Bracketology Thread 2023

[tower912]

Smart.  (insert Obi Wan Kenobi describing Mos Eisley to Luke Skywalker)

[brewcity77]

Didn't just yesterday you say that if the MU hung onto their top 25 rankings post-PC 2OT loss, they'd be a top 15 team right now, which also equates to a protected seed?

I am not arguing either way as I think MU has too many losses at the moment to be a top 16 team resume-wise, but I am getting more convinced by the day they may actually be one of the best 15 teams in the country even if the resume doesn't support that with the Wisco and Miss St losses.

We may be one of the top-15 teams in the country, and we could be ranked there, but our resume is not that of a 4-seed.

[MarquetteMike1977]

https://twitter.com/espnlunardi/status/1612819843564335105?s=46&t=oqiYCbmAJM6DG6NGtHOO7Q

Here is Joe Lunardi's Bracketology S Curve

[brewcity77]

Gonna scrub in the next couple days, but now we might be in the 4-seed range after all.

[WarriorFan]

New goal:  Win the Big East regular season.

That should be enough for a 4 seed.

[DoctorV]

Gonna scrub in the next couple days, but now we might be in the 4-seed range after all.

Scrub kindly, scrub with bias

[GoldenEagles03]

Saw a few people upset over this on Twitter.  The Field of 68 has a rotating panel every night to discuss the games of the night.  They also have a bracket show called Fielding the 68.  John Fanta hosted tonight with Chris Mack and Jeff Goodman and they completely skipped over Marquette when talking about the 4 Big East teams that played.  Marquette still flying under the radar.  I love it but also how do you gloss over Marquette to talk UConn tonight? Come on!

https://www.youtube.com/live/rqHySuki8R4?feature=share

01:40 = Alabama defeats Arkansas
12:32 = Nate Oats interview
17:10 = Should Arkansas be worried?
20:58 = Who's better: UConn or Xavier?
26:02 = Sean Miller interview
44:35 = Is Indiana in real trouble?
52:30 = Is Memphis a tourney team?
56:24 = Texas comes back to beat TCU
1:01:30 = Was Missouri a fluke?
1:03:40 = Baylor finally gets a win
1:06:45 = Toasts of the Night!

[mugrad_89]

Gonna scrub in the next couple days, but now we might be in the 4-seed range after all.

Not sure we're quite there yet, as the Baylor win has lost a little luster.  Now, I'll reconsider that if we come out of X with a win.  And if that's followed up by a win over Providence, I'll pretend I never had any doubts.  😊

[brewcity77]

Saw a few people upset over this on Twitter.  The Field of 68 has a rotating panel every night to discuss the games of the night.  They also have a bracket show called Fielding the 68.  John Fanta hosted tonight with Chris Mack and Jeff Goodman and they completely skipped over Marquette when talking about the 4 Big East teams that played.  Marquette still flying under the radar.  I love it but also how do you gloss over Marquette to talk UConn tonight? Come on!

https://www.youtube.com/live/rqHySuki8R4?feature=share

01:40 = Alabama defeats Arkansas
12:32 = Nate Oats interview
17:10 = Should Arkansas be worried?
20:58 = Who's better: UConn or Xavier?
26:02 = Sean Miller interview
44:35 = Is Indiana in real trouble?
52:30 = Is Memphis a tourney team?
56:24 = Texas comes back to beat TCU
1:01:30 = Was Missouri a fluke?
1:03:40 = Baylor finally gets a win
1:06:45 = Toasts of the Night!

It was the Sean Miller interview. Fanta was hosting and said "about Marquette..." then Goodman surprised them with Miller (former Field of 68 contributor) and they never went back.

But yeah...it's nuts to spend 6 minutes on UConn without acknowledging that maybe Marquette had something to do with that outcome.

[wadesworld]

The media hates Marquette.

[cheebs09]

The media hates Marquette.

I think we should let them know about it.

[Pepe Sylvia]

I was listening to Fanta in a twitter space and they talked mostly Marquette, before Fanta closed it to do 68. Said he'd vote Kolek first team all big east, bunch of other nice things.

[GoldenEagles03]

I was listening to Fanta in a twitter space and they talked mostly Marquette, before Fanta closed it to do 68. Said he'd vote Kolek first team all big east, bunch of other nice things.

And then they go from a small spaces to a bigger broadcast and fail to mention anything.  I'd rather be under the radar anyways I suppose.

[JakeBarnes]

The media hates Marquette.

Goodman generally doesn't talk Marquette and generally does gloss over our games on After Dark. Plus, they were able to get the gang back together with Mack and Miller, so that was gonna get front billing.

[cheebs09]

Goodman generally doesn't talk Marquette and generally does gloss over our games on After Dark. Plus, they were able to get the gang back together with Mack and Miller, so that was gonna get front billing.

