Bracketology

[ShockerPrez]

Guys like that will shut up when WSU wins a few tourney games one of these years.

[SubGod22]

Memphis is currently living off of their past. They're not near the team they used to be and I don't think that's set in with their fans yet.

[XManCometh]

Took a look at http://bracketproject.50webs.com/matrix.htm during lunch break today. We are listed in all 60 brackets with an average of 5.25. We are currently listed as the 3rd best #5 seed.

Seed
4 - # of 15 (25.0%)
5 - # of 26 (43.3%)
6 - # of 12 (20.0%)
7 - # of 3 (5.0%)
8 - # of 4 (6.7%)

Great. Another 5 seed where they can match us up against an awesome mid-major program that has no business being a 12 seed.

We'd better get up to a 3 seed or drop to a 6 or 7 if we want a legit shot here.

[fansince80s]

[QUOTE=XManCometh;365573]Great. Another 5 seed where they can match us up against an awesome mid-major program that has no business being a 12 seed.

We'd better get up to a 3 seed or drop to a 6 or 7 if we want a legit shot here.[/QUOTE

I agree give me a 3 or 6. Unless KU is the 1 and we are the 4-5 in same bracket.

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[moshock]

Memphis is currently living off of their past. They're not near the team they used to be and I don't think that's set in with their fans yet.

I'm still trying to figure out the infatuation that the media has with Josh Pastner. He has been able to recruit some really good players but IMHO, has under achieved at best.

[SubGod22]

Great. Another 5 seed where they can match us up against an awesome mid-major program that has no business being a 12 seed.

We'd better get up to a 3 seed or drop to a 6 or 7 if we want a legit shot here.

[QUOTE=fansince80s;365578]

Great. Another 5 seed where they can match us up against an awesome mid-major program that has no business being a 12 seed.

We'd better get up to a 3 seed or drop to a 6 or 7 if we want a legit shot here.[/QUOTE

I agree give me a 3 or 6. Unless KU is the 1 and we are the 4-5 in same bracket.

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I don't understand this fear. We can beat any team in the country. Get the best seed possible. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 I don't care. Stop being afraid to play teams. Any team that we face in the dance will be capable of winning. So get over it and win. That's all there is to it. Hoping we lose a few more games so we can get a lower seed is ridiculous.

[XManCometh]

I don't understand this fear. We can beat any team in the country. Get the best seed possible. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 I don't care. Stop being afraid to play teams. Any team that we face in the dance will be capable of winning. So get over it and win. That's all there is to it. Hoping we lose a few more games so we can get a lower seed is ridiculous.

It was more of a shot at the NCAA selection committee than being scared of playing someone. I could have worded it a little better.

[ShockerFever]

An 8? WTH?

Do the AP pollsters from South Carolina have a bracket they put out as well?

[ShockerPrez]

Do the AP pollsters from South Carolina have a bracket they put out as well?

First 4 out in that one. On the cusp!

[ripemupshocks]

Lunardi's latest:

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

That would be an interesting setup, possible match up with turg if he could get out of the play in round

Also a potential Cretin vs Oregon match-up in the second round. Lunardi must want games with a back story.

[GoShockers89]

Still a #5 in Lunardi's latest, although now we're getting sent to San Jose instead of KC. Creighton drops to a #6. Indiana State in as a #12.

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

[CBB_Fan]

I wouldn't mind the new bracketology, though of course there are teams in the bracket I would rather avoid.

First game would be against Villanova or Illinois. Perfect. I like that matchup, and the fact that we wouldn't be knocking another mid-major out of the tournament with a win. Good matchups versus either team and neither looks hot right now.

Then you have Oregon or Stephen F. Austin. Again, good matchups, and teams that I feel we could beat 60-70% of the time. I wouldn't be surprised to see a 13-4 upset in this round. Oregon has won some games, but I think they are going to be overrated as a team.

Next round is the classic 1 vs 4/5. A game we will be a solid underdog barring Michigan getting upset. They seem like a team that will lose too many games to be a #1 overall (the B1G is hard this year), but I still think they'd be that type of team. Lot of talent on that team. Maybe they lose to ND if ND shoots the 3 well.

Then you'd have a nightmare matchup versus either Syracuse (worst possible matchup for our team), VCU (rematch time), or maybe Miami (possible ACC winners). But we'd be in the Elite 8, so no worries. I'd rather face Miami than Syracuse or VCU; they seem like a beatable team to me.

So I see a fairly easy route to the Sweet 16, with very hard matchups to go farther.

[CBB_Fan]

CBSSports has us as an 8 seed now. They list 9 seeds and lower as bubble teams.

[MadaboutWu]

CBSSports has us as an 8 seed now. They list 9 seeds and lower as bubble teams.

This bracket would set up some nice media buzz for the Davidson bracketbuster return game next year after Davidson becomes the first #16 seed to knock off a #1!

[ShockerFever]

Jerry Hack should not be doing brackets. When I saw that Illinois was still in the field, and a 9 seed at that, it lost all credibility.

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