2/27 Bracketology
Lunardi still has Michigan on the 6 line.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
Bracket Matrix agrees.
However, I decided to post this tonight because Rhode Island is getting DESTROYED at home by the 13-15 St. Joseph Hawks. That's an absolutely catastrophic loss for a team with basically 0 big wins. This type of loss could cost them a couple of seed lines.
February 27th, 2018 at 9:19 PM ^
Threads have spawned nothing but good conversation. That's honestly all I want out of them.
February 27th, 2018 at 9:32 PM ^
February 27th, 2018 at 9:16 PM ^
February 27th, 2018 at 9:32 PM ^
really not fair, TC. How dare you jump to such a nefarious conclusion. It could just be they are absolute morons.
My money is on the latter...
February 27th, 2018 at 9:18 PM ^
Just to get things started and interesting
Purdue and Sparty match-ups would be interesting
February 27th, 2018 at 9:29 PM ^
At 17-11 if he loses out does he still get into the tournament?
February 27th, 2018 at 9:58 PM ^
At best they should be bubble. I don't care how good people claim the b12 is, 8-10 in conference should be nothing more than last 4 in.
February 27th, 2018 at 10:55 PM ^
Stewart Mandel and friends will now cite their 6 quadrant 1 wins, and ignore their 12 losses.
February 28th, 2018 at 9:15 AM ^
the same record without Young being a POY candidate, they would not be in the tournament.
February 28th, 2018 at 9:23 AM ^
It's ridiculous. They have been on an absolute free fall, and haven't looked good doing so. No team that has only won 3 out of their last 13(!) games deserves to be considered firmly in the field. They might play Iowa State in back to back games here, if they lose either of them, they should absolutely miss the field.
February 27th, 2018 at 9:32 PM ^
down 11 mid first half 16-27
at Arkansas
February 27th, 2018 at 11:13 PM ^
February 27th, 2018 at 9:32 PM ^
I like how Howie Schwab has us at a 3 seed. Not sure how good he is at projections, but I like his thought process.
February 27th, 2018 at 9:36 PM ^
He had his own show on ESPN for a bit.
Now he's doing bracketology for BTN.
He's a smart dude though.
February 27th, 2018 at 9:40 PM ^
but would feel a lot more confident if he didn't actually go by the name "Howie"...
February 27th, 2018 at 9:51 PM ^
How does the region selection work?
Any chance we're given the West region? I'm a greedy LA alum who wants a Sweet Sixteen appearance by the Wolverines in the Staples Center lol.
February 27th, 2018 at 10:37 PM ^
There's absolutely a chance that Michigan will be put in the west region. The bracketing process is basically to start with the S-Curve you want. In theory, the top #1 seed gets the closest eligible region (you can't appear in a region if you're the host or you played more than 3 home games in that arena during the season). In a league with no western #1 seeds, the West is likely to get the #4 overall seed (weakest #1), along with the #5 overall seed (strongest #2).
Additionally, unless a conference has 9 or more teams in the tournament, they won't schedule two teams from the same conference in the same half of a region; if the 1 seed is from the Big Ten, there won't be another Big Ten team as #16, 8, 9, 4, 13, 5, or 12 in that region.
If you think Michigan is a #4/5 seed, and you're trying to get them to LA, you want them as either the strongest 4 seed or the weakest 5 seed, and you don't want either MSU or Purdue to be the weakest #1 seed. If you think they're a 6 seed, you want them as the strongest 6 seed with neither MSU nor Purdue as the strongest #2 seed.
February 27th, 2018 at 10:08 PM ^
February 27th, 2018 at 11:25 PM ^
Duke gets to play the first two rounds in either Charlotte, Ashville, or Greensboro...other than that it's a toss up.
February 28th, 2018 at 5:33 AM ^
Duke and UNC get most favorable paths every year. Southern home cookin.
February 27th, 2018 at 11:18 PM ^
loses again. 91-82 to the Hogs. That was predictable. They suck - they really do. That makes 3 losses in their last 4 games, none to Top 25 teams. How many more losses does it take for these bracketolgy geniuses to realize that Auburn does not belong among the top 4 seeds?
CBS still has them at a #2 seed - idiots.
They are heading down to 5/6 seed territory. Michigan clearly - CLEARLY - better than them.
Illuminating night for the wannabes Rhode Island, Alabama and Auburn. Bring on the serious teams!
February 27th, 2018 at 11:47 PM ^
Mississippi St looked like trash .
February 28th, 2018 at 5:31 AM ^
There is no way Lunardi can defend this; it is simply anti-Michigan for some personal reason he he harbors.
No other way to explain it.