2017-2018 Bracketology

[WuShock Reaper]

ESPN Bracketology

Posted: 02/08/18

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

#2 CINCINNATI vs. #15 WRIGHT STATE in Nashville

#6 Wichita State vs #11 MIDDLE TENNESSEE in Dallas

#12 USC vs #12 Houston in Dayton as Last Four In

Next Four Out
SMU

[AndShock]

I’ll take any seed if we get Dallas.

[FadedCrown]

I’ll take any seed if we get Dallas.

Or San Diego?

[newshock1234]

Just no boise

[shocks02]

The Temple predicament is getting very interesting. Could see them being a hot topic on Selection Sunday. Would a 12-loss Owls team get in? 13-losses? I'm thinking 12 losses would get them in, 13 and things get hairy.

[Jhook89]

At this point I would be ecstatic with a 6 seed or less. We need to at least split with Cinci. If not I feel Selection Sunday may be eerily similar to the last few years. “They have no bad losses. Yea, but who have they beat? Give them a 10 seed.”

[Dan]

Not only that but we need to win at SMU

[Steeleshocker]

At this point I would be ecstatic with a 6 seed or less. We need to at least split with Cinci. If not I feel Selection Sunday may be eerily similar to the last few years. “They have no bad losses. Yea, but who have they beat? Give them a 10 seed.”

JH4P had a great post on another thread, but this team has way more quality wins than the years we got a 10-11 seed. With a lot stronger SOS overall. Yes, unless we get one or more wins against Cinci or a couple of our other wins get Tier 1 status we will probably be capped at about a 6 seed. But we should still be a long way from the bubble.

[WstateU]

The Temple predicament is getting very interesting. Could see them being a hot topic on Selection Sunday. Would a 12-loss Owls team get in? 13-losses? I'm thinking 12 losses would get them in, 13 and things get hairy.

[asiseeit]

There will be three losses among these teams ( Gonzaga, St Marys, USC, AZ, UCLA & Az St ) as
they play one another. Would like to see the Cowpokes, Marquette, So Caro, Boston College,
Baylor, Iowa St, No Caro ST, KSU, A&M, Xavier, Georgetown and Alabama win. 3-5 probably will

[WuShock Reaper]

CBS Bracketology (Palm's Update)

Posted: 02/09/18

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/

#3 Cincinnati vs 14 Charleston

#7 Wichita State vs. #10 Louisville in Nashville

#7 Florida State vs. #10 Houston in Dallas

[another shocker]

CBS Bracketology (Palm's Update)

Posted: 02/09/18

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/

#3 Cincinnati vs 14 Charleston

#7 Wichita State vs. #10 Louisville in Nashville

#7 Florida State vs. #10 Houston in Dallas

louisville? isn't louisville on probation? or something?

[Jhook89]

JH4P had a great post on another thread, but this team has way more quality wins than the years we got a 10-11 seed. With a lot stronger SOS overall. Yes, unless we get one or more wins against Cinci or a couple of our other wins get Tier 1 status we will probably be capped at about a 6 seed. But we should still be a long way from the bubble.

I agree with that. I do think our resume is better than last year. We have way more good not great wins. I was mainly stating that I think we could be looking at another situation where at lot of the advanced metrics place us as a 3-5 seed and we get a much lower seed than that because of our lack of marquee wins. There is still a lot of season left though. Who knows. Maybe Marquette and Baylor go on a tear and those end up being much better wins than they currently are.

[ShockerDropOut]

They got the same penalty as UNCheat.

[DJShocker10]

They got the same penalty as UNCheat.

I’m sure Western Kentucky will get the hammer.

[WuShock16]

The one thing with seeding that could worry me was something that also happened last year. When the committee does the “scrubbing” (head-to-head team comparison) to come up with its seed list, it seemed like we were a 10 because we lost to OSU and thus were doomed to be seeded behind them. I hope the same doesn’t fall true for being behind OU this year.

[WSUwatcher]

The way Oklahoma is playing, behind them may mean out of the tournament. I don't think that's likely to happen.