Latest bracketology from CBS Sports (Jerry Palm)
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology
Jerry Palm, CBS Sports' resident bracketologist, has an updated bracket with Michigan moving up to a 3 seed (4 seed last time) in the West. His current projection shows potential rematches against Iowa State (2 seed) and Arizona (1 seed) in the West.
EDIT: As pointed out by Paps below, Stanford (11) could also be a potential rematch in this region.
Other Big Ten teams include:
- Minnesota (8 - West)
- ohio state (8 - East)
- Iowa (4 - East)
- michigan state (1 - Midwest)
- Wisconsin (3 - South)
January 27th, 2014 at 11:46 AM ^
I think Palm is trolling Michigan; potential rematches against ISU and Arizona? Has that ever happened before?
January 27th, 2014 at 11:48 AM ^
January 27th, 2014 at 11:57 AM ^
It's possible that playing Duke and Arizona in the non-conference may make it more likely that either end up in Sparty's bracket.
January 27th, 2014 at 11:58 AM ^
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January 27th, 2014 at 12:02 PM ^
The selection committee only pays attention to the first two rounds of the tourney as far as seeding to prevent rematches. After that, there are too many mitigating factors to prevent rematches. So with Michigan as the 3 seed, you wouldn't see the 6, 11, or 14 seed in that region be someone we played, as long as they can help it.
Stanford would be the only team that would have to change.
January 27th, 2014 at 5:34 PM ^
Do they really try to avoid rematches? It seems like we've played our share of them in the tourney.
I know you aren't supposed to play a conference rival before the Elite Eight, but I didn't think there were any other guidelines in this regard.
January 27th, 2014 at 11:53 AM ^
I honestly wouldn't mind watching "Beilein, Stauskas and Co: Revenge Tour 2014"
January 27th, 2014 at 12:23 PM ^
i'd love to get another crack at duke. stauskas would be more motivated than any player ever.
January 27th, 2014 at 11:46 AM ^
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January 27th, 2014 at 11:51 AM ^
forgot about Stanford! Now all they need to do is move Dook into the same region, lol
January 27th, 2014 at 2:39 PM ^
get a first round game against Charlotte.
January 27th, 2014 at 3:02 PM ^
Yes, please.
January 27th, 2014 at 11:49 AM ^
Michigan will win the B1G regular season, and if they go to the finals fo the B1G Tournament, it will be hard to not have them as the #1 seed, or #2 at a minimum.
Yes, I'm telling you what will happen and I realize there is much basketball to be played. But it is still the truth.
I can't wait until we beat MSU for the 2nd time this year when they come to AA (MSU might win in the B1G tournament). They will not be a higher seed than us.
January 27th, 2014 at 12:14 PM ^
Winning the B1G is the first big prize, and it won't be easy. Our schedule remains murderously tough. Of course, if you told me we would be 7-0, I would have thought alcohol poisioning.
I'm worried about the next three games against unranked teams. Too easy to have a let down.
January 27th, 2014 at 12:16 PM ^
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January 27th, 2014 at 2:23 PM ^
I didn't mind your post, until I read the last sentence. You gotta be kidding me....
January 27th, 2014 at 3:30 PM ^
joke
your head
January 27th, 2014 at 12:01 PM ^
Getting a high enough seed that they get a pod close to Ann Arbor (Buffalo and Milwaukee are the two closest) is huge. Syracuse will be one of the teams in Buffalo, but if Michigan can stay ahead of UMass and possibly Villanova (about same distance from Nova to either Buffalo or Raleigh), they can get placed in Buffalo, just a long 3-pointer from Mississauga. It would really suck to have to travel to Spokane or San Diego for round 1.
January 27th, 2014 at 2:59 PM ^
January 27th, 2014 at 12:03 PM ^
Sounds about right. It's been a great week, but I'm not ready to call UM a top-8 team in the country right now.
January 27th, 2014 at 12:34 PM ^
Here's TeamRankings' current bracketology projections (just seeding here, not regions):
#1 - Michigan State (projected record 26-5)
#3 - Wisconsin (projected record 25-6)
#3 - Michigan (projected record 22-8)
#5 - Iowa (projected record 24-7)
#5 - Ohio State (projected record 24-7)
#9 - Minnesota (projected record 20-11)
Inidiana, with a projected finish of 19-12 right now, would probably pass for their "bubble team" from the Big Ten, if there is one here.
January 27th, 2014 at 12:42 PM ^
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January 27th, 2014 at 1:21 PM ^
Either that or one wins the regular season and the other wins the BTT.
January 27th, 2014 at 1:03 PM ^
January 27th, 2014 at 1:17 PM ^
Maybe I'm hating on MSU too hard, but what on earth have they done to deserve still being a #1? They beat a solid (but not great) Kentucky team, filled with freshmen playing their 2nd NCAA game ever. They beat an OK Texas team on the road. They beat OSU and Minny at home, in OT. I just don't see how they are still a 1 seed at the moment. It just seems way too based on W-L record without enough regard to strength of schedule.
January 27th, 2014 at 3:24 PM ^
I'm guessing that he still assumes Michigan State will win the B1G. The winner of the B1G and Big 12 both deserve 1 seeds.
January 28th, 2014 at 2:38 AM ^
He must realllly be expecting Payne and Dawson to make a huge difference.
January 27th, 2014 at 3:23 PM ^
First off, Wichita State as a projected 1 seed is a joke. Play no one in the OOC schedule then I could care less what you do in a weak conference. Iowa State is in the middle of a free fall. Losers of 3 of their last 4 and about to be 4/5 with Kansas coming up. Kansas will end up getting that 1 seed. In my opinion Kansas is the best team in the country. Really need Stanford to get off the bubble to help our RPI (although it's already impressive). On a random note, what the hell happened to Oregon??
January 27th, 2014 at 3:45 PM ^
The Charlotte loss is going to drop us one level no matter what. In other words, a 2 seed is our peek, and 2 becomes a 3, and so on. That loss sucked.
January 27th, 2014 at 5:21 PM ^
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January 27th, 2014 at 4:55 PM ^
A three seed would be sweet, especially considering many analysts had M pegged as a five or worse.
January 27th, 2014 at 6:14 PM ^
Not after the Iowa game tomorrow
January 27th, 2014 at 7:31 PM ^
Only five hours from Portland! I'd take that.
January 27th, 2014 at 10:03 PM ^
I'll never understand why people start worrying about match-ups at this point. There is so much left to play out that it's meaningless. It's nice to get an idea of where we project as a seed so far, but talking about whether we want to play this team or that in the third or fourth game based on one guy's extremely tentative bracket doesn't even make sense.
Of course any time we talk predictions, there's a lot of uncertainty. But you can make educated guesses at least when talking about how many losses we'll wind up with or what seed we'll get. Wondering about who we'll play in our sweet 16 game? That's another thing altogether.
January 27th, 2014 at 11:26 PM ^