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First day of the New Year ... let's get this going.The Athletic's Brian Bennett released his first Bracket Watch (actually hit the site a couple days ago), and has Marquette as a 7-seed. Playing SD State in the first round. Tennessee would be the likely next opponent.Only has 4 BEast teams: UConn, X, Marquette, Creighton. The Provi is among first 4 out.https://theathletic.com/4038052/2022/12/30/ncaa-tournament-bracket-mock-predictions/?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=5846288Lunardi's most recent came out a few days before that, and he had MU as an 8-seed.https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2023-march-madness-men-field-predictionsI think we've got a great chance to beat the projections of both Lunardi and Bennett.
So what’s the current consensus?10 conference wins earns the bid?Every win beyond that increases the seed.10 would probably be in the play-in-game or 12/11 seed range.13+ likely good enough to avoid that 8 seed line barring a first rd conf tourney exit.15+ would likely earn a top 5 seed.It always amazes me how much movement these wins or losses have as you get closer to the dance, assuming you manage to earn a bid.
11-9 would do it. Won’t matter though, this team is better than that.7 seed at Bracketville before yesterday’s win.https://bracketville.wordpress.com/bracketology/
Yes, 10 could be trouble
Theres a lot of talk in this thread as if we are a sub par team battling to get in by the skin of our teeth. This team is going to be battling for a 3-4 seed in the ncaa tournament. This isnt your steve wojo coached team. I fully expect this team to go undefeated at home in conference including beating xavier and uconn. Maybe I am biased but this team is a top 15 team in the country and its not really close either. This team would blast the majority of teams ranked 15-25 in the polls.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
I'm very bullish on this team but it's going to be hard to get to a 4 seed or higher. Our non-conference was solid but not amazing. The Big East is very down and there aren't that many signature wins to be had. UConn x2, @Creighton, and @X are really the only 4 signature win opportunities left on our schedule. I think we would need to win 3 of 4 of these AND go 9-3 or better in the remaining games to get to the 4 seed line. Certainly possible but it's a very tall ask.
They need to keep winning and hopefully that changes the narrative with some fans. Too many are used to MU not getting the job done and it poisoned their perspective.
MUfan12I have seen over 50 Februarys of MU basketball, some great, very good, good, bad and ugly, and the last few Februarys mean nothing to me. I am fine with people being cautious or even negative, I just happen to think differently. That is why I said they needed to keep winning to get the cautious fan to jump on the bandwagon.
First day of the New Year ... let's get this going.The Athletic's Brian Bennett released his first Bracket Watch (actually hit the site a couple days ago), and has Marquette as a 7-seed. Playing SD State in the first round. Tennessee would be the likely next opponent.Only has 4 BEast teams: UConn, X, Marquette, Creighton. The Provi is among first 4 out.
We’re 3-1 & ppl are talking about 10 or 11 conf wins. Lol. Wojo ruined us.
It’s interesting that our most similar efficiency profile to this season? 2017 Marquette https://barttorvik.com/profile-compare.php?team=Marquette&year=2023&cov=1&o=4&d=4&tt=4&efg_w=1&oreb_w=1&tov_w=1&ftr_w=1&defg_w=1&doreb_w=1&dtov_w=1&dftr_w=1&threerate_w=1&talent_w=1&exp_w=1&ht_w=1