NCAA Tournament Watch

[Dead Dog Alley]

On 3/12/2024 at 7:16 PM, REDZONEDAN said:

I feel like we really should have beaten Arkansas in 1998.  Correct me if I’m wrong, but I felt like we led most of that game, but then got into foul trouble and lost the lead with about 4 or 5 minutes left in the game. Did Lue foul out of that game?

I sure wish Lue came back for his senior year because we wouldn’t be talking about still trying to get our first tourney win.

 

[hhcmatt]

That was a very DePaul way for DePaul to lose that one...just crushing whoever was still following a 3 win team.

[hskr4life]

5 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

That was a very DePaul way for DePaul to lose that one...just crushing whoever was still following a 3 win team.

Heartbreak.  The ultimate bid steal opportunity.

[hskr4life]

So Clemson loses last night to Boston College.  They are a consensus 5-6 seed.  They finish the year limping in at a whopping 1-3 in March with losses to Notre Dame, Wake Forest, and Boston College.  Their lone win was Syracuse at home.

 

Their metrics are now

 

SOR 37, KPI 17… 27 Avg

BPI 30, Pom 36… 33 Avg

NET 35

 

They should be seeded right around us.  There’s no way they’re a 5-6 seed and we’re an 8-9.  My guess is they’d be an 7 and us an 8 based solely on NONCON SOS.  However, we win 1-2 and we’ll be seeded ahead of them.  Mark it.

[hhcmatt]

31 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

So Clemson loses last night to Boston College.  They are a consensus 5-6 seed.  They finish the year limping in at a whopping 1-3 in March with losses to Notre Dame, Wake Forest, and Boston College.  Their lone win was Syracuse at home.

 

Their metrics are now

 

SOR 37, KPI 17… 27 Avg

BPI 30, Pom 36… 33 Avg

NET 35

 

They should be seeded right around us.  There’s no way they’re a 5-6 seed and we’re an 8-9.  My guess is they’d be an 7 and us an 8 based solely on NONCON SOS.  However, we win 1-2 and we’ll be seeded ahead of them.  Mark it.

 

We'll see. They have wins at North Carolina and at Alabama which does a lot of heavy lifting. 

[millerhusker]

Lunardi now has us as an 8 seed and Michigan State is one of the last four byes. He is paying more attention.

[Chuck Taylor]

10 minutes ago, millerhusker said:

Lunardi now has us as an 8 seed and Michigan State is one of the last four byes. He is paying more attention.

Me every other year: Lunardi's an idiot!

Me today: Lunardi's a genius!

[hskr4life]

21 minutes ago, millerhusker said:

Lunardi now has us as an 8 seed and Michigan State is one of the last four byes. He is paying more attention.

I think it’s also a product of actually having enough info now to pin point where teams are going to land.  Bracketology in February is like throwing a dart at a board.  Now that we’re closer to the end, you can really start honing in on certain teams resumes and metrics.  Some will look better than their seed (we’re a good example) and some worse than their seed (Clemson, MSU, etc)

[kldm64]

4 hours ago, Chuck Taylor said:

Me every other year: Lunardi's an idiot!

Me today: Lunardi's a genius!

 

What a great job Lunardi has. He gets paid alot of money to just guess at what each team will be seeded and who's in and who's out.  He's like a weatherman.  He gets paid whether he's right or wrong.

[hskr4life]

Been seeing a few posts that KStates resume is underrated and a win today could send them to Dayton.  Here’s the most recent one I saw.

 

 

[throwback]

From inside the responses:

 

[Norm Peterson]

On 3/5/2024 at 9:11 AM, 49r said:

 

@Norm Peterson might be conflicted with that matchup.

 

Imma be honest this hurts a little bit. I'm happy for Fred and for the fact we seem to be turning things around, but I've been talking about this guy for years now.

Mac the Red on X- -I love McCasland for a lot of reasons But this may be the biggest Texas Tech has struggled to defend th.url

[Norm Peterson]

8 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

Imma be honest this hurts a little bit. I'm happy for Fred and for the fact we seem to be turning things around, but I've been talking about this guy for years now.

Mac the Red on X- -I love McCasland for a lot of reasons But this may be the biggest Texas Tech has struggled to defend th.url

 

Don't know why I can't get links to post but that link should have posted a tweet that praised Grant McCasland's ability to coach defense.

 

Also, what I wouldn't give to be a 7-seed rather than an 8.

[hhcmatt]

Slowly but surely working our way down the line on bracketmatrix to the point we're tied with Northwestern and even flipped up to the 8

 

[tcp]

2 hours ago, kldm64 said:

 

What a great job Lunardi has. He gets paid alot of money to just guess at what each team will be seeded and who's in and who's out.  He's like a weatherman.  He gets paid whether he's right or wrong.

 

The thing about jobs like these is they require that you leave your dignity and pride at the door, and for some of us, that's too high a price...:) Being professionally wrong should come with hazard pay for the shrink session you'll ultimately need. 

Edited March 14 by tcp

[Norm Peterson]

On 3/5/2024 at 1:28 PM, HuscurAdam said:

I don't care if it makes me a bad person, but I really, really, REALLY want Wake Forest to miss the cut and have to sit at home and watch us dancing. I know it's petty, but that's honestly how I feel. 

 

Petty or not, here they come.

 

[Bugeaters1]

 

[roscoe]

4 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

 

That's too bad

[49r]

9 minutes ago, roscoe said:

That's too bad

 

 

[roscoe]

Just now, 49r said:

 

 

You are really starting to hurt my feelings ;)

[49r]

Just now, roscoe said:

You are really starting to hurt my feelings ;)

 

When was the last time they lost three in a row by 20+ I wonder?

[jdw]

14 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

By one point 

Mon, Feb 9, 2004	REG	@	Oklahoma State (10)	Big 12	20.85	L	60	80		15	5	L 1	Gallagher-Iba Arena
21	Sun, Feb 15, 2004	REG	@	Nebraska	Big 12	12.66	L	55	74		15	6	L 2	Bob Devaney Sports

[jdw]

Just now, jdw said:

Mon, Feb 9, 2004	REG	@	Oklahoma State (10)	Big 12	20.85	L	60	80		15	5	L 1	Gallagher-Iba Arena
21	Sun, Feb 15, 2004	REG	@	Nebraska	Big 12	12.66	L	55	74		15	6	L 2	Bob Devaney Sports

By one point 

[TourneyBound]

4 hours ago, hhcmatt said:

Slowly but surely working our way down the line on bracketmatrix to the point we're tied with Northwestern and even flipped up to the 8

 

What 9 seed would you want to play?  I’d take TCU..??  

[hskr4life]

Awww.  Creighton already in Round of 64 form. What a shame.