Bracketology, ESPN

[Duckster]

Albany, NY... hmmm, that' s almost close enough to French Canada for tilting home court advantage to the Cajuns. But we not gonna count those chickens til they're hatched in March.

[Bandwagon King]

I would sign up for #13 seed playing Iowa State. Really, I just want to be in NCAA Tournament.

I have a question, or three for the basketball gurus out there. How many teams will get in from the belt? Is it possible UL could even be a higher seed? If something bad happens & UL falters in the conference tourney, can they still get a bid? TIA

[CajunVic]

They are shown as an aq in this bracket . . .

[fanof71]

I have a question, or three for the basketball gurus out there. How many teams will get in from the belt? Is it possible UL could even be a higher seed? If something bad happens & UL falters in the conference tourney, can they still get a bid? TIA

1 bid...AQ for NIT if UL wins Belt but loses in conf tourney

[BeauCajun]

This matchup would be a bit more difficult...

Xavier(NO) no problem. They’re always in our schedule.

Sarcasm for those with a broken or defective detector.

[Crawfish]

I have a question, or three for the basketball gurus out there. How many teams will get in from the belt? Is it possible UL could even be a higher seed? If something bad happens & UL falters in the conference tourney, can they still get a bid? TIA

Not a basketball GURU, but there will only be one bid for the Belt and #13 seed would be about as high as it will get based on "NET" ratings. Maybe the NIT might take more than 1 SBC team. I would guess the Belt gets one NCAA, one NIT, and 2 teams in the (CBI, etc.)

[zephyr]

Not a basketball GURU, but there will only be one bid for the Belt and #13 seed would be about as high as it will get based on "NET" ratings. Maybe the NIT might take more than 1 SBC team. I would guess the Belt gets one NCAA, one NIT, and 2 teams in the (CBI, etc.)

Agreed

[R1Letterman]

Seems if sunbelt “moved up” from a 16 seed playin team league to a 13 seed AND two other teams have nearly the same record how is it still just one team in?

so if we used to be a playin team lets say #68, now a 13 seed, lets say #50, thats a huge jump. Seems a jump of that height has a spot for another sunbelt team in the middle of some of those slots

I really wish the play in games were set on a rotational basis and the total # of bids by conference were done by a formula the way they do UEFA champions league or World Cup.

I.e. lets say for example its sunbelts turn for play in game in 2026 and 2030, knowing in advance and that way it isnt subjective to which particular team makes it that year.

one could argue having a play in as a 16 and only one team is actually better conference payout wise than a 13 and still only one team

[R1Letterman]

Get Brock Purdy in the house!

Check out Iowa St’s performance in last years tourney, oh the irony! lmao

[ZoomZoom]

If the SBC regular season champion wins the SBC tournament, I’d put the NIT for a SBC team as a long shot. That applies to pretty much any non power conference. It’s turned into consolation prize for one bid league regular season champions that falter in their conference tournament and filled in with power conference teams.

Just pay attention to the NCAA and NIT field. That’s a good indicator how a 96 team field would work.