Lundardi currently has Michigan a 4 seed
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
not trending in any direction. he also has 8 B1G teams in.
January 30th, 2012 at 2:36 PM ^
Love the way Lunardi has UofM set up in this hypothetical bracket. Wish it was real. Playing LBSU and then St. Mary's is a "relatively" easy path to the Sweet16. Yes, I'm aware that St. Mary's has a good squad.
January 30th, 2012 at 3:24 PM ^
In the blog section, he says st. Mary's is one of the best in defending the 3.
...not a good match-up...
January 30th, 2012 at 5:06 PM ^
We haven't really been hitting the open 3s anyway, maybe it would force us inside more.
January 30th, 2012 at 2:37 PM ^
I really hope we can stay in that 3-6 Seed range so we can some decent matchups the first weekend at the tourney.
January 30th, 2012 at 5:00 PM ^
...but not 5
January 30th, 2012 at 2:40 PM ^
Yesterday was a somewhat ugly bump in the road, but they'll have much brighter days. This is a young team.
January 30th, 2012 at 4:44 PM ^
I didn't think we could go into Ohio and beat a team rated #4 in the country especially with all the talent they have. Big, fast and athletic. Wow! Can't wait till we get there. Maybe we beat them in our house but that is the only way.
January 30th, 2012 at 2:42 PM ^
This is a young team, that will get deeper and more talented starting next year.
January 30th, 2012 at 2:45 PM ^
Finally a bracket that isn't paywalled. And if only our bracket was that nice
January 30th, 2012 at 2:53 PM ^
My bracket has Michigan as a 1 seed with the 8 and 9 seeds being Towson and Prairie View. Additionally, Michigan State misses the tournament by their disappointing loss in the Big Ten Championship game.
January 30th, 2012 at 2:54 PM ^
The B1G is so strong, only a few teams can really hurt us with a loss.
January 30th, 2012 at 2:57 PM ^
..How the crap did we lose that game again?
January 30th, 2012 at 3:05 PM ^
Iowa won at Wisconsin, so there's that...
January 30th, 2012 at 3:12 PM ^
January 30th, 2012 at 3:11 PM ^
the pac 12 only has 2 team projected to make it in and thats a 9 seed cal and a 12 seed washington, yikes
January 30th, 2012 at 3:19 PM ^
Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't the Pac 12 like that last year too?
January 30th, 2012 at 11:07 PM ^
The PAC 12 was semi decent last year, but somehow managed to send a bunch of guys to the NBA. A lot of young talent out west tho. Watch out in 3-4 years.
January 30th, 2012 at 4:07 PM ^
PAC12 baksetball or BigEast football?
go.
January 30th, 2012 at 3:19 PM ^
I'm expecting more like a 6 seed considering our remaining schedule. If we can get our shooters hot in March and figure out how to get THJ to be consistently aggressive we might be able to make a run.
January 30th, 2012 at 3:47 PM ^
Not bad. I want to avoid anything over a 6 and a 4 or 5 seed would be great because a run to the sweet 16 would look much more realistic. I like where this team is this year and next year i believe can be special with the recruiting class we have coming in.
January 30th, 2012 at 4:39 PM ^
Can't handle the 12 vs 5 upsets every year.
January 30th, 2012 at 5:46 PM ^
6 seeds get frequently upset as well. It's the tournament. Nothing's a sure thing.
January 30th, 2012 at 5:07 PM ^
We have a very young team to.GO BLUE!!!
January 30th, 2012 at 5:40 PM ^
With UNC being my second team, I would love a Sweet 16 matchup with MSU.
January 30th, 2012 at 11:12 PM ^
that just means you don't love Michigan enough.
January 30th, 2012 at 5:44 PM ^
Long Beach State wouldn't be a bad matchup to have in the opening round, but in this bracket, 6 gets Southern Miss (19-3), which I think would be harder but doable, although I would much prefer 4 in this scenario. For some reason, both Colorado State and Cincinnati at 12 (if we were 5 here) would make me cringe a little bit. Besides, you'd have to play the winner of Middle Tennessee / Wisconsin to get into the Sweet 16. I like the less stressful LB State - St. Mary's route, although the latter is no slouch.
January 30th, 2012 at 5:55 PM ^
I think we're destined for the dreaded 5-12 matchup.
January 30th, 2012 at 11:13 PM ^
(again) unfortunately.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:16 PM ^
If we can play .500 ball the rest of the way. I don't see why we cant be a 4 seed.