new Mexico lost at home to Colorado State late last night. The MWC is now really looking like a 1 bid league
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DZ83CK
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Right now Joey Brackets has OSU at a #9 seed. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad OSU is going to make it, but a #9 seed is a buzzkill. There are only going to be heavyweights at the #1 seed line this year. Would rather have a #10 or even #11 seed and have a more plausible chance at making the Sweet 16.
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henry_muto
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If a 31-0 regular season does not get you an at large bid the why even play the regular season ?Going back and comparing Auburn to Miami, I don't think either one should be in as an at-large, unless Auburn makes a run to the SEC title game. Auburn has already lost 14 games and they need to win a lot more to make up for that. Obviously Joe Lunardi feels Miami is the better choice.
Men's Bracketology: Miami (Ohio) or Auburn? Sorry, Bruce Pearl -- it's the RedHawks
The RedHawks are two wins away from an undefeated regular season while the Tigers are barely above .500.www.espn.com
The schedule was easy but they won every game.
It be the most absurd thing ever that a perfect regular season would not be 1 of a 68 team tournament. The optics would be awful.
May as well just rest until March and play a 3 game tournament for all mid majors then.
They have created WAB and SOR for a reason to compare mid major resumes vs the big boy resumes
Miami's WAB is 31
Miami's SOR is 21
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henry_muto
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Joey brackets still has Auburn as his last team in at 16-15
No team in the history of the tournament has got an at large bid with 16 total losses which is what Auburn will have if they don't win the SEC tournament.
Will they be the one to be a history setter ?
I know a lot of bubble teams lost but 16-15 should not get you a bid.
They will open with an easy SEC game so they will be 17-15 and if they lose the next game I don't see how a 17-16 team could possibly get a bid.
No team in the history of the tournament has got an at large bid with 16 total losses which is what Auburn will have if they don't win the SEC tournament.
Will they be the one to be a history setter ?
I know a lot of bubble teams lost but 16-15 should not get you a bid.
They will open with an easy SEC game so they will be 17-15 and if they lose the next game I don't see how a 17-16 team could possibly get a bid.
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Joe Lunardi is employed by ESPN and is obligated to shill for the SEC so I don't think him having Auburn in really means much. They are gonna have to at least win 2 SEC tourney games to even really be considered.
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DZ83CK
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If Indiana played Miami's schedule, they'd be undefeated, too. I don't care what WAB and SOR say, I realize the committee may consider them, but I don't. Kenpom has Miami rated well below the level of an at-large tournament team, and I've seen with my own eyes Miami Ohio cannot play defense at the level needed to be competitive in a national tournament. They have offense, I'll give them that, but they'll be a really easy out for someone. They'll get in, but it's not much of an accomplishment to go undefeated against terrible competition. If a team was unbeaten after playing 30 games against non-D1 teams, you'd have people and metrics to point to arguing that they should be in, as well.
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Id rather see a team like Miami get a chance any day than some proven completely mediocre power conference team like Auburn and Indiana. We don't know what the committee will actually do but I don't believe they will leave a team that finished the regular season out.
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henry_muto
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I am here to tell everyone Miami OH is a lock even if they lose in the MAC tournament. It isn't rocket science I don't care what anyone says. There is 0.0% chance they get left out. The only question is will the committee put them in Dayton or not. I don't think they should but I am not sure on that one.
Some of the lower level MAC teams beat power schools this year. You know the teams that lost to Miami OH and Akron.
Eastern Michigan tied for last in the MAC won at Cincinnati you know that same Cincy team that won at Kansas by 16 and beat BYU by 22.
UMASS beat Florida State and Florida State beat some teams.
So Cincy wouldn't have gone 31-0 hell they couldn't even go 1-0 vs the MAC
Some of the lower level MAC teams beat power schools this year. You know the teams that lost to Miami OH and Akron.
Eastern Michigan tied for last in the MAC won at Cincinnati you know that same Cincy team that won at Kansas by 16 and beat BYU by 22.
UMASS beat Florida State and Florida State beat some teams.
So Cincy wouldn't have gone 31-0 hell they couldn't even go 1-0 vs the MAC
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Teams like Stanford and Virginia Tech losing early to bad teams in their conference tourney is really helping Miami s cause
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Where do bracketology experts have the Ohio State men before the Big Ten Tournament?
The Buckeyes have worked their way into a nearly guaranteed spot in March Madness.
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Where do bracketology experts have the Ohio State men before the Big Ten Tournament?
The Buckeyes have worked their way into a nearly guaranteed spot in March Madness.Joe Lunardi: ESPN
As of publishing time, the guru of all things bracketology, Joe Lunardi, has the Buckeyes slotted in as a No. 9 seed and taking on No. 8 Georgia in the first round of the tournament. From there, the winner would take on the winner of the 1-vs.-16 matchup between Duke and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (I’ll let you figure out who is the No. 1 seed and who is the No. 16).While you don’t love the prospects of playing the No. 1 overall seed in the Round of 32, especially when the game would be played in Greenville, two hours away from Duke’s campus, the fact that OSU has worked itself into a single-digit seed is pretty remarkable.
Jerry Palm: CBS Sports
As one of the broadcasters of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, CBS’s analysis always carries a little bit of weight. As of today, Jerry Palm has the Buckeyes on the No. 8 line. Ironically, he also has them in the Greenville pod feeding into Duke, but his first-round matchup pits OSU against No. 9 NC State, whose campus is about 90 minutes from Greenville.USA Today
The trio of USA Today writers — Erick Smith, Paul Myerberg, and Eddie Timanus — has OSU as the No. 10 seed in the South Region, opening up the tournament against No. 7 Kentucky. That game would be played in Philadelphia, with the winner likely moving on to face No. 2 UConn, unless the No. 15 Queens University of Charlotte Royals pull off the upset.James Fletcher III: On3
While he has some of the details different, On3’s James Fletcher III also has the Buckeyes and Wildcats opening up against each other. However, he foresees it as an 8-9 matchup, with UK being the better seed. Fletcher projects the game to be played in San Jose as part of the West region, feeding into the winner of No. 1 Arizona and a No. 16 winner of a First Four game, either Bethune-Cookman or Lehigh.Bracketmatrix consensus
Bracketmatrix takes the projections from 109 different sources and averages them out to come up with an expert consensus.Currently, the project has Ohio State as the last No. 9 seed, behind Iowa, Saint Louis, and TCU.
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henry_muto
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I just seen Fox scroll the last 4 in and Ohio State was on that list....that has to be wrong with all the losing Ohio State has to be farther inside than that. I seen a few sites with Ohio State as a 9 seed. I don't want a 9 seed. Give a 10 or 11 stay away from 1 seeds.
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