Lunardi's early early bracket is up

#76
#76
GatorsGators said:
Maybe not 10+ conference wins (unless we go to 18 games). How about: 10-6 SEC, 22-9 overall, #6 Seed.
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Wow!

I don't see them Improving both records from last years, that'd be impressive. They were 20-9(9-7) last year, anything above either of those and I'd be shocked.
 
#77
#77
bleedingTNorange said:
Wow!

I don't see them Improving both records from last years, that'd be impressive. They were 20-9(9-7) last year, anything above either of those and I'd be shocked.
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Well, I don't know what their OOC schedule will look like. It's basically impossible to predict overall record at this point.
 
#79
#79
ahhh the 9 seed, a.k.a. good luck getting past the second round! I like that we got put in such a high position, but I'd rather take my chances being a 10 seed
 
#80
#80
this has got to be the most idiotic thing ever. Lunardi can't pick them right mid season how is this going to be accurate 11 months out? stupid.
 
#81
#81
griffhole said:
not even a feasible bracket...he has Belmont as the A-Sun Champ and they will be in the OVC next year. Terrible job Lunardi!
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I'm not surprised at all. His research is often incomplete. I stopped paying attention to his projected match-ups when I regularly saw UT set to face Memphis in the Round of 32 in prior seasons - something that would be against "bracket rules," as they try to avoid out-of-conference rematches until the Sweet Sixteen. I only look at who he has in, and where they are seeded. I tend to expect perfect research, when you figure this is his full-time gig.
 
#82
#82
ukvols said:
I'm not surprised at all. His research is often incomplete. I stopped paying attention to his projected match-ups when I regularly saw UT set to face Memphis in the Round of 32 in prior seasons - something that would be against "bracket rules," as they try to avoid out-of-conference rematches until the Sweet Sixteen. I only look at who he has in, and where they are seeded. I tend to expect perfect research, when you figure this is his full-time gig.
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Yeah, Lunardi seems to be a product of the "it's on ESPN so it must be the best" mentality. I only started the thread because I ran across it on my twitter feed and there really isn't much else to talk about. Lunardi's pre-season brackets tend to be especially bad because it requires him to actually understand basketball and not just the math of the selection committee.
 
#83
#83
He does a good job with who gets in. The numbers bear that out. I just ignore where he places the teams, because there's usually something in his bracket, like Belmont in this example, that makes the bracket an impossibility.

Really, how hard is it to grab a refreshed, updated list of who is in what conference for next season? It's not like he doesn't work for ESPN or something.
 
#84
#84
ukvols said:
He does a good job with who gets in. The numbers bear that out. I just ignore where he places the teams, because there's usually something in his bracket, like Belmont in this example, that makes the bracket an impossibility.

Really, how hard is it to grab a refreshed, updated list of who is in what conference for next season? It's not like he doesn't work for ESPN or something.
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Not really... He's not all that great at it, even when March does roll around.

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#86
#86
Goofy scoring procedure and explanation. A possible perfect score of 408 means that if you correctly seed a team, you're getting both the 2 for correctly seeding them and the 1 for seeding them within one seed line (68 x (3+2+1)). So, in reality, they are awarding 3 points for correctly seeding a team. And, why are they awarding points for correctly "predicting" the teams who receive automatic bids? That's irrelevant if you're evaluating predictions that are made after the auto bids have been determined. And, if you're evaluating before the conference tournaments, then you're scoring more on a basketball prediction than a bracketology prediction.
 
#88
#88
The Waco Kid said:
You guys realize we only lose 2 players, right? Off a team that went to the Elite 8?

Sure losing Beal hurts, but losing E. Walker doesn't.
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I love how Gator fans dog Erving Walker now. Guy steals one taco and now he sucked for 3 years as PG.
 
#89
#89
zansdad said:
I love how Gator fans dog Erving Walker now. Guy steals one taco and now he sucked for 3 years as PG.
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It's like the UK fans after oriakhi and Muhammad went elsewhere. Never seen a fanbase flip on 2 guys so fast.

Did you see the oriakhi twitter report? UK fans cussing him all over and telling him they hope he blows out his knees and blah blah blah, it was crazy.
 
#90
#90
bleedingTNorange said:
It's like the UK fans after oriakhi and Muhammad went elsewhere. Never seen a fanbase flip on 2 guys so fast.

Did you see the oriakhi twitter report? UK fans cussing him all over and telling him they hope he blows out his knees and blah blah blah, it was crazy.
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Sports fans every where are like that. UT football fans weren't much nicer to Otha Peters when he flipped to Arky.
 
#91
#91
zansdad said:
Sports fans every where are like that. UT football fans weren't much nicer to Otha Peters when he flipped to Arky.
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I don't venture into the football side so I didn't see it, I did see the reaction to those guys from uk fans though.

I mean I don't remember wishing Elliott Williams would blow out his knees. Some people take it too far.
 
#92
#92
bleedingTNorange said:
I don't venture into the football side so I didn't see it, I did see the reaction to those guys from uk fans though.

I mean I don't remember wishing Elliott Williams would blow out his knees. Some people take it too far.
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Yeah. I agree on that.
 
#93
#93
Walker's always had his detractors. They're just much louder now that he's gone... He was a good player, but the guy always did make a lot of strange decisions.
 
#94
#94
GatorsGators said:
Walker's always had his detractors. They're just much louder now that he's gone... He was a good player, but the guy always did make a lot of strange decisions.
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Yeah, I don't see anyone saying he "sucks". He was though, very limited, offensively, to his streaky perimeter game because of his size. Defensively, he was a jitterbug that could frustrate guys on the perimeter, but his size was a liability if his man got into the paint.

He was good offensively when he was on, but when he was off, he didn't know where the "off" switch was in terms of shooting. Admittedly, he did become a better distributor and fascilitator towards the end of his career.
 
#97
#97
cncchris33 said:
Yeah, I don't see anyone saying he "sucks". He was though, very limited, offensively, to his streaky perimeter game because of his size. Defensively, he was a jitterbug that could frustrate guys on the perimeter, but his size was a liability if his man got into the paint.

He was good offensively when he was on, but when he was off, he didn't know where the "off" switch was in terms of shooting. Admittedly, he did become a better distributor and fascilitator towards the end of his career.
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That is actually a very good description of Walker.

bleedingTNorange said:
I see wilbekin being a better option than Rosario at PG.

Rosario never met a shot he didn't like.
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Agreed. Rosario's not a point guard. Wilbekin will be our starting point guard, and freshman Braxton Ogbueze will back him up. Boynton would be the emergency point guard. Rosario is in no way going to play point guard.

Wilbekin is a phenomenal defender and decision maker. He didn't shoot a lot this past season, but he made a good percentage of the threes he took (45.7%). He'll need to be a bit more aggressive next year, but I think he'll be a very good point guard.
 
#98
#98
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Rosario is a perfect 6th man. That spark off the bench that can get hot and light it up, but as you said not a starting PG for UF.
 
#99
#99
These predictions are simply ridiculous at this time of the year, what a waste of time and effort. Even worse, I felt compelled to comment on the stupid article.
 
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