2016-17 Bracketology

[shock-it-to-me]

You've got a very difficult conflict of interest on your hands.

Agreed!!!

[Steeleshocker]

Where is the best site to download win/loss stats with home / neutral / away included?

I like Warrennolan.com for the nitty gritty sheets he has on the. Good breakdowns.

[Steeleshocker]

Here's the thing I don't get. The NCAA tournament is supposed to be selecting the best teams for the tournament, and looking at their resume is how they evaluate it. But what never gets talked about is ALL the parts of the resume.

- quality wins
- bad losses
- road wins
- eye test
- SOS
- NCSOS
- analytics (pretty recent)

I'm sure there are a few more. Obviously Wichita State falls short on quality wins and overall SOS. But they are great everywhere else and mostly comparable to the bubble in NCSOS.

[shoxlax]

http://www.chicagonow.com/medium-rare/2017/02/joe-lunardi-i-challenge-your-bracket-to-a-duel/

Very nice. If he doesn't like Lunardi, he must abhor Palm

[ShockerFever]

The CBS hoard doesn't even consider losses by P5 teams anymore. They're an afterthought.

[ShockerPrez]

http://www.chicagonow.com/medium-rar...ket-to-a-duel/


Very nice. If he doesn't like Lunardi, he must abhor Palm

I think the problem is this guy is actually trying to seed a tourney based on logic and how good teams are.

Lunardi, I think tries to get in the head of the committee and predict what they will do, which doesn't always include unbiased logic...

[WheatShock]

I think the problem is this guy is actually trying to seed a tourney based on logic and how good teams are.

Lunardi, I think tries to get in the head of the committee and predict what they will do, which doesn't always include unbiased logic...

You're spot on about Lunardi. ESPN had him on talking about the Big 12 during the WVU/UT game and one of the things he kept saying was that the committee tends to value this or penalize you for that.

[asiseeit]

If we win out with a double digit tournament finals win I say we
will be a 5/6 seed. As usual we will land in the toughest part
of the bracket to try and put us in our place. So be it.

[ShockerPrez]

If we win out with a double digit tournament finals win I say we
will be a 5/6 seed. As usual we will land in the toughest part
of the bracket to try and put us in our place. So be it.

But the flip-side is that putting us in a tough bracket screws good teams by putting us with them. Which way do they go?

[Shocktoberfest]

But the flip-side is that putting us in a tough bracket screws good teams by putting us with them. Which way do they go?

The screw job is when a high seed gets stuck in a bracket with a 9 or 10 seeded WSU. That sucks for them. If we end of being a 5 through 7, eh, that's about right. Let the chips fall where they may.

[Cdizzle]

But the flip-side is that putting us in a tough bracket screws good teams by putting us with them. Which way do they go?

If they can screw both WSU and Gonzaga, I think you have your answer.

[Shocker1976]

http://www.chicagonow.com/medium-rar...ket-to-a-duel/


Very nice. If he doesn't like Lunardi, he must abhor Palm

Much tougher bracket for the Shockers IMO; to reach FF the Shockers have to march through Villanova, Louisville and Florida. Whereas Lunardi's bucket pits the Shockers against Kansas, Arizona and Duke.

For me I want Lunardi's Region not O'Brien.

[Shocker1976]

If they can screw both WSU and Gonzaga, I think you have your answer.

If the Shockers play in the West Region with an 8/9 seed, then you know you called it right.

[ShockerPrez]

If they can screw both WSU and Gonzaga, I think you have your answer.

Wouldn't be the first time.

[Shoxthemonkey]

If they can screw both WSU and Gonzaga, I think you have your answer.

So much, this. The committee will do everything it can to see that non P5s go head to head and cull each other out. I've seen this movie before.