BACATOLOGY FINAL NCAA BRACKET
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at the end of the day when you put yourself in that position to be last 4 in first 4 out you fall on the sword of the committee
its splitting hairs and like they said on the broadcast because there were so few bid stealers this year they went deeper into the bubble aka accept/invite more suspect teams than usual
all 4 of the play in teams during a typical year of bid stealers probably all miss out
totally true...i always say never leave a red flag out there.
Not surprised at WVU...last week when they lost to Colorado i thought to myself that you know with those 5 losses to teams not in the field and just the 4 wins in Q1, this isnt an impressive resume...yet because the bubble was so weak and schools were not gathering wins in the past 2 weeks, I felt they still should be above the fray
you cant include UNC who went 1-12 and only beat UCLA on a neutral court and then ignore WVU beating 4 schools in the field...Gonzaga, Iowa State, Arizona, Baylor and they did it in a much tougher conference that the acc.
All true but the disingenuous sanctimonious bullshit about this reason or that reason is just that bullshit. There is no rhyme or reason for leaving West Virginia out. Especially over Xavier , UNC or Texas. Indiana also was selectively left out. But Rutgers in 2023 was the worst screw job of the last 5 years and WVU is now in second place. You can make up any reason you want to point out the negatives but they do that and ignore all the positives and somehow arrive at a conclusion the negatives outweigh the positives. Pure 100% bullshit and randomness.
Some of the seeding this year was really wild and bad. Every year seeding is off which is hard to believe with all the data in front of them. It appears they leave their common sense at home. I get the ACC was down but how is Louisville an 8 and Clemson a 5 when they finished even in the ACC. Lots of other examples . Gonzaga a top 10 NET team but an 8 seed. You want to ding them a little and not as great as past years so they are not a 4 or 5. But how are they not a 6 or at worst a 7? Putting them at 8 is comical. They will play a 1 if they win their first game. Pure random terrible seedlings every year affects who advances and who is doomed.
North Carolina had no business being in. They will manipulate the numbers to show what they are looking for each year. Until a definitive process is in this will continue. Because they have to feel important. This could very easily be done by a computer. But certain old men feel the need to think they are important.
CREIGHTON AS A 9 AND MICHIGAN AS A 5 ARE OTHER EXAMPLES
WISCONSIN AS A 3... COULDVE EASILY FLIPPED THEM WITH MICHIGAN AND IT WOULDVE MADE MORE SENSE
Every year there are 10 missed or wrong seedlings that drastically affect matchups and who advances. Every year a team that wins it all has a scare along the way but who they played allowed them to overcome it. Against a different team they might have lost along the way.
Splitting hairs- just look at Q1 wins for West Virginia vs No. Carolina. What a joke! Bubba and the good old boys win again.
Agree...I think they saw a tough draw with #9 Creighton and a 2nd round match up with the #1 overall seed Auburn
Lawrence "Bubba" Cunningham is from Michigan and a Notre Dame grad. Growing up with sisters who couldn't pronounce "brother," so the story goes. "Brother" came out as "bubba"--a rendering that's pretty common in the south. Anywho... Bubba took to the Heels just fine, apparently.
When stuff like this happens it makes the tournament lose alot of credibility. As I said it's just made for TV and for those losing $ on gambling. If it's such a "technical " exercise to choose take it away from the representatives of leagues and schools and let computer science guys use computers to choose. And don't tell me league tourneys don't matter they seem fairer and even as or more exciting.
Paymon score of 360 which was better than last year BUT everyone did better as well even as more people missed more in the field. Finished 86th out of 249, which Im okay with given the company of others around me and scores of some of the more prominent guys who are on twitter and do youtube shows so im in good company there. To me its about keeping myself in the top 1/3 or so the past 3 years after my learning experience my first year so now 4 years into it, I am comfortable with my placing. Winner had 376. The guy that had all 68 correct actually finished like 165.
Jerry Palm again near the bottom at 233. Lunardi was 108 as was Bracketville Dave. Wachtel I think 165. De Courcy did strong again at tied at 11. Bauertology 62
The process is the rewarding part for bracketologists. We do our best but we cannot replicate what the committee will actually do
Jerry Palm again near the bottom at 233. Lunardi was 108 as was Bracketville Dave. Wachtel I think 165. De Courcy did strong again at tied at 11. Bauertology 62
The process is the rewarding part for bracketologists. We do our best but we cannot replicate what the committee will actually do
i know lot of people don't like him, but add Jon Rothstein to list of guys saying UNC was a joke
should open at right spot
should open at right spot
rankings posted for 3 plus year averages..you can get lucky one year so consistency is the key. I had a rough first year but settled in nicely the past 3 years. I have only been on 4 years..moving on up in a tie for 45th up from 60 last year. While I could have been a bit better this year, I will take the movement upward compared to some other prominent bracketologists I respect.
Jerry Palm at 179 of 186 should be out at CBS.
Jerry Palm at 179 of 186 should be out at CBS.
Jerry palm has been at or near the bottom for years because he uses outdated tools and metrics that nobody cares about anymore
He should’ve been fired for at least 5 years
yeah its become apparent that he is very outdated. I realize he got the gig because he created the rpi but when that went away so did his expertise...the committed has started to shift thinking
what Jerry is particulary bad at is seedings although he ended up missing 3. Look I get it, we all have bad years but Jerry has been particularly bad at this for a while now and with CBS broadcasting the tournament you cannot have a guy on with little credibility who all the viewers are ridiculing.
Lunardi is still the godfather even though he isnt always the most accurate but he did better this year. Its still a good listen from him. De Courcy has been doing very well of late in the rankings and right now is clearly the victor among the tv bracketologists though he gets little recognition
To be fair Jerry has only been doing this part time for past several years, after he decided to focus on full time pedophilia.
Also,giving yourself years to move up but you wouldn't give a coach,who has a real job and one thats complex ,any time at all. Very interesting.
Been saying the same that he has the look of a pedo. He’s not good at bracketology, he’s not good on TV…..I don’t get it, CBS could easily replace him but never does. I just assume he’s blackmailing CBS Executives at this point to keep his job.To be fair Jerry has only been doing this part time for past several years, after he decided to focus on full time pedophilia.
It really is insane Palm had a job. He is bad as an expert and horrible as a TV personality. Make it make sense
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