A couple things to note here:
-Yes, SU is still on the outside looking in, as Lunardi implies here. No denying that.
-Per multiple bracketologists that track first four out, next four out, etc. SU is either already in that conversation or close to it.
-As the analytics boom of March Madness resumes has taken off the past few years, many independent sources perform far more accurate (theirs vs. what the committee ends up selecting, see: bracketmatrix) analyses of resumes than faces of major media outlets, Lunardi and Palm at CBS included.
Joe may be the godfather of this stuff, but no need to get worked up over his opinion that has proved far from the end result in recent years. Will all play itself out.