Bracketology 2020-2021

[MarquetteMike1977]

Per Joe Lunardi
April 28, 2020
1 Seed Villanova
3 Seed Creighton
10 Seed Marquette
11 Seed UConn
11 Seed Seton Hall
11 Seed Providence

[brewcity77]

Creighton overrated. UConn underrated. St John's really underrated.

[Viper]

Per Joe Lunardi
April 28, 2020
1 Seed Villanova
3 Seed Creighton
10 Seed Marquette
11 Seed UConn
11 Seed Seton Hall
11 Seed Providence

If Carton is eligible, MU will be a little higher than a 10. Creighton at 3 definitely a stretch. Gtown might be better than anticipated too.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

If Cooley manages a ncaa appearance this season,  I will be very impressed

[Galway Eagle]

If none of those Creighton guys return they aren't making the tournament

[WhiteTrash]

Per Joe Lunardi
April 28, 2020
1 Seed Villanova
3 Seed Creighton
10 Seed Marquette
11 Seed UConn
11 Seed Seton Hall
11 Seed Providence

And yet the BE listed as only getting 5 in.

UCONN to the Big East is a well kept secret from ESPN.... in Connecticut. Very professional.

[WhiteTrash]

If none of those Creighton guys return they aren't making the tournament

And if they do come back, I could see them in the Final Four.

Rich people problems I wish MU had.

[Its DJOver]

And yet the BE listed as only getting 5 in.

UCONN to the Big East is a well kept secret from ESPN.... in Connecticut. Very professional.

UCONN isn't a member of the Beast yet, when they are, it will be reflected accordingly.

[PGsHeroes32]

And if they do come back, I could see them in the Final Four.

Rich people problems I wish MU had.

Alexander is already gone. Needed him for Final Four run imo.

[WhiteTrash]

UCONN isn't a member of the Beast yet, when they are, it will be reflected accordingly.

I thought it was a projection of next years Tournament. So is UCONN's move to the BE less predictable than the teams in the tourney?

I really don't care what ESPN does, it's a promotional network for their own content. I don't blame them but it is what it is.

[Its DJOver]

I thought it was a projection of next years Tournament. So is UCONN's move to the BE less predictable than the teams in the tourney?

I really don't care what ESPN does, it's a promotional network for their own content. I don't blame them but it is what it is.

I'm merely pointing out facts.  Your post made it seem like some egregious error that Lunardi was still including UCONN as part of the AAC, when that is in fact the conference that they belong to.  If his first post July 1st bracket still has them in the AAC, your "very professional" sarcastic line would have some more merit.

[MU82]

Alexander is already gone. Needed him for Final Four run imo.

This. Alexander was the best all-around player in the Big East last season. If they lose one more of their key guys, they probably will have trouble making the tourney at all.

[brewcity77]

This. Alexander was the best all-around player in the Big East last season. If they lose one more of their key guys, they probably will have trouble making the tourney at all.

Alexander was a mammoth, Vander Blue sized loss, but I think Davion Mintz was a bigger loss than people realize. Put up 9.7/3.0 the last time he played and was the guy who could insure there wasn't much dropoff at three positions when Zegarowski, Alexander, or Ballock go to the bench. Kind of like losing the contributions you'd expect from...2014 Jameel McKay.

[MU82]

Alexander was a mammoth, Vander Blue sized loss, but I think Davion Mintz was a bigger loss than people realize. Put up 9.7/3.0 the last time he played and was the guy who could insure there wasn't much dropoff at three positions when Zegarowski, Alexander, or Ballock go to the bench. Kind of like losing the contributions you'd expect from...2014 Jameel McKay.

Agreed. Excellent point on Mintz.

I want our league to be great, but I can't deny that I'm happy to see Alexander gone!

[GoldenDieners32]

Alexander was a mammoth, Vander Blue sized loss, but I think Davion Mintz was a bigger loss than people realize. Put up 9.7/3.0 the last time he played and was the guy who could insure there wasn't much dropoff at three positions when Zegarowski, Alexander, or Ballock go to the bench. Kind of like losing the contributions you'd expect from...2014 Jameel McKay.

