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2026 Bracketology

It's impressive what he's done at Richmond, for sure. Played against him in high school (as soon as we won our section...we had to play WG every year in the playoffs. Boy, that wasn't cool.) His brother also played basketball at a school down the road Syracuse that has caused some major pain for Cuse b-ball a few times lately...
 
Lax Mouse said:
Didn't think the bubble was that big going into this weekend but now, with UVA and Yale taking out ND and Cornell . . . and PSU taking OSU to town . . .

Things getting more interesting.

Cuse well positioned.
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Ohio State and Cornell were bubble in before today. Now the bubble has to include Virginia and Maryland because they have the best opportunities for big wins. Virginia is now well ahead of Ohio State in RPI.

Duke has to play Virginia next week and Notre Dame plays Richmond. A Notre Dame loss would put them on the bubble, and a Duke loss would likely put them bubble out. Both have fairly weak resumes.

A Hopkins win over Rutgers is good for us, and would solidify them with Penn State as in.

Harvard versus North Carolina tomorrow doesn’t matter too much. Harvard win is better for our RPI but Carolina win is better for us long-term.

Denver dropped nine spots at RPI today, taking away a top 20 win.
 
DomeHolmes said:
Ohio State and Cornell were bubble in before today. Now the bubble has to include Virginia and Maryland because they have the best opportunities for big wins. Virginia is now well ahead of Ohio State in RPI.

Duke has to play Virginia next week and Notre Dame plays Richmond. A Notre Dame loss would put them on the bubble, and a Duke loss would likely put them bubble out. Both have fairly weak resumes.

A Hopkins win over Rutgers is good for us, and would solidify them with Penn State as in.

Harvard versus North Carolina tomorrow doesn’t matter too much. Harvard win is better for our RPI but Carolina win is better for us long-term.

Denver dropped nine spots at RPI today, taking away a top 20 win.
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Would certainly welcome anyone here to join me being a Hopkins fan the rest of the season (unless they play again) as painful as it might be for you all.

Hopkins staying as a top 5 RPI win for Cuse would be huge.
 
Be nice to keep winning n trying to stay away from princeton, richmond , psu and hate to say it rather not see maryland until late also. Those 4 teams rather not play until FF least. Not saying will happen but could if keep winning. Anyway enjoy the dub n then let’s focus on unc.
 
Lax Mouse said:
Jeremy I'm so sorry you had to momentarily try and root for the Jays in conference play.

Just when you think they turn a corner they turn in a truly embarrassing performance.

I will not ask anyone here to support them again.
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I think Hopkins is decent but that 2nd half made my eyes bleed. The amount of dumb Hopkins turnovers late looked like Syracuse on steroids. I also have no idea what they were doing on that tieing goal late, how in the world do you leave a trailor uncovered and why is that guy trying that pass with an empty net. Terrible job by Milliman
 
JeremyCuse said:
I think Hopkins is decent but that 2nd half made my eyes bleed. The amount of dumb Hopkins turnovers late looked like Syracuse on steroids. I also have no idea what they were doing on that tieing goal late, how in the world do you leave a trailor uncovered and why is that guy trying that pass with an empty net. Terrible job by Milliman
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I have stayed calm every game this season, including the end of game implosion against UNC, but that was certainly the most infuriating performance I have seen this year.

Rutgers is by no means a bad team and they deserved to win 100%, but the Blue Jays just gave the game away time after time after time. They had every chance to win and were completely disinterested.
 
Lax Mouse said:
I have stayed calm every game this season, including the end of game implosion against UNC, but that was certainly the most infuriating performance I have seen this year.

Rutgers is by no means a bad team and they deserved to win 100%, but the Blue Jays just gave the game away time after time after time. They had every chance to win and were completely disinterested.
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I was rooting for the Blue Jays and feel bad for Gelinas. Collison is an enigma to me-clearly he is very talented and is physically imposing but too many times he is a non-factor. Brooks English dodged harder than him today. Just bad lacrosse except for Gelinas
 
CuseAlum87 said:
I was rooting for the Blue Jays and feel bad for Gelinas. Collison is an enigma to me-clearly he is very talented and is physically imposing but too many times he is a non-factor. Brooks English dodged harder than him today. Just bad lacrosse except for Gelinas
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Gelinas played lights out. Defense as a whole played well.

Offense pulled a Houdini as did the team's ability to play with any type of composure.

Piscataway remains the Bermuda Triangle for Johns Hopkins.
 
As a fan of a Big Ten team, I think what one would like to see is one of UVa, Duke or ND going 1-3, (or in the case of Duke or ND going 0-4 in conference). Syracuse and UNC look pretty much in.

Duke and UVa look more optimum than ND. Duke doesn't have a lot of good wins. (Duke also has a game with Cornell.) UVa is only 6-4. Perhaps, the decision can be somewhat made, by who loses this Saturday as UVa visits Duke.

Being a Maryland fan, seeing UVa win over Duke would be better for me (and also for Hopkins' fans). Maryland, of course, has a lot of must win games coming up. They do have OSU and Rutgers coming up at Maryland, which might help.
 
Georgetown's RPI is interesting. They are 4-4 and are lifted up to a #10 RPI by an Opponent's Win pct of .7285. They end the regular season playing Providence, Marquette, St.John's, and Villanova, who have an average winning pct of .391. Even if Georgetown wins these 4 games their RPI might drop a little - perhaps enough to knock them out of the top 10 RPIs.

