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Joe Lunardi's files what he calls his final bracket of the regular season (doesn't he realize some conferences have completed their tournaments already?).
www.espn.com/bracketology

He has Bradley as a #15 seed playing #2 seed LSU in the West Regional
 
agree- every one of these predictions is always wrong -- pure speculation and sometimes laughably wrong-- but what they do it they revise it over and over as teams get upset or surprises occur...so that the final version of their "bracketology" that they issue immediately before the Selection Committee releases the real Bracket - is usually close - but that's after a zillion revisions.
 
One of the top guru/experts
has THREE Southern Conference (SoCon) teams in the NCAA Tournament!!
https://twitter.com/wxsmdon/status/1105196237735772160

that would make me furious if a SoCon team with a NET ranking of 60 got inb when MVC teams got snubbed
with RPIs of 40, 30 and even 20!!
Nradley's RPI was 38 when we got snubbed in 2007, ISU's was 33 when they got snubbed in 2017 and Barry Hinson's was 21 when Missouri State got snubbed in 2006.
 
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Gwright said:
Yes yes yes yes yes. Please. I live and work in Baton Rouge and would savor this match up. Win or lose.
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If that turns out to be the matchup, it is projected to be in Jacksonville, Florida. So you'd still have to travel a bit to be there.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

The CBS bracket projection by Jerry Palm also has Bradley as a #15 seed playing #2 seed LSU, only he has the game in Tulsa as part of the Midwest Regional-
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/
 
I seen another one that had BU a 15 playing MIch State in Des Moines, IA. That location would be great but sure hope for a 12 or 13 based on how BU played down the stretch
 
Well since Chris Reynolds is on the selection committee I expect a seeding of no less than # 1 and we get a bye thru the first 3 rounds
 
He might even pull some strings and get the NCAA to add an extra Regional site in Peoria, and have Bradley assigned there. :)
 
can you believe it??

There are still pundits talking about Texas, St. John's and Indiana being in the NCAA Tourney

Texas is 16-16, 8-12 in Big 12, lost 5 of their last 6 and bowed out in first game of Big 12 Tourney
St. John's is 7th in 10-team Big East, 21-12, NET of 64, lost 4 of their last 5 including first round exit from Big East Tourney
Indiana, 9th in Big Ten, just keeps losing and yet the talk continues - they are 17-15, and lost 12 of 13 at one stretch bowing out in 1st game of B10 Tourney

Meanwhile - nobody is even projecting Drake in the NIT
 
Fox Sports now shows a bracket with Bradley as a #14 seed, and has them playing against #3 seed Houston in the Midwest Regional.
https://twitter.com/CBBonFOX/status/1106560662925279232

And this site- D Ratings- has Bradley as a #15 seed. They also have Loyola into the NIT as a #7 seed (the lowest seed possible is a #8 seed)-
https://www.dratings.com/predictor/bracketology/

It appears Drake might actually have a better argument for the NIT. They have a better overall record, a better NET ranking, and Drake has one of the only 2 Quadrant 1 wins by any MVC team. Bradley has the other- a neutral court win vs. Penn State (NET 47).
http://warrennolan.com/basketball/20...issouri-Valley
 
and in the "let's just prove how accurate these Bracketology" jokes are -
Sports Illustrated has Bradley playing Gonzaga in San Jose CA
https://www.si.com/college-basketbal...-madness-predi

like I say - these projections are all over the map....might as well flip a coin...
..some have Bradley as 16-seed, some 15, some 14, and I have now seen at least 4 different locations predicted..

The PJS had a column about the different projections and noted 11 different possible opponents have been predicted as well as eight different sites- LINK
but if one does happen to get it right - then someone will say they were geniuses...
 
tornado said:
agree- every one of these predictions is always wrong -- pure speculation and sometimes laughably wrong-- but what they do it they revise it over and over as teams get upset or surprises occur...so that the final version of their "bracketology" that they issue immediately before the Selection Committee releases the real Bracket - is usually close - but that's after a zillion revisions.
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And let's not forget one of the biggest FOPAs by the CBS NCAA TV Announcers "Billy (always ACC) Packer" and Jim Nantz in 2006 - FIRST - Billy Packer's strong objection - when 3 Missouri Valley Teams were selected to the 2006 NCAA Tournament and SECOND - Jim Nantz days later admitting that the Missouri Valley (Wichita State and Bradley) proved a lot of people wrong - "including 2 people sitting here at court side" (stated during the Arizona - VIllanova 2006 TV coverage) .... Billy Packer just kept quiet. :D

https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-20...660-story.html
 
then they showed a graphic of the state of Indiana with a star in the middle labelled Bradley University
 
tornado said:
and in the "let's just prove how accurate these Bracketology" jokes are -......
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One of the 247Sports writers said he spent a whopping 15 minutes before the selection show and drew up a Bracketology prediction-
he got 67 of the 68 teams correct...so he says...
"For the record I spent a quality 15 minutes on my "mock bracket" and got 67 of 68,
only missed TCU, when Temple was selected. Don't give these guys too much credit,
it isn't that complex if I can do this in 15 minutes"

https://twitter.com/BSnow247/status/1107411512833003520
 
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