Joe Lunardi Seeding

[jdoggivjc]

If Michigan wins the regular season and tournament in the Big 10 I have no problem with them getting a #1 seed. Who else deserves it more? My position has been Michigan or KU should get that 4th 1 seed if they win the conference tournament.

In what year is this going to happen? :biglaugh:

 

[Wesley]

Based on what?

Weaker teams for matchup.

 

[Dingus]

If Michigan wins the regular season and tournament in the Big 10 I have no problem with them getting a #1 seed. Who else deserves it more? My position has been Michigan or KU should get that 4th 1 seed if they win the conference tournament.



This sounds reasonable to me, but still expect it won't happen.

In what year is this going to happen? :biglaugh:

My position has been; meaning since before the conference tournaments started. Obviously Mich is the one of those two teams where this might still apply. If Mich doesn't win the Big 10 tourney, I don't know who deserves that 4th #1.

 

[CascadeClone]

Several experts are pretty close to 100% in predicting the 68 teams. It's the seeds that are the real problem.

This has been posted elsewhere, but I think it's neat. They grade/rate all the pundits, based on both getting the teams right, and bonus points for having seed right or close (see below).

<http://www.bracketmatrix.com/rankings.html>

Lunardi is just above average overall. Others are better. FWIW, 4 of the top 5 have ISU as a #3. The other the link was broke.


This rubric awards 3 points for each team correctly picked, 3 points for each team correctly seeded, and 1 point for each team not seeded correctly but was plus or minus one seed line (to compensate for procedural moves the NCAA does to make the bracket). With 68 teams, a perfect score is 408. The variance section of the data table below lists the absolute deviation between each score and the mean for that particular year. Thus, a 10 point variance means that site's bracket scored 10 points higher than the average bracket that year.

 

[CrossCyed]

Weaker teams for matchup.

So Arizona? Whys that? There's no other clue as far as who will be in that region

 

[Cy$]

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN 1m
Iowa St and Baylor playing for something in Big 12 MBB finals. Speculation in KC is Iowa St could be a 2 with win. Baylor might climb to 6.

Well would you look at that.

wait for ISU to take care of business first. They lose and it's all moot.

 

[Cy$]

This has been posted elsewhere, but I think it's neat. They grade/rate all the pundits, based on both getting the teams right, and bonus points for having seed right or close (see below).

<http://www.bracketmatrix.com/rankings.html>

Lunardi is just above average overall. Others are better. FWIW, 4 of the top 5 have ISU as a #3. The other the link was broke.


This rubric awards 3 points for each team correctly picked, 3 points for each team correctly seeded, and 1 point for each team not seeded correctly but was plus or minus one seed line (to compensate for procedural moves the NCAA does to make the bracket). With 68 teams, a perfect score is 408. The variance section of the data table below lists the absolute deviation between each score and the mean for that particular year. Thus, a 10 point variance means that site's bracket scored 10 points higher than the average bracket that year.

FYI, I tied Lunardi and beat Palm last year (believe our scores were both 330). Bracketology isn't as hard as people make it out to be. (humble brag).

 

[DurangoCy]

SDSU losing will help us out. Take care of business tonight guys.

 

[Rick]

I am not a Nebby fan by any stretch of the imagination but how does a team finish FOURTH in their conference and not make the tournament with teams under them making it? Regardless of SOS or RPI etc.. they finished ahead of three teams that are in? If this was ISU we would be under a major meltdown.

 

[jkclone]

I am not a Nebby fan by any stretch of the imagination but how does a team finish FOURTH in their conference and not make the tournament with teams under them making it? Regardless of SOS or RPI etc.. they finished ahead of three teams that are in? If this was ISU we would be under a major meltdown.

Similar to West Virginia. They were sixth ahead of OSU and Baylor, but they won't make it.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Lunardi has moved us up to the best #3 seed (in Florida's bracket).

 

[Wesley]

So Arizona? Whys that? There's no other clue as far as who will be in that region

They lost today. Looked pretty inept.

 

[Wesley]

SDSU losing will help us out. Take care of business tonight guys.

Arizona looked like a one and done today. UCLA laid the wood to them. They could not score at the end.

 

[Rhoadhoused]

And now tons of people are predicting us to get a 2 seed. What do you know.