Anyways, these RPIs are going to shift around a bit, so making predictions with them is fraught with error.
 
Zack80 said:
Georgetown's RPI is interesting. They are 4-4 and are lifted up to a #10 RPI by an Opponent's Win pct of .7285. They end the regular season playing Providence, Marquette, St.John's, and Villanova, who have an average winning pct of .391. Even if Georgetown wins these 4 games their RPI might drop a little - perhaps enough to knock them out of the top 10 RPIs.

Anyways, these RPIs are going to shift around a bit, so making predictions with them is fraught with error.
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Gtowns best bet is to run through the BE undefeated while Denver does the same (sans their game last week) and they meet in the title game. Should bump up the #s for whoever wins the BE title. That said they are both AQ or bust now, just don't have the outside OOC wins and the BE behind the 2 of them is pretty much crap.
 


Hempstead, N.Y.

(1) Princeton vs. METRO ATLANTIC/Sacred Heart-AMERICA EAST/UAlbany winner
(8) BIG TEN/Penn State vs. Virginia

Newark, Del.

(5) IVY/Harvard vs. PATRIOT/Boston University
(4) ATLANTIC 10/Richmond vs. BIG EAST/Georgetown

Hempstead, N.Y.

(3) Syracuse vs. CAA/Towson
(6) Notre Dame vs. Cornell

Newark, Del.

(7) Johns Hopkins vs. Duke
(2) North Carolina vs. NEC/Robert Morris-ATLANTIC SUN/Jacksonville winner

Last three included: Virginia, Duke, Cornell
First three on the outside: Ohio State, Rutgers, Army

Moving in: Georgetown, Virginia
Moving out: Denver, Ohio State

Conference call: Atlantic Coast (5), Ivy (3), Big Ten (2)
 
OrangeXtreme said:


Hempstead, N.Y.

(1) Princeton vs. METRO ATLANTIC/Sacred Heart-AMERICA EAST/UAlbany winner
(8) BIG TEN/Penn State vs. Virginia

Newark, Del.

(5) IVY/Harvard vs. PATRIOT/Boston University
(4) ATLANTIC 10/Richmond vs. BIG EAST/Georgetown

Hempstead, N.Y.

(3) Syracuse vs. CAA/Towson
(6) Notre Dame vs. Cornell

Newark, Del.

(7) Johns Hopkins vs. Duke
(2) North Carolina vs. NEC/Robert Morris-ATLANTIC SUN/Jacksonville winner

Last three included: Virginia, Duke, Cornell
First three on the outside: Ohio State, Rutgers, Army

Moving in: Georgetown, Virginia
Moving out: Denver, Ohio State

Conference call: Atlantic Coast (5), Ivy (3), Big Ten (2)
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Wild to see UVA in but the numbers are what they are.

Still crazy to see Hopkins seeded (I know the numbers are currently in their favor) after this past weekend and with the doubts I have about how they'll finish the season.

B10 down to 2. As noted that's the conference that will suffer most from any potential bid thievery.

Curious how the committee may try to spread the ACC out. In this one there's a whole pod 4/5 without an ACC team. In fact, 4/5 in the bottom half of the bracket. That feels crazy to me, I'd think the committee would try to split them up more but I recognize that they are not obligated to.

That top half is (all things considered) pretty favorable for Princeton.
 
Lax Mouse said:
Wild to see UVA in but the numbers are what they are.

Still crazy to see Hopkins seeded (I know the numbers are currently in their favor) after this past weekend and with the doubts I have about how they'll finish the season.

B10 down to 2. As noted that's the conference that will suffer most from any potential bid thievery.

Curious how the committee may try to spread the ACC out. In this one there's a whole pod 4/5 without an ACC team. In fact, 4/5 in the bottom half of the bracket. That feels crazy to me, I'd think the committee would try to split them up more but I recognize that they are not obligated to.

That top half is (all things considered) pretty favorable for Princeton.
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UVA is fascinating. A few weeks ago I thought people had overreacted as they had a lot of young talent that was eventually gonna come together and it has. Now, however, it's almost flipped to the other extreme. I have no issue with them being in right now, bubble isn't overly strong and that ND win is gonna carry a lot of cache. They have also taken care of business against the mid majors save for Towson.

The real test for them is the next three weeks, 2 of the 3 games on the road and a team in Duke they haven't beaten in the regular season for literally two decades. I think they just need to win one of the three and hammer Drexel and they are in.

If your Syracuse, UVA winning this week would be a good outcome. It almost guarantees that SU makes the ACC tourney unless you believe Duke is gonna beat ND and UNC and SU is gonna lose the three remaining ACC games (unlikely but possible). I am really curious to see how UVA looks this weekend. I think that offense legit but I also think ND's offense is overrated and I want to see how that defense handles Duke's weapons. A win would be very impressive.
 
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Newest Nathan Bracket, a little late Thai week due to HW.

1. Syracuse vs Winner of LIU and Albany
2. UNC vs Winner of Towson vs Jacksonville
3. Princeton vs Sacred Heart
4. Richmond vs Georgetown
5. Harvard vs Army
6. Duke vs Yale
7. Cornell vs Penn State
8. Ohio State vs Notre Dame(once again)

First 3 teams out are Boston U, Maryland and Rutgers.
 

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