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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #375 on: January 30, 2014, 05:40:52 PM »
Anyone else kinda 'meh' about Bracketology before March?  I mean, is it just about talkin' hoops teams with your buds and flexing knowledge about your divers insights into teams across the country?

Yeah kinda like BCS rankings WERE  :tongue: After the top 5-10 teams I don't really care.

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #376 on: January 31, 2014, 08:27:30 AM »
Anyone else kinda 'meh' about Bracketology before March?  I mean, is it just about talkin' hoops teams with your buds and flexing knowledge about your divers insights into teams across the country?

Does anyone know what the percentage arc of accuracy there is on bracketology as the season progresses? I feel like Lunardi is like a weatherman that is only allowed to predict the weather by standing on his front porch.

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #377 on: January 31, 2014, 08:40:56 AM »
Anyone else kinda 'meh' about Bracketology before March?  I mean, is it just about talkin' hoops teams with your buds and flexing knowledge about your divers insights into teams across the country?

Does anyone know what the percentage arc of accuracy there is on bracketology as the season progresses? I feel like Lunardi is like a weatherman that is only allowed to predict the weather by standing on his front porch.

Bracketologies are about as relevant as polls in college basketball. They're just a way to gauge where teams are at the moment they're released. Other than their preseason brackets, I don't think guys like Lunardi, Palm, etc have ever claimed they were trying to predict where teams would end up in mid-March.

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #378 on: January 31, 2014, 09:26:43 AM »
Makes sense.  Still a nice little paycheck to solely put out brackets for a living. 

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #379 on: January 31, 2014, 09:40:40 AM »
Makes sense.  Still a nice little paycheck to solely put out brackets for a living.

Mel Kiper and Brad Edwards concur.

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #380 on: January 31, 2014, 10:02:02 AM »
Makes sense.  Still a nice little paycheck to solely put out brackets for a living.

Mel Kiper and Brad Edwards concur.

Kiper at least sells his services to NFL teams...

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #381 on: January 31, 2014, 10:09:30 AM »
Makes sense.  Still a nice little paycheck to solely put out brackets for a living.

Mel Kiper and Brad Edwards concur.

Mel Kiper does triple the work Brad Edwards and Joey Brackets do combined.

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #382 on: January 31, 2014, 10:19:37 AM »
Makes sense.  Still a nice little paycheck to solely put out brackets for a living.

Mel Kiper and Brad Edwards concur.

Kiper at least sells his services to NFL teams...

If he were really that great at what he does he'd be a GM, not a talking head on ESPN.

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #383 on: January 31, 2014, 10:27:51 AM »
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #384 on: January 31, 2014, 10:35:42 AM »
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

 :bwpopcorn: scared shitless, but a great basketball bracket

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #385 on: January 31, 2014, 10:59:37 AM »
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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #387 on: January 31, 2014, 03:14:25 PM »
LOL do not want to play Iowa as a #5 seed, not because they are good, but because that would suck for the state.

Have you watched a big 10 game lately? Would take, if I were a flood aggie.

It would be easy compared to the big 12, but it would suck.
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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #388 on: February 03, 2014, 09:27:23 AM »
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

Izzo would clownsuit the crap out of oscar

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #389 on: February 03, 2014, 09:31:21 AM »
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

Izzo would clownsuit the crap out of oscar

Would take UMass tho. They are very overrated.

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #390 on: February 03, 2014, 09:37:10 AM »
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

Izzo would clownsuit the crap out of oscar

are you saying that a 2 seed would beat a 10 seed? or that some how oscar can't coach against izzo?  because oscar is 8-8 against him.  or was it just a shitty post?


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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #391 on: February 03, 2014, 11:32:20 AM »
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

Izzo would clownsuit the crap out of oscar

are you saying that a 2 seed would beat a 10 seed? or that some how oscar can't coach against izzo?  because oscar is 8-8 against him.  or was it just a shitty post?
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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #392 on: February 03, 2014, 03:38:10 PM »

So with us falling to 5-4 and some people getting a little worried about our seeding and these next few games.....  Here is a breakdown of the some of the teams around us.   The seeding is how I see it as of right now, but you can at least compare the teams in and around the 7-10 range

Our 2 negative areas are our non con SOS  is over 100 and we have 2 bad losses, although the loss to No.Col was without 2 key players and the committee will be aware of that.  The good thing is the Big 12 is so strong, our overall SOS will continue to get better and could be top 25 by seasons end. 




Team/Seed    Record (Conf)   RPI     SOS    1-25    26-50      Other stat/comment
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7 UConn         17-4 (5-3)       32       75      1-0      2-3         Good win vs Fla
7 UMass         17-4 (4-3)       11       30       0-0     3-1         Good non-con SOS, 20
7 Pitt              18-4 (6-3)      18       55       0-3      1-0         No wins vs tourney teams
7 Gonzaga      19-3 (10-1)     26      105      0-0      1-1         No wins vs tourney teams

8 N Carolina    14-7(4-4)       39       18       2-3       1-0        Won at Mich St, Beat UK,Lville
8 K-State        15-7(5-4)       41       44       2-3       2-0        4 wins vs top 35
8 N Mexico      17-4(8-1)       33       71       1-2       0-0        Beat Cincy, Good non SOS 17
8 VCU             18-4(6-1)       28       91       1-0       0-2        Only solid win is at Virg

9 Minn            14-7(4-5)       35        5        2-3       1-1         Top 5 SOS
9 G Wash        17-4(5-2)       31       101     1-0       1-1        Weak non-con SOS 159, Beat Creighton
9 Cal              15-7(6-3)       40        48      1-3       2-0         Big win over AZ
9 Ohio St        17-5(4-5)       19        13      1-1       0-2        Good SOS, but Wisc only decent win   

10 Colorado    16-6(5-4)       25         7       1-3       1-1         Only 2-3 since losing leading scorer for season
10 Xavier        15-6(5-3)       48       57       1-1       1-3         
10 Prov           16-6(6-3)      37        62       1-3       1-0
10 Tenn          13-7(5-3)      42        12       1-3       1-1                 

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #393 on: February 04, 2014, 08:52:12 AM »
But Baylor having a higher seed than us? I don't see that happening.

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #394 on: February 04, 2014, 12:40:08 PM »
But Baylor having a higher seed than us? I don't see that happening.

With Scott Drew as their coach? nah.
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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #395 on: February 04, 2014, 02:39:22 PM »
But Baylor having a higher seed than us? I don't see that happening.

For those of you who don't know..... Jerry Palm is way more of an idiot that Joey Brackets.   He had Ohio St as an 11 seed and they won at Wiscy (a team that has lost 5 of 6) and he moved them up 5 spots to a 6 seed.     Seriously??   

And then with Baylor being a 9 seed when they are 2-6 in conf.     I know the conf season is not over yet, but it is hard to make the dance when you are 2 games below .500 and I think I read there has only been 1 team to ever be 4 games under and sneak in.   Baylor has an uphill climb to get to 8-10, and even then there is no guarantee that record gets them in.

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #396 on: February 06, 2014, 10:59:08 AM »

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Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« Reply #399 on: February 06, 2014, 11:14:16 AM »