Bracketology 2019-2020

[muguru]

Lunardi...with a note on MU...

The overnight bubble evaluation was not good for Marquette(8-10 Big East, 5-11 vs. Current field) or Texas Tech(4-10 vs. Current field)With both falling to the LAST FOUR BYES category

https://twitter.com/ESPNLunardi/status/1236707849302085633?s=20

[CountryRoads]

Lunardi...with a note on MU...

The overnight bubble evaluation was not good for Marquette(8-10 Big East, 5-11 vs. Current field) or Texas Tech(4-10 vs. Current field)With both falling to the LAST FOUR BYES category

https://twitter.com/ESPNLunardi/status/1236707849302085633?s=20

Lunardi is an advocate for "no teams with under .500 records should be in" so it's not surprising he isn't high on MU. However, it seems our whole body of work is dependent on a formula (NET) that nobody knows exactly how it's even calculated.

The committee can easily throw our Kenpom out the window seeing as Minnesota is one spot behind us at (31) and is 13-16 overall.

And yea... he bumped X out so I am only counting 3 wins against the current field. 2 at home in conference and 1 on a neutral against a 10 seed. Starting to look like an NIT resume to me.

[Silent Verbal]

If we lose to SH on Thursday, I think having a superstar in Markus still gets us in one of the play-in games.  We will, as one poster put it, "slime" our way into the tournament.

[BM1090]

Lunardi...with a note on MU...

The overnight bubble evaluation was not good for Marquette(8-10 Big East, 5-11 vs. Current field) or Texas Tech(4-10 vs. Current field)With both falling to the LAST FOUR BYES category

https://twitter.com/ESPNLunardi/status/1236707849302085633?s=20

Yet he moved us up 2 spots from his update last night.

[WarriorDad]

Lunardi...with a note on MU...

The overnight bubble evaluation was not good for Marquette(8-10 Big East, 5-11 vs. Current field) or Texas Tech(4-10 vs. Current field)With both falling to the LAST FOUR BYES category

https://twitter.com/ESPNLunardi/status/1236707849302085633?s=20

Beard's team is rated below Wojo's?

[rocket surgeon]

  brian wardle takes #4 seed of MVC to 2nd straight championship and an auto bid.  go on to a 24-5 run after the half. good for him.  i haven't plugged in their numbers but i don't think they have any upper tier wins, but...

[muguru]

  brian wardle takes #4 seed of MVC to 2nd straight championship and an auto bid.  go on to a 24-5 run after the half. good for him.  i haven't plugged in their numbers but i don't think they have any upper tier wins, but...

They were helped immensely by the fact the top two seeds, N. Iowa and Loyola were eliminated. Bradley was winless against both those teams during the regular season.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Beard's team is rated below Wojo's?

Our loss to DePaul was tighter due that Wojo timeout with a second left.

[WarriorDad]

Our loss to DePaul was tighter due that Wojo timeout with a second left.

We also beat DePaul.  Did Beard not call timeouts and coach to the end against DePaul?  Was Beard supposed to be a cannot miss coach?  Why is he struggling?  Even with OT Tech scored only 60 points at DePaul.  They have lost four straight and five of 7. 

[willie warrior]

We also beat DePaul.  Did Beard not call timeouts and coach to the end against DePaul?  Was Beard supposed to be a cannot miss coach?  Why is he struggling?  Even with OT Tech scored only 60 points at DePaul.  They have lost four straight and five of 7.

But they kicked our ass without their top player, so there is that.

[Silkk the Shaka]

We also beat DePaul.  Did Beard not call timeouts and coach to the end against DePaul?  Was Beard supposed to be a cannot miss coach?  Why is he struggling?  Even with OT Tech scored only 60 points at DePaul.  They have lost four straight and five of 7.

LOL Texas Tech was missing their best player when they played DePaul. Conversely, DePaul was missing their best player when we lost to them.

Chris Beard also has an Elite 8 appearance and a championship game appearance under his belt.

Nice try Chicos!

[Dr. Blackheart]

We also beat DePaul.  Did Beard not call timeouts and coach to the end against DePaul?  Was Beard supposed to be a cannot miss coach?  Why is he struggling?  Even with OT Tech scored only 60 points at DePaul.  They have lost four straight and five of 7.

Yes. The high water mark for Wojo is "not losing as badly than TT to DePaul". 

[WarriorDad]

LOL Texas Tech was missing their best player when they played DePaul. Conversely, DePaul was missing their best player when we lost to them.

Chris Beard also has an Elite 8 appearance and a championship game appearance under his belt.

Nice try Chicos!

