Lunardi Says..

[nyg]

As we thought, looks like MU has played a few bubble teams - Michigan and Pitt also last 4 in; Georgia last 4 out.

How in god's name is Pitt in the last four in?  They are 12-7 and 1-5 in the ACC.   

[Folks,,,]

How in god's name is Pitt in the last four in?  They are 12-7 and 1-5 in the ACC.   

They have a signature win over Marquette.

[muwarrior69]

How in god's name is Pitt in the last four in?  They are 12-7 and 1-5 in the ACC.   

....because being 4-3 in the Big East is like being 1-5 in the ACC. After all they beat us so they must be way better.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

How in god's name is Pitt in the last four in?  They are 12-7 and 1-5 in the ACC.   

Beat Virginia.

No bad losses.

Soft bubble. 

[Bocephys]

Beat Virginia.

No bad losses.

Soft bubble.

When's the last time the bubble wasn't soft?  2006?

[fjm]

When's the last time the bubble wasn't soft?  2006?

I don't think it was soft last year? A bunch of teams got left out of the NCAA and NIT because like 10 of 13 conference champions lost their conference tournament.

[nyg]

Soft bubble?????  The bubble has broken.  They are 1-5 in conference

Pitt has lost four in a row, play Louisville tomm., still have Duke, Clemson, Florida St., UNC (twice) and Virginia, etc.

Maybe the guru thinks they will win out.  Ridiculous. 

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Soft bubble?????  The bubble has broken.  They are 1-5 in conference

Pitt has lost four in a row, play Louisville tomm., still have Duke, Clemson, Florida St., UNC (twice) and Virginia, etc.

Maybe the guru thinks they will win out.  Ridiculous.

They have to fill out the tournament. Look at other bubble teams.  Clemson is 1-5 in ACC and wildly considered in right now. 

[fjm]

Soft bubble?????  The bubble has broken.  They are 1-5 in conference

Pitt has lost four in a row, play Louisville tomm., still have Duke, Clemson, Florida St., UNC (twice) and Virginia, etc.

Maybe the guru thinks they will win out.  Ridiculous.

BUT before the season started ESPN said at least 10 ACC teams would make the tournament, so they gotta keep the numbers high.

If 10 ACC teams make it, and MU doesn't make it at 9-9 and 6th in the BE.. that would be ridiculous.

[LAZER]

BUT before the season started ESPN said at least 10 ACC teams would make the tournament, so they gotta keep the numbers high.

If 10 ACC teams make it, and MU doesn't make it at 9-9 and 6th in the BE.. that would be ridiculous.

It's not just ESPN

http://bracketmatrix.com/

[Bocephys]

I don't think it was soft last year? A bunch of teams got left out of the NCAA and NIT because like 10 of 13 conference champions lost their conference tournament.

You may be right, but there were plenty of articles advocating the bubble was soft prior to those tourneys breaking the wrong way.  It's probably more of a "walked uphill in a foot of snow both ways" sort of thing any more.

http://thebiglead.com/2016/02/09/bracketology-projections-february-9th-louisvilles-absence-exposes-flat-top-of-bracket-soft-bubble/
http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2016/03/01/2016-ncaa-tournament-bubble-teams

[brewcity77]

My dream scenario is for MU and Va Tech to play each other in a first round game at the Dayton Arena. JJJ scores the game winning play on a dunk over Ahmed Hill with Buzz alleging that JJJ took 4 steps. Kostas is on the sidelines at the game and is so moved by the MU win and the possibility of playing with Markus Howard and being paired with Ike Eke  in a Nigerian twin towers formation that he immediately renounces his position at Dayton and transfers to MU.

Hmm. My dream scenario is Marquette beating 'Nova tomorrow then winning out in league play. Meanwhile, 'Nova drops games at Xavier and at home to a resurgent Creighton to finish 14-4, which gives Marquette the outright Big East title. MU takes care of business against 8-seed DePaul and 4-seed Xavier before getting to the Big East Final for the rubber match with Villanova, which Marquette wins on a buzzer-beater from Katin Reinhardt, saving his first SOTG performance until the eve of Selection Sunday. In the NCAA Tournament, 2-seed Marquette is joined in the Final Four by 1-seed Villanova, 4-seed Butler, and the aforementioned resurgent 6-seed Creighton team to give the Tourney the first ever Final Four sweep with all four teams coming from the same conference (after Marquette beat Seton Hall (rubber match win) and Creighton beat Xavier in the Elite Eight). Marquette takes out Butler in the Final Four (rubber match win) and again meets up with Villanova in the Final. The two teams out-do the Big East Tourney Final, going to triple overtime, only after Jajuan Johnson hits a buzzer-beater to reach overtime and Katin Reinhardt scores a half-court three to force the triple. Luke Fischer takes over in the final stanza, scoring 8 of his 32 points to go along with 12 rebounds and 10 blocks, his first career triple double as he wins SOTG in his final Marquette game (narrowly edging fellow seniors Jajuan Johnson and Katin Reinhardt) and cuts down the nets for the first time in 40 years.

But I guess we all have different dreams.

