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Post by trojansc on Nov 20, 2017 11:32:01 GMT -5
Is there an actual sheet with NCAA driving distances? Because Google Maps shows a route that is 380 (although no one would likely take it). The calculator at the following link is used by the NCAA to determine travel distance. It's all that matters in this discussion. web1.ncaa.org/TES/exec/milesIowa can't go to Iowa State in the projected bracket posted by trojansc because Illinois is already in that grouping. They could go to Creighton in place of Louisville, but I'm guessing trojansc went the other way to achieve better overall competitive balance in his bracket. (I'm not sure the committee would do this, as they seem more bound to their directive to minimize flights.) Last year the committee threw me off. They had 2 or 3 "extra" flights they could have avoided.
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Post by FreeBall on Nov 20, 2017 12:02:53 GMT -5
Awesome as usual! Thanks, but Arky fell off your rails somewhere! Arkansas has a horrible profile. Best win is Texas A&M, then SMU. Two non tournament teams that won't finish top 50. I think the Professor may have been pointing out that you still have Arkansas included in your list of "24 bubble teams competing for 12 at-large bids", but then they are not mentioned in the following categories/descriptions. However, I just counted and you actually have 25 teams listed, so maybe you intended to remove Arkansas from that portion of your revised post?
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Post by ProfessorPlum on Nov 20, 2017 12:22:21 GMT -5
Arkansas has a horrible profile. Best win is Texas A&M, then SMU. Two non tournament teams that won't finish top 50. I think the Professor may have been pointing out that you still have Arkansas included in your list of "24 bubble teams competing for 12 at-large bids", but then they are not mentioned in the following categories/descriptions. However, I just counted and you actually have 25 teams listed, so maybe you intended to remove Arkansas from that portion of your revised post? That’s correct freeball. It was a technical issue in the post/article i was pointing out. Not an opinion about Arky’s at large chances. Carry on!
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Post by trojansc on Nov 20, 2017 12:23:35 GMT -5
Arkansas has a horrible profile. Best win is Texas A&M, then SMU. Two non tournament teams that won't finish top 50. I think the Professor may have been pointing out that you still have Arkansas included in your list of "24 bubble teams competing for 12 at-large bids", but then they are not mentioned in the following categories/descriptions. However, I just counted and you actually have 25 teams listed, so maybe you intended to remove Arkansas from that portion of your revised post? I did miss some commentary for Arky, but The reason for the 24 vs. 25 number is because technically Mo State is a predicted champion, they could be a bubble team. But I have them winning the conference now
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Post by trojansc on Nov 20, 2017 12:31:48 GMT -5
Still waiting for NCAA to release nitty gritty so I'll update this later.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Nov 20, 2017 13:30:26 GMT -5
I'm trying to pin down seedings for the updated bracket. OMG, this is hard.
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Post by ay2013 on Nov 20, 2017 13:42:41 GMT -5
I'm trying to pin down seedings for the updated bracket. OMG, this is hard. I know right!
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Post by Phaedrus on Nov 20, 2017 14:12:25 GMT -5
I don't know if you'd taken this into consideration but the committee has put more emphasis on the record for the last ten matches of the season, wanting the bubble teams to be hot going in.
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Post by ProfessorPlum on Nov 20, 2017 14:39:48 GMT -5
I don't know if you'd taken this into consideration but the committee has put more emphasis on the record for the last ten matches of the season, wanting the bubble teams to be hot going in. When did they start doing that? This year?
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Post by bluepenquin on Nov 20, 2017 15:01:06 GMT -5
I don't know if you'd taken this into consideration but the committee has put more emphasis on the record for the last ten matches of the season, wanting the bubble teams to be hot going in. I know (or think I know) this has been a part of committees considerations going back to when I followed this for Men's NCAA basketball back in the 1980's.
I also think this is not a good idea. I would bet there is no statistical evidence that 'hot' in 10 games means anything in game 11 (that we didn't already get from the last 30 games). And that is if you could even define 'hot'.
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Post by minncoach on Nov 20, 2017 15:15:04 GMT -5
Oct 16, 2017 at 5:14pm trojansc said: Predicted NCAA Tournament Bracket University Park Regional (1) Penn State vs. Stony Brook, James Madison vs. Virginia Commonwealth (16) Creighton vs. American, Missouri vs. Louisville (8) Washington vs. Long Island, Hawaii vs. Michigan (9) Southern California vs. Cal State Bakersfield, San Diego vs. Colorado State Palo Alto Regional (4) Stanford vs. Fairfield, Maryland vs. Cal Poly (13) Baylor vs. Central Arkansas, Iowa vs. UCLA (5) Texas vs. Coastal Carolina, LSU vs. Colorado (12) Michigan State vs. Cleveland State, Miami-OH vs. Pittsburgh Lincoln Regional (3) Nebraska vs. Howard, Missouri State vs. Oregon State (14) Wisconsin vs. Princeton, Marquette vs. Notre Dame (6) Kentucky vs. East Tennessee State, Purdue vs. Western Kentucky (11) Utah vs. Denver, BYU vs. Florida State Gainesvillle Regional (2) Florida vs. Alabama State, Miami-Florida vs. Kennesaw State (15) Iowa State vs. Austin Peay, Illinois vs. Northern Iowa (7) Minnesota vs. North Dakota, North Carolina State vs. Oregon (10) Kansas vs. Radford, Wichita State vs. Washington State Read more: volleytalk.proboards.com/post/1733388/quote/70953?page=38#ixzz4z0Ku0zn4------ Calling it in this theoretical match-up 1) That would be a joke regional for Penn State 2) Creighton is not that good but with that pairing, they could advance 3) Michigan beats Washington 4) San Diego 5) Stanford gets a cakewalk 6) UCLA over Baylor 7) Texas (the only high-level Big 12 team) 8) Michigan State 9) Oregon State in upset of Nebraska 10) Wisconsin over Notre Dame (who is not that good) 11) Purdue over Kentucky 12) BYU over Utah 13) Florida 14) Illinois 15) Minnesota 16) Washington State Confs - Big10 (7), Pac12 (4), WCC (2)
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Post by redbeard2008 on Nov 20, 2017 15:44:19 GMT -5
3) Michigan beats Washington Which Washington?
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Post by tomclen on Nov 20, 2017 15:54:58 GMT -5
3) Michigan beats Washington Which Washington? Yes. Which one? The WBS* Washington? Or the BBB** Washington? *We Beat Stanford **Beaten By Beavs
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Post by redbeard2008 on Nov 20, 2017 16:16:33 GMT -5
Yes. Which one? The WBS* Washington? Or the BBB** Washington? *We Beat Stanford **Beaten By BeavsThere have been four or five Washingtons. The problem with having seven seniors is that it can be a headless monster, inspired in one match, desultory in the next. I do like the latest version, despite the loss to OSU. The coaches and setters are still learning how to use their new hammer.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Nov 20, 2017 16:31:18 GMT -5
Also potentially excited for a Washington Hawaii match (Assuming these are true). They always play some of my favorite matches, and as a fan of both teams, Im usually not as sad when the Wahine Lose.
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