Bracketology Thread 2023

[Scoop Snoop]

It's bad enough that Sister Jean has predicted that heathen Kentucky will win the championship, but ESPN's computer choice for the Elite Eight has UCONN in, but not us.

What kind of Catholic nun is she anyway? Couldn't pick us or any other Catholic school to win it all? She needs to go to confession.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

It's bad enough that Sister Jean has predicted that heathen Kentucky will win the championship, but ESPN's computer choice for the Elite Eight has UCONN in, but not us.

What kind of Catholic nun is she anyway? Couldn't pick us or any other Catholic school to win it all? She needs to go to confession.

She's still pissed we hired Shaka instead of Porter Moser.

[Galway Eagle]

Katz has us as a 2 seed now

[PGsHeroes32]

Katz has us as a 2 seed now

Great the rare person to have us as a 2 seed. Has TCU as a 7 instead of a 6.

Really mostly want to just avoid them

[wisblue]

Katz has us as a 2 seed now

Where does he post?

[MuggsyB]

Great the rare person to have us as a 2 seed. Has TCU as a 7 instead of a 6.

Really mostly want to just avoid them

What potential 6 seed would you prefer to TCU if we stay on the 3 line?  The rd of 32 opponent will be tough for every team in every bracket.  Including Houston. 

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

What potential 6 seed would you prefer to TCU if we stay on the 3 line?  The rd of 32 opponent will be tough for every team in every bracket.  Including Houston.

Out of the current 6 seeds on Bracket Matrix, I want Northwestern or Iowa State.

We can't play Creighton that early and the other 6 is Kentucky, whom I would not want to play in Columbus.

[TheGym]

Palm now has us at a 2 as well.  Trending in the right direction

[PGsHeroes32]

What potential 6 seed would you prefer to TCU if we stay on the 3 line?  The rd of 32 opponent will be tough for every team in every bracket.  Including Houston.

Northwestern or TAMU forsure

[Galway Eagle]

TAMU forsure

High risk... extremely high reward.

[wadesworld]

Like I said yesterday, 2 more wins and lock us in for a 2 seed.  You're either avoiding a bad loss (by winning vs. St. John's and then Butler or St. John's), or you're taking a bad loss (home vs. St. John's) but getting a neutral court win over Creighton or UCONN.

We were a 4 seed for the reveal, but that didn't take into account our win over Xavier.  The biggest knock on our resume was no Q1 wins away from Fiserv.  Well, we took care of that with our win at Creighton.  Teams around us have lost, and we have not.

[79Warrior]

Like I said yesterday, 2 more wins and lock us in for a 2 seed.  You're either avoiding a bad loss (by winning vs. St. John's and then Butler or St. John's), or you're taking a bad loss (home vs. St. John's) but getting a neutral court win over Creighton or UCONN.

We were a 4 seed for the reveal, but that didn't take into account our win over Xavier.  The biggest knock on our resume was no Q1 wins away from Fiserv.  Well, we took care of that with our win at Creighton.  Teams around us have lost, and we have not.

Better hope Creighton does not drop down to Q2

[wadesworld]

Better hope Creighton does not drop down to Q2

That would be a hell of a fall from grace with (what would then have to be) 3 games left before Selection Sunday, one of which will be on a neutral against UCONN.  They're currently 15th in the NET.  They'd need to fall 61 spots in a sample size of under 10% of their games.

[PGsHeroes32]

Better hope Creighton does not drop down to Q2

Yeah, there is literally zero worry of that.

[WhiteTrash]

Better hope Creighton does not drop down to Q2

Teal?

[cheebs09]

Like I said yesterday, 2 more wins and lock us in for a 2 seed.  You're either avoiding a bad loss (by winning vs. St. John's and then Butler or St. John's), or you're taking a bad loss (home vs. St. John's) but getting a neutral court win over Creighton or UCONN.

We were a 4 seed for the reveal, but that didn't take into account our win over Xavier.  The biggest knock on our resume was no Q1 wins away from Fiserv.  Well, we took care of that with our win at Creighton.  Teams around us have lost, and we have not.

That was the biggest knock, but not the only knock. I also think the gap from 3 to 4 is much smaller than 2 to 3. Really, our only advantage is less losses, but their strength of schedules are much better.

I think we are locked into a 3 seed unless we blow out UCONN and get a lot of help.

[StillAWarrior]

I think we are locked into a 3 seed...

I am perfectly happy with that.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Like I said yesterday, 2 more wins and lock us in for a 2 seed.  You're either avoiding a bad loss (by winning vs. St. John's and then Butler or St. John's), or you're taking a bad loss (home vs. St. John's) but getting a neutral court win over Creighton or UCONN.

We were a 4 seed for the reveal, but that didn't take into account our win over Xavier.  The biggest knock on our resume was no Q1 wins away from Fiserv.  Well, we took care of that with our win at Creighton.  Teams around us have lost, and we have not.

I don't think that's enough.  Since the reveal, I'm confident that Marquette has passed Indiana, Iowa State, and Virginia.

That puts MU at 11 on the S-Curve. To get to a 2, MU has to pass Tennessee, Kansas State, and Arizona.  Short of winning the BET, I don't see how MU passes all 3.

[Marquette4life]

I don't think that's enough.  Since the reveal, I'm confident that Marquette has passed Indiana, Iowa State, and Virginia.

That puts MU at 11 on the S-Curve. To get to a 2, MU has to pass Tennessee, Kansas State, and Arizona.  Short of winning the BET, I don't see how MU passes all 3.

I believe we should be already past Arizona. Need kstate to lose to Mosers crew tonight and Tennessee just lost zeigler. I really believe it’s in play

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

I believe we should be already past Arizona. Need kstate to lose to Mosers crew tonight and Tennessee just lost zeigler. I really believe it’s in play

I'm not convinced we're past Arizona, and even if we are, they have road games at USC and UCLA which give them an opportunity to pass us.

Kansas State just has too many Q1 wins.  I don't think we can catch them without winning the BET.

It's a slim opportunity for MU to get a 2 seed, in my opinion.

[WhiteTrash]

I'm not convinced we're past Arizona, and even if we are, they have road games at USC and UCLA which give them an opportunity to pass us.

Kansas State just has too many Q1 wins.  I don't think we can catch them without winning the BET.

It's a slim opportunity for MU to get a 2 seed, in my opinion.

I think the 2 is in play but dependent on others.

I think we are placing too much stock in NET here. There are multiple data points showing the Committee does not care much about it. That could be good or bad for MU.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

We're not past Arizona. They were 8 spots ahead of us on the S curve at the reveal and have lost once since.

Teams don't move much at this point in the season.  Each game is 1 data point out of 30ish. Single games don't move the needle much, especially games that aren't Q1

[Judge Smails]

A 2 seed seems like it’d be a gift. A 3 seed seems appropriate. A 4 seed would be an insult. I think we can make a lot of noise from any spot.

[HowardsWorld]

I would bet my paycheck marquette get the 2 seed and Texas the 3 just to make it a noteworthy game

[WhiteTrash]

A 2 seed seems like it’d be a gift. A 3 seed seems appropriate. A 4 seed would be an insult. I think we can make a lot of noise from any spot.

If a 2 seed would be a gift, what would the NET 74 team making the tournament be?
A Bill Gates charitable donation?