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Bracketology 2017

Really wish there was a *good* way we could avoid the play in game. 3 games in 5 days didn't treat us well in the ACCT, and I can't imagine it would in the NCAAT.
 
wsc8521s said:
I don't believe we can play Duke that early by rule. Since we played them twice pretty sure the earliest we could play is the Sweet 16.

Maybe someone has pointed this out to Joe already, although he probably just ignored it
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Isn't the prohibition on intraconference match-ups before the Sweet 16 only applicable if there are fewer than 8 schools from a given conference?
 
Demonwolverine said:
Really wish there was a *good* way we could avoid the play in game. 3 games in 5 days didn't treat us well in the ACCT, and I can't imagine it would in the NCAAT.
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That said, half of the years of the Dayton games a team that played in Dayton has made the Sweet 16 (VCU '11, LaSalle '13, Tennessee '14). And every year at least one team that has won in Dayton has won a game in the Rd of 64.

At least we'd be semi-used to it now
 
KidA23 said:
Isn't the prohibition on intraconference match-ups before the Sweet 16 only applicable if there are fewer than 8 schools from a given conference?
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Don't see that noted anywhere
 
Its going to be really hard to put all the ACC teams in opposite halves of brackets. Therefore the lower ranked ACC teams will probably be put in brackets such that they have to knock each other out. I would look to see teams like VaTech or Miami in Wake's region early.

Not buying Lunardi's West with four ACC teams, and the south with one plus a play in. The ACC teams will be spread better than that
 
06deacon said:
Heard someone throw out today on the radio that wake may not be in because of our 3-8 top 50 record. This is the kind of shit that people say. Bitch we're not asking for a 3 seed. What do you think a normal top 50 record is for teams in the 8-12 seed range? Not to mention wakes superior metrics in like every other category. Tjdk or care.
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3-8 is only a .273 winning percentage. That would be last in most any conference!!!!!111111

winning 40% would be a dream and put us in nearly last place with a .400 winning percentage. That sucks.
 
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Deaconblue said:
Its going to be really hard to put all the ACC teams in opposite halves of brackets. Therefore the lower ranked ACC teams will probably be put in brackets such that they have to knock each other out. I would look to see teams like VaTech or Miami in Wake's region early.
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I'd much rather see non-ACC teams at this point. Especially given our defensive struggles with the likes of Duke, Clemson and VT the second time we saw them
 
Demonwolverine said:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/on-the-ncaa-bubble-heres-the-number-to-watch/

According to 538, we have a 99.9% chance of making the tourney.
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Oh you mean the site that actually nailed the popular vote. Good, I like our odds.
 
qcdeac said:
3-8 is only a .273 winning percentage. That would be last in most any conference!!!!!111111

winning 40% would be a dream and put us in nearly last place with a .400 winning percentage. That sucks.
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40% is a long shot for most teams.
 
Hard to see how we wouldn't be in right now, but I'm still plenty scared about what might happen over the next couple days. Especially in the AAC and A-10 tournaments. Or a team like Kansas State picking up a quality win tonight.

Root like hell for the favorites, people
 
TUA01576 said:
Is Michigan wearing practice unis?
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yes. They had a travel incident. Plane went off the runway yesterday. Somehow traveled today but unis did not make the trip.

Michigan arrived at the arena at 10:41 this morning.
 
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thatguy2016 said:
yes. They had a travel incident. Plane went off the runway yesterday. Somehow traveled today but unis did not make the trip.
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The regular Michigan uniforms probably are still in the plane sitting just off the end of the runway. They probably haven't unloaded it yet. There was talk that the B1G schedule for today might have to be rearranged for M. The conf wasn't going to have them not play because of the incident with the plane.
 
wsc8521s said:
I don't believe we can play Duke that early by rule. Since we played them twice pretty sure the earliest we could play is the Sweet 16.

Maybe someone has pointed this out to Joe already, although he probably just ignored it.

From the guidelines: http://www.ncaa.com/content/di-principles-and-procedures-selection

Teams from the same conference shall not
meet prior to the regional semifinals if they
played each other twice during the regular
season and conference tournament.
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Just a couple lines further down is this: "Any principle can be relaxed if two or more
teams from the same conference are among
the last four at-large seeded teams
participating in the First Four."

The current Lunardi bracket has both Wake and Syracuse in Dayton, so those conference-specific rules are relaxed. Strangely enough, he has it right this time.
 
Here is the list of top 100 RPI teams with 5 or more sub-100 losses (in order of RPI)

Akron
Valparaiso
UCF
Fresno State
Syracuse
Richmond
Northern Kentucky
Towson
San Francisco
Iona
UNC-G
Lehigh
 
RChildress107 said:
Here is the list of top 100 RPI teams with 5 or more sub-100 losses (in order of RPI)

Akron
Valparaiso
UCF
Fresno State
Syracuse
Richmond
Northern Kentucky
Towson
San Francisco
Iona
UNC-G
Lehigh
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Not many power conference teams on that list with you, Syracuse.


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LesJohns3D said:
The current Lunardi bracket has both Wake and Syracuse in Dayton, so those conference-specific rules are relaxed. Strangely enough, he has it right this time.
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Still has Cuse as an 11 and Wake as a 12 though. That still seems odd, but guess he thinks the cmtee will give extra weight to their home win over Duke. :rolleyes:
 
Isn't Lunardi notorious for having iffy brackets and then getting tipped off early on Selection Sunday and adjusting his bracket?
 
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