ESPN bracketology

[Da Coach]

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

[bradleyfan124]

Joe Lunardi doesn't know crap!! He guesses just like everybody else. They give this guy way to much credibility

[tornado]

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.

[egib52]

I really hope we are at least a 13. It's ridiculous if the Valley's only team gets a 15.

[tornado]

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.

[Gwright]

He has Bradley as a #15 seed playing #2 seed LSU in the West Regional

Yes yes yes yes yes. Please. I live and work in Baton Rouge and would savor this match up. Win or lose.

[Da Coach]

Yes yes yes yes yes. Please. I live and work in Baton Rouge and would savor this match up. Win or lose.

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/

[Big Mike]

Still hold out hope the Braves will be a higher seed than 15!

[basketball nut]

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

[bradleyfan124]

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

[Da Coach]

He might even pull some strings and get the NCAA to add an extra Regional site in Peoria, and have Bradley assigned there.

[tornado]

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

[houstonbrave]

Well Linardi now projects us as a 15 seed playing in Columbus against Duke

[Da Coach]

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

[tornado]

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...