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re: Latest D1 regional projection
Posted on 5/28/23 at 7:33 pm to Carolina_Tiger
Posted on 5/28/23 at 7:33 pm to Carolina_Tiger
Or Tulane.
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Posted on 5/28/23 at 7:39 pm to LSUGrad9295
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And they don't care what Tulane's record or RPI is.
Of course they do.
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A lot of the bracket is geography-based and not merit-based.
I agree but in this case we have a tie in the geography department - Nicholls and Tulane are both neighbors of Baton Rouge. So they need to pick one team to reward with an easy bus ride and punish one team by making them fly away. Why the HELL would they reward the team that lost 40 games and has a bottom half RPI over a team that played well all year?
Posted on 5/28/23 at 7:43 pm to AUFANATL
Yup. Very likely it will be Nicholls and I can't wait to see the melt on here over an average team.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 7:49 pm to AUFANATL
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I agree but in this case we have a tie in the geography department - Nicholls and Tulane are both neighbors of Baton Rouge. So they need to pick one team to reward with an easy bus ride and punish one team by making them fly away. Why the HELL would they reward the team that lost 40 games and has a bottom half RPI over a team that played well all year?
Correct. And they wouldn't just completely rule out sending Tulane to Wake. D1 projects E Illinois to Wake as the 4. That's not all that different in travel time than it would be for Tulane.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 7:53 pm to Allthatfades
Aren’t seeds 1 v. 4 and 2 v. 3?
Posted on 5/28/23 at 7:54 pm to billfish21
In regionals, yes. The super pairings are host site 1 v host site 16, etc.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 8:01 pm to DRock88
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And they wouldn't just completely rule out sending Tulane to Wake. D1 projects E Illinois to Wake as the 4.
D1 was wrong about that call. Eastern Illinois is 25 miles from Indiana St. They are headed for Terre Haute, guaranteed.
The 4 seeds have been determined at this point and will be allocated geographically. Tulane and others are getting on a plane.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 8:18 pm to AUFANATL
I don't think D1 is usually accurate with alot of projections, that example being one of them. I was just pointing out that it's not out of the question to send Tulane far, far away...same goes for other fringe 4s. Geography is not the sole driver. In fact, the committee will sometimes throw it out the window. Geography is a driver, obviously. But a 40 loss team will and should be shafted accordingly. Tulane will go to a top 5 not named LSU.
ETA: To say "that's not how it works" as many have, as far as looking at rankings/RPI/performance along with geography, is just inaccurate. Merit absolutely matters when choosing hosts, ranking hosts, and placing teams in regionals and potential supers.
ETA: To say "that's not how it works" as many have, as far as looking at rankings/RPI/performance along with geography, is just inaccurate. Merit absolutely matters when choosing hosts, ranking hosts, and placing teams in regionals and potential supers.
This post was edited on 5/28/23 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 5/28/23 at 8:37 pm to Carolina_Tiger
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ULL is a 3 seed if they get in, easy.
They will get bumped by an inferior Arizona St.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 9:09 pm to Locoguan0
You can talk “40 loss Tulane” all you want, but there is a ton more talent on that team than what you get from the SWAC, MAAC, NEC, etc. champs. That’s not a great matchup for anyone.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 12:30 am to DRock88
FWIW, here's a ranking of the teams that will likely be the 4 seeds from worst to best RPI.
George Mason - 176
Tulane - 157
Florida A&M - 153
Maine - 124
Penn - 116
Eastern Illinois - 114
Central Conn. - 111
Nicholls - 108
San Jose State - 104
Ball State - 101
Rider - 99
Army - 92
Lipscomb - 90
Santa Clara - 81
Wright State - 77
Oral Roberts - 76
George Mason - 176
Tulane - 157
Florida A&M - 153
Maine - 124
Penn - 116
Eastern Illinois - 114
Central Conn. - 111
Nicholls - 108
San Jose State - 104
Ball State - 101
Rider - 99
Army - 92
Lipscomb - 90
Santa Clara - 81
Wright State - 77
Oral Roberts - 76
Posted on 5/29/23 at 12:52 am to TigerCub
Tulane made some big moves upward this week too winning their tournament. They were just a borderline RPI 200 team. LSU will be very fortunate to get a draw with Tulane and really should allow us to save Skenes and Floyd for the drivers seat and regional championship games.
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