2016-2017 Bracketology

[gosports1]

the BE getting respect? oh my. 5 teams projected with number 6 on the doorstep?

[DeltaV]

High Seeds
Nova, Xavier

Dancing
Creighton, Seton Hall

1 of these will dance
Marquette, Butler, Georgetown, Providence

Rebuilding
DePaul, Georgetown

I'm assuming you meant to put St. John's instead of Georgetown under rebuilding.

You said Georgetown twice.

He really likes Georgetown.

[hortle]

anyone projecting the jays as a 3-6 seed is drinking too much of gtmo's special brew, thinking that justin will be as impactful as a one and done type. The team is an imposing low post presence from being a top echelon BE team, but JP might not be there for another season or so. skinny big men usually take awhile to make a solid impression on the court. That said, considering the team was about 15-20 points away from an at large bid this past season, and they add a talented freshman and marcus foster, the expectation should absolutely be a tourney appearance. Anything less will be a disappointment.

Doug's sophomore year, the team had an experienced point guard and a couple very good shooters (plus Doug who averaged 23 and shot 50% on 3's). They got somewhat hosed with an 8 seed and second round matchup against Ames alumni Harrison Barnes. That team also had a dominant post presence in Venezuelan mammoth Gregory Echenique. Every player on that team had concrete blocks for feet and the entire offense was predicated on successfully feeding the ball to Doug. I would expect next year's team to be better than that team, but possibly not by much.

[handdownmandown]

We might start out in the top 25. Probably not, but we will be on the doorstep.

I realize it isn't exactly linear but such a start would mean that CU is expectec in the 6 seed neighborhood.

[adoraz]

Teams tend to not live up to fan expectations. Creighton will be better and should make the tournament but talking about 3 seeds is just setting yourself up for disappointment.

Creighton, with an RPI of 100+ (103) this year, was considered a bad loss. You don't go from being a bad loss to a top 10 team unless you're bringing in multiple All Americans. And even then...

[GumbyDamnit!]

I don't know if CU is going to be a sure fire NCAA team this year, or what seed they might be, but let me just say that I love what they bring to the league. Great fans, great support, unquestioned commitment to BB. Mac is recruiting out of the box and slowly changing his roster to where it needs to be. I have a lot of faith in sustained success out in Omaha. Great addition.