2017-2018 Bracketology

[WuShock Reaper]

"NCAA tournament preseason bracketology: Projecting the field of 68 ... in November" - USA TODAY Sports

byShelby Mast and Scott Gleeson
Published 9:20 a.m. ET Nov. 6, 2017

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2017/11/06/ncaa-tournament-preseason-bracketology-projecting-field-68-november/832613001/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomcollegemensbasketball-topstories

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[Cdizzle]

"NCAA tournament preseason bracketology: Projecting the field of 68 ... in November" - USA TODAY Sports

byShelby Mast and Scott Gleeson
Published 9:20 a.m. ET Nov. 6, 2017

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2017/11/06/ncaa-tournament-preseason-bracketology-projecting-field-68-november/832613001/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomcollegemensbasketball-topstories

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That's just an abysmally constructed bracket.

So, could be pretty accurate.

[WSUwatcher]

It's mainly just designed-- at least as related to the South -- to pair Kentucky and WSU again.

[FadedCrown]

That's just an abysmally constructed bracket.

So, could be pretty accurate.

Wait, we play FGCU so can that matchup happen?

[ShockerGorilla]

Wait, we play FGCU so can that matchup happen?

And we also play Baylor, which could potentially be our 2nd round opponent. Based on past experience of B12 teams, though, they will go down in a fiery blaze, so we would play Indiana instead.

[FadedCrown]

And we also play Baylor, which could potentially be our 2nd round opponent. Based on past experience of B12 teams, though, they will go down in a fiery blaze, so we would play Indiana instead.

Is that even allowed?

[WuShock16]

I THINK we could play Baylor in the second round since we only play them once. I think teams that play each other twice can't meet until the Sweet 16, and teams that play each other three times can't meet until the Elite 8.

As for Florida Gulf Coast, no, we could not play them, but I think that the person putting this bracket together didn't want to take the time to explore every single possible conflict with the bracket pairing rules...and I don't really blame them. I wouldn't read too much into it.

[AZ Shocker]

Interesting bracket. They have us playing a team we will have already played in the regular season FGCU. And potentially playing another team we will play in the regular season in Baylor...so basically 2 rematches...and then of course the annual Kentucky stop-gate.

Also...is Louisville allowed for post-season??? And if so...how???

[ShockerEngr]

.......
Also...is Louisville allowed for post-season??? And if so...how???

See: Carolina, North

[WheatShock]

Also...is Louisville allowed for post-season??? And if so...how???

The NCAA hasn't punished anyone implicated if the recruiting scandal yet. I would be surprised to see anything happen before next year, if they even bother to do anything at all.

[WuShock Reaper]

"Arizona, Duke headline preseason bracket" - NBC Sports

By Dave Omme
Nov 6, 2017, 9:18 AM EST

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2017/11/06/arizona-duke-headline-preseason-bracket/

"We have to start somewhere, so why not at the top?..."

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[WuShock Reaper]

"Giant Killers: Introducing this year's batch of teams that could cause trouble" - ESPN

John Gasaway, ESPN Insider
Posted: 11/07/17, 7:38 AM CT

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/insider/story/_/id/21317994/charleston-cougars-san-diego-state-aztecs-st-bonaventure-bonnies-top-potential-giant-killers-2017-18-basketball-season

"Welcome to the first installment of Giant Killers (GK) for 2017-18. This hardy ESPN perennial alerts you to teams that, come March, are purpose-built to upset a "Giant" that is seeded at least five lines higher than the "Killer."

Bear in mind that some of the greatest Giant Killers of recent years have in fact been major-conference teams. (No. 10 seed Syracuse in the 2016 tournament certainly comes to mind.) However, I want to take a first cut at spotlighting the serious GK potential that, as always, lurks just outside the six major conferences.

Let me state at the top that if Wichita State is again seeded low enough to qualify as a Giant Killer, the men's basketball committee will (again) have some serious and possibly even extinction-level-event explaining to do. That being said, these are your preseason non-major Giant Killers for 2017-18...."

I dont have access to the complete article, but UCF and Charleston are on his list of GK's.

[shocks02]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

Lunardi just released his first bracketology since the summer.

[FadedCrown]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...l/bracketology

Lunardi just released his first bracketology since the summer.

We cannot play SMU in the 2nd round?? Why are these things so wrong?

[Rocky Mountain Shock]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...l/bracketology

Lunardi just released his first bracketology since the summer.

Surprised Lunardi made the mistake of putting us and SMU in the same pod. We can't play a conference mate until the Sweet 16. Otherwise, I'd take that bracket.

[FadedCrown]

Surprised Lunardi made the mistake of putting us and SMU in the same pod. We can't play a conference mate until the Sweet 16. Otherwise, I'd take that bracket.

Yeah he is usually pretty alert on things like that