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2/22/16 bracketology

putter

putter

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So I am going through USA Today's section and they have Montana a 16 seed against Virginia in the SouthEast Region.

Question, will any Big Sky team ever not be a non-16 seed in these projections? Montana's RPI is much better than than the other 16's (150) but this conference is killing us. Weber is the closest at 154, everyone else is way down.
 
Wonder where we'd be if we hadn't shit the bed against SJSU and actually pulled out the Gonzaga game?
 
I see that Joe lunardi has weber st in as a 15. He has had the Griz for weeks as a 16.
Wonder why the change in teams and why does he think wsu would be a 15???
It will all shake out in Reno
 
Mavman said:
I see that Joe lunardi has weber st in as a 15. He has had the Griz for weeks as a 16.
Wonder why the change in teams and why does he think wsu would be a 15???
It will all shake out in Reno
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Some of it is probably based on all the higher seeds. That would be my guess anyway.

I would be stunned if UM or Weber won the conference tourney if their ncaa seed was higher ("lower / better) than a 14.
 
MissoulaMarinerFan said:
Mavman said:
I see that Joe lunardi has weber st in as a 15. He has had the Griz for weeks as a 16.
Wonder why the change in teams and why does he think wsu would be a 15???
It will all shake out in Reno
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Some of it is probably based on all the higher seeds. That would be my guess anyway.

I would be stunned if UM or Weber won the conference tourney if their ncaa seed was higher ("lower / better) than a 14.
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I agree, it seems that a Big Sky team ceiling is a 14 at best. Of course the last time Montana was a 14 we drew Syracuse - who won the whole thing as a 3 seed......match-ups.
 
MissoulaMarinerFan said:
Mavman said:
I see that Joe lunardi has weber st in as a 15. He has had the Griz for weeks as a 16.
Wonder why the change in teams and why does he think wsu would be a 15???
It will all shake out in Reno
Click to expand...
Some of it is probably based on all the higher seeds. That would be my guess anyway.

I would be stunned if UM or Weber won the conference tourney if their ncaa seed was higher ("lower / better) than a 14.
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I won't be a bit surprised if the Big Sigh winner is a 16 this year.
 
putter said:
MissoulaMarinerFan said:
Mavman said:
I see that Joe lunardi has weber st in as a 15. He has had the Griz for weeks as a 16.
Wonder why the change in teams and why does he think wsu would be a 15???
It will all shake out in Reno
Click to expand...
Some of it is probably based on all the higher seeds. That would be my guess anyway.

I would be stunned if UM or Weber won the conference tourney if their ncaa seed was higher ("lower / better) than a 14.
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I agree, it seems that a Big Sky team ceiling is a 14 at best. Of course the last time Montana was a 14 we drew Syracuse - who won the whole thing as a 3 seed......match-ups.
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We were a 13 seed when we drew the four seed Syracuse last and Syracuse lost in the Semifinals. However, Syracuse was a very underrated team that year for sure. I didn't see any other time when we played Syracuse in the tournament and the only time the Orangemen won it all was in 2003, and Montana wasn't in it that year.
 
No way is the BSC winner a 16 unless it's not Weber or UM (admittedly a decent possibility this year. Thanks Foolerton!!!!).
 
How many times has UM drawn the Tourney champ? UNLV once, Duke once, Kentucky? Seems like there were three time we got smoked by the eventual champions. I can't remember if we were 16 seeds tho. Might have been 15s or 14s. Anyone?
 
Buttegrizzle said:
How many times has UM drawn the Tourney champ? UNLV once, Duke once, Kentucky? Seems like there were three time we got smoked by the eventual champions. I can't remember if we were 16 seeds tho. Might have been 15s or 14s. Anyone?
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Looks like just once, against UCLA back in 1975. We did end up drawing 3 other teams that made it to the final four though (UNLV, Kentucky and Syracuse), one of which (Kentucky) made it to the finals.

1975 (UCLA Won the championship)
Beat Utah State 69-63, Lost to UCLA in regional semifinal 67-64, Lost to UNLV in West Third Place game.

1991 - Griz got a 16 seed. (2 seed Duke won the championship)
Lost to 1 seed UNLV 99-65. UNLV Made it to the final four before losing to 2 seed Duke.

1992 - Griz got a 14 seed. (1 seed Duke won the championship)
Lost to 3 seed Florida State 78-68. Florida state made it to the sweet 16 before losing to 2 seed Indiana.

1997 - Griz got a 16 seed. (4 seed Arizona won the championship)
Lost to 1 seed Kentucky 92-54. Kentucky made it to the finals before losing to 4 seed Arizona.

2002 - Griz got a 15 seed. (1 seed Maryland won the championship)
Lost to 2 seed Oregon 81-62. Oregon made it to the elite 8 before losing to 1 seed Kansas.

2005 - Griz got a 16 seed. (1 seed UNC won the championship)
Lost to 1 seed Washington 88-77. Washington made it to the sweet 16 before losing to 4 seed Louisville.

2006 - Griz got a 12 seed. (3 seed Florida won the championship)
Beat 5 seed Nevada 87-79. Lost to 4 seed Boston College 69-56. BC Lost in the sweet 16 to 1 seed Villanova.

2010 - Griz got a 14 seed. (1 seed Duke won the championship)
Lost to New 3 seed New Mexico 62-57. New Mexico lost in the 2nd round to 11 seed Washington.

2012 - Griz got a 13 seed. (1 seed Kentucky won the championship)
Lost to 4 seed Wisconsin 73-49. Wisconsin made it to the sweet 16 before losing to 1 seed Syracuse.

2013 - Griz got a 13 seed. (1 seed Louisville won the championship)
Lost to 4 seed Syracuse 81-34. Syracuse made it to the final four before losing to 4 seed Michigan.
 
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