2024 NCAA Men's basketball tournament

Alabama vs Florida Matchup at Bracketologists

 

Yeah, if we win when favored and steal one or two of the three remaining against Alabama and USCe we’ll b in good shape. That’s a tough ask in the SEC, though. No opponent can be taken lightly.

 

So does this mean that Lunardi is now on the right side of the "moron" bubble?

 

I actually don’t agree with him being labeled a moron. He’s been slightly tough on UF, but nothing out of bounds. I think UF almost always gets more favorable treatment in football and basketball polls/rankings than most schools. We see he already bumped us up to an 8 seed.

Where I do have a gripe about UF’s treatment in the media is when they leave us off of all time lists, or downplay our talent. That 2014 basketball team got disrespected a lot, and it really hurt their individual draft statuses.

 

What’s the neutral criteria?

 

I think five teams around us in the bracket projections have lost so far tonight. St John’s, Ole Miss, A&M, Cincinnati, and UVA. Plus Indiana State, though they could easily win their conference tournament.
So a good night all around.

 

Neutral: 1-50 Net
Away: 1-75 Net
Home: 1-30 Net


For Florida (Q1: 2-7),

Q1(N): 32-Virginia (L), 12-Baylor (L),
Q2(N): 60-Pittsburgh(W), 70-Richmond(W)
Q3(N): 108-Michigan(W)

Q1(A): 39-Wake Forest (L), 59-Ole Miss(L), 6-Tennessee(L), 25-Kentucky (W), 37-TexasAM(L), ---5-Alabama(?), 45-South Carolina(?)
Q2(A): 59-Ole Miss(L),---94-Georgia(?)

Q1(H): 25-Kentucky(L), 7-Auburn(W), ---5-Alabama(?)
Q2(H): 36-Arkansas(W)
Q3(H): 94-Georgia(W), 96-LSU(W)

 

They're close! In this morning's NET ranking, they're #53. Need them to finish strong so we can add that game as a potential Q1 win.

 

No. But I don't hold it against him. It's congenital.
Devo even wrote a song about him:

 

Wouldn't it be nice to see FL end the season w single digit losses? Not counting the shortened 2020 covid season, the Gators have lost 10+ in the regular season five straight times. And yes, I just knocked on wood!

 

No.

 

Lunardi has us up to a 7, which is just about right for now.

 

I actually don't care where Lunardi has us. He is not on the committee. The committee uses NET and actually looks at Pomeroy data. They gave up on RPI years ago for good reason. They then seed from top to bottom and move teams up or down one slot to get geographic balance and preventing head to heads from earlier in the season and intra-conference games early. Giving geographic advantage to top seeds is a big priority.

I could write a program that would be at least as good as Lunardi in a day.

 

Do you know if they look at Torvik as well? That one has us as the #18 team in the country, which is probably the best anyone has us.
As for the Dawgs game Saturday, it'll be a tough one. The Gators have the better team but the Dawgs have the home court. Close game that could go either way, but I think we pull it out. Letting the big lead slip away in our previous game vs. UGA actually benefits us in this one, because we won't be overlooking them.

 

Pitt at 52 & needs to reach 50 for Q1 status while Mississippi State is at 34, we're looking for 30 there.

 

Looks like we are catching UGA off their bye week as well this weekend. First A&M, now UGA, SEC scheduling conspiracies? Haha

 

And you had the nerve to talk to me about being a jinx?