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BACATOLOGY: 3/6 NCAA TOURNAMENT ANALYSIS***RUTGERS PROJECTED 11 SEED***

Games today (in rough order of importance), experts please check me:

We want Oregon State Over ASU
BC over UNC
OK over OK State
OSU over Wiscy
GT over Pitt
Va Tech over NC State
SHU over Depaul
Wake over Cuse
Minny over Nebby (questionable)
TT over WVU (questionable)
 
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It won't happen, but would like Nova to lose to Georgetown.

Why do you want Nebraska to lose? To avoid a bid steal?
Is Minnesota close to the Q4 line? I'd think beating us and keeping it close against Wisconsin should mean some breathing room.

Guess I'll look it up myself. They're 231st. Cutoff line is 240-241. So they at least need to not get demolished.
 
Bubble Games
Oklahoma (45%) over Oklahoma St.

Georgia Tech (26%) over Pittsburgh
Ohio St. (51%) over Wisconsin
Oregon St. (15%) over Arizona St.

Boston College (20%) over North Carolina
Virginia Tech (44%) over North Carolina St.

Texas Tech (35%) over West Virginia
 
Other things I guess:

Seton Hall (79%) over DePaul [this one is questionable I guess?]
Minnesota (23%) over Nebraska
Rider (73%) over Saint Peter's
 
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3/8 BRACKET UPDATE

SOUTH REGION LouisvilleMIDWEST REGION Kansas City
BirminghamDes Moines
1) Alabama1) Kansas
16) Alcorn State-Howard16) SE Missouri State-FDU
8) Illinois8) Florida Atlantic
9) Memphis9) Boise State
OrlandoOrlando
5) St Mary's5) Miami
12) Charleston12) Oral Roberts
4) Virginia4) Indiana
13) Sam Houston State13) Toledo
GreensboroGreensboro
6) Duke6) Creighton
11) Rutgers11) North Carolina State-Wisconsin
3) Tennessee3) Kansas State
14) Furman14) Kennesaw State
Des MoinesDenver
7) Illinois7) Iowa
10) USC10) West Virginia
2) Baylor2) Arizona
15) Colgate15) Vermont
WEST REGION – Las VegasEAST REGION – New York
BirminghamColumbus
1) Houston1) Purdue
16) Northern Kentucky16) Texas A&M Corpus Christi
8) Arkansas8) Missouri
9) Maryland9) Memphis
AlbanyAlbany
5) Iowa State5) San Diego State
12) VCU12) Drake
4) Xavier4) Connecticut
13) Yale13) Iona
SacramentoColumbus
6) Northwestern6) TCU
11) Mississippi State11) Penn State-Utah State
3) Gonzaga3) Marquette
14) UC Irvine14) Louisiana
DenverSacramento
7) Kentucky7) Texas A&M
10) Providence10) Pittsburgh
2) Texas2) UCLA
15) UNC Asheville15) Montana State


LAST 4 BYES: RUTGERS, MISSISSIPPI STATE, PITTSBURGH, PROVIDENCE
LAST 4 IN: UTAH STATE, PENN STATE, WISCONSIN, NORTH CAROLINA STATE

FIRST 4 OUT: NEVADA, ARIZONA STATE, MICHIGAN, NORTH CAROLINA
NEXT 6 OUT: OREGON, VANDERBILT, OKLAHOMA STATE, CLEMSON, NEW MEXICO, VIRGINIA TECH
 
Well this is interesting. Bracketville Dave has us as a 12 seed in Dayton (vs Wiscy) this morning.

Win and we'd be in Albany vs #5 TCU.



yeah its possible they can be an 11, not sure their NET and overall conference rank of 26 justifies it though. Do have a win over Va Tech though and while Oral Roberts scheduled well and is in a conference ranked higher at 22 they are lacking that bigger win to push them to an 11 too.

The committee is certainly allowed to split the play in games on the 11 and 12 lines.
 
One bid stealer no one has mentioned is Washington State . They have won 6 in a row. They have a real good big named Gueye who can hang with Ballo on Arizona and Bona on UCLA and played both of them tough. Will probably beat Cal by 30 today and get Bubble Oregon tomorrow before UCLA. Really outside shot but PAC 12 has been hard to figure out this year.
 
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One bid stealer no one has mentioned is Washington State . They have won 6 in a row. They have a real good big named Gueye who can hang with Ballo on Arizona and Bona on UCLA and played both of them tough. Will probably beat Cal by 30 today and get Bubble Oregon tomorrow before UCLA. Really outside shot but PAC 12 has been hard to figure out this year.
One of Oregon/Washington State will be two wins away from crashing the party. Need Arizona to hold the line on the bottom half of the bracket so Oregon/WSU have to go through both UCLA and Arizona.
 
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Pitt up 10 on Georgia Tech. They're locked in as long as they avoid the bad loss here. A loss to Duke in the next round doesn't hurt them.
 
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Pitt up 10 on Georgia Tech. They're locked in as long as they avoid the bad loss here. A loss to Duke in the next round doesn't hurt them.
Announcer talking about them like a bubble team. I guess that's consistent with needing to win.. an open lock?
 
Jaylen Clark of UCLA out for the season.
Seeding repercussions?
Makes it much easier for a PAC 12 bid stealer now.

He was their second best overall player and best defensive player by far.

Only 6 players on UCLA played significant minutes and he was one of them, so they’ll likely rest the main 5 now a bit and try to get some others ready to contribute for NCAA’s.
 
Pitt up 10 on Georgia Tech. They're locked in as long as they avoid the bad loss here. A loss to Duke in the next round doesn't hurt them.
GaTech on a 10-2 run to start the 2nd. Lead down to 5
 
Announcer talking about them like a bubble team. I guess that's consistent with needing to win.. an open lock?
Not an expert but seems like Pitt would be bubble (likely in) with a loss and a stone-cold lock with a win.
 
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Not an expert but seems like Pitt would be bubble (likely in) with a loss and a stone-cold lock with a win.
Yup. The problem is Georgia Tech is a Q3 game and not a good Q3.
 
Cal at 3-28 might be the worst P5 team in recent memory. Our Eddie Jordan teams would stomp them into the mud. I knew they sucked but not to that magnitude. I saw they're playing WSU today.
 
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DePaul 7/11 from 3, hopefully they cool off a bit in the 2nd half
 
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