3/15 bracketology

[pseudonym]

Men's Bracketology: Does Duke have a straight shot to the No. 1 overall seed?

The Blue Devils have the talent -- and the schedule -- to make the selection committee's job easy.

www.espn.com

Assuming the conference tournaments are won by the highest remaining NET ranking, a top-41 NET ranking will avoid Dayton.* We are 41.



*-I know NET isn't the only metric; just putting our 41 NET ranking in perspective. We are on the edge.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

NET
19-Feb 38
20-Feb 38
21-Feb 41
22-Feb 36
23-Feb 36
24-Feb 36
25-Feb 28
26-Feb 28
27-Feb 28
28-Feb 30
29-Feb 31
1-Mar 31
2-Mar 31
3-Mar 32
4-Mar 32
5-Mar 32
6-Mar 33
7-Mar 39
8-Mar 39
9-Mar 39
10-Mar 42
11-Mar 42
12-Mar 42
13-Mar 41
14-Mar 42
15-Mar 41

 

[DoggieDaddy13]

Prepare for disappointment and DOOM!

 

[POTUS]

Honestly, it will be pretty funny if we are in Dayton again. All the blow hards on here will complain and label Jans, Mr. Play-In or something like that, conveniently ignoring the last 10 years plus of our basketball history. Obviously, it'd be better to be in without having to go to Dayton, but there's no doubt we're moving in a good direction.

 

[FlotownDawg]

Y’all are putting way too much stock in NET rankings. It’s not the only thing the committee looks at. South Carolina’s NET is 48 and they’ll probably be a 5 or 6 seed. Northwestern’s NET is 52 and they are projected as a 7 or 8 seed. We are in and we’re not going to Dayton. Book it.

 

[pseudonym]

Y’all are putting way too much stock in NET rankings. It’s not the only thing the committee looks at. South Carolina’s NET is 48 and they’ll probably be a 5 or 6 seed. Northwestern’s NET is 52 and they are projected as a 7 or 8 seed. We are in and we’re not going to Dayton. Book it.

I included this:

*-I know NET isn't the only metric; just putting our 41 NET ranking in perspective. We are on the edge.

And if you are saying there are teams with lower NET rankings that are ahead of us in the pecking order, that would support my claim that we are on the edge. TCU and Washington State are also believed to be safely in with a bye.

 

[FlotownDawg]

I included this:

And if you are saying there are teams with lower NET rankings that are ahead of us in the pecking order, that would support my claim that we are on the edge. TCU and Washington State are also believed to be safely in with a bye.

I’m saying that you can’t just list the NET rankings and say we’re going to be here because of our NET. Hell, Rutgers made the tournament one year with a NET in the 70s. It’s one metric the committee uses. Not the only metric.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Men's Bracketology: Does Duke have a straight shot to the No. 1 overall seed?

The Blue Devils have the talent -- and the schedule -- to make the selection committee's job easy.

www.espn.com

Assuming the conference tournaments are won by the highest remaining NET ranking, a top-41 NET ranking will avoid Dayton.* We are 41.

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*-I know NET isn't the only metric; just putting our 41 NET ranking in perspective. We are on the edge.

What does a 30 point loss to a team looking to lock in on a #1 seed do for that seeding?

 

[MSUDAWGFAN]

What does a 30 point loss to a team looking to lock in on a #1 seed do for that seeding?

That doesn't apply to us. What team are you talking about? Because we just beat the brakes off of the #1 seed.

 

[pseudonym]

What does a 30 point loss to a team looking to lock in on a #1 seed do for that seeding?

Not sure, but a 17-point loss for a team looking to lock a #1 seed disabuses that team of any notion of a #1 seed.

 

[POTUS]

Lunardi says we are in the field and have no worries about being in Dayton.