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Way-too-early bracket, based on today's Pomeroy data. Straight rating data, ignoring matchup rules (since it's a pointless exercise anyway except for getting an idea of where teams are projected to end up in March, which Pomeroy's data is projecting). South Team Conf 1 Louisville Amer 16-B Charleston Southern BSth 16-C Texas Southern SWAC 8 California 9 Arizona St. 4 Creighton BE 13 New Mexico St. WAC 5 Villanova 12 Southern Miss CUSA 2 Florida 15 Toledo MAC 7 Georgetown 10 Boise St. 3 VCU A10 14 UC Santa Barbara BW 6 UCLA 11 Tennessee West Team Conf 1 Oklahoma St. B12 16 Weber St. Bsky 8 Baylor 9 Stanford 4 Wisconsin 13 North Dakota St. Sum 5 Memphis 12-B Massachusetts 12-C Alabama 2 Kentucky SEC 15 Oral Roberts SLnd 7 North Carolina 10 Oregon 3 Pittsburgh 14 Stony Brook Aeast 6 Michigan 11-A Missouri 11-D Utah St. Midwest Team Conf 1 Ohio St. B10 16-A Davidson SoCon 16-D Hampton MEAC 8 Indiana 9 Illinois 4 Syracuse 13 Belmont OVC 5 Minnesota 12 Drexel CAA 2 Duke ACC 15 Bryant NEC 7 Saint Louis 10 Saint Mary's 3 Connecticut 14 Manhattan MAAC 6 New Mexico MWC 11 Xavier East Team Conf 1 Michigan St. 16 Mercer Asun 8 BYU 9 Cincinnati 4 Arizona P12 13 Bucknell Pat 5 Virginia 12 Harvard Ivy 2 Kansas 15 Georgia St. SB 7 Iowa St. 10 Wichita St. MVC 3 Gonzaga WCC 14 Green Bay Horz 6 Iowa 11 Georgia Tech Last 4 out: St. John's Providence LSU Marquette Next 4 out: Clemson Notre Dame Oklahoma Indiana St.

The NIT championship was underachieving for the talent that team had, but I imagine it would be nice to have a football team that scores 60 points a game. Seriously [expletive] this guy. I'm not even sure what he's trolling here besides logic, reason, and basic addition. I was making fun of the fact you thought Iowa won the NIT. Iowa not actually winning the NIT was part of the joke. Serves me right for assuming you could pick up on some basic sarcasm as well.

The NIT championship was underachieving for the talent that team had, but I imagine it would be nice to have a football team that scores 60 points a game. Seriously [expletive] this guy. I'm not even sure what he's trolling here besides logic, reason, and basic addition.

No chance Illinois loses at Mackey this year, though.

It is kind of amazing what an NIT championship will do for a fan's confidence.

When did Rider change their team nickname to the "refs"?

Illinois easily takes the Global Sports Invitational (I had no idea this was even a thing).

And just like that, the Bears are tied for first again. Sulley, you miserable fullback.

I really doubt they throw the ball again this series.

The short yardage back isn't getting any push, and Baltimore's D is tops against the run. Not a bad call, especially in a mess of weather and field where the opponent is going to have to throw into a stiff wind.

So, nobody wants the 6th playoff spot in the AFC.

Cameroon qualifies for the World Cup after beating Tunisia 4-1.

Just like the statement the 76ers made against the Heat That statement being "Someone from the Atlantic has to make the playoffs...why not us?"

Greece-Romania, defense optional. 2-1 Greece in the 26th.

There is some logic to the thought that since Illinois was overcommitted with both Snider and Alexander, Snider going to Louisville works out perfectly to land Alexander, or else Illinois would have had to do some creative maneuvering.

UEFA playoff leg 1 is underway. Greece strikes first.

Always nice to have a farm team in Florida.

New Zealand gets an away goal!...after Mexico nets 5.

And to think last cycle the playoffs were CONMEBOL-CONCACAF and AFC-OFC.

New Zealand is terrible. Like "wouldn't qualify for the Hex" terrible.

Jordan 0-4 Uruguay in the 80th minute. The AFC is...not good enough for 5 spots.

As of today the entire Big Ten is in the top 80 of the Pomeroy ratings, thanks to Nebraska looking better than advertised, even against two patsies.

The West is now 73-39 against the East, with all 8 potential playoff teams with more points than any team in the East. Of those 39 East victories against the West, 10 of them are Edmonton. Every other West team is above .500 vs the East.

Looking a bit better against JV State than they did against SWAC State.

You can throw those numbers in the trash, then Or you could take them for what they are, measures of efficiency without bias. Extremely flawed measures in a sport that can't be measured quite so easily as something like baseball when it comes to individual performance. I trust team measurements better than individual measurements. The numbers I'm referring to are referencing the defense in general, sections of the defense at the most specific.