All Things NCAA Tournament Seeding Predictions, Analysis and More


Haven't posted since we lost to Wisky earlier this year. I was very frustrated after that loss and will admit I had started to have the same old feelings about a mid-late season collapse we had all grown accustomed too over the last decade. But man is it refreshing to finally be able to just sit back late February and think about our seeding rather than how we have to perform in the big 10 tourney just to get it in. Awesome last couple weeks for this program!
 

Posted this in another thread but it may make more sense here. These are the remaining schedules of the teams seeded near us. The teams included are subject to change.

#5 seed Wisconsin - @ (79) Ohio St, @ (43) Mich St, vs (108) Iowa, vs (15) Minnesota
#5 seed Cincinnati - vs (111) Memphis, @ (95) UCF, vs (59) Houston, @ (107) Connecticut
#5 seed Virginia - @ (97) NC State, vs (2) North Carolina, vs (64) Pittsburgh
#5 seed SMU - @ (107) Connecticut, vs (116) Tulsa, vs (111) Memphis

#6 seed Notre Dame - vs (86) Georgia Tech, vs (203) Boston College, @ (4) Louisville
#6 seed Oklahoma St - vs (100) Texas Tech, @ (39) Iowa St, vs (1) Kansas
#6 seed Creighton - @ (3) Villanova, vs (121) St Johns, @ (69) Marquette
#6 seed St Marys - @ (228) Pepperdine, vs (147) Santa Clara

#7 seed Iowa St - vs (6) Baylor, vs (28) Ok St, @ (30) West Virginia
#7 seed Maryland - vs (108) Iowa, @ (152) Rutgers, vs (43) Mich St
#7 seed South Carolina - vs (63) Tennessee, vs (130) Mississippi St, @ (67) Ole Miss
#7 seed GOPHERS - vs (81) Penn St, vs (72) Nebraska, @ (24) Wisconsin
 


I think they're a 6 seed right now, but have a decent chance at a 5.
 


I think we're a 6 seed right now.

Don't win again? 7 seed.

Beat Nebraska? Clinch the 6 seed.

Win out, and BTT semi final appearance? 5 seed.

Win out and win the BTT? 4 seed.
 

If we win out including the BTT, we'll be 27-7 and on a 12 game Big 10 win streak. I think it would be really hard to put us at a 4 seed then.
 

Espn still has us as a 7 Seed
CBS still has us as a 5 seed

gophers should be ranked today
 

We take care of business these last 2 we should be minimum a 5
 



Sports Illustrated has us as a #6.

I don't see how we wouldn't be a 3 seed if we win out and win the B1G tournament. That would be 4 more top 50 wins.

4 or 5 seed if we lost in the Championship game.

5 seed if we win out and win 1 B1G game.

Lose to Wisconsin and win 1 BTT game = 6 seed

lose out = 9 seed
 

Still on the 5 seed .....Lose in the BTT right away and we drop to a 6-7 seed
 

Still on the 5 seed .....Lose in the BTT right away and we drop to a 6-7 seed

Your opinion or someone still has us a 5? I don't think the Wisconsin loss penalizes us much (depending on how all the teams around us did over the weekend). I think we're at a 5-6 as well currently.
 

Your opinion or someone still has us a 5? I don't think the Wisconsin loss penalizes us much (depending on how all the teams around us did over the weekend). I think we're at a 5-6 as well currently.

My opinion. agreed, WI loss doesn't hurt us much if at all.
 



We look like the last 5 seed or an early 6 seed.
Either way, pretty solid.

Win a couple BTT games and maybe we move up some.
 


Apparently that was a much bigger loss for us yesterday than we knew. USA Today has it not only knocking us out of the tournament, but not even garnering any consideration.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport....cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology
 

Barring a BTT final, I feel pretty comfortable slotting us in as a 6 seed.
 




I believe they will be a 6 seed

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Should be at worst a 6 and could see us as the last 5. When looking at the resume there is nothing tells you 7 seed about it so I'd be very disappointed if that is what we got.
 

My prediction is we get a #6 seed with a possible 2nd round matchup with #3 Louisville.
 

Bracketologist rundown

7 Joe Lunardi ESPN Vs Seton Hall, 2 Duke
7 Kerry Hall Bleacher Report vs Seton Hall, 2 Kansas
6 Dave Ommen NBC vs Wake Forest/USC, 3 Baylor
6 Jerry Palm CBS vs Wake Forest/Kansas State, 3 Louisville
6 Stewart Mandel FOX vs Wake Forest, 3 Baylor
6 Chris Dobbertean SB Nation vs Dayton, 3 Florida State
6 Ryan ***an Sporting News, projects seed only, no matchups
5 Michael Beller SI vs Princeton, 4 Notre Dame
5 Brad Evans Yahoo! projects seed only, no matchups

Two each at 5 and 7 to balance out a bunch of 6s. Getting a 5 or 7 would be a bit of a talker, but not a raging controversy either way IMO...7 for a Springs injury downgrade and 5 for a strict RPI/resume slotting.
 

Dont see dropping us an entire seed line because of Springs. How much does the committee value SOS and top 50 wins? Because we are strong in both categories. That will be key. The metrics indicate a 5 seed. Our demise will be the BIGs reputation this year, however.

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My prediction is we'll be a 6 seed with Louisville a 3 in same bracket.
 

#7 seed in same region as #2 or #3 Louisville.
 






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