Who the bracket matrix predicted IU would play

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211 brackets nationwide published on the bracket matrix.

The last eight at large teams they predicted in and their average seed:

San Francisco (in on 210 brackets, average seed of 9.81)  99+% in

Davidson (in on 209 brackets, average seed of 10.56)  99+% in

Miami (F) (in on 203 brackets, average seed of 10.71) 96+% in

Michigan (in on 200 brackets, average seed of 11.07)  95+% in

Indiana (in on 200 brackets, average seed of 11.09)  95+% in

Texas A& M (in on 200 bracket, average seed of 11.32) 95+% in

Wyoming (in on 173 brackets, average seed of 11.34) 86+% in

Rutgers (in on 84 brackets, average seed of 11.57)  39+% in

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First team out:  Notre Dame, in on 75 brackets  36% in

Second team out:  tie, SMU and Xavier on 41 brackets each 19% in

Fourth team out:  Oklahoma, in on 29 brackets 14% in

Dayton, BTW was in on......just 3 out of 211 brackets.

So, according to the matrix, we would have been the first team in the play in.  Since we can't play Rutgers -- the last team they had in the play in -- we would have played either Texas A&M or Wyoming.  And it would make more sense that we play Wyoming, since they were the lowest remaining play in that we could play.  So there is that.

That said, Texas A&M has to be wondering what they did to get excluded.  On the matrix, they are third from last and the committee placed them as the fourth team out.  Meanwhile, Dayton -- the first team out -- was the eighth team out in the bracketmatrix, with fewer inclusions than North Texas.  So I guess it could be worse.....Texas A&M was included in as many brackets on the matrix as us yet were told they weren't even really close.

Final note:  I believe Michigan was the last of the bye teams -- my personal opinion is that if there were three big ten teams in the play in, they would have 'found' a way to move one of them to the bye position.  Might have happened.  I wholeheartedly doubt that would pit two conference teams in the play in.