2024 NCAA Tournament Bracketology

[GB Warrior]

He also said 3 one seeds are pretty locked and there are 3 teams vying for that fourth one seed.

Which, if the S curve is to be believed, Marquette is not among them

[CountryRoads]

Which, if the S curve is to be believed, Marquette is not among them

UNC, Arizona, Tennessee

[DoctorV]

He made it seem like the 3 in play for the one seed are still playing, so could be UNC, Arizona, Marquette.

Maybe Marquette has jumped ahead of Tennessee on their SCurve already.

Great insider info by him letting us know that according to Marquette Tyler should be a go without restrictions next week, good stuff.

Let's go win a ship tonight

[JakeBarnes]

He made it seem like the 3 in play for the one seed are still playing, so could be UNC, Arizona, Marquette.

Maybe Marquette has jumped ahead of Tennessee on their SCurve already.

Great insider info by him letting us know that according to Marquette Tyler should be a go without restrictions next week, good stuff.

Let's go win a ship tonight

Arizona is out. So who knows.

But would be fun to think we're in contention for it. Looking forward to tonights game!

[wisblue]

Three teams "vying" doesn't necessarily mean they are still playing. It could just mean there are 3 teams they are seriously considering.

If Marquette is in the running I'd have to think Iowa State is too.

Past history has shown that conference tournament results don't have as much impact on the seeding as fans seem to think. The decision about who the fourth number one seed is has probably been made, unless they will only five it to UNC if they win their tourney.

[DoctorV]

Holy crap somehow I missed the Arizona loss.

Maybe I misheard, but it sure seemed to me like he said there were 3 teams in play for the final 1 seed and they are still playing for a championship...

So maybe it is UNC, Marquette, and Iowa St.

UNC is definitely big front runner with a regular season ship already in hand, 9Q1s and 16 Q1+2s.
MU and Iowa st have 9 and 15.

That said, if Marquette wins tonight that's 10 Q1s, 16 1+2s with a conference tourney title over another 1 seed, versus UNC regular season title in a far superior conference.
Tack on the Tyler injury playing a role in a few losses and maybe there's more of a chance than we thought.

Ditto for Iowa St if they beat Houston.
Their weak OOC makes me think they would be a bigger long shot.

[CountryRoads]

He made it seem like the 3 in play for the one seed are still playing, so could be UNC, Arizona, Marquette.

Hope so. Just had my hopes up for a 1 seed during the reveal and thought MU got about as little respect as possible at #7.

[Big Papi]

No way MU gets a 1 seed but the committee does love teams winning conference season and tournament titles.

Better chance we are the number 2 seed in the South.  Does the committee look for intriguing storylines like facing previous coaches?  Somehow, I think Michigan St., Kentucky and Texas A&M all could be in our bracket.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

I haven't really studied the bubble this year but how is a team like Miss State getting 9-10 seeds but most brackets have PC and Hall out? I get they've beat Tenn 2x and that's impressive, but 8-10 SEC with pretty bland wins otherwise and plenty of losses.

BE getting 4 teams with one a 10/11 seed would be mad disrespect. Even 5 would be.

[MU82]

The Athletic recently released an update, and here are the top two seeds in each region:

DETROIT - Purdue (Indy), Marquette (Indy)

LA - UNC (Charlotte), Arizona (SLC)

DALLAS - Houston (Memphis), Tennessee (Charlotte)

BOSTON - UConn (Brooklyn), Iowa St (Omaha)

That all makes a lot of sense to me. Scoopetologists?

[cheebs09]

The Athletic recently released an update, and here are the top two seeds in each region:

DETROIT - Purdue (Indy), Marquette (Indy)

LA - UNC (Charlotte), Arizona (SLC)

DALLAS - Houston (Memphis), Tennessee (Charlotte)

BOSTON - UConn (Brooklyn), Iowa St (Omaha)

That all makes a lot of sense to me. Scoopetologists?

I would be very happy with that.

[Boston Warrior]

I like our chances against Purdue vs the other number 1s

[Johnny B]

I like our chances against Purdue vs the other number 1s

Why we struggle massively against monster bigs.. give me Houston or UNC

[Boston Warrior]

Edey is a monster, but the rest of the team is not at the level of talent of nc, u conn or Houston.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Joe Lunardi ESPN has Marquette #8 in his latest SCurve. I like the Athletic Bracketology better.

[mu_eyeballs]

Edey is a monster, but the rest of the team is not at the level of talent of nc, u conn or Houston.

I would love to go against UNC...after they thrashed TK and Oso 2 years ago it would be sweet revenge and nice symmetry.

[MU82]

As we sit here today, I'd be happy going against any of those 1s ... because it will mean we will have made it to the Elite 8.

But I agree with those who say Purdue would be the first choice if I could make it. Other than Edey, we match up very well against that team. And we create some matchup problems for them. Oso committed a foolish foul when we played them in Hawaii but otherwise played a great game, and MU outscored Purdue by 8 or 10 (I can't remember which I read) points when Oso was on the floor.

[Boston Warrior]

Nc state, Oregon? New Mexico .. a lot of bid thieves

Seton hall, Providence, St. John's might be on the outside looking in.. could big East only get 3 bids?

[The Sultan]

SHU and PC are likely out. SJU is on the bubble.

[1SE]

ISU gets the final 1

[PointWarrior]

SHU and PC are likely out. SJU is on the bubble.

Good F'ck PC

[MarquetteMike1977]

ESPN Bracketology Updated Sunday March 17th by Joe Lunardi. Marquette is listed as a Pod 2 Seed playing 15 Seed Western Kentucky in Indianapolis. With the winner playing the winner of 7 Seed Utah State and 10 Seed TCU/Colorado Winner In the South Houston Region.

[GoldenEagles03]

ESPN Bracketology Updated Sunday March 17th by Joe Lunardi. Marquette is listed as a Pod 2 Seed playing 15 Seed Western Kentucky in Indianapolis. With the winner playing the winner of 7 Seed Utah State and 10 Seed TCU/Colorado Winner In the South Houston Region.

We've gotten horrible matchups the past 2 years and immediately recognized both UNC and MSU as tough draws. I hope we don't get tough draws, but I am going into this Selection Sunday with a 'whatever' attitude. Whoever we get, we gotta beat. No excuses. It is go time!

[wisblue]

ISU gets the final 1

I would bet they don't.

This might be just one of this year's reminders that fans tend to over estimate how much the conference tournaments affect seeding. The Committee has shown repeatedly that they mean it when they say that conference tournament games have no more impact than any other game.

If ISU remains a 2 seed (as I expect) it will essentially prove that MU had no chance of getting a 1 seed yesterday even with a win over UConn and everything else going right. Iowa State won their conference tournament with routs over 2 top teams and it might not be enough.

[The Sultan]

My prediction

#2 seed in the Midwest in Indy v. #15 WKU. #7 Washington State v. #10 Oklahoma for the S16.