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Bracketology

bigjimmy

bigjimmy

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I'm not 100% sure but in the latest ESPN Bracetology that was updated on the 27th Bradley's name was included for the first time. They were given the 13 seed, as the automatic qualifier from the MVC, with an up arrow and would play North Carolina in Orlando, Florida in the West Region. Drake had always been listed I think up til now. Other seeded teams that BU has played that are listed are Arkansas at #3, Auburn at #6, Utah State at #11 in a play in game, Liberty at #14 and SIU Edwardsville at #15.
 
NCAA Bracketology-
ESPN's Joe Lunardi has still has Drake as the MVC's automatic qualifier (let's hope Bradley can change that this afternoon) in his latest bracket as a #12 seed vs. St. Mary's in the West Region (Albany, NY pod)-
https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/st...ld-predictions

CBSSports.com and Jerry Palm now has Drake as his automatic qualifier (it was Bradley a couple days ago). He also shows Drake as a #12 seed against St. Mary's, but in the South Regional and in the Albany pod).
https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba.../bracketology/

NIT Bracketology-
Bradley as auto-bid. This site had Drake as an at-large earlier last week, but now Drake is out-
https://thebarkingcrow.com/nit-bracketology/

This one is unchanged from a week ago. It has Bradley as a bubble team-
https://nitbracketology.blogspot.com/2023/02/feb-19-nit-bracketology.html?m=1


CBI Bracketology. Oddly, there are no MVC teams-
https://happeninghoops.com/2023/02/24/2022-23-cbi-bracketology-6-2-24-23/
 
OhRotanes said:
CBS Sports's Jerry Palm has Bradley back in their bracket as the 12 seed against St. Mary's. https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba.../bracketology/

ESPN's Joe Lunardi has not updated his bracket yet.
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Here is an example that shows the lunacy of the NET.

Both Joe Lunardi (ESPN) and Jerry Palm (CBS) have West Virginia in their NCAA tournament bracket, despite the fact that they are 16-13 overall, 5-11 in the Big 12, and tied for 8th place in the Big 12, just 1 game out of LAST PLACE!
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ings/_/group/8

They are just 2-11 against Quadrant 1 RPI teams, and 4-12 against quadrant 1 NET teams.
They rank #50 in RPI, and #26 in NET.
What it shows is that teams like West Virginia, a mediocre team who happens to be in a good conference, gets overly-rewarded in the NET formula for getting beat repeatedly by the good teams in their league.
It's a joke that a team that is barely ahead of the last place team, and was even beaten by that team once this season, is still seriously considered an NCAA Tournament team.
 
I know I am a spiteful human being with a long memory but TCU has an assistant coach named Duane Broussard. Sorry I will probably never forgive.
 
houstonbrave said:
I know I am a spiteful human being with a long memory but TCU has an assistant coach named Duane Broussard. Sorry I will probably never forgive.
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HoustonBrave - your "never forgive" comment about Duane Broussard went way over my head - I do not understand :rolleyes:. But it appears that Big Jimmy may have an understanding. I see where Duane was a guard at Bradley from 1989 thru 1992-93 and his stats are OK but nothing too impressive - in fact I totally forgot about Duane during that Jim Molinari era. Are you able to share any more details? Thank you. :)

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...oussard-1.html
 
I'm sure he's referencing the fact that Broussard was an assistant for Molinari and when Mo was fired he joined Ritchie McKay (another former BU assistant) at New Mexico, and thereafter continued texting Danny Granger who had stayed at BU in violation of NCAA rules.
 
Mikovio said:
I'm sure he's referencing the fact that Broussard was an assistant for Molinari and when Mo was fired he joined Ritchie McKay (another former BU assistant) at New Mexico, and thereafter continued texting Danny Granger who had stayed at BU in violation of NCAA rules.
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Definitely the poaching of Granger.
 
Mikovio said:
I'm sure he's referencing the fact that Broussard was an assistant for Molinari and when Mo was fired he joined Ritchie McKay (another former BU assistant) at New Mexico, and thereafter continued texting Danny Granger who had stayed at BU in violation of NCAA rules.
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100%. Duanne is even given credit as a coach that got Granger to the NBA in his TCU profile page.
 
Mikovio said:
I'm sure he's referencing the fact that Broussard was an assistant for Molinari and when Mo was fired he joined Ritchie McKay (another former BU assistant) at New Mexico, and thereafter continued texting Danny Granger who had stayed at BU in violation of NCAA rules.
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Oh WOW :-o - I never knew that - thank you Mikovio and everyone for sharing more detals and clarifying the situation. :)
 
Unfortunately, much like the legalization of marijuana, this violation now seems mundane in light of the portal.

Brussard: congrats on being a visionary and so far ahead of your time!
 
Haha..... for years, Duane as well as Ritchie McKay, bragged on their bio pages that they were responsible for "recruiting" Danny Granger to New Mexico. In a way, they were indeed responsible for luring him away from Bradley and to UNM, but by admitting it, they were admitting to the NCAA violations that they had vehemently denied after Bradley filed a case with the NCAA. Then they claimed they only called to wish Granger happy birthday.
Back in 2003, the Albuquerque Journal obtained phone records from the university through FOIA requests, and they documented dozens of phone calls made by Broussard and McKay to Granger, his father and his high school coach, proving they lied, and that there were indeed numerous illegal contacts in violation of NCAA rules.
 
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