Official Bracketology Thread

[Volstylexx]

I am curious as to how big of a hit the RPI works for a potential loss like this. Pepperdine comes into this game standing at 316.

It’d be massive- I’d assume. Even worse, it’d be the last thing the selection committee sees.

 

[golfballs]

Is St. Mary's an at-large, if they drop this game to Pepperdine?

Had they lost, I think they would have been in play-in territory

 

[Ericvol2096]

Top 3 seed in Palm update today.

But in Pburg. Had Purdue and Xavier in Nashville.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Top 3 seed in Palm update today.

But in Pburg. Had Purdue and Xavier in Nashville.

Doesn’t make much sense, he has Xavier in Nashville as a 1 seed...not sure why he would have them there and not Detroit.

 

[BruinVol]

Top 3 seed in Palm update today.

But in Pburg. Had Purdue and Xavier in Nashville.

Makes no sense.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Makes no sense.

None at all...makes as much sense to put Purdue or Nashville in Pitt and Tennessee in Nashville.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Looking at the matrix update yesterday...

5 seeds:
Michigan...still playing, trending up.
Gonzaga...not much upward potential given conference.
Ohio State...lost to PSU, trending down.
Kentucky...lost to UF, trending down.

4 seeds:
Arizona...beat Stanford, hanging around.
Texas Tech...1-1 this week, status quo.
Clemson...lost to Syracuse, trending down.
West Virginia...lost to Texas, trending down.


So my point being even if Tennessee was to lose their opening game who is taking their spot? Arizona seems like the only team with much of a chance, so with that said I would say it’s about 95% chance we are getting a 3 seed.

3 seeds:
Wichita State
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Auburn

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Lunardi has Vols as a 3 seed in Nashville, boom baby!

NCAAM Bracketology - ESPN

 

[Lefteye]

Lunardi has Vols as a 3 seed in Nashville, boom baby!

NCAAM Bracketology - ESPN

That would be an awesome bracket and scenario.

 

[BruinVol]

Lunardi has Vols as a 3 seed in Nashville, boom baby!

NCAAM Bracketology - ESPN

I don't get why he changed us and auburn after yesterday. He has us above Cincy as well which does make sense to me

 

[bleedingTNorange]

I don't get why he changed us and auburn after yesterday. He has us above Cincy as well which does make sense to me

I’m not sure...MTSU did lose which is Auburn’s OOC best win, so maybe that bad something to do with it. Fwiw a lot of people have us ahead of Cincy.

 

[golfballs]

Lunardi has Vols as a 3 seed in Nashville, boom baby!

NCAAM Bracketology - ESPN

Lunardi is more accurate than palm

 

[golfballs]

I don't get why he changed us and auburn after yesterday. He has us above Cincy as well which does make sense to me

Maybe to balance the bracket

 

[BruinVol]

Maybe to balance the bracket

Auburn and Tenn seem nearly identical to me. The difference woudnt be enough to balance any region imo

 

[BruinVol]

I’m not sure...MTSU did lose which is Auburn’s OOC best win, so maybe that bad something to do with it. Fwiw a lot of people have us ahead of Cincy.

And the crazy thing is he moved MTSU up a seed after the loss. Go figure

 

[golfballs]

Auburn and Tenn seem nearly identical to me. The difference woudnt be enough to balance any region imo

1 spot can make a difference. The committee has in its rules that of the top 4 seed lines, no region can be more than 5 combined seed values apart.

 

[golfballs]

This guy has been the second most accurate bracket over the last 5 years. Much more so than Lunardi or Palm

Syracusefan7 Bracket Projections: March 4th Bracket

The most accurate bracket doesn’t do projections. Only as it stands today. Which isn’t as useful

 

[golfballs]

Also, most of the odds I’ve seen for the SECT has us winning due in part to the top of the bracket being a little more difficult

 

[Ericvol2096]

Lunardi has Vols as a 3 seed in Nashville, boom baby!

NCAAM Bracketology - ESPN

Man I hope that comes true

 

[Ericvol2096]

This guy has been the second most accurate bracket over the last 5 years. Much more so than Lunardi or Palm

Syracusefan7 Bracket Projections: March 4th Bracket

The most accurate bracket doesn’t do projections. Only as it stands today. Which isn’t as useful

In this scenario isn’t Aub and TN in Nashville opening round? What a weekend that would be!

 

[golfballs]

My current s-curve:

1 - 1)Virginia 2)Villanova 3)Kansas 4)Xavier
2 - 8)Auburn 7)Purdue 6)N Carolina 5)Duke
3 - 9)Cincinnati 10)Michigan 11)MSU 12)Tenn
4 - 16)Florida 15)Zaga 14)TX Tech 13)WVU

 

[bleedingTNorange]

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Palm has us as a 3 seed in Pittsburgh, still doesn’t make much sense to me on location but he’s got us the top overall 3 seed ahead of Auburn and North Carolina.

He has Michigan as a 4 seed fwiw.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

NCAAM Bracketology - ESPN

Lunardi has Vols as a 3 seed in Dallas.

He has Michigan and Michigan State both as 3 seeds along with us and Auburn, looks like he has State as top overall 3 seed.

 

[ThatVolGuy]

NCAAM Bracketology - ESPN

Lunardi has Vols as a 3 seed in Dallas.

He has Michigan and Michigan State both as 3 seeds along with us and Auburn, looks like he has State as top overall 3 seed.

Not that it really means anything, but I'd love to have that draw.

 

[BruinVol]

NCAAM Bracketology - ESPN

Lunardi has Vols as a 3 seed in Dallas.

He has Michigan and Michigan State both as 3 seeds along with us and Auburn, looks like he has State as top overall 3 seed.

So Kentucky gets Nashville but tenn doesn't

Perfect sense