Bracketology

[The Murphinator]

2 minutes ago, Blackshirts007 said:

If you are on mobile or a tablet it doesn't work.  Stupid right?  Have to be on a computer.  

 

Oh ok. It is ESPN, nothing surprises me from them.

[Moiraine]

20 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

ESPN still has us as the last team in the First Four Out

 

 

It hasn't been updated since the 8th and quite a lot has happened although not all of it good for Nebraska.

[Big red surfers]

Thanks Virginia.....not. 

Edited February 11, 2018 by Big red surfers

[Cdog923]

1 hour ago, seaofred92 said:

Yes

 By far. 

[Cdog923]

We're now in the "Next Four Out" portion of Bracket Matrix. 

[Moiraine]

43 minutes ago, Cdog923 said:

We're now in the "Next Four Out" portion of Bracket Matrix. 

 

 

When they do the brackets now is it a prediction based on what the teams have done so far, or what they think is going to happen?

[Vizsla1]

If the committee is taking 4-5 out of the B1G- are we not guaranteed a spot? I get our conference is not very stellar this year, but two things come to mind:  1) The B1G is still a could draw for viewership- so I error on the side 5 teams are chosen 2). Nebraska is hot and Vegas is liking us a lot for covering the spreads- so that has to work to our advantage with the gamblers...So I say- Nebraska gets in by their chinny chin chins

[ScottyIce]

4 hours ago, Moiraine said:

Is this team better than the Terran Petteway team?

 

Yes.

Palmer > Petteway

Watson>>>>>Webster

Copeland>Pitchford

Roby<Shields

Gill/Taylor> Gallegos/Parker

 

Add in 

That team had no one like Jordy, Allen or Okeke 

 

*Reminder I’m talking about them as players now vs where those guys were at that season. Webster SR vs Webster FR isn’t even close to one another.

Edited February 11, 2018 by ScottyIce

[B.B. Hemingway]

46 minutes ago, ScottyIce said:

 

 

 

That team had no one like Jordy, or Okeke 

 

 

This is only true because the 13-14 team had zero post presence. 

 

Jordy is an absolute liability on defense/rebounding, and provides his fair share of blunders on the offensive end. Okeke is quite the opposite, but at least provides another rim protector to go along with Roby. Still haven't figured out why Jordy is first off the bench before Okeke, other than Miles being scared hurt Jordy's feelings again.

Edited February 11, 2018 by B.B. Hemingway

[Blackshirts007]

Just now, B.B. Hemingway said:

 

This is only true because the 13-14 team had zero post presence. 

 

Jordy is an absolute liability on defense/rebounding, and provides his fair share of blunders on the offensive end. Okeke is quite the opposite, but at least provides another rim protector to go along with Roby. Still haven't figured out why Jordy is first off the bench before Okeke..  

This.  I can't stand Jordy.  He has stone hands and cannot ever grab the basketball.  It baffles me how a simple rebound turns into the ball bouncing around. 

[Mavric]

1 hour ago, Vizsla1 said:

If the committee is taking 4-5 out of the B1G- are we not guaranteed a spot? I get our conference is not very stellar this year, but two things come to mind:  1) The B1G is still a could draw for viewership- so I error on the side 5 teams are chosen 2). Nebraska is hot and Vegas is liking us a lot for covering the spreads- so that has to work to our advantage with the gamblers...So I say- Nebraska gets in by their chinny chin chins

 

The thinking is the B1G will get four spots.  Purdue, Michigan State and Ohio State are locks.  Nebraska and Michigan battling for the last spot.

 

If the B1G were to get five, they should both be in.  But four seems to be the prevailing theory.

[Roll Skers]

Ideally Ohio State gets the 1, Michigan gets the 5... I like out chances against those two way more than Penn State/Michigan State/Purdue

[B.B. Hemingway]

3 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

The thinking is the B1G will get four spots.  Purdue, Michigan State and Ohio State are locks.  Nebraska and Michigan battling for the last spot.

 

If the B1G were to get five, they should both be in.  But four seems to be the prevailing theory.

 

Michigan is ranked 20th currently, with a loss to Northwestern this week probably changing that, but assuming they close out the season accordingly, I can't see them getting left out.

 

If Nebraska wins out I think the B1G gets 5.

[HS_Coach_C]

1 hour ago, Vizsla1 said:

If the committee is taking 4-5 out of the B1G- are we not guaranteed a spot? I get our conference is not very stellar this year, but two things come to mind:  1) The B1G is still a could draw for viewership- so I error on the side 5 teams are chosen 2). Nebraska is hot and Vegas is liking us a lot for covering the spreads- so that has to work to our advantage with the gamblers...So I say- Nebraska gets in by their chinny chin chins

Viewership and gamblers have absolutely nothing to do with making it to the tourney. If Nebraska gets in it's because their resume looks better than enough other teams. There's no guaranteed number from each conference either.

[Cdog923]

3 hours ago, Moiraine said:

 

 

When they do the brackets now is it a prediction based on what the teams have done so far, or what they think is going to happen?

 

Bracket Matrix takes something like 80 bracketologists and complies a list of which teams will most likely make the tournament based on those brackets. They're based on what a team has done thus far.