tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post3037918078759251096..comments2024-01-27T06:41:13.204-05:00Comments on Bracketology 101: B101's Bold Prediction No. 1Bracketology 101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01277396896660963269noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-61738153046640497142007-11-06T19:30:00.000-05:002007-11-06T19:30:00.000-05:00Stanford's seed is really based on two factors - t...Stanford's seed is really based on two factors - the strength of the Pac-10 and the weakness of the Cardinal's OOC schedule. There are four teams (UCLA, Washington State, Oregon, and USC) that we think are clearly better than Stanford as the season opens. At best, Stanford is the fifth best team in the conference, and we think they're the sixth best squad behind the Big Four and Arizona. A sixth place team in any league is not going to be a top-5 seed and in Stanford's case, they certainly won't, since at the end of the year, they almost certainly won't have a non-conference win against an NCAA tournament team. Don't worry: Stanford will ultimately make the dance, but it probably won't be at a seed line very much higher than what we have them at right now.Bracketology 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/01277396896660963269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-60523410493195480672007-11-05T16:41:00.000-05:002007-11-05T16:41:00.000-05:00In most preseason brackets I see Stanford listed a...In most preseason brackets I see Stanford listed anywhere from 5 to 9. You have them right in the middle at 7. I just want to know where you think this team is going to lose a lot of games? They nonconference schedule is fairly easy and I wouldnt be surprised if they went 12-0. Then you would have to believe a Pac-10 at-large team will be 11-7 or better in conference giving the Cardinal around 23 wins. Will their nonconference SOS hurt their seed that bad?...Or will they lose more games I do not see? Thanks and good job on the preseason bracket!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-77443584739269776812007-10-31T22:25:00.000-05:002007-10-31T22:25:00.000-05:00We considered both Houston and UAB as at-large bid...We considered both Houston and UAB as at-large bids out of C-USA, but in the end both had too many question marks to be included in our preseason field. UAB certainly has NCAA tourney talent, but most of that talent is transfer talent. It may take a while for all of the team's new pieces to blend, and unfortunately the Blazers won't have a lot of time to gel with the slate of tough OOC tests they have to start the year (at Florida State, at Rhode Island, at Kentucky, at Wichita State). If they could ever win some or most of those games, than many people, including us, may start to reconsider C-USA's one-bid status. Right now, though, we'll stick with Memphis and Memphis only.Bracketology 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/01277396896660963269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-78664854976494781422007-10-31T21:17:00.000-05:002007-10-31T21:17:00.000-05:00UAB has a chance to make the tourney as CUSA will ...UAB has a chance to make the tourney as CUSA will have more than 1 team this yearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-48597308314597231782007-10-31T20:41:00.000-05:002007-10-31T20:41:00.000-05:00The loss of Dollard for the year(and to a much les...The loss of Dollard for the year(and to a much lesser extent the loss of Quan Powell for the first five games of the season) are crushing blows to the Tigers' NCAA hopes. Jeff Lebo has already said publicly that he has no idea how Auburn will replace Dollard's team-leading 12.5 points and seven rebounds per game. The Tigers were thin inside as it is, and without Dollard they have almost zero experience left on the interior.<BR/><BR/>It's too late to remove Auburn from our preseason bracket, but don't expect the Tigers to be in our first regular season bracket when it comes out in late November.Bracketology 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/01277396896660963269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-10389338439223829352007-10-31T19:44:00.000-05:002007-10-31T19:44:00.000-05:00Auburn lost Dollard for the year to what is being ...Auburn lost Dollard for the year to what is being publicly called a medical leave of absence, no way they make the NCAAs this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-86902214767119367892007-10-16T17:32:00.000-05:002007-10-16T17:32:00.000-05:00Rivera's first semester academic ineligibility cer...Rivera's first semester academic ineligibility certainly isn't good news for St. Joseph's, but it's far from disastrous. He played well off the bench at times last year, but he also went scoreless (or almost scoreless) in nights when he played 15-20 minutes way too often. <BR/><BR/>As far as the A-10 goes, you're right - any number of teams could finish second. We still give the Hawks a slight edge over UMass, Rhode Island, GW, and our sleeper, Duquesne, based on the talent they return, but their hold on that second spot is by no means safe. What does look safe is that the A-10 is shaping up to be a multiple bid league, and because of that, we'll continue to hold two spots for them in our bracket.Bracketology 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/01277396896660963269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-65081442027055904932007-10-16T13:13:00.000-05:002007-10-16T13:13:00.000-05:00Not sure if this news affects your St. Joe's predi...Not sure if this news affects your St. Joe's prediction:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/10/13/bc.bkc.saintjoseph.s.ri.ap/index.html" REL="nofollow">Rivera to miss 1st semester</A><BR/><BR/>Xavier is clearly the class of the A-10, and I think the conference is much improved, but I'm not sure I would take St. Joe over GW or U.Mass -- or even St. Louis -- for that second spot.Andrew T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07562402977211994270noreply@blogger.com