Bracketology

[mrydel]

Let's really punish them and set up a play in game at Verizon Arena in Little Rock. The WDNWHA Committee will foot the bill for the sponsorship.

[ponyfanman]

Espn has us playing gonzaga now.


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[PonyKris89]

Man, Lunardi(ESPN) still has the South and East regions really stacked compared to the West and Midwest regions..

and South winner plays East in Final Four.

[b_caesar]

The bubble watch page is starting to waver a bit...

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... h/_/id/164

[OhioBrownFan]

Man, Lunardi(ESPN) still has the South and East regions really stacked compared to the West and Midwest regions..

and South winner plays East in Final Four.

Mostly because of demographics. If you look at where the most tourney teams are, they're coming out of the East and Midwest. Highest seeds get priority on home court advantage, so it makes sense. Look at the Midwest regional (Indianapolis), you have all these teams before the year ranked in the top 11 that technically any one of them could have ended up with the "home court" advantage there. Obviously it didn't end up this way but had if it did, you'd have a completely stacked region, the lower teams of individual seed lines getting bumped.

Preseason top 10:
1) Kentucky
2) MSU
3) Louisville
4) Duke
5) Kansas
6) Zona
7) Michigan
Okie State
Cuse
10) Florida
11) Ohio State

There's only 1 team from the West, consequently all the lowest teams of each seed line would've got shipped there. You have 5 teams within a 4 hour drive of each other at the furthest point in the top 11, nearly half. MSU, UM, OSU, UK, and Louisville, that would inherently make the Memphis and Indianapolis regions stacked if those rankings held at the end of the year. Obviously you just plug and chug now in hindsight with other teams emerging up top, but that's the catalyst behind it.

[PonyKris89]

Man, Lunardi(ESPN) still has the South and East regions really stacked compared to the West and Midwest regions..

and South winner plays East in Final Four.

Mostly because of demographics. If you look at where the most tourney teams are, they're coming out of the East and Midwest. Highest seeds get priority on home court advantage, so it makes sense. Look at the Midwest regional (Indianapolis), you have all these teams before the year ranked in the top 11 that technically any one of them could have ended up with the "home court" advantage there. Obviously it didn't end up this way but had if it did, you'd have a completely stacked region, the lower teams of individual seed lines getting bumped.

Preseason top 10:
1) Kentucky
2) MSU
3) Louisville
4) Duke
5) Kansas
6) Zona
7) Michigan
Okie State
Cuse
10) Florida
11) Ohio State

There's only 1 team from the West, consequently all the lowest teams of each seed line would've got shipped there. You have 5 teams within a 4 hour drive of each other at the furthest point in the top 11, nearly half. MSU, UM, OSU, UK, and Louisville, that would inherently make the Memphis and Indianapolis regions stacked if those rankings held at the end of the year. Obviously you just plug and chug now in hindsight with other teams emerging up top, but that's the catalyst behind it.

Yep, I would still think you ship some better teams west, but this is always the problem.

[ponyfanman]

New bracket has us in SA playing New Mexico


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[gostangs]

thats about as good as it could get….

[Stallion]

suffer mrydel

No that would be fricken fantabulous

SMU v New Mexico
Creighton v Western Michigan

[CoxMustangFan]

New bracket has us in SA playing New Mexico


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Ugly. One of the most underrated teams this year.

[LA_Mustang]

I'll take anyone over the play-in game

[SMU 86]

Nothing wrong with being in the 1st round game if that is what it comes down to but I would rather start out in the second round.

[CalallenStang]

suffer mrydel

No that would be fricken fantabulous

SMU v New Mexico
Creighton v Western Michigan

If we managed to get past New Mexico we would get destroyed vs Creighton

[GiddyUp]

we really have no clue until tomrrow. Ya'll be patient

[Pony147]

I wonder if New Mexico moves up after winning today