Comments on: Bracketology: Never Too Early Edition IV http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/11/bracketology-never-too-early-edition-iv/ the ubiquitous college basketblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:51:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: wyatt http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/11/bracketology-never-too-early-edition-iv/comment-page-1/#comment-1422 wyatt Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:47:48 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=3637#comment-1422 Cal ahead of UCLA because it took them 3OT to beat a team UCLA would beat by 15? Everyone's writing off the Bruins because they lost one fluke and one quality game in non-con play, but they'll go 16-2 in conference and be a 2 seed. Their freshmen are making statements and another Final four is in the cards. Cal ahead of UCLA because it took them 3OT to beat a team UCLA would beat by 15? Everyone’s writing off the Bruins because they lost one fluke and one quality game in non-con play, but they’ll go 16-2 in conference and be a 2 seed. Their freshmen are making statements and another Final four is in the cards.

]]> By: Zach http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/11/bracketology-never-too-early-edition-iv/comment-page-1/#comment-1421 Zach Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:10:49 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=3637#comment-1421 GBBound- Believe me, I was thisclose to giving the Spartans that final 2 seed over the Orange. In the end, it's probably likely that the Big 10 champs (underrated conference) will get the last 2 over the 3rd place team in the Big East. Bottom line, though: Cuse has 1 loss on a halfcourt buzzer beater, while Michigan State has 2 losses (neither were particularly competitive, either). I definitely see your point, though, and those numbers back it up. Brian- I don't have the numbers in front of me, but I do recall ND has a very poor RPI/SOS and that bad loss to St. John's. Stanford, Kentucky, A&M and Oklahoma State are all lacking quality wins so we should find out more and more about them as conference season rolls on. Florida State's wins over Cal and Florida are enough to push them in. GBBound- Believe me, I was thisclose to giving the Spartans that final 2 seed over the Orange. In the end, it’s probably likely that the Big 10 champs (underrated conference) will get the last 2 over the 3rd place team in the Big East. Bottom line, though: Cuse has 1 loss on a halfcourt buzzer beater, while Michigan State has 2 losses (neither were particularly competitive, either). I definitely see your point, though, and those numbers back it up.

Brian- I don’t have the numbers in front of me, but I do recall ND has a very poor RPI/SOS and that bad loss to St. John’s. Stanford, Kentucky, A&M and Oklahoma State are all lacking quality wins so we should find out more and more about them as conference season rolls on. Florida State’s wins over Cal and Florida are enough to push them in.

]]> By: Brian http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/11/bracketology-never-too-early-edition-iv/comment-page-1/#comment-1419 Brian Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:14:49 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=3637#comment-1419 I think Notre Dame has a case for a 4 seed over a team like Baylor or Minnesota. I think Kentucky and maybe Stanford should be in over FSU or the two Big 12 teams (A&M/OSU). Other than that this is a really good bracket. Hard to argue with anything. I think Notre Dame has a case for a 4 seed over a team like Baylor or Minnesota. I think Kentucky and maybe Stanford should be in over FSU or the two Big 12 teams (A&M/OSU).

Other than that this is a really good bracket. Hard to argue with anything.

]]> By: GBBound http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/11/bracketology-never-too-early-edition-iv/comment-page-1/#comment-1420 GBBound Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:44:14 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=3637#comment-1420 Good stuff. While I see you have MSU advancing to the Final Four, why is Syracuse a 2 seed over MSU? MSU has a higher RPI (4) than Syracuse (12), a much stronger SOS (12 v. 52), and 2 more RPI top 25 wins (3 v. 1) and 2 more RPI top 50 wins (5 v. 3). MSU lost both games without Suton in the lineup, while Syracuse lost a game at home. Good stuff. While I see you have MSU advancing to the Final Four, why is Syracuse a 2 seed over MSU? MSU has a higher RPI (4) than Syracuse (12), a much stronger SOS (12 v. 52), and 2 more RPI top 25 wins (3 v. 1) and 2 more RPI top 50 wins (5 v. 3). MSU lost both games without Suton in the lineup, while Syracuse lost a game at home.

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