Quote :

"Men. That is just the average of RPI and Kenpom."

There's a reason it's called the "Easiest Bubble Solver"

Quote :

"The selection committee doesn't use Pomeroy's rankings. They look at record, quality wins, bad losses, last 10 games and RPI. If the team had a major injury during a losing streak, they factor that in as well."

Adding these two numbers has been more predictive the last few years than a lot of people trying to factor in all the things you've listed there. It could have just been dumb luck though.

[Edited on March 8, 2013 at 6:34 AM. Reason : 50! and you're telling me the sum of two numbers is related to half the sum of two numbers!?]

3/8/2013 6:33:07 AM

watching the replay of the 1995 Duke/UNC double overtime game on ESPN Classic

I forgot how much of a bitch Wojo was and how goofy Greg Newton was

3/8/2013 2:10:42 PM

I'm surprised kentucky is showing up on a lot of expert brackets: http://bracketproject.50webs.com/matrix.htm

Although not all the brackets are up to date

3/8/2013 4:08:43 PM

Bubbleguts kicking in on harrow

3/9/2013 12:25:00 PM

^^ well, they are the last at-large team in on that matrix

i forget that harrow is only a soph

3/9/2013 12:40:05 PM

State v Kentucky in a 7/10 matchup. Harrow hits gamewinner. Book it.

3/9/2013 1:22:20 PM

^ Fuck would you want that for?

3/9/2013 1:24:49 PM

would anybody still rather play Georgetown than Gonzaga

3/9/2013 1:36:19 PM

I think court storming has jumped the shark.

3/9/2013 1:57:10 PM

You think WE had a disappointing season...?

ask jim boeheim

[Edited on March 9, 2013 at 1:58 PM. Reason : ,]

3/9/2013 1:58:23 PM

Florida pulling an NC State

3/9/2013 2:04:03 PM

florida with 0 points in the last 7:30 of the game...solid

3/9/2013 2:12:51 PM

connecticut helped us out with a win today

3/9/2013 3:08:53 PM

Miami shutting the bed hard to end the season. Probably coming back down to their real level of play.

Certainly not the best team in the ACC and maybe behind both Duke AND UNC at this point in the season.

3/9/2013 3:10:04 PM

^exactly why I want the 4 seed. Possibly UVA and Miami to get to the Title game. We could take that

3/9/2013 3:12:06 PM

Oklahoma State upset Kansas State should help RPI.

3/9/2013 4:08:47 PM

Louisville's pressure and rotations on D are awesome. If we could pair our offense with defensive help like that, we would be national champions.

3/9/2013 4:59:45 PM

Quote :

"Quote : "WHOOOO now we get to fuck this up ourselves" sad but true"

yep

3/9/2013 5:58:17 PM

That alabama shot

3/9/2013 8:44:27 PM

Quote :

"Louisville's pressure and rotations on D are awesome."

yeah i watched one of their games earlier this week and their defense was almost as fun to watch as our offense...it was crazy...they are the real deal, probably already gonna pencil them in my final four

3/9/2013 8:50:05 PM

Dexter Strickland's senior night.

3/9/2013 8:55:18 PM

Let us hope that Duke wins by 20

3/9/2013 8:57:38 PM

stream for unc vs duke game? working one...

3/9/2013 8:57:57 PM

Hope Duke wins, so we finish thirr...

Damn

3/9/2013 9:02:59 PM

Black jersey = loss.

[Edited on March 9, 2013 at 9:07 PM. Reason : .]

3/9/2013 9:04:17 PM

This is crazy. Duke is playing out of their minds. By far their best half of the year.

3/9/2013 9:38:53 PM

Looking good in red

3/9/2013 9:41:57 PM

LOL @ 3pt Alley

3/9/2013 10:10:25 PM

down with the holes... this is glorious

3/9/2013 10:11:04 PM

this is entertainment.

3/9/2013 10:12:12 PM

Plumlee locks up PotY and Curry takes Howells first team spot.

3/9/2013 10:13:33 PM

"celebrities"

3/9/2013 10:14:42 PM

Quote :

"this is entertainment."

3/9/2013 10:27:01 PM

It'd be so nice to just enjoy a Carolina ass whipping without having to see the Duke faggots happy.

3/9/2013 10:46:35 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvRc7pwnt0U

3/9/2013 10:53:02 PM

and they get to do it all over in a week.

3/9/2013 10:54:08 PM

Fuck UNC. Win 6 straight against average and garbage teams and everyone gets on your nuts. Finally play a good team and you get raped. Fuck the holes.

3/9/2013 10:54:37 PM

UNC 62 Duke 58 per the final graphic. Way to go ESPN.

3/9/2013 10:55:11 PM

Quote :

"It'd be so nice to just enjoy a Carolina ass whipping without having to see the Duke faggots happy."

you at a sports bar in Durham or somethin?

3/9/2013 10:55:13 PM

Actually, Duke is weird. I've watched State-Duke games in Tobacco Road and a sports bar right near East campus before and there were like no Duke fans there.

It's just a weird place.

3/9/2013 10:56:32 PM

By winning the Big South tournament, Liberty is now the 9th team from the state of Virginia to make the Tourney since the last time Virginia Tech has.

[Edited on March 10, 2013 at 3:42 PM. Reason : throw in DC and it's 11]

3/10/2013 3:40:53 PM

Noticed something fishy on the RPI ratings on espn.com:

Duke is #2 in non-conference RPI, winning all their non-conference games and having the #1 non-conference SOS.

But who has the #1 non-conference RPI? Michigan, who has a non-conference SOS ranked #197.

Both were undefeated in non-conference play. How does this make any sense at all?

3/10/2013 5:01:47 PM

margin of victory

3/10/2013 5:37:57 PM

. . . .does not factor into RPI at all

3/10/2013 5:40:36 PM

This has Duke #1 in OOC for RPI: http://www.rpiforecast.com/live-rpi.html

3/10/2013 5:46:18 PM

guess espn just screwed up. you'd figure they'd be on top of that shit with how much money they have invested in college basketball broadcasts.

3/10/2013 5:48:19 PM

Best Maryland game EVAR.






so far.

3/10/2013 6:26:49 PM

25-8 maryland with 9 to go in the 1st

[Edited on March 10, 2013 at 6:27 PM. Reason : ]

3/10/2013 6:27:10 PM

Really like what Maryland is doing defensively. Full court pressure on a team that tries to slow things down and won't even try to make you pay when they break the press

3/10/2013 6:28:27 PM

i can't remember the last time Virginia shut the bed the last week or two of the season

oh yeah, last year

3/10/2013 6:33:12 PM