Bracketology Thread 2023

[Shooter McGavin]

Can Chase Ross's ballsac  play the role of Ja Morant to Joey's mug

Laughed out loud.  That is really funny!

[fjm]

I jumped on the Delphi Bracketology podcast tonight with Brian Tonsoni from Delphi and Kerry Miller from Bleacher Report. Talked resumes, teams that confound us, and the bubble.

https://twitter.com/delphibrackets/status/1630383662083584001?s=46&t=i8jd5icqD4ER_Owf-vsv7g

Nice dude! Also enjoyed your question in field of 68 today. Sadly agree with them. A 2 is gonna be bruuuutal to reach.

[Shooter McGavin]

Nice job Brew!  Fun hearing you guys talk about this stuff.  Thanks for the knowledge.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Today Joe Lunardi has Marquette as a #3 Seed playing #14 Seed Colgate in Albany with the #6 Seed being Kentucky

[Uncle Rico]

Today Joe Lunardi has Marquette as a #3 Seed playing #14 Seed Colgate in Albany with the #6 Seed being Kentucky

Colgate is a menace

[tower912]

Who would the dentists cheer for?   Worried about a first round floss.

[Skip Intro]

Today Joe Lunardi has Marquette as a #3 Seed playing #14 Seed Colgate in Albany with the #6 Seed being Kentucky

Wouldn't this be the definition of "home crowd disadvantage" for a top 4 seed?  Colgate is a 2 hour drive, if that, from Albany.  Not that there's some massive fan base in that neck of upstate New York, but still.

[Its DJOver]

Wouldn't this be the definition of "home crowd disadvantage" for a top 4 seed?  Colgate is a 2 hour drive, if that, from Albany.  Not that there's some massive fan base in that neck of upstate New York, but still.

I don't think Lunardi pays that much attention to those seeding rules.  I don't think it's a coincidence that he has us potentially playing Wisconsin and then Texas.  It's done intentionally to drive conversation/clicks.

[The Sultan]

Wouldn't this be the definition of "home crowd disadvantage" for a top 4 seed?  Colgate is a 2 hour drive, if that, from Albany.  Not that there's some massive fan base in that neck of upstate New York, but still.

I would guess that Marquette would have more fans in attendance than Colgate.

[Skip Intro]

I would guess that Marquette would have more fans in attendance than Colgate.

I'm sure more MU-affiliated fans would buy tickets than Colgate-affiliated fans.  I think the disadvantage comes in where there's lots of locals who are unaffiliated with any program who attend.  The underdog always has an advantage with those fans, but a backyard underdog would have a huge advantage. 

[muwarrior69]

Who would the dentists cheer for?   Worried about a first round floss.

No worries as they would have the Lord on their side singing their favorite hymn: "Crown Him with Many Crowns.

[Viper]

I don't think Lunardi pays that much attention to those seeding rules.  I don't think it's a coincidence that he has us potentially playing Wisconsin and then Texas.  It's done intentionally to drive conversation/clicks.

Lunardi is a contradiction. He has Michigan, with a 11-7 conference record, out. Yet has 8-10 Wisconsin, in. I would love a March rematch w/RED!

[cheebs09]

Lunardi is a contradiction. He has Michigan, with a 11-7 conference record, out. Yet has 8-10 Wisconsin, in. I would love a March rematch w/RED!

Wisconsin's Q1 wins are what is helping them overcome their record and metrics.

[PGsHeroes32]

Lunardi is a contradiction. He has Michigan, with a 11-7 conference record, out. Yet has 8-10 Wisconsin, in. I would love a March rematch w/RED!

Well most brackets have Wisconsin slightly ahead of Michigan so its not really odd

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Lunardi is a contradiction. He has Michigan, with a 11-7 conference record, out. Yet has 8-10 Wisconsin, in. I would love a March rematch w/RED!

Conference records no matta.

[Coleman]

Conference records no matta.

I mostly agree, but I think you should have to be at least .500 in conference to qualify for the tournament.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

I mostly agree, but I think you should have to be at least .500 in conference to qualify for the tournament.

That rule doesn't exist though.

[TheGym]

That rule doesn't exist though.

This, many projections have West Virginia in at a 6-11 conf record.  The conf rec will have no bearing on whether they get in.

[brewcity77]

Lunardi is a contradiction. He has Michigan, with a 11-7 conference record, out. Yet has 8-10 Wisconsin, in. I would love a March rematch w/RED!

Conference records are not part of selection criteria, especially with leagues like the B10 that have unbalanced schedules.

[wisblue]

Lunardi is a contradiction. He has Michigan, with a 11-7 conference record, out. Yet has 8-10 Wisconsin, in. I would love a March rematch w/RED!

While not a hard and fast rule, the committee says that it tries to avoid rematches of regular season nonconference games in the second round. If possible, if Wisconsin gets an 11 seed and Marquette has a three, they might try to place Wisconsin in a different region.

[Coleman]

That rule doesn't exist though.

I'm aware

[oldwarrior81]

While not a hard and fast rule, the committee says that it tries to avoid rematches of regular season nonconference games in the second round. If possible, if Wisconsin gets an 11 seed and Marquette has a three, they might try to place Wisconsin in a different region.

Yep.  Ship those Badgers to Dayton and play Auburn in that early play-in game.
Survive, and it's off to Sacramento with a matchup against 6-seed Kentucky.
winner getting 3-seed Gonzaga or Arizona.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

I'm aware

But why advocate for that arbitrary rule?  It punishes conferences like the Big 12 that are strong top to bottom.  It doesn't factor in imbalanced conference schedules like the Big Ten has.  And it values conference games over nonconference games.

It must be due to the cognitive dissonance that some people experience.  How can a team with a losing conference record play in the National Championship tournament?  It goes against their natural intuition.  But NFL and NBA teams have made the playoffs with losing records.  Even when other teams with winning records miss the playoffs.

It's just part of sports.  I don't foresee the NCAA adopting a new rule to address it.

[GoFastAndWin]

There's little to no evidence that Wisconsin is an NCAA team. Their win against us notwithstanding. They fail in metrics, eye test, and yes, in the no-matta record and conference record categories.

[BM1090]

There's little to no evidence that Wisconsin is an NCAA team. Their win against us notwithstanding. They fail in metrics, eye test, and yes, in the no-matta record and conference record categories.

This applies to basically every team battling for one of the last few spots, though.