That isn’t true, plus OU may be in danger slipping to Q2 if they fall below 30 in net.
Bracketology 2024
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That isn’t true, plus OU may be in danger slipping to Q2 if they fall below 30 in net.
West Virginia is a Quad 3 game, @Kstate is currently a Quad 2 game, not sure where you're getting your bad info from.
@ Kstate may be a Q1 game by the time its played. Being at 76 they only have to move up to 75 for it to be a Q1 road game for ISU and KSU has plenty of good teams still to play to bring it up to there.
Seriously in what world does Wisconsin have a better resume than us? That's just absurd. Their best win was over Marquette at home 2 months ago. They lost to Provide by 13, got run out of the gym by Arizona, and have loses to Penn State, Nebraska and Michigan.
If we want Omaha as a first site, we need Marquette and Kansas to lose more...
I actually think Memphis is an option and our competition for that site is Alabama, if you need another reason to cheer against the Tide
I actually think Memphis is an option and our competition for that site is Alabama, if you need another reason to cheer against the Tide
Yeah I forgot how bad WVU is but the rest still stands. Sh!t isn't static. Tech and K-State will probably both end up being Q1.
Auburn or Tennessee would most likely get the 2nd Memphis spot.
Does Marquette really matter? No reason we can't be in the same regional. Kansas is the only team we can't play again, making it an either or situation.
We also need Wisco to keep losing.
Remember you can have two high profile teams being on different side of the bracket. For example, ISU and KU could both be in as 3 seeds.
Champaign is 8 miles closer to Pittsburgh than it is Omaha. I always love this time of year when there are huge shifts in the bracket based on tiny distances.
I have Tennessee in Charlottee as that is a 4 hour drive from Knoxville versus Memphis being 6 hours.
I also have ISU ahead of Auburn in seeding. We have more Q1a wins (4 vs 1), more Q1 wins (4 vs 2),
Yes we can play Marquettee, but if they get a 2 and we get a 3 seed. That meeting would be in the Detroit or a Sweet 16 matchup.
We aren't a 6 seed and neither is Marquette, so only one of us can get Omaha.
Maybe Marquette prefers Indy too.
We are competing against:
- Kansas
- Marquette
- Wisconsin
- Illinois
Memphis was cool when they had the Pyramid as an arena, now it’s a Bass Pro shop.
They don't. Which is why Lunardi is consistently rated as a below average bracketologist. He loves names on the fronts of jerseys over metrics.
ISU is #9 in NET and #12 in Kenpom
WI is #15 and #14
Look at how he treats Kansas. He has them #8 overall ahead of us and IL even though Kansas is #12 in NET and #13 in Kenpom. He loves a blue blood.
I get KU is a major basketball brand but Wisconsin? It’s been almost a decade since they were a high level program
The #1 overall seed has the option of choosing their 1st/2nd round site and regional assignment.
If Houston is #1 overall (for example), they could theoretically choose Omaha instead of Memphis even though Memphis is closer. And then the dominos would fall from there.
It not so much the name on the jersey with Wisconsin, it's the conference they are in...
So we want Baylor to win at KU on Saturday? It's maybe too early to look at tiebreakers in the Big 12 standings, but with the unbalanced schedules, we're locked into a h2h tiebreaker over KU.
But also, tie breakers really only matter for first place, otherwise it's only for Big 12 tournament seeding. I'm not sure the ncaa committee will put alot of weight on one h2h matchup.
This is from The Athletic's most recent bracket projection this morning. I feel like this would be the monkey's paw version of getting to play in Omaha.