I'm interested to see how Mintz will play at kentucky

[Johnny B]

I thought it was a projection of next years Tournament. So is UCONN's move to the BE less predictable than the teams in the tourney?

I really don't care what ESPN does, it's a promotional network for their own content. I don't blame them but it is what it is.

This notion espn is knowlingly not including uconn in this one list for god knows why seems like a real stretch to me. I dont think they care about the big east taking whatver away from them

[Johnny B]

If Carton is eligible, MU will be a little higher than a 10. Creighton at 3 definitely a stretch. Gtown might be better than anticipated too.

What do you see in gtown. No one of note coming in. Yurt7 gone. Jagan gone. I think theyll be pretty damn bad unfortunately

[MU82]

What do you see in gtown. No one of note coming in. Yurt7 gone. Jagan gone. I think theyll be pretty damn bad unfortunately

Have to agree with you. GT has the look of a last-place team.

[Viper]

What do you see in gtown. No one of note coming in. Yurt7 gone. Jagan gone. I think theyll be pretty damn bad unfortunately

According to their version of Scoop (Casual Hoya), they are pretty high on their recruiting class, especially Jamari Sibley in addition to the 2 grad transfers Harris and Clark, I believe. .500 conf record was predicted by some. If so, that's tourney potential. (A good Georgetown does more for the BE than say, a good Creighton. I hope Gtown is good, not at Marquette's expense, but is good. I'll bet even NickelDimer agrees.)

[brewcity77]

According to their version of Scoop (Casual Hoya), they are pretty high on their recruiting class, especially Jamari Sibley in addition to the 2 grad transfers Harris and Clark, I believe. .500 conf record was predicted by some. If so, that's tourney potential. (A good Georgetown does more for the BE than say, a good Creighton. I hope Gtown is good, not at Marquette's expense, but is good. I'll bet even NickelDimer agrees.)

I think that is vastly optimistic on their part. Taking a quick glance at the league, I felt there were four tiers. Villanova is alone at the top. UConn, St. John's, and Providence at a glance look like the next level and likely tourney teams. Then I think Marquette, Xavier, Creighton, and Seton Hall are in a logjam fighting for bids. Butler, Georgetown, and DePaul look like the bottom tier for me, though I'll admit the Bulldogs seem to have a knack for overachieving their on-paper talent (just like Providence in that second tier sometimes tends to underachieve).

[Viper]

I think that is vastly optimistic on their part. Taking a quick glance at the league, I felt there were four tiers. Villanova is alone at the top. UConn, St. John's, and Providence at a glance look like the next level and likely tourney teams. Then I think Marquette, Xavier, Creighton, and Seton Hall are in a logjam fighting for bids. Butler, Georgetown, and DePaul look like the bottom tier for me, though I'll admit the Bulldogs seem to have a knack for overachieving their on-paper talent (just like Providence in that second tier sometimes tends to underachieve).

Anderson is a good coach. St Johns definitely will be in the mix at the top as you point out.

[mileskishnish72]

This notion espn is knowlingly not including uconn in this one list for god knows why seems like a real stretch to me. I dont think they care about the big east taking whatver away from them

ESPN is not a BE fan. As for "God knows why" one wonders if it has anything to do with the FS1 deal.

[The Sultan]

Pretty such they just overlooked it.

[Johnny B]

Pretty such they just overlooked it.

Yup

[Silkk the Shaka]

If Carton is eligible, MU will be a little higher than a 10. Creighton at 3 definitely a stretch. Gtown might be better than anticipated too.

Even if Carton is eligible, I will be surprised if MU makes the tourney. Wojo performs in-line with his pre-season projected computer numbers, and those have us solidly outside a bid with Carton factored in. He'll need another horse to get a 10 seed. Mane or a late grad transfer would do it.