[Cracked Sidewalks] Bracket Matrix and tournament projections update 2-21-11

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Bracket Matrix and tournament projections update 2-21-11

Written by: noreply@blogger.com (muwarrior92)

Last week MU was in 59 of 65 brackets as part of the Bracket Matrix  , with an average seed of 10.  This week, MU is in 57 brackets and our average seed has slipped to 11.

For those that follow the Dance Card website (not part of the Bracket Matrix listing above)....Marquette is now OUT OF THE NCAA Tournament.  Last week we were the last team in.  This week we are 2nd team out.

Needless to say, MU has some work to do.  A projected RPI of 70 is daunting.  A projected final record of 9-9 in conference is bubble city.  Huge opportunity this week at UCONN.

http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2011/02/bracket-matrix-and-tournament.html

[BM1090]

However, it does say in the dance card intro that it is based on a 65 team tournament.... so add the three extra teams and Marquette is in. Barely, but they are in

edit: not really sure about that actually... I could be mistaken.

[ChicosBailBonds]

The thing is, we don't want to be anywhere close to "barely in" because one or two upsets in the conference tournaments, which happens every year, and POP goes the bubble for those teams.  Beating UCONN this week would go a LONG way to easing everyone's mind.

[BM1090]

The thing is, we don't want to be anywhere close to "barely in" because one or two upsets in the conference tournaments, which happens every year, and POP goes the bubble for those teams.  Beating UCONN this week would go a LONG way to easing everyone's mind.

That's something we can all agree on

[marquette99]

But if sagarin plays out dancecard then has us as a 9-seed even though we'd be 9-9 and close to a 70 rpi (see rpi forecast).  Do you understand how dance card can have us just out at 7-7, but would calculate us at a 9-seed if we then go 2-2 the rest of the way?

Or am I missing something and comparing an apple to an orange?