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Not only #13 overall, but #1 in AdjD -- and at 89.8, the only team holding opponents under 90 (Louisville is next at 90.2). -
I know you didn't say the Bracket Matrix plays a direct role in selection or seeding of teams, but some will read into it. It is only used as a check-and-balance for seeding. Furthermore, it's an individual choice by the guy who manages the process, who could decide to bring it up to the committee chair, who may or may not take it into consideration.Originally posted by IndianaShocker View PostHello Shocker Nation.
A Bleacher Report article from March 2015 gives good insight into the selection process. The article mentions a committe member keeping tabs on the "bracket matrix". Per this matrix, as of today WSU is on all 79 brackets tracked with its average seed being the highest of the four 9 seeds. It's an interesting composite that should give most Shocker fans a chance to exhale regarding our at-large standing.
http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles...e-really-works
I also liked the very last point:
So can we please stop with the rhetoric about getting screwed in 2014 and being purposefully placed in KU's bracket last year?By the time we were building the bracket, there was very little debating and a lot of simply watching the pieces come together like a jigsaw puzzle. There's no room for conspiracies and creating "juicy" pairings (i.e. Kentucky and Louisville meeting in the Sweet 16 last season), no matter what the conspiracy theorists say. Asked the most surprising thing he learned from the experience, Will Haskett of the Horizon League Network said, "When it comes to placing the teams in the actual bracket, there is absolutely no way for the committee to create those conspiracies. There is no such thing as an orchestrated matchup."Comment
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I'll take any seed at this point. Would rather avoid playing a UNC in NC, but it's better than the NIT. 12 seed seems likely if there is any more bumps in the road, but I don't think there will be. 8-9 seed if Shox win out, outside shot at a 7 but they need to steamroll the rest of the way.Comment
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Palm. 12 seed at okc vs Arizona then Iowa StComment
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FIFYOriginally posted by fansince80s View Post"You Don't Have to Play a Perfect Game. Your Best is Good Enough."Comment
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As a 12 seed, that's just too good to be true. (for clarity, I don't think we'll be a 12 seed).Originally posted by fansince80s View PostComment
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Jerry Palm was on this show last night and they talked about you guys on here.
Fast forward to the 22:20 mark if you want to go straight to the Wichita State talk.2014 RTS Fantasy Championship National Champion $200,000 (2460 teams)
2012 NFFC Online National Champion $100,000 (1872 teams)
2014 DFWC National Champion $9,250 (288 teams)
2015 RTS Fantasy Championship 2nd Place $25,000 (3120 teams)
2015 NCAA Bracketology (351 pts more than all 136 at the bracket matrix)
Kentucky Wildcats National Champions 2012 1998 1996 1978 1958 1951 1949 1948
The Ohio State Buckeyes National Champions 2014 2002 1970 1968 1961 1957 1954 1942Comment
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This should show you what a joke Hairy Palms isComment
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**** that guy and **** CBS for actually keeping that hack employed.Originally posted by fansince80s View PostDeuces Valley.
... No really, deuces.
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Did you check the date on this? lolOriginally posted by shoxlax View PostDeuces Valley.
... No really, deuces.
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So Xavier ended up a 6 seed and Cincinnati an 8 seed last year. This was two weeks before the regular season endedOriginally posted by ShockerFever View Post
It's all doom and gloom with him-everyone is on the bubbleComment
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Ah, I gotcha. I couldn't remember where Xavier ended up last year. Great point.Originally posted by shoxlax View PostDeuces Valley.
... No really, deuces.
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Jerry Palm saying that two of our worst losses came with VanVleet just goes back to the point that the Valley is a wretched conference to be in. No room for screw ups. Gotta be perfect. And even then, everyone says "Yeah, well who did they beat?" Everyone in the P5 gets room for a terrible loss, because they have a good team right around the corner to fix it. We lose 2 games in the Valley and people wanna throw us onto the bubble.
Screw the Valley and screw Jerry Palm.Comment
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Jerry "Hairy" Palm."In God we trust, all others must bring data." - W. Edwards DemingComment
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I don't get too worked up at this time of year. Most teams above and below us will lose games from here on out. We probably have the best shot of winning out.
I wonder what Palm says about N Carolina and Iowa State's loss to UNI. Just curious if he's giving those two teams grief.Comment
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