Bracketology and Team Resumes

[Uspshoosier]

52 minutes ago, str8baller said:

I’d prefer we go back to 64. 32 is probably more than enough but the symmetry of 64 is cool. 

Bubble teams the last 2 years have gotten an extra at-large bid with the PAC 12 not in the equation.  That changes next year.    PAC 12 will be back and an auto-bid will take back 1 spot 

[Uspshoosier]

 

[Uspshoosier]

7 out of the 11 IUs road games were Q1a games (Highest value quad)

1 of the 11 was Q1b.  So overall 8 of 11 games were in Q1 range 

1 of the 11 was Q2a range 

2 of the 11 was Q3 range 

I’m sure the staff can see these numbers and compare them to other bubble teams and see that if they get left out other bubble teams have easier chances for cheap Q2 road wins throughout their conference.   Schedule better in the non conference and you can overcome an evaluation misses.   Or it shows what kind of roster you need moving forward to compete with that kind of schedule.  
 

margin of error from getting left out to making it is small.     For instance if Maryland and Rutgers wins fall in the Q2 range this year IU is probably in the last 4 byes territory heading into the BTT.   

[Uspshoosier]

 

[Uspshoosier]

Lunardi doing his best to keep every fanbase engaged.   Moved IU from first team out to last team in today without either playing game.  I’ve pointed out over the years examples of him doing this.    He might not be the best at being accurate anymore Howard he is the face of bracketology and he knows how to work it in favor of attention for espn.  

[TheWatShot]

Purdue sure is living off its preseason #1 legacy. Down to #18 in the AP poll but still projected as a 3 seed. 

[Stuhoo]

8 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Purdue sure is living off its preseason #1 legacy. Down to #18 in the AP poll but still projected as a 3 seed. 

And #18 would play out to a five seed.

Seems like they'd be a four seed and hopefully would run into UF or Duke if they won their first two.

[Uspshoosier]

7 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Purdue sure is living off its preseason #1 legacy. Down to #18 in the AP poll but still projected as a 3 seed. 

Because the Ap poll is meaningless and has no effect on a teams seed.   The 5 Q1a wins and 8 Q1 wins overall with 7 of their losses coming to Q1a teams and all 8 losses to Q1 teams top 40 would be the reason they are still projected that high of seed.   

[Uspshoosier]

6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

And #18 would play out to a five seed.

Seems like they'd be a four seed and hopefully would run into UF or Duke if they won their first two.

3 or 4 most likely.   Painter needs a 14 and 10 seed loss to complete the double digit loss set.  Kind of pulling for the 3 seed just to see if he can get a step closer to the double digit gauntlet 

[TheWatShot]

4 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Because the Ap poll is meaningless and has no effect on a teams seed.   The 5 Q1a wins and 8 Q1 wins overall with 7 of their losses coming to Q1a teams and all 8 losses to Q1 teams top 40 would be the reason they are still projected that high of seed.   

I know it's meaningless. Just kind of strange there'd be that much of a difference. 

[Stuhoo]

7 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Because the Ap poll is meaningless and has no effect on a teams seed.   The 5 Q1a wins and 8 Q1 wins overall with 7 of their losses coming to Q1a teams and all 8 losses to Q1 teams top 40 would be the reason they are still projected that high of seed.   

Losing to IU on a neutral site's effect on Purdue's tournament seeding:

[Uspshoosier]

1 minute ago, TheWatShot said:

I know it's meaningless. Just kind of strange there'd be that much of a difference. 

View the AP as a snap shot of how teams are playing in real time and Purdue is free falling.  Their seed placement is overall body of work and they have a top 3 or 4 seed worthy body of work 

[Uspshoosier]

[Jeff Flabjohns]

17 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Haha, Purdue. Biggest fall from preseason that couldn’t be explained partly by an injury (Shelstead at Oregon). 
Impressive job by Hoiberg. 5th nationally in Def efficiency is crazy with that roster

[Five Prime]

I get that its an Indiana board and taking shots at Purdue is standard procedure, but Purdue is basically what we all wish IU would be - consistently competing for Big 10 titles, safely inside the tourney field every year as a top 4 seed, and occasionally making a deep run. 

[Jeff Flabjohns]

35 minutes ago, Five Prime said:

I get that its an Indiana board and taking shots at Purdue is standard procedure.

Correct, well said

[Home Jersey]

39 minutes ago, Five Prime said:

but Purdue is basically what we all wish IU would be - consistently competing for Big 10 titles, safely inside the tourney field every year as a top 4 seed, and occasionally making a deep run. 

Nah...

Basketball titles: IU 5, Purdump 0

Football titles: IU 1, Purdump 0

They truly suck

[Uspshoosier]

 

[Five Prime]

1 hour ago, Home Jersey said:

Nah...

Basketball titles: IU 5, Purdump 0

Football titles: IU 1, Purdump 0

They truly suck

If IU was consistently relevant on the national basketball scene, those titles would matter more. But the shine from those national championships is becoming dimmer and dimmer with each passing year of irrelevance. If IU doesn't figure out how turn the program around, perhaps someday in the not so distant future, those titles will be seen like the Ivy League college football titles of the early 20th century. 

[Home Jersey]

2 minutes ago, Five Prime said:

If IU was consistently relevant on the national basketball scene, those titles would matter more. But the shine from those national championships is becoming dimmer and dimmer with each passing year of irrelevance. If IU doesn't figure out how turn the program around, perhaps someday in the not so distant future, those titles will be seen like the Ivy League college football titles of the early 20th century. 

A title is a title is a title. No diminishing that, not even decades passing. I wish we'd be better too, but I wouldn't trade our program for Purdue's just because they regularly make the tournament and proceed to embarrass themselves more recently / often than we do.

Maybe someday they'll look like Ivy League football titles. That day is not particularly soon. A lot of people were alive for our last basketball title (and we were all alive for the football title). No need to inflate little bro's sense of self-worth.