Who is your Final 4 and Champ?
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Auburn Per KenPom- Record against top 20 teams.
#7 Tenn- L
#13 Alabama - L & W
#14 Baylor- L
#19 Kentucky-L
So 1-4 against the top 20.
20-30 They are -2-2.
What they were great at is beating solid teams by a good margin and bad teams by a great margin which helped push up their metrics.
They had the easiest schedule in the SEC according to KP.
#7 Tenn- L
#13 Alabama - L & W
#14 Baylor- L
#19 Kentucky-L
So 1-4 against the top 20.
20-30 They are -2-2.
What they were great at is beating solid teams by a good margin and bad teams by a great margin which helped push up their metrics.
They had the easiest schedule in the SEC according to KP.
Probably because they have only lost 3 games and they are all true road games. Almost all the guys are returning from last years champs. Newton, Karaban, Clingan, Johnson and Diarra and they have one of the top performing transfers in the country in Spencer and a lottery pick Freshman in Castle. Best offense in the country, can score inside and out. oh yeah and they are #11 on defense.
Netwon, Clingan, Spencer and Castle could all be drafted this year.
I have two brackets
Bracket 1:
ISU, Arizona, Duke, Creighton
ISU ousts Duke in the ship
Bracket 2:
ISU, Arizona, Houston, Tennessee
Houston over Arizona in the ship
Bracket 1:
ISU, Arizona, Duke, Creighton
ISU ousts Duke in the ship
Bracket 2:
ISU, Arizona, Houston, Tennessee
Houston over Arizona in the ship
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My 4 are UConn, Houston, Arizona, and Tennessee with UConn over Houston.
To me UNC and Purdue are the most beatable #1 seeds in the tournament so it would surprise me if they make it to the end. UConn has a tough bracket, anyone that comes out of that region has a pretty good shot of winning it all as there are tough matchups everywhere. I don't want to get too high on ISU and set myself up for disappointment, I have us losing in the Elite 8 to UConn but Drake and the likely winner of the BYU/Illinois worry me a bit too as we can't afford to have a cold shooting game against any of those teams. If we play like we did in KC I think we have a good chance of getting to the Elite 8 and seeing what happens from there. If Houston is relatively healthy I still see them as a tough out. This could be a wild tournament, lot of wild cards out there that could get hot at the right time. One thing is for certain is I will enjoy seeing Kansas get knocked out in the 1st or 2nd round. I know they are Big 12 but I loathe them as much as Nebraska football so would love for that cocky fan base to have to suffer through a short run.
To me UNC and Purdue are the most beatable #1 seeds in the tournament so it would surprise me if they make it to the end. UConn has a tough bracket, anyone that comes out of that region has a pretty good shot of winning it all as there are tough matchups everywhere. I don't want to get too high on ISU and set myself up for disappointment, I have us losing in the Elite 8 to UConn but Drake and the likely winner of the BYU/Illinois worry me a bit too as we can't afford to have a cold shooting game against any of those teams. If we play like we did in KC I think we have a good chance of getting to the Elite 8 and seeing what happens from there. If Houston is relatively healthy I still see them as a tough out. This could be a wild tournament, lot of wild cards out there that could get hot at the right time. One thing is for certain is I will enjoy seeing Kansas get knocked out in the 1st or 2nd round. I know they are Big 12 but I loathe them as much as Nebraska football so would love for that cocky fan base to have to suffer through a short run.
Still not sure. I have doubts about almost any team.
Baylor might be a darkhorse Final Four. Nobody seems to be going there much. West region might blow-up in some capacity (also uncertain who/when), BU might get through unscathed.
Baylor might be a darkhorse Final Four. Nobody seems to be going there much. West region might blow-up in some capacity (also uncertain who/when), BU might get through unscathed.
Lol, I used that to make like 5 differently designed brackets. We'll see which ones perform the best...or none of them at all being worth a ****. Knowing me, probably all will suck equally somehow.this is fun to play with, btw.
Algebracket
A bracket picking tool that allows you to create a custom bracket based on the stats you think are most important to a teams success.algebracket.com
I tried to figure out what made score really well for last year and it was kind of a mess.
Did he mean
a) the top #2 seed or
b) any team ranked 2 or higher
I think he meant the latter.
My gut said Houston before Saturday night. I can not bet against the Cyclones now. That team that played at the Big 12 tournament was the best team in the country for 3 straight days. If there is a team better than the Cyclones now, they are going to have to prove it to me. So, Iowa State for the title. Yes, I am a homer, but ISU dominated some really good teams.
