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I would LOVE this bracket. Clemson as our 5. KU and Missouri in Wichita means my tickets would sell for an insane amount.
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I would LOVE this bracket. Clemson as our 5. KU and Missouri in Wichita means my tickets would sell for an insane amount. -
Just a few random thoughts as I'm enjoying a beautiful day at 8500 feet and polishing off a few happy hour margaritas. (Not correcting errors). This should/will be remembered as the greatest year in Shocker history. We made a move that had to to made. We have brought a lot to a good conference and hopefully this mutually beneficial relationship will continue to elevate the AAC. There have been a few disappointing moments but for those who have followed conference realignment over the last decade or so, think we've adjusted better than any team over that time. Remember WVU moving to the Big (pick your number) conference which was a lateral move (diplomatically) but realistically a drop down from the beast in the east and going from being a competitive team who always danced to a .500 team in that adjustment year.
The best is yet to come. Believe we will be a 4 or 5 and like 25 or so teams, if we can dream a little, have a chance to run off 6 in a row. And like those other teams, we could be out after the first weekend. No matter what, it's been a great year, I'm ordering another marg, and contemplating taking tomorrow off. WU SHOCKS!!!,Comment
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That'd be awesome to be in the Midwest with the Chickens.Originally posted by Stickboy46 View PostComment
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Updated: 03/12/18 - FINAL PROJECTIONS AND RANKINGS
Only one Brackettologist out of 187 correctly picked all 68 teams, while most missed out on Arizona State and Syracuse being in the tournament and USC and St. Mary's being left out.Bracketmatrix 12/1 1/1 1/15 1/20 1/30 2/7 2/20 3/12 Seed 1 1 2 1 Seed 2 10 8 19 12 Seed 3 10 8 26 24 2 8 4 Seed 4 2 13 18 20 8 4 68 79 Seed 5 1 10 12 14 32 10 25 99 Seed 6 4 2 12 42 20 3 5 Seed 7 1 1 1 5 13 26 Seed 8 1 6 21 Seed 9 2 1 1 12 Seed 10 5 Seed 11 1 2 Not Rated 1 Totals 25 46 80 90 105 101 104 187 Seed 1 4% 3% 1% Seed 2 40% 17% 24% 13% Seed 3 40% 17% 33% 27% 2% 8% 2% Seed 4 8% 28% 23% 22% 8% 4% 65% 42% Seed 5 4% 22% 15% 16% 30% 10% 24% 53% Seed 6 9% 3% 13% 40% 20% 3% 3% Seed 7 4% 2% 1% 6% 12% 26% Seed 8 1% 6% 21% Seed 9 4% 1% 1% 12% Seed 10 5% Seed 11 1% 2% Not Rated 1% Totals 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Overall 2-Seed 4-Seed 3-Seed 4-Seed 6-Seed 7-seed 4-seed 5-Seed Average 2.84 4.15 3.36 4.12 5.80 7.18 4.22 4.56 Comment
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Also, Joe Lunardi with ESPN ranked out about 70 out of 187 or top 37.4% of all brackets.
And, Jerry Palm with CBS ranked out about 80 out of 187 or top 42.7% of all brackets.
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On CBS last night they were singing Palm's praises for only missing one team out of the field. What gives?Go Shocks!Comment
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Because his seeding sucked. They forgot to mention that part.Originally posted by ShockerDropOut View PostDeuces Valley.
... No really, deuces.
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"Enjoy the ride."
