Bracketology/NCAA Postioning

[cjvz20]

Read their resume again, then compare to any team you choose.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/teamId/222

thanks I like that tool. Well at least we are 4-2 top 25 they are 1-3 lol but have those 150 losses

[cjvz20]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/teamId/222
8 top 42 wins which is what the committee will look at. The key difference is 0 bad losses (worst loss rpi 41) compared to 3 bad losses by us (+114). People can debate rpi numbers but until committee chair comes out and says they do not use it these are the numbers they will use. People like me who follow bracketology and team resumes closely what the committee does with whicita state this year will be interesting. They are ken Pom top 11 but have a +50 rpi

I guess I just see it as a down year for great teams so I'll let nova slide even though we know they will be the first one seed to lose this year

[cjvz20]

Plus didn't realize seton hall and providence were top 50 teams

[biteoftheapple]

Here is the rpi list. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/sort/RPI

Click on the team name you will go to the resume page.

[Uspshoosier]

Plus didn't realize seton hall and providence were top 50 teams

akron and st joes(road win) being in low 30's help their cause as well

[HoosierAloha]

In conference, if we could have won either the game @Wiscy or the game @PSU we would be a lock for a 3 seed.  If we could have avoided both losses against terrible teams in Maui we would easily be a 3 seed without an outside shot at a 1 seed depending on how we play in the BTT.  Those losses really killed our resume but seemed to have made this team better.

[Uspshoosier]

Here is the rpi list. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/sort/RPI

Click on the team name you will go to the resume page.

i use this one as well sometimes the ESPN page is off by a couple of spots
http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-rpi

[cjvz20]

Yeah if you go by rpi. They could have us a 5 seed

[cjvz20]

Thanks for the info biteoftheapple now you got me stuck on Internet for rest of the night

[biteoftheapple]

Thanks for the info biteoftheapple now you got me stuck on Internet for rest of the night

Not a great night fir good games, anyway.

[Uspshoosier]

Not a great night fir good games, anyway.

any night with games on is a good night for a hoops junkie

[biteoftheapple]

The MEAC and Summit does not get my interest level up.

[Josh]

Those losses really killed our resume but seemed to have made this team better.

 

Great quote!  I'll take a 3 or 4 knowing where we came from.

[Uspshoosier]

The MEAC and Summit does not get my interest level up.

multiple TVs going on down in my basement. Dakich on the call for the horizon

[cjvz20]

The MEAC and Summit does not get my interest level up.

if ipfw wouldn't have blown it last night I probably would watch

[biteoftheapple]

multiple TVs going on down in my basement. Dakich on the call for the horizon

I do have the Horizon game on.

[JSHoosier]

I just want to mention that when Tom took Marquette to the Final Four in 2003 they were a #3 seed which is what I believe we are currently projected at in the majority of brackets. Marquette's Adjusted Offense ranking was #2 and their Adjusted Defense was #119. Currently IU's Adjusted Offense is #4 and our Adjusted Defense is #67.

 

Here was Marquettes route to FF

 

Rd1 - #14 Holy Cross

Rd 2 - #6 Missouri

S16 - #2 Pittsburgh

E8 - #1 Kentucky

FF - #2 Kanas (loss)

 

 

Edit: Fun note IU was a #7 seed in 2003 and lost to #2 Pitt which prevented a IU/Marquette matchup in the Sweet 16.

On the flip side of the coin, he didn't make it past the Sweet 16 as a #1 seed with the #3 AdjO and #28 AdjD.

[Uspshoosier]

if ipfw wouldn't have blown it last night I probably would watch

i watched that on my iPad and that was a heart breaker. Like u said though they blew a 15 point second half lead

[Scooter D]

I don't know if Villanova is a legit #1 seed either (which is tough for me anyway given I have a connection to another Philly school) but having watched them a few times they have a good inside game, play great team D, and every player knows how to shot fake.

My prediction, they are a 2 seed.

[biteoftheapple]

Andy Bottoms brackets as if March 8.

http://assemblycall.com/author/andy-bottoms/