***Official 2013 Bracketology Thread***

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Big 12 is getting 5 minimum and maybe 6. Thats just the way its going to shake out. Anyone saying 4 or less is crazy. The Big 12 may lack elite teams but after Kansas there are 5 solid teams that are all tournament worthy, at this point.

And there aren't going to be quality teams from other conferences to take those positions away. 5 or 6 sound right to me.
 

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I know no one wants to hear about "Bracketology" right now but looking at the Bracket Matrix and the brackets that have been updated since last night, some of them still have us in the field or just barely out. We're still in decent shape to get an at large bid. Just can't have any more slip ups to bad teams.
 

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anyways, Team 1 is LaSalle, who is on nobody's radar. Team 2 is Maryland, who for Lunardi is in the dance....
 

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anyways, Team 1 is LaSalle, who is on nobody's radar. Team 2 is Maryland, who for Lunardi is in the dance....

La Salle is a pretty good team. Fran Fraschilla even picked them to upset Butler last night. They are going to ruin some people's brackets this year.
 

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I know no one wants to hear about "Bracketology" right now but looking at the Bracket Matrix and the brackets that have been updated since last night, some of them still have us in the field or just barely out. We're still in decent shape to get an at large bid. Just can't have any more slip ups to bad teams.

That's unpossible. I was told after we lost to Texas Tech that the season was over. Nothing left to play for. Might as well forfeit the rest of the games this season, board up Hilton, and send Hoiberg packing.
 

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anyways, Team 1 is LaSalle, who is on nobody's radar. Team 2 is Maryland, who for Lunardi is in the dance....

I think you're using Maryland's non-conference SOS:

Maryland vs. LaSalle

But still an SOS at 130, which typically is a tournament-resume red flag.

Regardless, an interesting comparison nonetheless (a team that's "probably in" vs. a team nobody seems to know exists).

Maryland's resume looked weak a couple weeks ago, I thought. But it gets a serious bumpity-bump with that win over N.C. State. Both teams probably get some boost with a "quality loss" to Miami.
 

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By the way, we are still top 45 of the RPI at #43 currently. I believe we were maybe 38th going into the TTU game, so it didn't drop us as much as a lot of people think.

Beat Kansas State tomorrow and I bet that loss won't mean as much so far.
 

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By the way, we are still top 45 of the RPI at #43 currently. I believe we were maybe 38th going into the TTU game, so it didn't drop us as much as a lot of people think.

Beat Kansas State tomorrow and I bet that loss won't mean as much so far.

From what I've seen, half the brackets have ISU in, half have them out. The KSU game tomorrow will likely push ISU one way or the other.
 

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From what I've seen, half the brackets have ISU in, half have them out. The KSU game tomorrow will likely push ISU one way or the other.

It'll definitely swing it back the good way.

It seems funny to think a win over KSU would be the biggest win of the year so far, but it's true.

It would end up balancing the results this week — if ISU was just under the wire after last weekend, in 10 to 12 seed range, the TT/KSU split probably lands us right back in the same place.

That also depends on the other action around the fringe -- I haven't had as much time this week to take a pulse on the other bubble contenders' results.
 

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I think you're using Maryland's non-conference SOS:

Maryland vs. LaSalle

But still an SOS at 130, which typically is a tournament-resume red flag.

Regardless, an interesting comparison nonetheless (a team that's "probably in" vs. a team nobody seems to know exists).

Maryland's resume looked weak a couple weeks ago, I thought. But it gets a serious bumpity-bump with that win over N.C. State. Both teams probably get some boost with a "quality loss" to Miami.

La Salle just defeated VCU, so La Salle looks like it might be dancing this year.
 

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Lunardi had us as the first team out before beating KState. So, despite losing to TT, we'll still be in his bracket when he releases it on Tuesday. That loss isn't going to be that big of a deal if it's our only bad one.
 

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