We attended the SH and DePaul games last week.  Reed is not their best player, Moore is.  We beat DePaul with Reed at our place.

Speaking of your friend, where has he been lately?  Where is Tower?

[mileskishnish72]

I'm so down on this coach/team at this point that I'm starting to rationalize. I don't think there is even a remote prayer that we beat SHU. I would rather have them go to the NIT than suffer another  humiliation in the dance like last year's, and the way they are playing is not promising that that fate will be avoided.

[Johnny B]

I'm so down on this coach/team at this point that I'm starting to rationalize. I don't think there is even a remote prayer that we beat SHU. I would rather have them go to the NIT than suffer another  humiliation in the dance like last year's, and the way they are playing is not promising that that fate will be avoided.

Be more humiliating if this insane collapse casued them to miss the ncaa after starting 7 and 4 then making it and getting trounced first. This team just looks done to me. I would expect hall to blow them out of the water than we lose by 10 in dayton

[Silent Verbal]

We attended the SH and DePaul games last week.  Reed is not their best player, Moore is.  We beat DePaul with Reed at our place.

Speaking of your friend, where has he been lately?  Where is Tower?

Moore?  I'd say Weems might be their best player when Reed's not on the floor.  Moore is a good pure point guard who's quick, has a decent handle, and can get to the basket.  He doesn't have much of an outside shot, from what I've seen.  Reed is a projected NBA draft pick.  He's their best player, and they were 2-14 in conference, playing almost all those games with him in the lineup.  It was a pathetic loss, Chico.

[muguru]

Be more humiliating if this insane collapse casued them to miss the ncaa after starting 7 and 4 then making it and getting trounced first. This team just looks done to me. I would expect hall to blow them out of the water than we lose by 10 in dayton

I agree with you, that being said, as little confidence as I have, I keep hoping to myself that this program is about due for some NCAA luck, aren't they?? My hope is, that somehow, some way, the basketball gods will be looking down on Markus and reward him and MU with a pristine 1st round match up allowing them to advance, and then a blown up bracket after that so they can play like say a 15 instead of a 2 in round 2. Other schools have it happen to them(UW lived this way in the tourney on more than one occasion), why not MU??


Now, would it feel a little "dirty" and really fluky?? Probably but a Sweet 16, is still a Sweet 16 and at this point I will take ANY amount of success no matter how it comes

[Johnny B]

Of course its possible with howard. Unfortunately there is no honest person who could exepct a turnaround at this point. Hope im wrong though and we have a Cinderella run in the ncca

[DoctorV]

I agree with you, that being said, as little confidence as I have, I keep hoping to myself that this program is about due for some NCAA luck, aren't they?? My hope is, that somehow, some way, the basketball gods will be looking down on Markus and reward him and MU with a pristine 1st round match up allowing them to advance, and then a blown up bracket after that so they can play like say a 15 instead of a 2 in round 2. Other schools have it happen to them(UW lived this way in the tourney on more than one occasion), why not MU??


Now, would it feel a little "dirty" and really fluky?? Probably but a Sweet 16, is still a Sweet 16 and at this point I will take ANY amount of success no matter how it comes

Really impressed here.

Don't get to see quite too many glass half fuller wishful thinking ones from you

[Bad_Reporter]

I'm hoping Wojo and crew get into the tournament, and get to the sweet 16.

Wojo then leaves town, and we can start over.  Although, it won't matter with the current admin (Lovell, and Scholl) in place. 

[WarriorPride68]

Lunardi latest bracket has MU as 10 seed

https://twitter.com/espnlunardi/status/1236810739303809024?s=21

[BM1090]

Marquette is in 66/66 brackets that updated today on Bracket Matrix. Last 8 seed. High of 7, low of 10.

http://www.bracketmatrix.com/

[rocket surgeon]

Lunardi latest bracket has MU as 10 seed

https://twitter.com/espnlunardi/status/1236810739303809024?s=21

  well, at least the 10 seed has the most upsets over the #7, historically speaking-39.3%.  2nd round, the 10 seed upset the 2 seed 43x over the last 35 years.  i know, here i go again...where's my glue

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/bracketiq/2018-03-13/heres-how-pick-march-madness-upsets-according-data

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Marquette is in 66/66 brackets that updated today on Bracket Matrix. Last 8 seed. High of 7, low of 10.

http://www.bracketmatrix.com/

But but but!!!

[Johnny B]

But but but!!!

But but but this team has to get its shi t together real quick if they wanna do anything in the tournament besides get embarrassed. How can anyone be that confident. What even needs to happen. Baily needs to come back from oblivion. Sacar has bring somthing as does kobe. Those 3 dont show and the seasons over before you can even say tournmanet win