2024 Bracketology

[keno in reno]

Hoos are a lock. I don't see how Maryland doesn't get in. Wins at Syracuse and Penn State plus head to head over Princeton, and no bad losses. I don't think any Ivy at large gets in over them. Terps are ugly, but their numbers are better than any of the other fence-sitters

[wgdsr]

Hoos are a lock. I don't see how Maryland doesn't get in. Wins at Syracuse and Penn State plus head to head over Princeton, and no bad losses. I don't think any Ivy at large gets in over them. Terps are ugly, but their numbers are better than any of the other fence-sitters

nd, duke, jhu, cuse, uva, denver, penn state, cornell.
1st 4 in let's say.
with 4 to go and 5 to look at (in any order), someone is out if psu loses. the only one as of now with a bad loss is penn state.

psu wins, it's probably an easy day for the committee. if not...

[JerrysWorld]

Hoos are a lock. I don't see how Maryland doesn't get in. Wins at Syracuse and Penn State plus head to head over Princeton, and no bad losses. I don't think any Ivy at large gets in over them. Terps are ugly, but their numbers are better than any of the other fence-sitters

If Princeton wins, MD will have 3 top 10 wins. Impossible to keep them out. They are probably hosting in that case.

Doesn’t matter if it’s ugly.

[coda]

Two crucial games teams done and on the bubble will be watching:

Nova / Gtown - not sure it’s as interesting as the Big east likely gets two. Denver and the winner today. Loser out?

Michigan / PsU more interesting
Does Michigan have a chance if they lose close? Their RPI sits just behind Yale and Cornell which doesn’t help.
RPI loves Maryland, who looks horrible right now and who Mich beat.
Mich SOS is 9.

Also reading lot of stuff about “could UVA be left out”. I can’t see it at all but I couldn’t see ND being left out a few years ago either. Not sure I would pick any bubble team over UVA, even in their current form.

There is a chance Maryland is out with a Michigan win and that could affect other resumes. The way Maryland is playing they have no business taking an at-large spot

[keno in reno]

Two crucial games teams done and on the bubble will be watching:

Nova / Gtown - not sure it’s as interesting as the Big east likely gets two. Denver and the winner today. Loser out?

Michigan / PsU more interesting
Does Michigan have a chance if they lose close? Their RPI sits just behind Yale and Cornell which doesn’t help.
RPI loves Maryland, who looks horrible right now and who Mich beat.
Mich SOS is 9.

Also reading lot of stuff about “could UVA be left out”. I can’t see it at all but I couldn’t see ND being left out a few years ago either. Not sure I would pick any bubble team over UVA, even in their current form.

There is a chance Maryland is out with a Michigan win and that could affect other resumes. The way Maryland is playing they have no business taking an at-large spot

They have no business, but they have better qualifications than all the other hopefuls. Looking great or looking horrible are not selection criteria. As awful as they look, they won some games that others could not.

[nyjay]

I think I'd be in favor of expanding the tournament to 20 teams - i.e. have four "play-in" games. It surprises me every year that there are teams that are legitimately in the top 10 teams in the country who won't be getting into the the tourney. It would certainly make the "real" first round games more entertaining.

[coda]

Two crucial games teams done and on the bubble will be watching:

Nova / Gtown - not sure it’s as interesting as the Big east likely gets two. Denver and the winner today. Loser out?

Michigan / PsU more interesting
Does Michigan have a chance if they lose close? Their RPI sits just behind Yale and Cornell which doesn’t help.
RPI loves Maryland, who looks horrible right now and who Mich beat.
Mich SOS is 9.

Also reading lot of stuff about “could UVA be left out”. I can’t see it at all but I couldn’t see ND being left out a few years ago either. Not sure I would pick any bubble team over UVA, even in their current form.

There is a chance Maryland is out with a Michigan win and that could affect other resumes. The way Maryland is playing they have no business taking an at-large spot

They have no business, but they have better qualifications than all the other hopefuls. Looking great or looking horrible are not selection criteria. As awful as they look, they won some games that others could not.

It really should be. I actually like how basketball looks at how teams finish. RPI and (most) models judge every game as the same, but that doesn’t always tell the whole story. You have some teams limping into this tournament..

[coda]

I think I'd be in favor of expanding the tournament to 20 teams - i.e. have four "play-in" games. It surprises me every year that there are teams that are legitimately in the top 10 teams in the country who won't be getting into the the tourney. It would certainly make the "real" first round games more entertaining.

As a fan of lacrosse, I will sign off on any plan that gives me more win or go home games

[wgdsr]

thought it would be squared away by now, but has anybody seen/can refer the top 25 rpi right now?
lacrosse reference on his biggest weekend of the year looks like he's been kidnapped and data is getting entered by his drunk pet monkey.

laxnumbers "looks" complete and has penn, princeton, cornell and yale at 9, 11, 12, 13 in that order. can that be right, cornell's 12 and yale 13?

if that's the case, the field is probably already selected other than aqs/ivy. psu wins, a 2nd ivy is in. psu loses, ivy is one bid.

[coda]

thought it would be squared away by now, but has anybody seen/can refer the top 25 rpi right now?
lacrosse reference on his biggest weekend of the year looks like he's been kidnapped and data is getting entered by his drunk pet monkey.

laxnumbers "looks" complete and has penn, princeton, cornell and yale at 9, 11, 12, 13 in that order. can that be right, cornell's 12 and yale 13?

if that's the case, the field is probably already selected other than aqs.

I saw the same.. I believe that is accurate

[CU77]

A Princeton loss to Penn will drop their RPI below Cornell.

[coda]

A Princeton loss to Penn will drop their RPI below Cornell.

This is worst part about RPI. I am not sure Princeton is playing great ball now. They can prove it tonight. They are getting a huge RPI boost from beating Yale, but Yale isn’t a top 20 team in its current form.

[laxreference]

Lacrosse reference on his biggest weekend of the year looks like he's been kidnapped and data is getting entered by his drunk pet monkey.

Haha. Had a bug that royally screwed things up on Thursday night. Had the RPI fixed by yesterday and the underlying problem fixed this morning. RPI should be good to go from here on out.

[10stone5]

Lacrosse reference on his biggest weekend of the year looks like he's been kidnapped and data is getting entered by his drunk pet monkey.

Haha. Had a bug that royally screwed things up on Thursday night. Had the RPI fixed by yesterday and the underlying problem fixed this morning. RPI should be good to go from here on out.

The bug was one of the Corrigans.

[HGK]

St. joes just became the team a high seed doesn’t want to draw Sunday night.

[DocBarrister]

St. joes just became the team a high seed doesn’t want to draw Sunday night.

Second that.

Just watch … wouldn’t be shocked if the selection committee screws Hopkins with that first-round match.

Who do they think we are, Cornell?!?

DocBarrister

[tech37]

St. joes just became the team a high seed doesn’t want to draw Sunday night.

Yes. And Patriot winner not far behind them that category. Parity to the people!

[QuestionMark]

BU beat St. joes on a neutral field. If they win Patriot, Committee probably has BU playing the 5 and St. Joes the 4. RPI would be irrelevant when that matchup already happened

[CU77]

Multiple committee chairs have said over the years that a win in May means no more or less than a win in February.

[NovaLax17]

Multiple committee chairs have said over the years that a win in May means no more or less than a win in February.

I believe you are correct. I recall ESPN hosts noting the committee looks at a team's "overall body of work." Quint K objected, arguing that how a team is "trending" matters more.