Bracketology Updates - 2021-22

[Husky_U]

From what I've heard, the make-up game with Providence is very unlikely to happen. Basically impossible unless the Big East changes its scheduling policies.

Hearing the same about PC at Creighton which pisses me off. Great opportunity for Jays to get a high quality win gets eliminated but we still get to play them on the road? Let’s flip that so the team who doesn’t test positive isn’t penalized.

Same with the UCONN @ Providence game. They're either gonna have to change conference schedules or these games aren't happening. And there was a rumor on the UCONN board a few weeks back that the BE gave Hurley the greenlight to schedule another OOC game. We shall see...

[Hall2012]

From what I've heard, the make-up game with Providence is very unlikely to happen. Basically impossible unless the Big East changes its scheduling policies.

Hearing the same about PC at Creighton which pisses me off. Great opportunity for Jays to get a high quality win gets eliminated but we still get to play them on the road? Let’s flip that so the team who doesn’t test positive isn’t penalized.

Yeah it's frustrating here too. Lost at their place while severely shorthanded and then don't get a return game at all. Though in hindsight we wouldn't have had our best player for the return game anyway.

[ArmyVet]

From what I've heard, the make-up game with Providence is very unlikely to happen. Basically impossible unless the Big East changes its scheduling policies.

Hearing the same about PC at Creighton which pisses me off. Great opportunity for Jays to get a high quality win gets eliminated but we still get to play them on the road? Let’s flip that so the team who doesn’t test positive isn’t penalized.

Yeah it's frustrating here too. Lost at their place while severely shorthanded and then don't get a return game at all. Though in hindsight we wouldn't have had our best player for the return game anyway.

In terms of Covid impact on teams, PC looks like they will be the big winner by avoiding games that they would have been underdogs in.

[Hall2012]

Hearing the same about PC at Creighton which pisses me off. Great opportunity for Jays to get a high quality win gets eliminated but we still get to play them on the road? Let’s flip that so the team who doesn’t test positive isn’t penalized.

Yeah it's frustrating here too. Lost at their place while severely shorthanded and then don't get a return game at all. Though in hindsight we wouldn't have had our best player for the return game anyway.

In terms of Covid impact on teams, PC looks like they will be the big winner by avoiding games that they would have been underdogs in.

Unless they end up needing the games, but at this point that looks unlikely.

[kayako]

DeCourcy from yesterday:

3 Nova
3 Providence
5 Marquette
5 UCONN
6 Xavier
7 Creighton
10 Seton Hall

I think the last one is a little low here but it's starting to get warm for the Hall.

[stever20]

DeCourcy from yesterday:

3 Nova
3 Providence
5 Marquette
5 UCONN
6 Xavier
7 Creighton
10 Seton Hall

I think the last one is a little low here but it's starting to get warm for the Hall.

yeah agree with you.

will be interesting when they do that sweet 16 preview reveal I guess it'll be either a week from Saturday or 2 weeks from Saturday. Would be really curious where Providence would be slotted right now.

[kayako]

will be interesting when they do that sweet 16 preview reveal I guess it'll be either a week from Saturday or 2 weeks from Saturday. Would be really curious where Providence would be slotted right now.

With so many teams within that 3-6 seed range, we could end up with like 1 or even no team in there, or as many as 4. Where they place Providence and Nova will be very telling.

[DudeAnon]

Seeds by NET rankings

2. Nova
4. UConn
5. Xavier
8. Marquette
9. Seton Hall
9. Providence

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketbal ... t-rankings

[XUFan09]

If Xavier gets left out of the top 16 reveal, there's going to be a lot of whining from the doomsdayers in the fanbase. If they make the list, all those people will be very quiet and the Pollyannas will be praising Travis Steele. There's no in-between. Just an interesting thing to watch play out, since it seems like Xavier is tracking close to that cutoff.

[stever20]

If Xavier gets left out of the top 16 reveal, there's going to be a lot of whining from the doomsdayers in the fanbase. If they make the list, all those people will be very quiet and the Pollyannas will be praising Travis Steele. There's no in-between. Just an interesting thing to watch play out, since it seems like Xavier is tracking close to that cutoff.

going to be interesting- between now and reveal-
If it's next Sat(2/5)- games with Providence, @ Creighton along with Butler added
if it's Sat 2/12- those 3 along with DePaul, @ Seton Hall, and UConn added.

If it's 2/12 got 3 Q1 games added into the mix along with Providence. So especially if it's 2/12- being on that reveal is pretty much totally in Xavier's hands.