fightintxag13 said:

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Checking in on Neil Paine’s bubble watch via ESPN.

What are we doing? How hard is it to have someone put work together that understands the selection process? pic.twitter.com/uJYfMiyrld

— T3 Bracketology™️🏀 (@T3Bracketology) February 9, 2025

Just to add onto what Colleyville said.

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UNC getting murdered tonight

Yep…

bobinator said:

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Yep…

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Impossible. ESPN told me they were a lock.

Love it.

Ran the numbers tonight in my model and pretty much agree with you with minor differences:

1 seeds
Auburn
Alabama
Duke
Tennessee

2 seeds
Purdue
Texas A&M
Houston
Kansas

3 seeds
Florida
St. John's
Arizona
Iowa State

4 seeds
Marquette
Wisconsin
Michigan State
Texas Tech

5 seeds
Michigan
Creighton
Kentucky
Ole Miss

A&M's Bracket
1. Duke
8. Connecticut
4. Wisconsin
5. Kentucky
6. Illinois
3. Arizona
7. Baylor
2. Texas A&M

LouisvilleAg said:

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Love it.

Ran the numbers tonight in my model and pretty much agree with you with minor differences:

1 seeds
Auburn
Alabama
Duke
Tennessee

2 seeds
Purdue
Texas A&M
Houston
Kansas

3 seeds
Florida
St. John's
Arizona
Iowa State

4 seeds
Marquette
Wisconsin
Michigan State
Texas Tech

5 seeds
Michigan
Creighton
Kentucky
Ole Miss

A&M's Bracket
1. Duke
8. Connecticut
4. Wisconsin
5. Kentucky
6. Illinois
3. Arizona
7. Baylor
2. Texas A&M

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It looks like the main difference is I have Florida (my 4th one seed) much higher and Kansas much lower. In fact you have Kansas ahead of Florida… everyone is entitled to their opinion, but what is it exactly that you like about Kansas's rsum over Florida?

Florida:
KPI 5
SOR 3
WAB 4
BPI 9
KP 5
Torvik 4
11-3 vs quad 1/2

Kansas….
10
18
19
8
11
12
10-7 vs quad 1/2

I'm still searching but I can't find anything that gives Kansas the edge or really anything to suggest they should even be close.

It might have pulled torvik incorrectly for Florida. Seemed to pull everything else correctly.

That said, I have a hard time putting more than 4 SEC teams in the top 2 seeds. We are on uncharted territory with the strength of the SEC. The SEC is certainly deserving of having more than 4 teams in the top 2 seeds.

I hear you. But the SEC is just so strong at the top. They have four teams that should be in the conversation for a damn 1 seed. I'd take UT and UF over Duke any day. A&M with a couple marquee wins and we're in that mix too. What it will be is a true test of the "conference blindness " the committee has claimed for years.