Brackets and Rankings: 2024-2025

[GoMuskies]

Xavier's chances "jumped" from 14% to 19% with the win at Providence according to Bubble Watch. Bracketology has moved us from 6th team out to 5th team out.

[Xville]

Arkansas and UNC being ahead of X at this point is pretty silly. I know X got themselves into this position, but still.

I watch a lot of SEC basketball, and yes it is a very very good league, but including teams that are 4-7 in their conference at this point is silly. Teams that end up 7-11 are going to get in? Come on. Oklahoma, LSU, South Carolina, Texas, Georgia all suck.

Anyways...go 6-0 and see what happens.

[drudy23]

It's almost amazes me we're still in the hunt, but we're still in the hunt. Still a month to play.

[xubrew]

Arkansas and UNC being ahead of X at this point is pretty silly. I know X got themselves into this position, but still.

I watch a lot of SEC basketball, and yes it is a very very good league, but including teams that are 4-7 in their conference at this point is silly. Teams that end up 7-11 are going to get in? Come on. Oklahoma, LSU, South Carolina, Texas, Georgia all suck.

Anyways...go 6-0 and see what happens.

My guess is that it is very possible that they will. Depending on who it is.

The thing about the SEC is that so many of them played tough OOC schedules. A team like Oklahoma is only 3-8 in the conference, but OOC they beat Arizona, Louisville, and Michigan and all three wins were neutral floor wins. So...yeah. I could easily see Oklahoma only going 7-11 in SEC play and still getting in. I'm less big on teams like Georgia and Texas, but Oklahoma did what the committee has always said teams need to do. They played other tournament caliber teams away from home out of conference, and beat them.

[HomerCecil]

My guess is that it is very possible that they will. Depending on who it is.

The thing about the SEC is that so many of them played tough OOC schedules. A team like Oklahoma is only 3-8 in the conference, but OOC they beat Arizona, Louisville, and Michigan and all three wins were neutral floor wins. So...yeah. I could easily see Oklahoma only going 7-11 in SEC play and still getting in. I'm less big on teams like Georgia and Texas, but Oklahoma did what the committee has always said teams need to do. They played other tournament caliber teams away from home out of conference, and beat them.

Georgia handed St. John's one of its four losses on the season to this point, for what it's worth. Even South Carolina, which is 0-11 in the SEC, beat Clemson. I don't think all of these SEC teams are going to go on monster runs in the tournament, but I can't really get upset with the conference's numbers and metrics. I worry it's going to get even worse as the money continues to consolidate in the SEC.

[GoMuskies]

It's almost amazes me we're still in the hunt, but we're still in the hunt. Still a month to play.

You can definitely kinda suck and hang around the Bubble a LONG time.

[xubrew]

You can definitely kinda suck and hang around the Bubble a LONG time.

Which is probably the biggest reason why I don't want to see the tournament get any bigger.

[paulxu]

Even South Carolina, which is 0-11 in the SEC, beat Clemson.

They tend to get up for the Clemson game in any sport.

[94GRAD]

They tend to get up for the Clemson game in any sport.

As Cocks fans say, All dirt roads lead to Clemson.

[Xavier]

Teamrankings has X at a 26% this morning. Bartorvik has X making it if they win out. Which I think basically everyone would agree. Bartorvik also has X as first team out, making it 49% of time, if they do what is projected (win all but @butler) which is really the only reason to care about bubble teams.

I think it’s simple. Win out and you’re in, lose one and you’re going to need a ton of help and even then probably out.