2016 Bracketology

[dahill2424]

Is it seriously only Tuesday? This is going to turn into one of the longest weeks of my life

[Shockers5150]

Well, 5150, when you start with the answer you want and then work your way back to a justification for it, you have to be selective and bend the principles of logic and reasoning a little. And you have to be willing to ignore important but inconvenient facts, like the computer metrics that love WSU but cloud Palm's "thinking."

Nothing new about that, though, even in more important walks of life -- judges do it all the time, for example.

True. Thank God Palm isn't getting ready to 'sentence' WSU... he'd give them death for jaywalking.

[shoxlax]

Is it seriously only Tuesday? This is going to turn into one of the longest weeks of my life

Binge eat and watch Hoosiers

[forevershockerfan]

Binge eat and watch Hoosiers

Starting with a mountain dew and a party size of flaming hot chitos like FVV.

[WSUwatcher]

"How the RPI shortchanges Wichita State's résumé" from Eamonn Brennan this afternoon, basically asking the question, "What if the résumé is wrong?"

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

Well, for one thing, Jerry Palm's head explodes from all that unclouded thinking...

[Mr. Obvious]

Lunardi, ESPNEWS live, addressing WSU, "they pass the eye test".

[jrschh]

Good review. These guys seem reasonable, if they see WSU make it in, great, if they don't, they understand the logic too. Listen up folks, in 5 days, Wichita State will be the center of NCAA basketball and a lightning rod for controversy. A lot of media publications are saying no one has ever seen a situation like we present to the committee and generally the views are polar opposites - either we are in or out.

I'm of the mind that non power conference programs will always get the shaft. The NCAA will cater to the masses and will select teams that offer more viewership and higher ratings potential. If we're lucky, you can bet your sweet a$$ that CBS is going to come down and disparage our bid and throw the book at the committee member they interview on live TV about the rationale and justification of their decision.

It will get uncomfortable watching and listening to CBS insult us but I'll be as giddy as toddler in a candy store. However, if we don't make it, you can bet your sweet a$$ CBS is going to have a crew here in Wichita to interview coach. GM is a firecracker, I just hope he can compose himself and remain professional on live TV and not live up to the extreme negative stereotypes a lot of folks have of him.

Good or Bad, think about how much free publicity Wichita State is getting because of this. Go to ESPN.com, CBS Sports, NBC Sports, SI.com, etc... you can't go to any of those NCAA basketball pages and not find some article about Wichita State. Additionally, most of those articles not only talk about this year, but reference our Final Four run, Undefeated Regular season and our win over KU to advance to the Sweet 16. I'm a marketing major and you can't buy this amount of publicity!!

I agree, the biggest topic on Selection Sunday will be us. Are they in, or not? Do they deserve to be in or not? It's basically going to be all day publicity campaign about Shocker basketball. Additionally, I predict we will still be the hot topic the next week until the actual tournament begins.

Finally, maybe this is a bit of conspiracy theory, but it seems the biggest outlet that seems to feel the strongest about WSU being out is CBS. Could they be setting up a story line if we do get into the tourney. Basically, are they trying to generate interest in whatever opening round game we have? After all, the tourney is always about the story line and ratings.

[Shockers5150]

"How the RPI shortchanges Wichita State's résumé" from Eamonn Brennan this afternoon, basically asking the question, "What if the résumé is wrong?"

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

Well, for one thing, Jerry Palm's head explodes from all that unclouded thinking...

He gets it.
So nice to have some other voices supporting wsu.

[OregonShocker]

"How the RPI shortchanges Wichita State's résumé" from Eamonn Brennan this afternoon, basically asking the question, "What if the résumé is wrong?"

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

Well, for one thing, Jerry Palm's head explodes from all that unclouded thinking...

Great article! I seem to recall reading a few years ago how his Dad lives in Kansas and is a Shocker fan...anybody confirm this? Or am I confused?

[Kung Wu]

Does anybody remember the controversy around UConn in 2011 (I think that was the year they had the controversial resume, but then won the whole darn thing)?

[kcshocker11]

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14926050&ex_cid=espnapi_internal

[choida]

The year we won the NIT was a huge snub, but I don't remember this sort of buzz, but not making it this year would take the cake

[SB Shock]

Lunardi has dropped WSU to 8th seed.

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

The year we won the NIT was a huge snub, but I don't remember this sort of buzz, but not making it this year would take the cake

No it wasn't. KenPom 56. RPI 60.

[ShockerFever]

I'm just gonna assume that WSU will not receive any help in the conference tourneys, even if they don't need it.

Gonzaga leads at the half 43-35 over St. Mary's.