Bracketology

[stever20]

Just a thought- let's do one thread for bracketology rather than a new thread each day- kind of similar to the conference realignment or the FS1 thread....

Here is 2/1 from Palm:
BE:
X 1 MW
Nova 2 E
PC 4 S
SH 8 E
But 12 E PIG

He's got Butler as the 2nd team in. I think that's probably really optimistic.

Here's Lunardi:
Nova 1 W
X 2 E
PC 4 S
SH 11 S PIG

Butler 1st team out. Georgetown 5th team out.

Think Nova will be interesting. I think they have to be ahead of UNC to get the East region. They aren't going to ship a higher rated UNC team out west while giving Nova the East. And if Nova isn't a 1 seed, I don't see them putting a 1 seed at a disadvantage. They stopped doing that when George Mason got to play at the Verizon Center in 2006 and made the final 4.

[BUDubber]

Palm has had Butler higher than most all season long. I really doubt an aggregate view of all of the mock brackets would include BU at the moment.

[stever20]

Palm has had Butler higher than most all season long. I really doubt an aggregate view of all of the mock brackets would include BU at the moment.

very true. Looking at Bracket Matrix, 13 brackets were published yesterday and only 6 had Butler in. With 4 of those 6 like Palm having them in the PIG.

[BlueBlobsBro]

I feel bad for whatever 1 seed gets providence in their bracket. They are poised for a deep run with two dynamic scorers.

[stever20]

I feel bad for whatever 1 seed gets providence in their bracket. They are poised for a deep run with two dynamic scorers.

Interestingly both Palm and Lunardi have PC in the South Region with Oklahoma as the #1 seed in their bracket.

[MUPanther]

What does PIG mean?

[stever20]

What does PIG mean?

Play in Game.

[MUPanther]

What does PIG mean?

Play in Game.

No kidding! So, it should say Opening Round. In a field of 68 can't be a play-in, if they are already in.

[BEX]

Lunardi said: "I'd exclude X, whom I greatly admire but view as too much of an overachiever to win six games in the tournament."

Huh?

[X-man]

Lunardi said: "I'd exclude X, whom I greatly admire but view as too much of an overachiever to win six games in the tournament."

Huh?

He actually stated that neither Xavier nor Villanova would 6 games, but then went on to name about 10 other teams (all from the "Power 5" conferences, I might add) who could. Several of those teams, obviously enough, are ranked below X and 'Nova. He's an idiot.