Bracketmatrix 2021-22

[bleedingTNorange]

What if Purdue and Wisconsin get upset by Ohio St and Michigan St respectively? Everyone is just assuming Purdue/Wisconsin is going to make it to the Final. Illinois has played like the best team in the Big 10 but that entire conference is a mess. Rutgers could win the freaking thing for all we know.

Iowa could make a run too, that tournament should be interesting.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Tennessee moves past Wisconsin http://bracketmatrix.com/

 

[Willy14]

Tennessee moves past Wisconsin http://bracketmatrix.com/

Man there is a logjam at 7-11. Teams aren't separated by much at all

 

[Willy14]

Tennessee moves past Wisconsin http://bracketmatrix.com/

Also Wisconsin is weird on the matrix, brackets have them anywhere from a 2 to a 7 seed. Crazy

 

[golfballs]

What if Purdue and Wisconsin get upset by Ohio St and Michigan St respectively? Everyone is just assuming Purdue/Wisconsin is going to make it to the Final. Illinois has played like the best team in the Big 10 but that entire conference is a mess. Rutgers could win the freaking thing for all we know.

I can’t fathom Purdue being any worse than a 3 seed. Wisconsin can easily fall to a 4 seed if they aren’t already. But I don’t think either has much room to fall.

 

[golfballs]

Tennessee moves past Wisconsin http://bracketmatrix.com/

And of the most accurate bracketologists in the matrix only 1 has Wisconsin as a 2. Most of them have us higher than them on the s curve

 

[VolPack22]

I can’t fathom Purdue being any worse than a 3 seed. Wisconsin can easily fall to a 4 seed if they aren’t already. But I don’t think either has much room to fall.

Purdue should be a 3 seed, nothing higher. If they played any defense they would be one of the top seeds but I just don’t see them climbing to a 2 seed because they are so bad defensively. The people that have Wisconsin as a 2 seed right now are delusional.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Also Wisconsin is weird on the matrix, brackets have them anywhere from a 2 to a 7 seed. Crazy

The 7 is one outlier, they don’t have any 5 or 6 projections…they do have a bunch of 4’s though. Tennessee is almost entirely 2’s & 3’s.

 

[zaqhhh]

Can someone explain to me Lunardi saying Duke is locked into a 2 seed regardless of the ACC tournament

4 non Q1 losses

Only 5 Q1 wins (granted they have only had 6 opportunities)

Just seems way too early to say that

 

[golfballs]

Purdue should be a 3 seed, nothing higher. If they played any defense they would be one of the top seeds but I just don’t see them climbing to a 2 seed because they are so bad defensively. The people that have Wisconsin as a 2 seed right now are delusional.

If Purdue win the B1G Tourney they could definitely get a 2 seed. Wisconsin isn't near the 2 line IMO

 

[golfballs]

The 7 is one outlier, they don’t have any 5 or 6 projections…they do have a bunch of 4’s though. Tennessee is almost entirely 2’s & 3’s.

Because the way the committee does rounds of voting, they'll get boosted just from the people who have them high on their ballots. Still don't think they're near a 2 at the moment

 

[golfballs]

Can someone explain to me Lunardi saying Duke is locked into a 2 seed regardless of the ACC tournament

4 non Q1 losses

Only 5 Q1 wins (granted they have only had 6 opportunities)

Just seems way too early to say that

Coach K, they're Duke. the ACC sucks and they're heavily favored to win. It's not a bold prediction to say that.

 

[zaqhhh]

Coach K, they're Duke. the ACC sucks and they're heavily favored to win. It's not a bold prediction to say that.

I agree the ACC sucks but why would they be a lock even if they lose. Wouldn’t that make a loss even worse?

 

[wtmvol]

Can someone explain to me Lunardi saying Duke is locked into a 2 seed regardless of the ACC tournament

4 non Q1 losses

Only 5 Q1 wins (granted they have only had 6 opportunities)

Just seems way too early to say that

No way are they a 2 seed lock right now. Lunardi isn’t near the best at this stuff. They’ll probably win the ACC tourney and we’ll never know though.

 

[golfballs]

I agree the ACC sucks but why would they be a lock even if they lose. Wouldn’t that make a loss even worse?

They’re not, he’s full of it

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

They’re not, he’s full of it

I simultaneously think Lunardi is a windbag, and/but believe that they’ve laid out Duke’s bracket to play like a Disney movie.

 

[SN-A-C Orange]

Wake Forest (11 seed, but only 5 above the cut line) got bumped from ACC in first round by BC today, and Xavier (12 seed, but only 3 above the cut line) in a tough battle with Butler. in the first round of the Big East.
That should excite the 8 on the outside looking in...

 

[golfballs]

I think Wake might be out

 

[SN-A-C Orange]

Bulter - Xavier locked in a knockdown dragout in OT now.
3 Bulter players have fouled out
3 Xavier play have fouled out.
More on the cusp.
Simas doing everything to keep Butler on the road to victory.
Butler 82-74 with :49 to go ... what a game.
Stick a fork in Xavier. I would guess they are out.

 

[VolPack22]

Nebraska gets put out in the play-in round by Northwestern. 2 of their 10 wins this season came against Ohio St and Wisconsin, both on the road. I’m sorry but Wisconsin should be excluded from any 2 seed talks on that loss alone. That would’ve been like us losing to someone like Missouri at home. Inexcusable and they honestly deserve no better than a 4 IMO.

 

[golfballs]

Anyone who has Wisconsin high probably had them and Providence high prior to the committees top 16. Legacy thinking

 

[golfballs]

I think Wisconsin is closer to a 4 seed than a 2

 

[Rrcox1951]

Iona is eliminated.

 

[Willy14]

Iona is eliminated.

Crazy that they lost today, they were predicted as a 13 seed on the matrix with no bracket even giving another team in there conference a chance

 

[VolArmy74]

Yahoo Story on teams most likely to lose early in upsets. Sounds like they read VN. Upset Picks