his rating or if his was in that 12-18 range we would be at the tail end of the 3 seeds or first 4 seed.

His model is still weighting preseason rankings. Which at this point in the season I don't believe should be a factor at all. By selection time, that won't be an issue. If you use his "recent" model which doesn't have any influence from preseason ratings, we're ranked 17.

Of course, this is impacting other teams as well, so hard to say we're we'd fall exactly, except that we are certainly one of the teams being held back the most in his rating.

 

[Stoked]

New ESPN update from Lunardi...

NCAAM Bracketology - ESPN

4- Auburn
5- Kentucky
5- Florida
5- Tennessee
9- Arkansas
9- Texas A&M
10- Alabama
10- Missouri

First 4 Out- Georgia

Crazy that TAMU is still IN.