Polls/Bracketology

MikeEsq · Post by **MikeEsq** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:45 pm

The guy I'd been touting, Patrick Stevens up in Syracuse, picked UMass as a 7 right up to the show. He picked all 68 last year and I believe had NC State in there:

http://www.syracuse.com/patrick-stevens ... _mich.html

Refuse2Lose83 · Post by **Refuse2Lose83** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:49 pm

No A10 teams in the NIT. When was the last time that happened? Richmond got left out!

Sea Dog · Post by **Sea Dog** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:49 pm

Chris20 wrote:
Old Cage wrote:^ This will be interesting. Yesterday by the end of their broadcast they had us on the bubble.
Is 6 the highest seed a bubble team has ever received?

Chris, thank you for the awesome job you performed all season long breaking down the opponent watch. You were rock solid and I learned a ton from you. GO MASS!

UMass87 · Post by **UMass87** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:57 pm

I printed out Lunardi's, Palm's, and Dance Card at 5:45 pm. This is how they fared:

Dance Card: Doesn't do seeding. Missed one at-large (had Cal in and NCSU out - this was probably the correct call).

Palm: Missed one at-large (had SMU play-in and NCSU out - shame on Palm for having SMU). got 6 of 8 play-ins correct. Hit 33 seeds on the nose. Missed 35 seeds by an average of 1.31

Lunardi: Missed one at-large (had SMU as an 11 seed not play-in and NCSU out - shame on Lunardi for having SMU in and not even in the play-in). Hit 38 seeds on the nose. Missed 30 seeds by an average of 1.25

Conclusion: all three did equally well with at larges although Dance Card's Cal is more defensible than Palm's and Lunardi's SMU. Lunardi was better than Palm at predicting the seeding.

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:58 pm

SeaDog, It was a pleasure. Not sure there was much to learn, but I enjoy watching the opponents games with a good idea of what the results mean to us.

New Mexico, PC, Nebraska really helped us maintain the profile for that seed....I'll probably be pulling for them in the Dance - I can't just flip a switch and turn it off!

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:00 pm

UMass87 wrote:I printed out Lunardi's, Palm's, and Dance Card at 5:45 pm. This is how they fared:

Dance Card: Doesn't do seeding. Missed one at-large (had Cal in and NCSU out - this was probably the correct call).

Palm: Missed one at-large (had SMU play-in and NCSU out - shame on Palm for having SMU). got 6 of 8 play-ins correct. Hit 33 seeds on the nose. Missed 35 seeds by an average of 1.31

Lunardi: Missed one at-large (had SMU as an 11 seed not play-in and NCSU out - shame on Lunardi for having SMU in and not even in the play-in). Hit 38 seeds on the nose. Missed 30 seeds by an average of 1.25

Conclusion: all three did equally well with at larges although Dance Card's Cal is more defensible than Palm's and Lunardi's SMU. Lunardi was better than Palm at predicting the seeding.

Palm had us 8, Lunardi 9. Suckas.

69MG · Post by **69MG** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:00 pm

bunkerhill87 wrote:Coach k is an arrogant a hole. Hate the duke because they are a Goliath. Won't play any mid major away from Cameron.. most of the power teams won't schedule our type of team away. Ya ya I get the money side of it but for them to throw darts they deserved to be exposed. With that said I fear a match up w Pitt as an 8-9 game. Rather be under seeded at 10 and go in w/ a chip on our shoulders. In march I always cheer for the mid majors. Here again the a10 getting no love. Can't wait for vcu and gw and the rest of us roll up some of these teams.

Well, guess what. After we win our first game we get to beat Duke in Raleigh.

UMass87 · Post by **UMass87** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:02 pm

Chris20 wrote:...
Palm had us 8, Lunardi 9. Suckas.

They both consistently missed A10 teams although Palm did do better.

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:04 pm

ESPN guys picking A10 teams to drop out fast.....all of them.

jrdupe · Post by **jrdupe** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:08 pm

Chris20 wrote:ESPN guys picking A10 teams to drop out fast.....all of them.

who cares!

Sea Dog · Post by **Sea Dog** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:08 pm

Chris20 wrote:ESPN guys picking A10 teams to drop out fast.....all of them.

That's because they know nothing about the A10. Ignorance is bliss.

Hence Digger Phelps. Phelps pulled this same crap back in the Coach Cal days. Remember the West VA game?

bharms08 · Post by **bharms08** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:13 pm

gary parrish picks us to lose to iowa/tennessee

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... redictions

Refuse2Lose83 · Post by **Refuse2Lose83** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:14 pm

Chris20 wrote:SeaDog, It was a pleasure. Not sure there was much to learn, but I enjoy watching the opponents games with a good idea of what the results mean to us.

New Mexico, PC, Nebraska really helped us maintain the profile for that seed....I'll probably be pulling for them in the Dance - I can't just flip a switch and turn it off!

I think New Mexico has a great chance at getting to the Elite 8. I think they'll beat Stanford, and that would give them Kansas. I believe Embiid is out for the 1st weekend right? Good time to get Kansas if they don't have Embiid, Kirk could be tough to stop then. Sweet 16 would give them Dayton/Ohio State/Syracuse. None of those teams are unstoppable. Syracuse is sliding, Ohio State can be very good but also very bad, and we all know Dayton.

mdogt12 · Post by **mdogt12** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:16 pm

Greg Doyel picked us to beat Duke in that same article

Blutrane93 · Post by **Blutrane93** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:16 pm

^^ And that's where the disrespect comes in. Nobody is picking our opponent to win per se because they like the opponent. Hell, they don't know who the opponent is yet. They're picking us to lose to whoever the hell we play because they don't see us as worthy of the seed we got. Good. Hope the guys see all of that.