Loyal to Buzz

[PGsHeroes32]

Loyal to Buzz

He actually out of the blue shouted out Buzz and TAMU last night haha

[MU82]

I'd rather be under the radar anyways

Scoopers (not just you) keep saying stuff like this. And stuff like, "I don't even want us to be ranked because we always seem to lose after we're ranked."

We've been under the radar and unranked for most of a freakin' decade. I want to be on the effen radar! I want other teams to fear us. I want fans of our rivals to say, "Uh-oh, here comes Marquette. I hate playing them." I want to be ranked every week, with the ranking going up until we hit #1. I want our coach and players to have to answer countless questions while sitting on the dais at the Final Four.

We've had plenty of years "under the radar," thank you.

[Pepe Sylvia]

Scoopers (not just you) keep saying stuff like this. And stuff like, "I don't even want us to be ranked because we always seem to lose after we're ranked."

We've been under the radar and unranked for most of a freakin' decade. I want to be on the effen radar! I want other teams to fear us. I want fans of our rivals to say, "Uh-oh, here comes Marquette. I hate playing them." I want to be ranked every week, with the ranking going up until we hit #1. I want our coach and players to have to answer countless questions while sitting on the dais at the Final Four.

We've had plenty of years "under the radar," thank you.

I agree with this analysis.

[MU90620]

It was the Sean Miller interview. Fanta was hosting and said "about Marquette..." then Goodman surprised them with Miller (former Field of 68 contributor) and they never went back.

But yeah...it's nuts to spend 6 minutes on UConn without acknowledging that maybe Marquette had something to do with that outcome.

Agree, but I do think they were gearing up to have a significant discussion about Marquette and the Miller interview just killed it. I don't think there was any intentional malice, just really bad luck.

[GoldenEagles03]

Scoopers (not just you) keep saying stuff like this. And stuff like, "I don't even want us to be ranked because we always seem to lose after we're ranked."

We've been under the radar and unranked for most of a freakin' decade. I want to be on the effen radar! I want other teams to fear us. I want fans of our rivals to say, "Uh-oh, here comes Marquette. I hate playing them." I want to be ranked every week, with the ranking going up until we hit #1. I want our coach and players to have to answer countless questions while sitting on the dais at the Final Four.

We've had plenty of years "under the radar," thank you.

I'm fine with being ranked and also under the radar.  We can't have both for much if we keep winning though.  Wins in the next 2 and there is no under the radar.

I think being disrespected is fuel and Marquette and the fanbase can use the "9th in the Conference" as motivation.  That's a dangerous weapon to have as someone else put it yesterday.

[MuggsyB]

It was the Sean Miller interview. Fanta was hosting and said "about Marquette..." then Goodman surprised them with Miller (former Field of 68 contributor) and they never went back.

But yeah...it's nuts to spend 6 minutes on UConn without acknowledging that maybe Marquette had something to do with that outcome.

Bogus, absolutely bogus.  Here's where we insert the TyKo quote at the beginning of the season. 

[The Lens]

Dauster loves Marquette, as does Fanta.  Both are big Field of 68 guys,

[mugrad_89]

Dauster loves Marquette, as does Fanta.  Both are big Field of 68 guys,

Fanta has always been very complimentary of Marquette.

[MU90620]

Field of 68 MO is to talk about the favored team that lost in an upset first. What went wrong? Do they need to worry?  Etc.  They then transition into the team that won and usually do a great job giving them their due. Almost like a bad news first type of mindset. It was just incredibly unfortunate that Miller called in as they were transitioning.

[MU82]

I'm fine with being ranked and also under the radar.  We can't have both for much if we keep winning though.  Wins in the next 2 and there is no under the radar.

I think being disrespected is fuel and Marquette and the fanbase can use the "9th in the Conference" as motivation.  That's a dangerous weapon to have as someone else put it yesterday.

Shaka can and probably will use "9th in conference" as motivation all season. He can keep using that even if we rise to No. 5 in the nation and we're the opposite of under the radar.

"We're going great, guys, but here's another effen coach who said we'd finish 9th in the Big East. Can you believe the balls of that guy? He had no respect for us at the beginning of the season ... and no matter what he might say today, he doesn't really respect us now either. As Tyler says, F 'em ... and now let's go F 'em up!"

Michael Jordan was the greatest player in the world. Everybody knew it. Nobody dared say different. And yet somehow, over and over and over again, Jordan would find some alleged slight that he could use as motivation. Shaka's a smart guy. He'll always be able to do the same.

Great programs don't fly under the radar. Al's teams weren't under the radar. Our 2003 team wasn't under the radar. Buzz's best team wasn't under the radar.

As a basketball program, Marquette's goal should be to never be under the radar again.