Bison137
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03-10-17 12:52 PM - Post#226076
In response to BreakinBison
This site provides a nice summary of potential seeding (consensus has us as a 14 although one has us as high as a 12 and another as low as a 16):
http://www.bracketmatrix.com/
Realistically the worst seed BU could end up with is a 14. Here are the RPI's and the Pomeroy rankings for all of the lower seeded teams in the mix, sorted by Lunardi's current projected seed:
16: (RPI/Pomeroy)
Mount St Mary's 149/214
South Dakota State 148/185
NC Central 214/164
New Orleans 178/182
Texas southern 119/203
Jacksonville State 147/157
15:
North Dakota 165/177
Iona 90/118
UC Irvine 134/136
Northern Kentucky 89/144
14:
UC Bakersfield 79/110
FGCU 84/108
Winthrop 69/114
Akron 58/96
13:
BUCKNELL 63/80
E. Tennessee St 57/64
Princeton 53/63
UT Arlington 36/69
12:
Vermont 49/60
I think it is clear the Bison are better than all the 14's except possibly Akron. Also there are at least three undecided tournaments where an upset could help BU:
- MAC: If Akron loses, the next best is Ohio (110/101).
- AE: If Vermont loses, then it is Stony a rook (174/212).
- Ivy: If Princeton loses, the next best is Harvard (129/109).
Remember that the committee is not looking at Pomeroy - but it is a very good reflection of a teams body of work. Also the Bison have a win over a top 50 team and two more over a top 100. As for of SOS, the Bison have a better one than all of the 14's except Winthrop.
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