Way-Too-Early Bracket Matrix Update

Submitted by LS And Play on

While only about a third of brackets have been updated since the Maryland game, Michigan has seen a jump to the upper end of the 8-seed line. Expect that to move into the 6-7 range at the next update. I'll throw out a question as well: What is the high end of where Michigan could end up, and where do you expect us to be seeded? 

Other teams of note:

Michigan State: 1-seed

Maryland: 2-seed

Iowa: 4-seed

Purdue: 5-seed

Indiana: 8-seed

Ohio State: Next Four Out

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ScruffyTheJanitor

January 14th, 2016 at 12:04 PM ^

At the very least, they need to go deep in the B1G tourney. Beating Michigan State and Ohio State would help, as well as being quite satisfying. Michigan has a good enough record, but they need some real resume building wins. 

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Nitro

January 14th, 2016 at 12:23 PM ^

We only have two quality wins (Texas and Maryland).  As long as we continue to avoid bad losses, the Maryland win should keep us off the bubble, but (in light of weak non-conference win set and the weakness of the lower tier of the B1G), the only way we'll move higher than the 8/9 line is through wins in remaining games against MSU, Purdue, Iowa, and Maryland (and maybe the road game against OSU).

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TrueBlue2003

January 14th, 2016 at 2:43 PM ^

if we lose the six games remaining against ranked opponents, and win the other eight games to finish 21-10, 11-7, without a bad loss, we'll absolutely be dancing. We are highly likely to win one of those six though, and also likely to lose at least one that we should win.  So the 21-10 record Kenpom predicts would be a nice finish, especially if Levert misses significantly more time.

It would obviously be nice to win some of those games, especially MSU, because winning is good. I like winning.

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BigBlue02

January 14th, 2016 at 2:02 PM ^

We just beat Maryland without our best player. I'm not sure why everyone thinks we might not win another big game.

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funkywolve

January 14th, 2016 at 12:42 PM ^

Whether you consider them a resume building win probably depends on which metrix you use and whether you consider Texas a resume building win.

 

In Kenpom, Texas is ranked 57 and OSU is ranked 59.

In RPI, Texas is ranked 26 and OSU is ranked 62.

In espn's BPI, Texas is ranked 46 and OSU is ranked 52.

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AlwaysBlue

January 14th, 2016 at 12:32 PM ^

have doubts about Caris' return. Tough to predict with that giant question mark. They can be a decent team without Caris (as we just saw) but without him and Spike, their depth is a problem.

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AlwaysBlue

January 14th, 2016 at 1:44 PM ^

to win basketball games and get his degree so at least some of that is still in play.  Last year he was injured so he probably thought he would maximize his draft position by waiting a year.  I really hope he's able to finish his senior season strong and start earning a healthy NBA check.

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