Bracketology 2012

[AZ Shocker]

We are undefeated in that building. (as the CenturyLink Center that is)

Ha-ha...I liked that! Liked that a lot!

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

WSU getting an insane amount of publicity after demolishing Creighton. I think WSU has a serious chance to get a protected seed if they can keep their momentum and finish the season strong.

At this point, it would take a meltdown of historic proportions for WSU to fail to make the tournament.

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

I would like to travel to Omaha, then on to St. Loius.

[vtshocker]

then to New Orleans

[shocktheheart]

Lunardi's latest bracket.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

[rrshock]

Lunardi's latest bracket.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

While a 6 is nice, I don't like that. Omaha would be much better.

[OTR Shockfan]

While a 6 is nice, I don't like that. Omaha would be much better.

Am I just dense or to be in the Omaha spots would we not have to be a # 1 ,16 , 8 or 9 seed ?? screw that
at leas it looks that way on Lunardi's bracket,, I would rather have a better seed and meet the #1 in the E-8

[OTR Shockfan]

lookin at it I think I would want the # 6 seed in Columbus against LBST, and then Marquette or a remach with Davidson
(even tho I don't think they will be there after we whip em in BB LOL)

[ABC]

Generally I believe that the committee wants to protect the #1 seeds and some #2 seeds, by having them play close to home. So what seeds go where are aren't set yet.

I am sure they would love to have WSU go to Omaha b/c it would help wtih attendance. That's why they had us as a #7 seed when KU was a #2 seed in Omaha.

If KU and Mizzou both end up as #1 seeds, I am sure they will be sent to Omaha. And thus the only way for us to be assigned there would be to have a #8 or #9 seed, which we don't want obviously.

[rrshock]

With the way that the seeds are put close to home, there is no way of knowing where a game will be. Especially with the crazy thinking provided by the selection committee.

[ABC]

The other element to a "protected seed", which is 1-4, is that they won't have to play a lower ranked team that is close to their fan base.

Thus, if WSU was a #6 and Baylor a #3 seed, that game wouldn't take place in Omaha. That is likely why Lunardi put it in Albq.

[shox1989]

Joe Lunardi now calling the SMC at Murry St most important BB game ever. Bascially says it is a MUST WIN game for the #14 Murry St. Racers. It's kind of amazing to me that a team ranked #14 in the nation would have to beat a top 20 rpi team at home to keep their at large hopes alive. Either their ranking is way too high or something is just really wrong with the system (actually I think both is true):

It could be argued, with little or no exaggeration, that the coming BracketBusters matchup between Saint Mary's and Murray State (Saturday, 6 p.m. ET, ESPN3) is the most significant game in the 10-year history of the event. The historic significance has waned somewhat since the Racers are no longer in pursuit of a perfect regular season, but this game's importance to the 2012 NCAA tournament bracket cannot be understated. Another loss by Murray, followed by the possibility of a third in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament, would put the Racers at ground zero in the annual "mid-major" vs. "middling majors" debate. And Murray would be even less than the typical mid-major in such a scenario. We're not talking George Mason or Northern Iowa or VCU or Butler. We're talking about a potential at-large candidate from a conference in which no current member has ever, as in E-V-E-R, earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.

[AndShock]

I just noticed Lunardi has WSU and Creighton both be in Albuquerque. That would be really fun, one of the instances I could definitely cheer for CU.

[Metalkatz]

Yeah I noticed there seems to be more games played at each location. Instead of 4 teams, there are now 8 teams. Maybe Im crazy but in previous years weren't there 16 sites with 3 games each? This year there are only 8 sites with more games hosted by each city ( I think a good thing if Wichita ever gets selected)

[boneshock]

It's been 8 sites on the first weekend for a while now.