2016-17 Bracketology

[SlyShock]

The five best bracketologists with 3+ years experience have us at 7, 8, 9, 10 and one was last updated before Arch Madness and we are at 10 on that one. If we are anything between 6-12 I'm not going to be shocked when our name is called.

Casting a wide net there. Realistically, our ceiling is a 7 with the selection committee. It's just not going to happen any other way. Do we know we deserve better? Absolutely, but we've seen year in and year out how this goes. I'd predict an 8 seed given our current situation. Highly doubt we end up anything over 10.

[AndShock]

Casting a wide net there. Realistically, our ceiling is a 7 with the selection committee. It's just not going to happen any other way. Do we know we deserve better? Absolutely, but we've seen year in and year out how this goes. I'd predict an 8 seed given our current situation. Highly doubt we end up anything over 10.

It's just hard to know what to expect. If the committee wants to go strictly by top 50 wins we could definitely end up as an 11 or 12. If the committee decides to seed us correctly to save some top seeds some pain we could get a 6. I'm definitely expecting that 8/9 game but I think the wide net is needed for this year.

[lmor1971]

Markis Mcduffie quote from last press conference. "It don't matter who we play"

[Fafhrd Mouser]

Jerry the flipper boy has WSU playing SMU in the first round.
So yeah let's knock out either the #10 Kenpom or #13 Kenpom non power conference team right away.

Incompetent asshole.

[Stickboy46]

On CBS Sports Channel, Steve Lappas just called out his CBS cohort Jerry Palm. Making fun of the fact that Palm has WSU seeded 11. Has a dinner bet going with Rothstein (Palm's doomsday sidekick) about WSU being an 11.

I mean, I just find it hilarious that his own CBS colleagues are calling him out this badly and routinely. Does Lunardi ever get called out on ESPN? NOPE.

That's because when you actually hear Lunardi explain his seeds, you hear him talk about a ton of factors and not just Top 50 wins. He actually talks about HOW a team plays. Pretty obvious he watches games.

[shocka khan]

Nepotism. Having seen him on television, it's quite clear that Doug Gottliebs dad impregnated his sister.

And then there's little Douggie stealing credit cards to buy his girlie cheap jewelry at Things Remembered. The apple didn't fall far from the tree.

Maybe we should consider sterilization for the whole fam damily? I bet it would improve the gene pool.

[ShockerGirl]

Yesterday during halftime of one of the games, Jay Williams was flabbergasted Lunardi had ILST in over IOWA, although Lunardi owned him pretty good ("unlike the committee, I think losses matter"). I remember Jay Williams being pretty dismissive towards us last year too. He's the epitome of blind deference to P5's and only having a job because DOOK. Quickly reminded me why I never watch ESPN.

[AG1219]

Yeah, the inclusion of Cal is insane. Only 6 of the 107 brackets on the matrix have them in. To have them in ahead of WSU is bonkers.

RPI
WSU - 29
Cal - 56

KenPom
WSU - 10
Cal - 55

vs KenPom "A rated" games
WSU: 2-4
Cal: 1-8

vs KenPom "B rated" games
WSU: 6-0
Cal: 3-3

Best win
WSU @ISUr (RPI 30, KenPom 49)
Cal: @USC (RPI 39, KenPom 59)

The crazy thing about this is if wsu beat Cal it wouldn't be a top 50 win that is needed to gain at large. They are not good enough to be a good win, but are better than wsu.

[AZ Shocker]

The crazy thing about this is if wsu beat Cal it wouldn't be a top 50 win that is needed to gain at large. They are not good enough to be a good win, but are better than wsu.

Whoops! Missed that part of it didn't you Palm.

[shockmonster]

If advanced metrics are used (Ken Pom, BPI, etc. ), we should be a 3 seed.

[RoyalShock]

Yesterday during halftime of one of the games, Jay Williams was flabbergasted Lunardi had ILST in over IOWA, although Lunardi owned him pretty good ("unlike the committee, I think losses matter"). I remember Jay Williams being pretty dismissive towards us last year too. He's the epitome of blind deference to P5's and only having a job because DOOK. Quickly reminded me why I never watch ESPN.

If Lunardi's job is to predict what the committee will do - as I understand it to be - saying "unlike the committee, I think losses matter" means he's not doing his job.

[Cdizzle]

If Lunardi's job is to predict what the committee will do - as I understand it to be - saying "unlike the committee, I think losses matter" means he's not doing his job.

Maybe. Although if all the talking heads said things like this every time they were on TV for 3 months, we might see a few less Vanderbilts in the tournament. When the media spends 3 months trying to make it OK for the committee to include Clemson and Syracuse, the committee will go ahead an include those teams. If the media spends 3 months telling everyone Syracuse isn't even close to deserving a bid, the committee might think twice.

[AndShock]

https://twitter.com/russeisenstein/status/838792268777598977

Here is a 15 minute interview with Schaus about the selection process if anyone wants something to listen to. I couldn't figure out how to link directly to the podcast from my phone but you should be able to play it from inside the tweet.

[wichshock65]

NCAA Bracketology 2017: Real-Time Seed and Region Projections for All 68 Teams

#6 in the west?

http://teamstre.am/2lAwYea

[RoyalShock]

https://twitter.com/russeisenstein/s...92268777598977

Here is a 15 minute interview with Schaus about the selection process if anyone wants something to listen to. I couldn't figure out how to link directly to the podcast from my phone but you should be able to play it from inside the tweet.

Jerry Palm should have a listen. He might learn something.