- a smart manComment
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Not all losses are equal or should be considered equal. here is the number of losses and average MOL for each tourny team:
Losses Margin AvgMargin Purdue 6 -24 4 Virginia 2 -8 4 Duke 7 -32 4.6 Wichita State 7 -34 4.9 Texas Christian 11 -60 5.5 Villanova 4 -23 5.8 Arizona State 11 -66 6 Nevada 7 -43 6.1 Gonzaga 4 -27 6.8 Cincinnati 4 -28 7 Murray State 5 -35 7 UNC Greensboro 8 -57 7.1 Florida 12 -88 7.3 Houston 7 -51 7.3 Iona 14 -105 7.5 North Carolina 10 -75 7.5 Clemson 9 -68 7.6 Montana 7 -53 7.6 Buffalo 8 -62 7.8 Kentucky 10 -78 7.8 Arizona 7 -56 8 Florida State 11 -88 8 Texas Tech 9 -72 8 Seton Hall 11 -89 8.1 UCLA 11 -90 8.2 Missouri 12 -100 8.3 College of Charleston 7 -60 8.6 Georgia State 10 -86 8.6 Long Island 16 -137 8.6 Michigan 7 -60 8.6 Penn 3 -26 8.7 Stephen F. Austin 6 -52 8.7 Wright State 10 -88 8.8 Auburn 7 -62 8.9 Miami (Fla.) 9 -80 8.9 Rhode Island 7 -62 8.9 New Mexico State 5 -45 9 Davidson 11 -100 9.1 West Virginia 10 -91 9.1 Radford 12 -110 9.2 Saint Bonaventure 7 -65 9.3 Tennessee 8 -74 9.3 Syracuse 13 -122 9.4 Butler 13 -126 9.7 Bucknell 9 -88 9.8 Marshall 10 -99 9.9 North Carolina State 11 -110 10 Alabama 15 -153 10.2 Texas 9 -92 10.2 Virginia Tech 11 -113 10.3 Texas A&M 8 -85 10.6 Kansas 7 -75 10.7 San Diego State 10 -107 10.7 Creighton 11 -121 11 Michigan State 4 -44 11 Oklahoma 13 -149 11.5 North Carolina Central 15 -175 11.7 Ohio State 8 -95 11.9 Cal State Fullerton 11 -132 12 Loyola Chicago 5 -62 12.4 Kansas State 11 -137 12.5 Providence 13 -163 12.5 Texas Southern 19 -252 13.3 Xavier 5 -68 13.6 Lipscomb 9 -126 14 Arkansas 11 -160 14.5 South Dakota State 7 -125 17.9 Maryland-Baltimore County 10 -180 18 "I not sure that I've ever been around a more competitive player or young man than Fred VanVleet. I like to win more than 99.9% of the people in this world, but he may top me." -- Gregg Marshall 12/23/13 :peaceful:
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Remember when Nancy Pelosi said about Obamacare:
"We have to pass it, to find out what's in it".
A physician called into a radio show and said:
"That's the definition of a stool sample."Comment
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Thank you. I was just wondering about MOL and if it were a better indicator of "Team Strength." I'd be interested in seeing that stat for past years and seeds.Originally posted by im4wsu View Post
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If you were to take out the egg we laid @ Houston, we would have an average margin of 3.33. This is kinda a double edge sword of a stat though. We don't get blown out, but unfortunately we lost a decent number of close games. Ultimately this correlates with significant nervous system issues, and subsequent liver damage over time. Non the less, i would rather be at the top of this stat, than the bottom.Losses Margin AvgMargin Purdue 6 -24 4 Virginia 2 -8 4 Duke 7 -32 4.6 Wichita State 7 -34 4.9 “Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
-Sun Tzu, The Art of WarComment
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What would be really interesting is to put the average end of season RPI next to the MOL. Then you would know if that MOL is against tough opponents on average.Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!Comment
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Also interesting that The Flagship is so low on the list -- when they lose, they lose soundly.Comment
