Even though it is way premature! ESPN's Joe Linardi has the Griz #15 vs #2 Florida St. Raquan Evans from Billings Skyview is on the Seminoles roster and is getting minutes. How cool would that be for two Skyview players (Manuel and Evans) playing against each other in NCAA? Like I said it is way premature and a long shot.
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Grizzlies1982
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UncleRico said:
Now that would be NUTS.
Two Billings Skyview kids facing off against each other in the March Madness tournament.
Nice catch Uncle Rico. That is a cool thought!
Hoops watcher
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UncleRico said:
He made some nice plays against Louisville last night.
Yeah, that would be cool. Also, this may be the first time Linardi has ever had the bsc better than a 16. Maybe he's learning it rarely happens.
Jaredkuehn
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Griz finally get a little love!
That would be way cool to see a matchup with Montana kids starting on both sides!
That would be way cool to see a matchup with Montana kids starting on both sides!
putter said:
It happens on the road in college basketball. They shot their first FT with 28 seconds left; Their opponents shot 17 of em.
GRIZ are fine, outside of their conference affiliation.
https://www.bloggingthebracket.com/2020/1/7/21051836/bracketology-college-basketball-seed-list-net-records-01-07-2020
Listed here as a 14 seed. The Big Sky is strong enough this year that as long as one of the top 3(UM, UNC, EWU) get the bid there is not a chance the representative is a 16. I think if we win more likely a 15 with an outside chance at 14. Also think if SUU pulls off a run in Boise, they would be the only team outside the top 3 with a non 16 as they had some strong OOC wins, mainly Nebraska.
Listed here as a 14 seed. The Big Sky is strong enough this year that as long as one of the top 3(UM, UNC, EWU) get the bid there is not a chance the representative is a 16. I think if we win more likely a 15 with an outside chance at 14. Also think if SUU pulls off a run in Boise, they would be the only team outside the top 3 with a non 16 as they had some strong OOC wins, mainly Nebraska.
retiredpopo
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http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
IdaGriz01
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This is looking like a tough year for bid/bracket guessers. Even I might have trouble.
I have have a formula I use to figure out who will get bids. It works really well: I have never missed more than two of the at-large bids, and often do better than that (overall success rate is 95.5%). My approach is simple: “Just win, Baby!” But I don’t give a s**t about “good wins” or “bad losses.” Your regular-season win total (adjusted for the strength of the conference) gets you in the mix, then tweaking with the NET, BPI, and SOS does the rest. (FYI: NET and RPI give very similar results.) Takes maybe an hour. Don’t know why the NCAA bitches about how hard the bid-selection process is.
Admittedly, I do not even try to assigns seeds. Now, that would be tough. So I leave that to the people who get paid to do it.
All that being said, by the time the conference tournaments start (i.e., right now), my formula usually has the number of potential qualifiers down to about 80. (That includes the favorites for each conference title, BTW.) This year, I am already up to 84, even though over half the conferences still have some regular season games scheduled. I expect to pick up six to eight more teams in the mix in the next week, running the total to over 90. Instead of needing to bump maybe a dozen teams that have enough wins to rate consideration for an at-large bid, we may end up with over twenty. Ouch!
I have have a formula I use to figure out who will get bids. It works really well: I have never missed more than two of the at-large bids, and often do better than that (overall success rate is 95.5%). My approach is simple: “Just win, Baby!” But I don’t give a s**t about “good wins” or “bad losses.” Your regular-season win total (adjusted for the strength of the conference) gets you in the mix, then tweaking with the NET, BPI, and SOS does the rest. (FYI: NET and RPI give very similar results.) Takes maybe an hour. Don’t know why the NCAA bitches about how hard the bid-selection process is.
Admittedly, I do not even try to assigns seeds. Now, that would be tough. So I leave that to the people who get paid to do it.
All that being said, by the time the conference tournaments start (i.e., right now), my formula usually has the number of potential qualifiers down to about 80. (That includes the favorites for each conference title, BTW.) This year, I am already up to 84, even though over half the conferences still have some regular season games scheduled. I expect to pick up six to eight more teams in the mix in the next week, running the total to over 90. Instead of needing to bump maybe a dozen teams that have enough wins to rate consideration for an at-large bid, we may end up with over twenty. Ouch!