tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post306900825583062783..comments2008-03-17T19:33:53.455-05:00Bracketology 101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01277396896660963269noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-27489341266922686182008-03-17T19:33:00.000-05:002008-03-17T19:33:00.000-05:00Nice job on the selections...<BR/><BR/>Regarding Lunardi...<BR/>The year Mason made their run, he had them out until a couple hours before the Selection Show. Fairly sure they weren't even in the "Last Four Out".<BR/>They made it in...and then in the pairings he railed about how they didn't deserve inclusion and that the Spartans would bounce them in the first round.<BR/><BR/>Picking 62/64 and ranking them as close to the line as he does is far better than I could do. But his last-minute corrections will always seem bogus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-47165005221124984412008-03-17T08:33:00.000-05:002008-03-17T08:33:00.000-05:00Gentlemen:<BR/><BR/>Congratulations. Great job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-25056605282713903112008-03-16T23:57:00.000-05:002008-03-16T23:57:00.000-05:00Lunardi always seems to do good with his within 24 hour changes. This year's change wasn't as surprising and suspicious as last year's Arkansas inclusion. We try to ignore other bracketologists as much as possible leading up to Selection Sunday but maybe we should start copying Lunardi and his late changes. <BR/><BR/>We just wonder if we would of had every team right if Georgia had not won. We won't know for sure but based on Tom O'Connor's comments it was probably Ohio State or Illinois State that got taken out after Georgia's win. Unfortunately we removed Oregon to include Georgia.Bracketology 101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01277396896660963269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-23581044355754999492008-03-16T22:02:00.000-05:002008-03-16T22:02:00.000-05:00Lunardi said on ESPNews that he put Nova in late Saturday night after Temple and Pittsburgh won their tournaments. Villanova beaten "conference winners." He added Georgia in once Georgia won the SEC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-4313155237690299332008-03-16T20:32:00.000-05:002008-03-16T20:32:00.000-05:00Anonymous said... <BR/><BR/><BR/>"As Far as Lunardi. Disney/Abc/Espn pay the ncaa lots of money. If he had Georgia in last night then its a Spygate issue. Hoping that isn't the case."<BR/><BR/>I actually read Joe's bracket this morning. Georgia was nowhere to be found in it. And I hate to defend Joe on including Villanova, but Pitt and Temple helped the Wildcats chances by winning last night. <BR/><BR/>Oh, Chris and Craig, I went 64/65 on selection, 54/65 on seeding within one line and 29/65 on exact seeds. You may include them in your post. Put it under Howard Salwasser's Bracket Watch.Howard Salwasserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17582102320428786660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-91395291737989224622008-03-16T19:02:00.000-05:002008-03-16T19:02:00.000-05:00I think NCAA is stuck on the number 6 for non BCS Conference at large bids.<BR/><BR/>Ill STATE should be in. mvc has multiple sweet 16 placings over the years. Their teams are not stiffs.<BR/><BR/>Georgia messed a lot of things up.<BR/><BR/>'nova inclusion is a money issue.<BR/><BR/>As Far as Lunardi. Disney/Abc/Espn pay the ncaa lots of money. If he had Georgia in last night then its a Spygate issue. Hoping that isn't the case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-67143810877739010852008-03-16T18:47:00.000-05:002008-03-16T18:47:00.000-05:00Ditto on Nova. Shady.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-41880368700618752802008-03-16T18:25:00.000-05:002008-03-16T18:25:00.000-05:00I think Lunardi had another one of his shady last-minute changes. Since last night, he took out ISU and Va Tech, and put in Georgia and Nova. Now, obviously Georgia winning the SEC changes things, but there was no reason for him to put Nova in the field at the last second with all those teams not playing.TIDQnoreply@blogger.com