WAYYYYYYYY TOO EARLY Bracketology

From the outside looking in, it's reasonable to believe we could be that much better. ESPN usually just looks at who's returning and how much progress was made from the previous year. We return everyone who started once LeVert went down. We went from 16-16 to 23-13 (albeit an ugly and maybe misleading 23-13). And let's not act like the rest of the Big Ten did much better in recruiting in 2016 outside of MSU PSU and maybe Indiana. It will be a summer of major attrition for the Big Ten too

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LSAClassOf2000

April 7th, 2016 at 2:34 PM ^

It's a bit of a shame that Yale supposedly couldn't be bothered to come back in its role as the upset-minded #12 seed and that the NCAA Selection Committee had to go for Princeton at the 11th hour as the Ivy League replacement.

Also, look out for Vermont, man. I hear they matchup pretty well in a purely speculative sense against Michigan State.

Why Lunardi even bothers with these is beyond me.

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henrynick20

April 7th, 2016 at 6:59 PM ^

But he is just capitalizing on a job and getting clicks for ESPN! It's pure guessing at this point but if we weren't in the tourney the past 5 years and then made Lunardi's bracket, it would surely create some buzz in the off season...that's all this is.

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markp

April 7th, 2016 at 2:48 PM ^

Michigan Football faces a difficult path to their twelvth consecutive title in 2027-- taking on the Longhorns in Austin in the season-opener, and then welcoming the Irish to the Big House the following week in primetime for the 50th all-time meeting in the storied rivalry.

Asked if the team will be hungry and ready to compete when the season begins, head coach Jim Harbaugh said something awesome about steaks, submarines, bastions of hope, and meritocracy.

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