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      • Originally posted by Jamar Howard 4 President View Post
        Obviously, there are many unknown factors, such as how the rest of the top 25 performs from here on out. However, here is my best guess.

        Including the MVC Tournament and assuming at least a championship game appearance:
        31-2: 2 Seed
        30-3: 2 Seed
        29-4: 3 Seed
        28-5: 5 Seed
        27-6: 6 Seed
        26-7: 8 Seed

        Take each of those projections and drop WSU one spot if they fail to reach the MVC finals.

        Anyone else care to stick their neck out and make a prediction? This could be fun to look back at come Selection Sunday.
        It's been 2 weeks since I first posted this set of predictions and I don't think I'd change a thing.

        The thing that I'm most curious about is what happens if UNI finishes the season really well. If UNI stumbles and WSU is clearly the best team in the MVC, then I feel great about my predictions.

        However, let's say UNI and WSU split their next 2 meetings (one in Wichita, one in the championship game of St. Louis) and both teams win all the rest of their games. At that point WSU is 29-4 and UNI is 30-3. With UNI holding a 2 out of 3 head-to-head advantage over WSU, they probably get seeded higher on the committee's S-Curve. At that point, I start to feel that UNI would probably get a 3 seed and WSU would likely fall to a 4. It is definitely in WSU's interest to show that they deserve to be placed ahead of UNI, because I doubt that there will be room for both teams on the 3 seed line. I would take a win Feb 28th (and again March 8th) by a mere 1 point and be plenty happy, but if ever there was a time where style points might matter and margin of victory might come into play, it would be those 2 upcoming games vs UNI. The blowout loss at UNI made it a much tougher task for WSU to prove they are the definitively better team.

        Of course, all of this is blown up if SIU or Bradley decide to go out and beat WSU or UNI.
        Last edited by Jamar Howard 4 President; February 6, 2015, 03:40 PM.

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          • Originally posted by Jamar Howard 4 President View Post
            Obviously, there are many unknown factors, such as how the rest of the top 25 performs from here on out. However, here is my best guess.

            Including the MVC Tournament and assuming at least a championship game appearance:
            31-2: 2 Seed
            30-3: 2 Seed
            29-4: 3 Seed
            28-5: 5 Seed
            27-6: 6 Seed
            26-7: 8 Seed

            Take each of those projections and drop WSU one spot if they fail to reach the MVC finals.

            Anyone else care to stick their neck out and make a prediction? This could be fun to look back at come Selection Sunday.
            KU

            19-4: 2 seed
            19-5: 2 seed
            19-6: 2 seed
            19-7: 2 seed
            19-8: 2 seed
            19-9: 2 seed
            19-10: 2 seed
            19-11: 2 seed
            19-12: 2 seed

            20-12: win 1 game in big 12 touney
            20-13 : 1 seed final.

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            • Originally posted by fansince80s View Post
              KU

              19-4: 2 seed
              19-5: 2 seed
              19-6: 2 seed
              19-7: 2 seed
              19-8: 2 seed
              19-9: 2 seed
              19-10: 2 seed
              19-11: 2 seed
              19-12: 2 seed

              20-12: win 1 game in big 12 touney
              20-13 : 1 seed final.
              I think that's fair. It's such a great conference that they shouldn't be penalized for their losses.

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              • Speaking of great conferences, like the Big East, I notice that Lunardi moved Muto's Musketeers up following their recent home loss to last year's second place BE team.

                Just to enhance his credibility, I'm sure.

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                • Originally posted by fansince80s View Post
                  KU

                  19-4: 2 seed
                  19-5: 2 seed
                  19-6: 2 seed
                  19-7: 2 seed
                  19-8: 2 seed
                  19-9: 2 seed
                  19-10: 2 seed
                  19-11: 2 seed
                  19-12: 2 seed

                  20-12: win 1 game in big 12 touney
                  20-13 : 1 seed final.
                  An original spin on a stale joke. Good job. I got a good laugh out of that post.

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                    New bracket from Lunardi. Not a match-up I would like to see...

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                    • Interesting that they have us trending up now.Awesome to see Jans and how he turned that program into a NCAA tourney team so quickly.

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                      • Originally posted by shocks02 View Post
                        http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask.../iteration/227

                        New bracket from Lunardi. Not a match-up I would like to see...
                        THAT would be a jerk-ish thing to do....

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                        • Gimme That!

                          If they could lock that in right now I'd take it. Not that I want to see WSU play Bowling Green, but that Ok St game.... Shox match up well. I'd take a 2nd round game against anyone from the Big 12 not named KU. Not scared of KU, just don't want to see WSU fall to a 7/10 seed. With all the respect in the world for Gonzaga, I'd rather them be the 1 seed than UVA or UK.
                          -Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind-

                          GO SHOX!

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                          • #4 seeds risk seeing Kentucky in the Sweet 16. #3 seeds get that matchup delayed for at least 1 more round. Considering Lunardi's current group of #4 seeds includes WSU, UNI, Iowa State, and OU, it seems any of those teams could easily end up in Kentucky's region as all are relatively close geographically. It will be an interesting race to the finish to see which teams can finish well and possibly jump into the #3 seed. Even if WSU went to a different region than Kentucky, I'd much rather see WSU as a #3 seed and avoid the likes of Duke, Virginia, and Gonzaga (the other likely #1s) for a bit longer.

                            One last thing...
                            Originally posted by Shock Therapy View Post
                            Anyone that thinks that this (OU) game means anything relative to WSU is kidding themselves.
                            Sorry Mr. Therapy, I just couldn't resist.

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                            • Originally posted by Jamar Howard 4 President View Post
                              #4 seeds risk seeing Kentucky in the Sweet 16. #3 seeds get that matchup delayed for at least 1 more round. Considering Lunardi's current group of #4 seeds includes WSU, UNI, Iowa State, and OU, it seems any of those teams could easily end up in Kentucky's region as all are relatively close geographically. It will be an interesting race to the finish to see which teams can finish well and possibly jump into the #3 seed. Even if WSU went to a different region than Kentucky, I'd much rather see WSU as a #3 seed and avoid the likes of Duke, Virginia, and Gonzaga (the other likely #1s) for a bit longer.

                              One last thing...


                              Sorry Mr. Therapy, I just couldn't resist.
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                              • Originally posted by shocks02 View Post
                                http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask.../iteration/227

                                New bracket from Lunardi. Not a match-up I would like to see...
                                If Bowling Green is able to make the tournament I hope we don't have to play them but it would be awesome if we got sent to the same regional as them. I guess I'll accept it if we had to play them in the 2nd round.

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