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MyNameEhJeff

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ZRF said:
In fairness Iowa has been pretty unlucky with their scheduling. To have 6 Quad 1 games to date with only 1 being at home is unlucky. That one home game? Arguably the best team (and the only surefire legit Big 10 team) in the country, Purdue.

I don't think Iowa is very good but I'm also bearish on Illinois and Wisconsin, two posers who look more beatable by the day. Iowa has 2 home games against them, which are winnable, and they need them to maintain their Q1 status through the rest of the year. Then they need to beat a bad Maryland team on the road (one of the toughest road trips in the Big 10) and thrash Penn State at home. I'm assuming games at Illinois, MSU, and NW will be losses. If they do what I said above and beat NW? They are probably in with a respectable Big 10 tourney showing.

For some reason the metrics like the Big 10 way more than they should. Because of that and the committee's history on rewarding the conference, they are probably in if they win at home, beat Maryland on the road, and lose the other road games. Win at NW? Almost a lock (sadly).
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Good! F*** Iowa.

It’s about time a schedule didn’t work out in their favor
 
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BillBrasky4Cy

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I would be ecstatic for a 2. But is there anyway we can crack that top 4? One of those 4 would have to stumble.

I can't see Purdue falling being in that weak conference. Even if we Beat Houston at Houston (which we would have to, to even be considered for a top seed) I think they would remain a 1. Arizona has some bad losses.
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If we win the league, beat Houston twice and then a third time in KC there is no way the committee puts them in front of Iowa State.
 
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cykadelic2 said:
Palm's in season bracketology is geared to irritate select fan bases and gain clicks. He is a Purdue grad and it's become an annual ritual for him to "intentionally" leave out other B10 teams or other teams with strong followings. This season he is toying with Michigan St fans. His current bracket posted has them as the first team out whereas Bracket Matrix has them as a 9 seed. By Selection Sunday, he normalizes like other rational guys do.
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Always bothers me more than it should when Gary Parrish uses Palm as his bracketology reference in the weeks leading up to Selection Sunday. Obviously this is part of being a "company man" as both are employed by CBS but Parrish is a smart guy who preaches logic and reasoning when rating teams but then chooses to use a source that is objectively terrible at correctly predicting the bracket.

Palm is #142 out of 174 bracketologist in the matrix.

 
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ZRF said:
I don't disagree with you but since the NET/metrics overrate the Big 10 in general, I think they are guaranteed to get "X" number of teams. 12-8 or 13-7 in the Big 10 will put them in the top half, which will likely be good enough for a bid. It really shouldn't, but sadly it probably will be.
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Yeah, I was just looking at Michigan State on Torvick. I don't understand why the metrics like them so much. They have a couple good non-conf wins over Butler and Baylor but their win agaisbt Illinois was their first of the entire season over a decent Big 10 team.
 
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Can the mods put a rule in the algo for CF that anyone sharing a bracket from ESPN (Linardi) or CBS (Palm) gets a 1 week ban?

For the 10000 time, here is the rankings for those who make brackets.


There are hyperlinks in the average column to view that bracket makers most recent bracket...

The lowest I go is Dan Ommen's Bracketville. He's been doing this FOREVER and is really good. He's also got a very good daily CBB blog.

Bracket - https://bracketville.wordpress.com/bracketology/
Blog - https://bracketville.wordpress.com/
 
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dahliaclone

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cyfan92 said:
Can the mods put a rule in the algo for CF that anyone sharing a bracket from ESPN (Linardi) or CBS (Palm) gets a 1 week ban?

For the 10000 time, here is the rankings for those who make brackets.


There are hyperlinks in the average column to view that bracket makers most recent bracket...

The lowest I go is Dan Ommen's Bracketville. He's been doing this FOREVER and is really good. He's also got a very good daily CBB blog.

Bracket - https://bracketville.wordpress.com/bracketology/
Blog - https://bracketville.wordpress.com/
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Agree but I'd take Palm's update today for our draw all day every day ha

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cyfan92 said:
Can the mods put a rule in the algo for CF that anyone sharing a bracket from ESPN (Linardi) or CBS (Palm) gets a 1 week ban?

For the 10000 time, here is the rankings for those who make brackets.


There are hyperlinks in the average column to view that bracket makers most recent bracket...

The lowest I go is Dan Ommen's Bracketville. He's been doing this FOREVER and is really good. He's also got a very good daily CBB blog.

Bracket - https://bracketville.wordpress.com/bracketology/
Blog - https://bracketville.wordpress.com/
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Not even to make fun of them?
 
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sign me the **** up for this right now

Bracketology: Red Railing – Making the Madness

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So what’s the most ideal locations in the tourney if all things go right from now until the end of the season?

#2-3 seed starting in Omaha obviously and then Sweet 16 in Detroit? Or starting in Omaha and Sweet 16 in Dallas. I’m wondering we would get more fans down in Dallas than Detroit.
 
BillBrasky4Cy

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ClubCy said:
So what’s the most ideal locations in the tourney if all things go right from now until the end of the season?

#2-3 seed starting in Omaha obviously and then Sweet 16 in Detroit? Or starting in Omaha and Sweet 16 in Dallas. I’m wondering we would get more fans down in Dallas than Detroit.
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Detroit is a no brainer. Houston will be the 1 in Dallas and Purdue will be the 1 in Detroit.
 
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