[copious1218]

Hmm. My dream scenario is Marquette beating 'Nova tomorrow then winning out in league play. Meanwhile, 'Nova drops games at Xavier and at home to a resurgent Creighton to finish 14-4, which gives Marquette the outright Big East title. MU takes care of business against 8-seed DePaul and 4-seed Xavier before getting to the Big East Final for the rubber match with Villanova, which Marquette wins on a buzzer-beater from Katin Reinhardt, saving his first SOTG performance until the eve of Selection Sunday. In the NCAA Tournament, 2-seed Marquette is joined in the Final Four by 1-seed Villanova, 4-seed Butler, and the aforementioned resurgent 6-seed Creighton team to give the Tourney the first ever Final Four sweep with all four teams coming from the same conference (after Marquette beat Seton Hall (rubber match win) and Creighton beat Xavier in the Elite Eight). Marquette takes out Butler in the Final Four (rubber match win) and again meets up with Villanova in the Final. The two teams out-do the Big East Tourney Final, going to triple overtime, only after Jajuan Johnson hits a buzzer-beater to reach overtime and Katin Reinhardt scores a half-court three to force the triple. Luke Fischer takes over in the final stanza, scoring 8 of his 32 points to go along with 12 rebounds and 10 blocks, his first career triple double as he wins SOTG in his final Marquette game (narrowly edging fellow seniors Jajuan Johnson and Katin Reinhardt) and cuts down the nets for the first time in 40 years.

But I guess we all have different dreams.

Definitely a dream.  Triple OT and Fischer hasn't fouled out?

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

It's not just ESPN

http://bracketmatrix.com/

Just FYI for those looking at Bracket Matrix - the homepage hasn't actually been updated since before the Creighton game. But if you look at the individual brackets, you will see alot of MU in the 8-10 range in the update brackets.

[Knight Commission]

Hmm. My dream scenario is Marquette beating 'Nova tomorrow then winning out in league play. Meanwhile, 'Nova drops games at Xavier and at home to a resurgent Creighton to finish 14-4, which gives Marquette the outright Big East title. MU takes care of business against 8-seed DePaul and 4-seed Xavier before getting to the Big East Final for the rubber match with Villanova, which Marquette wins on a buzzer-beater from Katin Reinhardt, saving his first SOTG performance until the eve of Selection Sunday. In the NCAA Tournament, 2-seed Marquette is joined in the Final Four by 1-seed Villanova, 4-seed Butler, and the aforementioned resurgent 6-seed Creighton team to give the Tourney the first ever Final Four sweep with all four teams coming from the same conference (after Marquette beat Seton Hall (rubber match win) and Creighton beat Xavier in the Elite Eight). Marquette takes out Butler in the Final Four (rubber match win) and again meets up with Villanova in the Final. The two teams out-do the Big East Tourney Final, going to triple overtime, only after Jajuan Johnson hits a buzzer-beater to reach overtime and Katin Reinhardt scores a half-court three to force the triple. Luke Fischer takes over in the final stanza, scoring 8 of his 32 points to go along with 12 rebounds and 10 blocks, his first career triple double as he wins SOTG in his final Marquette game (narrowly edging fellow seniors Jajuan Johnson and Katin Reinhardt) and cuts down the nets for the first time in 40 years.

But I guess we all have different dreams.

Agreed, but kinda like 3 of 4 teams being from the Big East, except for Kentucky. We face them in Finals.  JuJuan wins it for us, single handedly.  He stayed all 4 even though from Memphis. 

[NCMUFan]

Just keep winning baby! 

[TheButlerDidIt]

Just FYI for those looking at Bracket Matrix - the homepage hasn't actually been updated since before the Creighton game. But if you look at the individual brackets, you will see alot of MU in the 8-10 range in the update brackets.

The best five bracketologists with updated brackets have MU as a 10, 11, 11, not in (weird), and an 8.

[willie warrior]

My dream scenario is for MU and Va Tech to play each other in a first round game at the Dayton Arena. JJJ scores the game winning play on a dunk over Ahmed Hill with Buzz alleging that JJJ took 4 steps. Kostas is on the sidelines at the game and is so moved by the MU win and the possibility of playing with Markus Howard and being paired with Ike Eke  in a Nigerian twin towers formation that he immediately renounces his position at Dayton and transfers to MU.

Yeah, and the lonesome cowboy demonstrating to the refJjJ's steps by dancing his famed Texas two step from WVU.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

The best five bracketologists with updated brackets have MU as a 10, 11, 11, not in (weird), and an 8.

Far more than 5 update brackets.

[TheButlerDidIt]

Far more than 5 update brackets.

Clearly, but I did a quick rundown from the Bracketmatrix rankings.

[Oldgym]

But I guess we all have different dreams.

They're generally a little less specific, but yours works.

[Herman Cain]

Yeah, and the lonesome cowboy demonstrating to the refJjJ's steps by dancing his famed Texas two step from WVU.

Yes that is exactly the picture I  am imagining.

[MarquetteDano]

Definitely a dream.  Triple OT and Fischer hasn't fouled out?

I would take a Vegas prop bet on Fischer fouling out in any triple overtime game. I would even take 1 to 8 odds.

[rocket surgeon]

Soft bubble?????  The bubble has broken.  They are 1-5 in conference

Pitt has lost four in a row, play Louisville tomm., still have Duke, Clemson, Florida St., UNC (twice) and Virginia, etc.

Maybe the guru thinks they will win out.  Ridiculous.

boy! with this schedule, pitt will be the first 1-12 bubble team in ncaa tourney history

[MarquetteDano]

Would looooove to play Gonzaga

Normally I would agree but I think this is Gonzaga's year to make a run.  Unlike year's past,  this team plays fantastic defense.  This is not their normal great offense,  above average defense team.  They play better D than they do offense.