Bracketology and Team Resumes

[TheWatShot]

36 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

IU is a 9 seed in the medias mock selection they did today.  Still want to see how the actual committee seeds the top 16 this Saturday to see what they value.   The number to pay attention to is WAB.  They are pushing this metric hard.    If IU only wins 2 more games but their WAB is low 40s or high 30s then i would be confident they would still get selected.   Results based gets you selected while predictive helps your seeding.   If IU gets selected their seeding will be higher then people will think if their predictive metrics stay as good as they are.   

Thankfully the committee doesn't consist of all the old heads on IU message boards who think we have to win the BTT. 

[Uspshoosier]

5 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Thankfully the committee doesn't consist of all the old heads on IU message boards who think we have to win the BTT. 

A lot of people wrote them off after a tough 4 game losing streak and took that opportunity to say they weren’t a tourney team and would be lucky to win 7 conference games.  Reality is  they are basically exactly where most the national basketball media and most fans thought they would be at this point.  Even with a flawed roster DeVries has them positioned to make the tourney in his first year(all I heard over the summer was just find a way to get in the tourney).   Still have 5 regular season games left but as of today IU is a projected tourney team.