Taj79 Posted December 30, 2021 Posted December 30, 2021 https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-projecting-2022-march-madness-men-field So Joey Joe has updated his 2021 listing. The A10 is a Juan Bid league with Davidson now coming in as the sole rep at an 11 seed. The Bonnies are listed but in the "Next Four Out" category. Of the 36 spots available after auto-qualifiers, Joe has given 33 out of those 36 slots to Power 5 + 1 teams. The only other mid-majors to sneak in are WCC teams BYU as an 8 seed, San Francisco as a 10 seed and St. Mary's as an 11 seed. Love for the WCC; none for the A10. Might be justified right now. If the annual cannibalization routine occurs as expected in the A10, who's to argue? Quote
Bay Area Billiken Posted December 30, 2021 Posted December 30, 2021 Although per the NET the WCC would have 4 NCAA teams, like Joe Lunardi is saying (4 Gonzaga, 30 BYU, 33 USF-CA, 43 St. Mary's), in reality I doubt the WCC will get 4. It will scrape to get 3. Last year the NCAA gave 2 bids each to a group of traditional multi-bid leagues below the Power 5 + 1. I think that hurt SLU when Drake of the MVC was gifted the Valley's 2nd bid. Quote
shempie Posted December 30, 2021 Posted December 30, 2021 If a bunch of teams play games shorthanded under the 7+1 guidelines, the committee's job will be almost impossible. And no one is going to be happy. Quote
Cowboy II Posted December 30, 2021 Posted December 30, 2021 35 minutes ago, shempie said: If a bunch of teams play games shorthanded under the 7+1 guidelines, the committee's job will be almost impossible. And no one is going to be happy. -I disagree, I have a feeling blue bloods or the major conferences will be rewarded, like usual Quote
Billiken Rich Posted December 31, 2021 Posted December 31, 2021 16 hours ago, Cowboy II said: -I disagree, I have a feeling blue bloods or the major conferences will be rewarded, like usual The "eye test" will definitely become the critical and deciding factor........ Quote
Taj79 Posted December 31, 2021 Author Posted December 31, 2021 ADDENDUM: I don't respect Joe Lunardi much but since I posted this title, a new bracket has come out dated 12/31. I guess he is doing a weekly update now that the turn of the new year is upon us. He had added St. Joe's as the auto qualifier out of the A10 and put Davidson in as the last team picked. Fuokin' homer. Quote
billiken_roy Posted December 31, 2021 Posted December 31, 2021 i hate lunardi. would love the opportunity to tell him. Quote
Bay Area Billiken Posted December 31, 2021 Posted December 31, 2021 Putting St.Joe’s in there at this early stage appears to be an excited utterance by the St. Joe’s radio analyst. Quote
HoosierPal Posted December 31, 2021 Posted December 31, 2021 He defaults on mid to lower level conferences to the team (or one of the teams) in first. Elon, siting at 4-10, but tied for first in the CAA, is in his bracket. No big deal. This will all work itself out as the season progresses. No need to get excited on any early brackets. Old guy 1 Quote
wgstl Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology has us as a Auto qualifier Bay Area Billiken 1 Quote
slufanskip Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 24 minutes ago, wgstl said: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology has us as a Auto qualifier I don't think we could ask for much better than that from where we sit right now. Quote
wgstl Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, slufanskip said: I don't think we could ask for much better than that from where we sit right now. Yep. I thought Linardi would have given Davidson the lone bid. Quote
Littlebill Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 Why are the bonnies near the bubble right now? Computer rankings are a disaster. I know that it is just one Lunardi thing but come on Quote
BilliesBy40 Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 2 hours ago, wgstl said: Yep. I thought Linardi would have given Davidson the lone bid. Lunardi uses the team leading the conference standings as the auto-qualifier at this point in the season. Crewsorlose 1 Quote
Fraz Posted January 5, 2022 Posted January 5, 2022 I’d say 3 A10 teams even listed on Bracketology is incredibly generous Bay Area Billiken 1 Quote
The Wiz Posted January 5, 2022 Posted January 5, 2022 Hmmm...12th seed....Maybe the Loon reads The Wiz's forecasts. almaman 1 Quote
Old guy Posted January 5, 2022 Posted January 5, 2022 As I mentioned, the cousins of Juan Bid are still around Quote
cgeldmacher Posted January 5, 2022 Posted January 5, 2022 Listing us as a 12 seed has to mean they have us close to being an at-large bid Quote
courtside Posted January 11, 2022 Posted January 11, 2022 Bracketville had SLU 88 prior to Saturdays games. Lunardi today does not have SLU in his list of 76. Quote
gabriel Posted January 11, 2022 Posted January 11, 2022 Lunardi has us at 81. We should be higher. Quote
wgstl Posted January 11, 2022 Posted January 11, 2022 Bracket Matrix has us at #13 out http://bracketmatrix.com/ rgbilliken 1 Quote
wgstl Posted January 11, 2022 Posted January 11, 2022 this is very close, but keep seeing VCU ahead of us in every bracketology VCU: 9-4 Net 53, Q1 0-3, Q2 2-1, Q3 3-0, Q4 4-0 Worst loss #63 Wagner, best Win @ #82 Vandy SLU: 9-4 Net 65, Q1 1-3, Q2 1-1, Q2 2-0, Q4 5-0 Worst loss #51 @ Memphis, best win #48 @ Boise state Quote
billiken_roy Posted January 11, 2022 Posted January 11, 2022 no sense discussing or expressing displeasure with the rankings until we have a few of the conference games completed, particularly with the more highly thought of conference teams. at that point we have some kind of reference for comparison imo. RiseOfTheBillikens, cheeseman, almaman and 1 other 4 Quote
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