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The weighted average is the KenPom for each game weighted by size of MOLOriginally posted by Kung Wu View Post
Losses Margin Avg Mar Tot KP Avg KP WgtAvg Michigan State 4 -44 11 38 9.5 10.7 Gonzaga 4 -27 6.8 103 25.8 13.1 Virginia 2 -8 4 45 22.5 15.4 Ohio State 8 -95 11.9 156 19.5 15.9 Cincinnati 4 -28 7 74 18.5 17.3 Clemson 9 -68 7.6 260 28.9 17.8 Texas 9 -92 10.2 210 23.3 19.7 Kansas State 11 -137 12.5 298 27.1 19.8 North Carolina 10 -75 7.5 329 32.9 20.2 Xavier 5 -68 13.6 177 35.4 23.1 Texas Christian 11 -60 5.5 364 33.1 23.2 Creighton 11 -121 11 357 32.5 24.9 Syracuse 13 -122 9.4 482 37.1 26.8 Arkansas 11 -160 14.5 344 31.3 27 Virginia Tech 11 -113 10.3 426 38.7 27.4 Butler 13 -126 9.7 444 34.2 28.6 Purdue 6 -24 4 176 29.3 28.8 Kentucky 10 -78 7.8 290 29 30.6 North Carolina State 11 -110 10 532 48.4 31.3 Oklahoma 13 -149 11.5 507 39 33.8 Florida State 11 -88 8 414 37.6 34.2 Miami (Fla.) 9 -80 8.9 363 40.3 35.3 Seton Hall 11 -89 8.1 471 42.8 35.7 Texas A&M 8 -85 10.6 246 30.8 35.7 Tennessee 8 -74 9.3 232 29 35.8 West Virginia 10 -91 9.1 308 30.8 37.2 Wichita State 7 -34 4.9 287 41 38.1 Duke 7 -32 4.6 240 34.3 38.4 Michigan 7 -60 8.6 237 33.9 38.5 Arizona 7 -56 8 462 66 40.4 Alabama 15 -153 10.2 787 52.5 41.6 Missouri 12 -100 8.3 597 49.8 42.1 Villanova 4 -23 5.8 196 49 43.6 Providence 13 -163 12.5 668 51.4 46.7 Kansas 7 -75 10.7 348 49.7 47.2 UCLA 11 -90 8.2 645 58.6 48.4 Florida 12 -88 7.3 599 49.9 50.1 Texas Tech 9 -72 8 341 37.9 50.8 Nevada 7 -43 6.1 495 70.7 58.1 Auburn 7 -62 8.9 359 51.3 58.2 Rhode Island 7 -62 8.9 349 49.9 68.8 Buffalo 8 -62 7.8 894 111.8 71.7 Saint Bonaventure 7 -65 9.3 643 91.9 73.3 San Diego State 10 -107 10.7 1030 103 74.5 Arizona State 11 -66 6 837 76.1 79 Houston 7 -51 7.3 669 95.6 79.6 South Dakota State 7 -125 17.9 617 88.1 81.9 New Mexico State 5 -45 9 469 93.8 85.1 Bucknell 9 -88 9.8 1126 125.1 85.7 Montana 7 -53 7.6 682 97.4 86.1 Texas Southern 19 -252 13.3 2758 145.2 86.4 Davidson 11 -100 9.1 1138 103.5 89.6 Cal State Fullerton 11 -132 12 1488 135.3 95.6 Marshall 10 -99 9.9 1107 110.7 96.2 Radford 12 -110 9.2 1880 156.7 100 Lipscomb 9 -126 14 1313 145.9 100.9 UNC Greensboro 8 -57 7.1 1252 156.5 103.7 Murray State 5 -35 7 446 89.2 105.5 Maryland-Baltimore County 10 -180 18 1308 130.8 110.3 Loyola Chicago 5 -62 12.4 654 130.8 111.1 Penn 3 -26 8.7 359 119.7 111.9 Wright State 10 -88 8.8 1684 168.4 133.3 College of Charleston 7 -60 8.6 1223 174.7 137.1 Iona 14 -105 7.5 2141 152.9 144.2 Stephen F. Austin 6 -52 8.7 895 149.2 182.7 Georgia State 10 -86 8.6 1804 180.4 198.5 Long Island 16 -137 8.6 3878 242.4 245.3 North Carolina Central 15 -175 11.7 3610 240.7 249.1 "I not sure that I've ever been around a more competitive player or young man than Fred VanVleet. I like to win more than 99.9% of the people in this world, but he may top me." -- Gregg Marshall 12/23/13 :peaceful:
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Remember when Nancy Pelosi said about Obamacare:
"We have to pass it, to find out what's in it".
A physician called into a radio show and said:
"That's the definition of a stool sample."Comment
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Well, maybe?Originally posted by wusphlash View PostWhere oh where is our T. Boone Pickens.Comment
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Joe Lunardi showing major faith in Gregg Marshall in his early bracketology for next year...
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