Bracketology

[shocks771]

Missouri blowing a 10 point lead with 6 minutes left to Mississippi didn't help but pretty much everything other than that went WSU's way today. We will see what happens tomorrow.

[GoShockers89]

LOLunardi's last update of the evening: http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...ays-final-look

Looks like even if Ole Miss beats Vandy tomorrow they stand no chance of hopping us without winning the SEC Tournament.

Similarly situated in Palm's last update of the night: http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

Sports Illustrated breaks down all of their 11+ seeds and we are not included, meaning we are at worst a 10 in tomorrow morning's update (and likely still a 9): http://college-basketball.si.com/201...sing-now-what/

[wsushox1]

Lunardi has us as the last team of the four byes?

lol ok.

Digging his new nickname.... LOLunardi.

[SB Shock]

Lunardi has us as the last team of the four byes?

lol ok.

Digging his new nickname.... LOLunardi.

for giggles I went through an exercise last night of just seeing how secure WSU position was - I came away not feeling very comfortable.

[SubGod22]

I don't see us being worse than a 10.

[jocoshock]

Craig Shaheen who used to sit on the selection committee was just on ESPN talking about selection Sunday. He stated that RPI us to used to organize the teams to start the discussions, but ultimately resume plays the biggest part in the selection. Who you played, how well you did against them. Based on that, it would be hard to imagine us falling into the play-in round. We will see...

[Aargh]

I may have thsi wrong, but wouldn't an 11 seed be BETTER than a 10 seed?

An 11 gets a 6 in the first round and a 10 gets a 7. There's not much difference between those seed levels. I think the chances are about the same either way.

The winner of the 11-6 game gets a 3 in the second round. The winner of 10-7 gets a 2. I think it's more likely that there's a big difference between a 2 and a 3 than between a 6 and a 7. If you gotta play from the bottom end of a bracket, it seems easier to get to a S16 from an 11 seed than from a 10.

[im4wsu]

I may have thsi wrong, but wouldn't an 11 seed be BETTER than a 10 seed?

An 11 gets a 6 in the first round and a 10 gets a 7. There's not much difference between those seed levels. I think the chances are about the same either way.

The winner of the 11-6 game gets a 3 in the second round. The winner of 10-7 gets a 2. I think it's more likely that there's a big difference between a 2 and a 3 than between a 6 and a 7. If you gotta play from the bottom end of a bracket, it seems easier to get to a S16 from an 11 seed than from a 10.

After 1984, the 6-11 seed, the #6 is 73-35. The 7 seed is 67-41 against the 10 seed.

[kcshocker11]

If the Shocks play the way they are capable, lockdown D, inside outside O and rebound like demons, they shouldnt fear anybody

[shockmonster]

It all depends on the luck of the matchups. In 2006, we were a 7 seed playing a bad Seton Hall, an 10 seed. Good Matchup. Last year we were a 5 seed playing a very good 12 seed, VCU. Bad matchup.

[MadDog]

We really need Ole Miss to lose tomorrow. If we are, as Lunardi says, the last 11 seed, Ole Miss will jump us if they win the SEC tournament title, and we'll end up in the play in game. They are only two behind us right now.

[ABC]

Well, Lunardi just moved WSU one spot above St Mary's on the "non-bye" list.

[MadDog]

Thats good. I think Ole Miss is the only team left that can hurt our seeding.

[shockerofandover0943]

We really need Ole Miss to lose tomorrow. If we are, as Lunardi says, the last 11 seed, Ole Miss will jump us if they win the SEC tournament title, and we'll end up in the play in game. They are only two behind us right now.

It's a good thing that LOLunardi isn't on the selection committee. I see no way that the Shockers fall to the play-in game, regardless of what Ole Miss does tomorrow.

[MadDog]

If Ole Miss wins tomorrow, they will be no worse than a 10 seed.