Bracketology 2024

Seems like Jerry Palm is going to stick to his guns and underseed us by multiple seed lines again this year. You have to respect his commitment to the bit at this point.

Palm is rated even lower than Lunardi btw. #142 out of a possible 174 bracketologist in the matrix.

Palm use to drive me crazy but it's actually easy to figure out what he's doing. He needs clicks so teams like ISU with big and passionate fan bases are perfect for him to mess seed lines with. Last year was pretty laughable, the committee put us at a 3 seed in the mid year deal they do and the next week after 2 top 15 net ranking losses he has us at like a 6 or 7, thats literally not possible lol.
 
Big 12 as of 1/25/24

Locks: Houston, Kansas, Baylor

Probably in: Iowa St, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, BYU, TCU, Texas, Kansas St

Coin flip: Cincinnati

Probably Out: UCF

No Shot: West Virginia, Ok State

I need to see ISU add one more Quad 1 win before moving to the "Lock" group. Hopefully Saturday.
 
And kU? In a straight up bet no way ANYONE takes Princeton over KU to win it all.
I would. in a heartbeat. KU has no depth whatsoever. The NCAA tournament is very draining, and youre going to need bodies that can give you quality minutes. Outside of there 6 regular producers, KU doesnt have much
 
Gimme this road to the Elite 8 right now.

 
Our resume has caught up to our analytics. Both say 3 seed (or 4 seed at worst) as of today. I think we'd be somewhere between 10th-12th on the seed list if the committee reveal was today.

NET: #10

Analytics:
KenPom - 12th
Torrvik - 8th

Resume:
SOR - 14th
Quad 1 Wins - 3 (All Quad 1A)
Quad 2-4 Record - 13-0
 
Our resume has caught up to our analytics. Both say 3 seed (or 4 seed at worst) as of today. I think we'd be somewhere between 10th-12th on the seed list if the committee reveal was today.

NET: #10

Analytics:
KenPom - 12th
Torrvik - 8th

Resume:
SOR - 14th
Quad 1 Wins - 3 (All Quad 1A)
Quad 2-4 Record - 13-0
Unless you are Jerry Palm who has us as the last 5 seed. My personal favorite team he has seeded higher than us is 4 seed Clemson, 14-6 and a losing record in the ACC, just classic. Clemson is a 7 seed at most other places I've seen fwiw
 
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I love how a home win over Houston bumps Kansas up to the 2 line and everyone just forgets about the UCF and west Virginia losses. Palm will probably drop us 2 or 3 seed lines after a 2 point loss to a top 15 net team on the road

Good wins matter more than bad losses and have for a while.
 
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Big 12 as of 2/5/2024

Locks: Houston, Kansas, Baylor

Probably in: Iowa St, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, BYU, TCU, Texas

Coin flip: Cincinnati

Probably Out: UCF, Kansas St

No Shot: West Virginia, Ok State

We are pretty similar seed wise to Baylor and Kansas but they have more quad 1 wins. We need to stack a few more. Preferably tomorrow.
 
Big 10 as of 2/5/2024

Locks: Purdue, Wisconsin, Illinois

Probably in: Michigan St, Northwestern, Nebraska

Coin flip:

Probably Out: Iowa

No Shot: Ohio St, Indiana, Minnesota, Maryland, Penn St, Rutgers, Michigan

Nebraska should be in as long as they avoid bad losses down the stretch. Almost had it last night but Fred needs to win a road game sometime.
 
Big 10 as of 2/5/2024

Locks: Purdue, Wisconsin, Illinois

Probably in: Michigan St, Northwestern, Nebraska

Coin flip:

Probably Out: Iowa

No Shot: Ohio St, Indiana, Minnesota, Maryland, Penn St, Rutgers, Michigan

Nebraska should be in as long as they avoid bad losses down the stretch. Almost had it last night but Fred needs to win a road game sometime.
Iowa needs to win at least 2 of the next 3 against PSU, MN, and Maryland.
 
Big East as of 2/5/2024

Locks: UConn, Marquette

Probably in: Creighton

Coin flip: St John's, Villanova, Butler, Seton Hall, Providence

Probably Out: Xavier

No Shot: Georgetown, DePaul

Big East will be fun down the stretch. UConn is elite. Marquette is good. Tons of bubble teams behind them.
 

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