that is my point. the talking heads can say whatever they want, or "talk their book", but at the end of the day, Pitt is up their with most of the bubble teams and as you say, many times better, and they are playing better. There is NO WAY a committee member can ignore the past 2 months of play.
Lunardi is a lunatic
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No one needs advanced metrics. They do very little to help in the process. Pitt is a tournament team.
I cannot for the life of me understand how you guys let what Lunardi says get under your skin lol
I agree, I'm just saying what the rules are. The NCAA doesn't pick the CFP teams for the college playoffs, they have different rules.
How bout he said he doesnt understand why non-con SOS is looked at? Right? He said it should be the total body of work.
Because he is influential. Its the same reason people get upset at the other team's cable news network.
That’s obviously correct. How can you say it’s an entire body of work but not just look at one SOS lol
Except he’s not. He was less influential than 97 other bracketologists last year
No disrespect to your respectful disagreement, but my concern isn't just with Lunardi -- it's that nearly everyone doesn't have us in -- not just Lunardi.
Would not it be funny if Pitt is a 7-10 seed in the tourney? Objectively, they are there. Over teams like Northwestern.
quit being honest and logical, that is not how they pick teams for the tourney !
Right now, we have the resume and profile of a team that for the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, up until these last couple years of metrics/computers insanity, would be a stone cold lock for an 8-9 game. It is mind blowing to me that anyone would think we aren't in. These guys like Lunardi think way too highly of themselves. He is a fraud who sits there studying printouts of all the alphabet metrics and has not watched actual basketball games.
I'd put 'em in my bracket too!I have Pitt in, so not everyone :
Totally agree. But I honestly don't think we should be in Dayton even now. We are worthy of a 10 seed at the absolute worst. Hoping that comments from Bilas and Shulman will carry some weight for us. And even Seth Greenberg. It shows that even the ESPN crowd doesn't buy Lunardi's nonsense.
Luke Hancock even pleaded with Lunardi after the game to rethink his brackets, knowing Pitt is worthy of the tournament!
We tend to be more negative as a fan base. Honestly, despite my belief that there is an agenda and the deck is stacked against the ACC, I do really think we will get in even with a loss tomorrow.
It would be unprecedented to have a team with our profile and resume with our 15 game heater we are on right now left out. The committee members are watching games, aren't they? They can't be just sitting there with spreadsheets and printouts. If they have been watching they see a Pitt team with a legit Sweet 16 look about them Most of these Big 12/East/Ten (Big Mediocre) bubble teams do not in any way resemble a Sweet 16 look.
It would be unprecedented to have a team with our profile and resume with our 15 game heater we are on right now left out. The committee members are watching games, aren't they? They can't be just sitting there with spreadsheets and printouts. If they have been watching they see a Pitt team with a legit Sweet 16 look about them Most of these Big 12/East/Ten (Big Mediocre) bubble teams do not in any way resemble a Sweet 16 look.
Only this week, they watch games. They have 80 hour/week jobs. Imagine Heather is on the committee. Do you think she's watching SJU vs Prov in February at 6:30 on a Tuesday or Utah State vs UNM at 10PM on a Thursday. Eff no
And Greenberg is NO friend of Pitt. There is history there. 😏
Not terribly, but free pf nonsensical conspiracy theories as always for me, at least.
In 2024, you still think that the only way to watch a college basketball game is live and in it's original time slot.
I'm not sure anything else needs said.
