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    2024-25 Bracketology

    MEN'S BRACKETOLOGY: 2024 NCAA TOURNAMENT
    BY JOE LUNARDI
    UPDATED: 4/16/2024 AT 9 A.M. ET​
    Men's Bracketology: Kentucky and the Champions Classic prove why November games matter
    https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2025-march-madness-men-field-predictions
    Duke and Alabama are proof that early-season matchups can affect March seeding. They drop off the top line -- to the delight of UConn and Auburn.


    "There is no longer an off-season in college basketball. With more than 1,500 Division I players changing teams, the majority of programs are dependent on the transfer portal to stock and re-stock their rosters each spring. The resulting tumult creates wide swings in projected performance for the following year, and we're here to track it for you with monthly bracket updates until opening night on November 4....First, this projection includes all portal activity through close of business on April 15. Second, it excludes all players that are consensus NBA first- or early second-round picks as well as other underclassmen who have renounced their college eligibility. Finally, it assumes the return of the last class of COVID-year players unless announced otherwise. Remember this is a very early snapshot and we are a long, long way from November."


    Conference Breakdown
    Big Ten 9
    SEC 9
    Big 12 8
    ACC 7
    Big East 6
    WCC 3
    Mountain West 2

    Teams of Interest
    Memphis 11-Seed
    Tags: None
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    Do these type rankings mean anything today. Preseason ranking have always been a bit of a joke, but now they are a total clown show looking for a spotlight.
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      Originally posted by Atxshoxfan View Post
      Do these type rankings mean anything today. Preseason ranking have always been a bit of a joke, but now they are a total clown show looking for a spotlight.
      I believe there is some relevance this far out. How did Lunardi do last year Projected compared to Actual:
      Team Projected Actual Diff
      UConn 1 1 0
      Kansas 1 4 3
      Arizona 1 2 1
      Kentucky 1 3 2
      Michigan State 2 9 7
      Alabama 2 4 2
      Gonzaga 2 5 3
      Houston 2 1 -1
      USC 3 missed
      Creighton 3 3 0
      Baylor 3 3 0
      Marquette 3 2 -1
      Duke 4 4 0
      FAU 4 8 4
      Tennesse 4 2 -2
      Michigan 4 missed
      ​
      I know I know, I didn't look at all the teams, just the top 4-seeds (16 teams).

      87.5% of the teams predicted ended up making the Tournament.
      62.5% of the teams ended up within 2 Seed Lines or less.
      12.5% of the teams missed the Tournament completely.

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      • #4
        Well then why are we spending money on NIL??? We should just be bribing Lunardi to predict us as a 1 seed!
        Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!
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          Sources: NCAA presents new basketball tournament models that would expand field by 4 or 8 teams
          https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-nca...214628269.html
          Ross Dellenger, Senior College Reporter
          Wed, Jun 19, 2024

          "NAPLES, Fla. — College basketball moved one step closer this week to an expanded NCAA men’s basketball tournament. NCAA officials on Wednesday presented to Division I conference commissioners at least two models of an expanded field, one with an additional four teams and another with an additional eight teams, commissioners told Yahoo Sports. Officials declined to speak publicly about the models. The models would expand the 68-team field to 72 or 76 teams, with additional at-large selections as well as at least one additional First Four site. Any expansion would begin, at earliest, in the 2025-26 season...."

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              Men's Bracketology: 2025 NCAA Tournament
              By Joe Lunardi
              Updated: 7/30/2024 at 9:30 a.m. ET

              https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/st...ld-predictions​


              7 seed - Memphis
              9 seed - Florida
              9 seed - Wake Forest
              10 seed - Kansas State
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              • #8
                Memphis and the typical pre-season hype.
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                  Originally posted by Maizerunner08 View Post
                  Memphis and the typical pre-season hype.
                  It makes the inevitable crash much more enjoyable.
                  Deuces Valley.
                  ... No really, deuces.
                  ________________
                  "Enjoy the ride."

                  - a smart man
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by ShockerFever View Post

                    It makes the inevitable crash much more enjoyable.
                    Something like this every season?


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                      Originally posted by WuShock Reaper View Post

                      Something like this every season?

                      Last year a WSU logo was painted on the handle to that railroad turnout.
                      Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Kung Wu View Post

                        Last year a WSU logo was painted on the handle to that railroad turnout.
                        uh...uh...I'm thinking our last few seasons have been more like this. We got ignition, and then liftoff, but ended up spending most of our time after that flying around Uranus.
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                          Originally posted by WuShock Reaper View Post

                          uh...uh...I'm thinking our last few seasons have been more like this. We got ignition, and then liftoff, but ended up spending most of our time after that flying around Uranus.
                          ​

                          Yeah but that match against Memphis ...
                          Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!
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                            Men's Bracketology: 2025 NCAA Tournament
                            Men's Bracketology: Kentucky and the Champions Classic prove why November games matter
                            https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2025-march-madness-men-field-predictions
                            Duke and Alabama are proof that early-season matchups can affect March seeding. They drop off the top line -- to the delight of UConn and Auburn.

                            By Joe Lunardi
                            Updated: 9/24/2024 at 10:20 a.m. ET
                            ​
                            Teams Of Interest
                            8th Seed – Wake Forest
                            9th Seed – Florida
                            9th Seed – Kansas State
                            10th Seed – Memphis

                            First Four Out
                            None

                            Next Four Out
                            4th Spot – Saint Louis
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                            • #15
                              1 bid conference as a 10 seed? Woof

                              Is this like the 4th or 5th preseason in a row Memphis has been projected to go?

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