Taj79 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Big Joe has posted his latest uppdate based on the recruiting signings. Bills an 8-seed in San Diego against 9-seed Boise State, winner facing 1-seed Arizona. Ha-ha -- just for fun. Others of note: New Big East: Marquette a 4, Nova an 11, Xavier an 11, Georgetown a 7, Creighton a 5 and no Butler. A10: us, VCU a 7, La Salle an 8. Others: Mizzou a 10 and Illinois a 12-play in member. No Temple from the America nor any sign of Charlotte. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 Oh ... and Jared Drew might be leaving ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emoracze Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Those seedings would seem favorable to me. Not necessarily the 8 seed, but I think we would beat both Boise and Arizona. That being said, I think Arizona will be more in the 4-6 seed range, not a 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Those seedings would seem favorable to me. Not necessarily the 8 seed, but I think we would beat both Boise and Arizona. That being said, I think Arizona will be more in the 4-6 seed range, not a 1. I've seen Arizona top 5 overall in a lot of the preseason rankings. AZ being a 1 wouldn't be a huge surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Thank you for some straight BB talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Thank you for some straight BB talk. Nothing screams straight basketball talk more than bracketology in early May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 I'd like that setup. We'd blow Boise completely out of the building, and a win over Arizona would be a springboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Nothing screams straight basketball talk more than bracketology in early May. Especially when we start fretting about specific match-ups in the completely made up bracketogy. I suspect last year's bracketology at this time had Kentucky as a #1 seed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Especially when we start fretting about specific match-ups in the completely made up bracketogy. I suspect last year's bracketology at this time had Kentucky as a #1 seed... Damn salary cap kept them in check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasalos Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Hi everyone, I do my own bracketology and yes it's early, but it's fun to track all the roster changes. Can't wait for the schedules to be released to gauge RPI and SOS. Below is my preseason bracketology. A10 will be great to watch as I think the championship will be between your team and VCU. The 3rd spot in the A10 will be coveted as it will be the last at-large A10 bid in the tourney: www.explorertownbracketologist.com Thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Hi everyone, I do my own bracketology and yes it's early, but it's fun to track all the roster changes. Can't wait for the schedules to be released to gauge RPI and SOS. Below is my preseason bracketology. A10 will be great to watch as I think the championship will be between your team and VCU. The 3rd spot in the A10 will be coveted as it will be the last at-large A10 bid in the tourney: www.explorertownbracketologist.com Thanks for looking. I've seen your work a couple places. Better than Lunardi, but I don't like Lunardi much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasalos Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 I've seen your work a couple places. Better than Lunardi, but I don't like Lunardi much. I appreciate that. I've been rolling out my bracketology. Nothing like preseason bracketology. Fun to speculate without RPI and SOS data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Yeah, at this point, one person's thoughts are as good as another's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrberendzen Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 bracketology in may= early opinions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrberendzen Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Yeah, at this point, one person's thoughts are as good as another's. yep totally agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Metzinger Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Especially when we start fretting about specific match-ups in the completely made up bracketogy. I suspect last year's bracketology at this time had Kentucky as a #1 seed... Yes the 1st Noel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasalos Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Updated August bracket. NCAA is announcing new bracket rules tomorrow. My bracket accounts for that.www.explorertownbracketologist.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauman Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Updated August bracket. NCAA is announcing new bracket rules tomorrow. My bracket accounts for that. www.explorertownbracketologist.com This bracket shows that our schedule is tougher than I thought. Other NCAA teams are VCU (2), Ind St, Wis, Oakland, ODU and Lasalle. I might have missed a few, but this shows how important it is to get off to a good start in the Mex tournament and against Ind St (one of only 2 MVC teams projected in ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Question for all on here: does anyone really think that this year's team will be worse than last year? It seems as if all experts are thinking we will be worse. Personally, I think with five seniors, and four returning starters, I think well be even better than last year, with AMcB "replacing" Kwam. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Question for all on here: does anyone really think that this year's team will be worse than last year? It seems as if all experts are thinking we will be worse. Personally, I think with five seniors, and four returning starters, I think well be even better than last year, with AMcB "replacing" Kwam. Thoughts? -I think replacing the leadership of KM and CE will be a key, KM was a guard that I trusted with the ball and both he and CE helped break the press (see VCU) and not to be forgotten CR had some nice games, if the replacements are better than KM/CE/CR the team should be better, but all 3 knew the system very well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Question for all on here: does anyone really think that this year's team will be worse than last year? It seems as if all experts are thinking we will be worse. Personally, I think with five seniors, and four returning starters, I think well be even better than last year, with AMcB "replacing" Kwam. Thoughts? I think we should be about the same because of the extra year of experience, but don't underestimate how valuable Kwamain was to this team. While the numbers he put up post suspension never lived up to his sophomore year the mere fact that we won 12 games one year, had everybody mature a season and added only him and we turned into a 27 win, NCAA tourney team speaks volumes. Last year, we were 4-3 against non-buy game opponents before he comes back. We went 20-4 with him back in the line-up. That doesn't even touch on all the good things Cody did as well as the bench contributions of Cory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgeldmacher Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Question for all on here: does anyone really think that this year's team will be worse than last year? It seems as if all experts are thinking we will be worse. Personally, I think with five seniors, and four returning starters, I think well be even better than last year, with AMcB "replacing" Kwam. Thoughts? I agree that this year's team will be better than last year's team. Unfortunately, that may not result in a higher seed in the tournament. Last year, our quality win column included three wins over Butler (a team that beat #1 seeds Indiana and Gonzaga). We won't have that this year. We had a win over #20 New Mexico that we won't have the opportunity to replicate this year. We could be a better team with a better record and still end up with a lower seed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prebilliken Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 This may be too hopeful, or too illogical, but I think a large part of this team's fate has to do with how DE plays this year. My quick logic: 1) He is our best player. 2) Yet, we have a solid and experienced supporting group, that even without KM, is very good. 3) College ball is so often determined by how much their best player can achieve. I'm not saying the fate of our team stands on a knife's edge of how well DE plays, but I think the net result is that if DE continues to improve into his senior season, the team will end up being even better than the two previous years. In all seriousness, DE will be fighting to make himself a serious contender to be an NBA player. I think his maturity and ability is ready for this and he could have an amazing season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I agree that this year's team will be better than last year's team. Unfortunately, that may not result in a higher seed in the tournament. Last year, our quality win column included three wins over Butler (a team that beat #1 seeds Indiana and Gonzaga). We won't have that this year. We had a win over #20 New Mexico that we won't have the opportunity to replicate this year. We could be a better team with a better record and still end up with a lower seed. We have Wichita on the schedule to replace New Mexico. I've been seeing Vanderbilt getting shredded, so they may not be very useful. Indiana St. will probably be top 100 or so. VCU is going to be good. The schedule looks pretty competitive from what I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majerus mojo Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 This may be too hopeful, or too illogical, but I think a large part of this team's fate has to do with how DE plays this year. My quick logic: 1) He is our best player. 2) Yet, we have a solid and experienced supporting group, that even without KM, is very good. 3) College ball is so often determined by how much their best player can achieve. I'm not saying the fate of our team stands on a knife's edge of how well DE plays, but I think the net result is that if DE continues to improve into his senior season, the team will end up being even better than the two previous years. In all seriousness, DE will be fighting to make himself a serious contender to be an NBA player. I think his maturity and ability is ready for this and he could have an amazing season. Agree here, if DE is second half of the season DE, we are going to be extremely tough to beat. I think AM's play will go a long way towards replicating last year's success. If he can contribute 75-80% of what KM brought, I'd be psyched. Love a deep backcourt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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