Bracketology

[ABC]

Lunardi now has WSU as a protected #5 seed.

#19 overall

http://insider.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/ncbexperts/id/8880352/kansas-jayhawks-lead-race-top-seed-college-basketball

[GoShockers89]

JH4P, if you're still around, do you plan on doing your bracket blog again this year? I always enjoy your insight.

[ShockTalk]

JH4P, if you're still around, do you plan on doing your bracket blog again this year? I always enjoy your insight.

Last year, he started his blog back up on January 12th.

[GoShockers89]

Last year, he started his blog back up on January 12th.

Yep, that's why I was asking. No updates on there yet.

[ABC]

Lunardi's latest has WSU still at #19. CU is #20.

[AZ Shocker]

Lunardi's latest has WSU still at #19. CU is #20.

Gross.

[ShockerFever]

Lunardi's latest has WSU still at #19. CU is #20.

He has New Mexico, Cincinnati, NC State, and Minnesota above us.

New Mexico went 1-1, and put up a salty 34 in a 21-point blowout loss to SDSU.
Cincy beat DePaul by 5 (big whoop) and Marquette.
NC State lost to a bad Wake team and beat UNC.
Minnesota has lost 4 in a row, including a loss to putrid Northwestern.

I just don't see justification for those 4 teams in front of us. Sure, we haven't exactly had a murderer's row of opponents this week, but we got a road win and beat a decent BU team by 34. I mean I guess NC State's 8 point home win over a mediocre UNC team cancels out their butt fugly loss to Wake Forest? Minnesota is sinking faster than the Titanic. 34 points in a loss and UNM doesn't move down a spot?

Lunardi is pretty ill-informed and weak sometimes. Actually, most of the time.

[ShockerFever]

4 seed in Austin in Palm's latest bracket:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

[Metalkatz]

I think it would be cool to be on KU's side of the bracket, especially if we cant be the 4 seed in KC

[ABC]

If we were a #4 in KC and KU was a #1, we would not be in KU's bracket.

#1 vs #16 and #8 vs #9 would be in one region;

The winner of #4 vs 13 and #5 vs #12 would go to a different regional final.

[ShockerFever]

If we were a #4 in KC and KU was a #1, we would not be in KU's bracket.

#1 vs #16 and #8 vs #9 would be in one region;

The winner of #4 vs 13 and #5 vs #12 would go to a different regional final.

Huh? We'd meet in the Sweet 16 in the same bracket.

[wsushox1]

I hope we can firmly put Indiana State's at large resume to bed tomorrow.

[Veritas]

I hope we can firmly put Indiana State's at large resume to bed tomorrow.

ISUb losing to the 14th ranked team in the country won't hurt them too badly. I hope that ISUb does get an at-large; just not at WSU's expense.
It's good for the MoVal and good for WSU.

[GoShockers89]

ISUb losing to the 14th ranked team in the country won't hurt them too badly. I hope that ISUb does get an at-large; just not at WSU's expense.
It's good for the MoVal and good for WSU.

I wouldn't seeing them snipe Creighton in Terre Haute to give us some breathing room.

You're right, it's good for us if they get a bid. Even an at-large play-in appearance by the Sycamores nets WSU an extra $60k+ annually for a few years. I'm not opposed to that as long as none of their quality victories come against us.

[jdmee]

Huh? We'd meet in the Sweet 16 in the same bracket.

Not necessarily. The for the first round they place the teams based upon travel of the "protected seed". KU might be in the midwest regional going to KC as the #1 seed. WSU might be in the South regional as the #4 seed and still goto KC for the first round.