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Was thinking the same
*** OFFICIAL *** NCAA Tourney 2021
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Was thinking the same
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Program headed downhill.
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Everything thought the East region was gonna be chaos, little did they know it was actually the Midwest region.
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After looking at kenpom and NET rankings, the committee should have had Loyola as a 3 seed.
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If those were the only things the committee went off of sure.
Even that bracketology expert Lunardi had them as an 8 seed, he just didn't have them in the Illinois region.
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Lunardi is not on the committee. The NCAA committee did not follow their own guidelines when making the bracket. They used the old eye test. Loyola was placed an 8 seed based upon SOS and playing in the MVC, not their actual performance over the course of the season.
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Loyola-Chicago Ramblers NET - Nitty Gritty Report & Team Sheet 2021 Men's College Basketball | WarrenNolan.com
NET - Nitty Gritty Report & Team Sheet for Loyola-Chicago Ramblers 2021 Men's College Basketball. This Is a Duplication of the report used by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee to Determine At-Large Teams in the national championship tournament with quadrants
Solid article including kenpom. Notes #1 rated defense, etc.
Loyola-Chicago is no Cinderella in the men’s NCAA tournament
Loyola is a mid-major, but this team is way too good to be called a Cinderella.
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Lunardi's life is analyzing what the selection committee has done in the past and bases his bracket picks off it. He's probably the best in the business at that.. and no he's never 100% accurate.Lunardi. LOL. What's next? Are you going to site some baseball "guru" who picks winners and losers without using advanced metrics? The NCAA committee did not follow their own guidelines when making the bracket. They used the old eye test. Loyola was placed an 8 seed based upon SOS and playing in the MVC, not their actual performance over the course of the season.
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NET - Nitty Gritty Report & Team Sheet for Loyola-Chicago Ramblers 2021 Men's College Basketball. This Is a Duplication of the report used by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee to Determine At-Large Teams in the national championship tournament with quadrantswww.warrennolan.com
Solid article including kenpom. Notes #1 rated defense, etc.
Loyola-Chicago is no Cinderella in the men’s NCAA tournament
Loyola is a mid-major, but this team is way too good to be called a Cinderella.
Again, I would agree with you if this was how the bracket committee actually selected brackets, but they don't, and they do shit like this every single year. They supposedly have some formula, but every year things get ignored.
Not even sure what you're picking a fight over.
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I didn't pick a fight. You did. Loyola was much better than an 8 seed. I couldn't care less what Lunardi said.
Edit:
I did edit out some snarkiness from previous post that you obviously quoted before I edited out. So there may be where "picking a fight" comes from. I do care what the committe chairperson said.
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Fun start to the Iowa/Oregon game so far
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Will Iowa win by more than 5.5 points?
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Doubtful. Oregon is lights out right now
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Gee,who could have predicted Iowa’s opponent scoring a ton?
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Loyola allowed 58 points in 40 minutes.
iowa has allowed 56 in 20.
iowa has allowed 56 in 20.
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Fun fact: Lunardi is ranked as the 55th best Bracketologist in the past 5 years.
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Picked Oregon in a bracket and took them points and the over. Nice start for the Ducks.
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Fair.
But per usual, the committee makes a lot of questionable calls. Other stuff they got exactly right which went against what bracketologists were saying. Such as all of them saying Oklahoma St deserved a 2 seed.
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Man, **** the Big10
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I kinda thought this may happen.. Reminded me too much of when the Big East sent 11 teams to the tourney in 2011.. though at least they still got a champion out of it.
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