Bracketology 2019-2020

[Cheeks]

Shoulder injury for yanking of so many celebs

Couldn't even pull off your lame joke without misspelling it and blowing it. 

[lawdog77]

I do not like that bracket at all

[MuMark]

Top 16 reveal was today......

Bracket matrix didn't have exact order but they had all the seeds right

https://twitter.com/bracketproject/status/1226107211492913153?s=21

[CountryRoads]

Here is how they ranked the teams:

1. Baylor (South)
2. Kansas (Midwest)
3. Gonzaga (West)
4. San Diego State (East)
5. Duke (East)
6. Dayton (Midwest)
7. Louisville (South)
8. West Virginia (West)
9. Maryland (East)
10. Florida State (Midwest)
11. Seton Hall (South)
12. Villanova (West)
13. Auburn (South)
14. Oregon (West)
15. Butler (East)
16. Michigan State (Midwest)

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Half of our losses to teams in the top 16 with none of them happening at home.

[Johnny B]

People not liking the bracket I mean it's the ncca tourney. All of teams are good. Only the 2 and maybe 3 seeds have "easy" games. Gonna have to play well no matter what really if you wanna advance. We will not be playing a game where we all feel great about the odds. Way it is

[Cfollow]

Here is how they ranked the teams:

1. Baylor (South)
2. Kansas (Midwest)
3. Gonzaga (West)
4. San Diego State (East)
5. Duke (East)
6. Dayton (Midwest)
7. Louisville (South)
8. West Virginia (West)
9. Maryland (East)
10. Florida State (Midwest)
11. Seton Hall (South)
12. Villanova (West)
13. Auburn (South)
14. Oregon (West)
15. Butler (East)
16. Michigan State (Midwest)

Is ther a bigger GD fraud than Michigan State. 8 total losses and only 3 Quad 1 wins. I can't ever remember a bigger case of a team trading on their name. Michigan State is closer to a bubble team than a top 4 seed. NCAA embarrassing itself yet again.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Second?  The ceiling is third with the way The Hall and Nova are playing and are ahead of us in the standings.

Not necessarily. Both teams had easier starts to their conference season. They still have to play each other twice, Nova has at Butler still to come and Seton Hall has at Marquette and at Creighton. One of those two teams sweeps the other one and they are in striking distance. Nova especially hasn't been blowing people out, they have single digit wins vs X, vs DePaul, and at Providence. Do I think we end up in second? No. I think 3rd or 4th is much more likely but I don't think saying the ceiling is 2nd is unrealistic.

Week and a half later and we are a half game out of second. Still don't think we finish in second, but still think second has always been within our ceiling.

[brewcity77]

Here is how they ranked the teams:

1. Baylor (South)
2. Kansas (Midwest)
3. Gonzaga (West)
4. San Diego State (East)
5. Duke (East)
6. Dayton (Midwest)
7. Louisville (South)
8. West Virginia (West)
9. Maryland (East)
10. Florida State (Midwest)
11. Seton Hall (South)
12. Villanova (West)
13. Auburn (South)
14. Oregon (West)
15. Butler (East)
16. Michigan State (Midwest)

15/16 teams correct, 13/16 on the correct line. My only errors were having Maryland and WVU swapped (which made both a seed-line error) and having Penn State in and Michigan State out (they were 16/17 in mine).

What surprised me was they didn't mention Penn State as close. The Nittany Lions have a great resume with the only real hole being the NCSOS. Punishing them for that seems a bit silly, considering the strength of their wins.

[fjm]

15/16 teams correct, 13/16 on the correct line. My only errors were having Maryland and WVU swapped (which made both a seed-line error) and having Penn State in and Michigan State out (they were 16/17 in mine).

What surprised me was they didn't mention Penn State as close. The Nittany Lions have a great resume with the only real hole being the NCSOS. Punishing them for that seems a bit silly, considering the strength of their wins.

Don't beat yourself up TOO bad.

An hour later your #17 (the committees #16) lost. And your #16 (penn state) won.

[MU82]

brewski, they obviously didn't choose Penn State because their coach committed the #1 sin in college basketball: He didn't foul when up 3. And he had the temerity to win using his strategy, so he had to be punished!

[shoothoops]

NBC Bracketville today, 6 seed.

https://twitter.com/RobDauster/status/1226887989084741633?s=19

[WarriorPride68]

Bracket Matrix has MU has last 6th seed, just ahead of Ohio State (first 7th seed)

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Bracket Matrix has MU has last 6th seed, just ahead of Ohio State (first 7th seed)

They've been there since before the butler win and Arizona and LSU's loss. My guess is that they will move up in the next update

[BM1090]

NBC Bracketville today, 6 seed.

https://twitter.com/RobDauster/status/1226887989084741633?s=19

Top 6 seed at 21 on the S Curve

[GB Warrior]

Bracket Matrix has MU has last 6th seed, just ahead of Ohio State (first 7th seed)

Sidebar - what the hell is up with OSU? I'm trying to think of a bigger regular season collapse.

[brewcity77]

Sidebar - what the hell is up with OSU? I'm trying to think of a bigger regular season collapse.

They were coming off 3 straight wins and playing in a tough environment. If they can win the next two at home, they should be okay. They certainly aren't the team they looked like in December, but after losing 6/7 and starting 2-6 in conference play, I'm sure any OSU fan would've gleefully signed up for 3-1 in their past 4, especially with 3 of those on the road.

[Its DJOver]

Sidebar - what the hell is up with OSU? I'm trying to think of a bigger regular season collapse.

I4 last year was pretty historic.

[MuMark]

Sidebar - what the hell is up with OSU? I'm trying to think of a bigger regular season collapse.

Michigan State was preseason number 1....now out of the top 25.

Trae Young's Oklahoma team also raises their hand........https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/sports/ncaabasketball/trae-young-oklahoma-ncaa-tournament.html

[94Warrior]

I4 last year was pretty historic.

MU last year comes to mind!
Glass houses?

[cheebs09]

Sidebar - what the hell is up with OSU? I'm trying to think of a bigger regular season collapse.

Didn't Clemson start out 17-0 one year and not make the tournament?

[MU82]

MU last year comes to mind!
Glass houses?

True enough.

Still, we didn't start at No. 1 and fall out of the rankings by mid-Feb.

Let's hope we're not talking about any more MU collapses any time soon!

[Its DJOver]

MU last year comes to mind!
Glass houses?

6 game losing streak compared to losing 12 of 13.  5 seed compared to having to turn down a NIT invite because you know that your fans won't turn up.

[GB Warrior]

Didn't Clemson start out 17-0 one year and not make the tournament?

I also thought it happened with one of the Arizona teams (AZ St.??) in the past couple of years, but was too productive at work (read: lazy) to look it up.

And I don't think there's comparisons to last year - we were't #1 or 2. It was a collapse to be sure, but we were never in danger of bottoming out of the whole damn thing.

[KampusFoods]

I also thought it happened with one of the Arizona teams (AZ St.??) in the past couple of years, but was too productive at work (read: lazy) to look it up.

And I don't think there's comparisons to last year - we were't #1 or 2. It was a collapse to be sure, but we were never in danger of bottoming out of the whole damn thing.

ASU started 12-0 in 2017, got up to #3 in the AP poll. Barely made the tournament and lost in the play-in game.