ESPN Bracketology

[northwest iowa panther]

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Auburn U. is making us look better everyday.

[ceaser150]

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Siena is crushing a pretty decent Fairfield team by 30 in their semifinal.

[jman2004]

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Siena is crushing a pretty decent Fairfield team by 30 in their semifinal.

I suppose we have to root for Siena since we get to play them next season at home and they may prove to be a great, non-conference opponent, but their arrogant fans that came on PN left a bad taste in my mouth. I will not have an easy time rooting for them.

[Newsbreaker]

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The better Siena does, the better our RPI, the better our potential seed.

[DWadle1983]

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The better Siena does, the better our RPI, the better our potential seed.

And Auburn can help if they can win a couple SEC tournament games. As bad as the SEC is, heck they could win the SEC Tournament.

[TheMacHouse]

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The better Siena does, the better our RPI, the better our potential seed.

Call me crazy but I think if Siena lost it would be better for UNI. If you look at the projected braket on ESPN they have all AQs in the 13 or worst seed and no at large teams. I think the NCAA likes to keep the at large teams at 12 or better but not always. The more AQs that are worst than UNI could push UNI to a better seed and even possibly to an 11 seed and a better chance to play closer to home.

I could be wrong but Butler, Siena, Davidson, and Utah St not winning their conf tourney and someone other than Gonzaga or St Mary's winning theirs would be good for UNI but maybe bad for the MVC.

[Newsbreaker]

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Siena might be out with a loss...and that might not be bad for us I guess.

[CyCarp]

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Davidson lost today, I'm not too sure they get in. I think there RPI is in the 60's. Could bump UNI up a spot. A couple more of those could maybe get us to the 11 seed.

[achrist70]

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I think that we are all looking too much and Bracketology, these aren't final seedings, they are one guys opinion.

[TheMacHouse]

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Davidson lost today, I'm not too sure they get in. I think there RPI is in the 60's. Could bump UNI up a spot. A couple more of those could maybe get us to the 11 seed.

That is good to hear. In the last 5 years only 3 at large teams have been seeded worst than 12 (Bradley and Air Force at 13 in 2006 and UTEP at 13 in 2004). Could not find info on at large and AQs before that. I did find that only 3 teams from major conferences have been seeded worse than 12 since 1990. Georgia last year was a 14 but they were an AQ, Oklahoma in 1999 was a 13, and Penn St in 1991 was a 13.

UNI needs more mid major at large teams that could be seeded worse than 12 since high majors usually are not or more AQs that are deemed to be worse than UNI. They need to get out of the bottom 17 AQs more than likely to have a chance to get to an 11 seed. Right now it is close to a tie between VCU and UNI to get out of the bootom 17 AQs with Davidson losing.