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It's about where it was 3 weeks ago. ( I think it was 44 on 2/7).

Right now I have them on the good side of the bubble.

Teams other bracketologists are putting in in place of the Gophers include:

Nebraska
Richmond
Providence
Dayron


The yahoo bracketoligst is one of the best, and he still had the Gophers at a #10 seed prior to the win over Iowa.
 




Edit:

The Yahoo guy updated his after the Gophers win and now has them as a 10 seed.
 


RPI was 47 before last night's game. How is it we can beat the #20 team in the country and it only goes down to 45?
 


GopherMike said:
RPI was 47 before last night's game. How is it we can beat the #20 team in the country and it only goes down to 45?
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Goes to show that losing to Illinois is way more damaging than beating Iowa is restorative.
 

Bad Gopher said:
Goes to show that losing to Illinois is way more damaging than beating Iowa is restorative.
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I think its losing a home game that was what really hurt.. Illinois or Iowa.. If the Iowa win was on the road, then I think the bump would have offset the home loss.

The RPI doesn't care about rankings in the polls, just wins and losses. Home and away, and SOS.
 



What the Iowa win does give that an Illinois win doesn't is give us another top 50 win. We now have 4 (unless Richmond slips), I'm not sure there's another bubble team that can say that, SS would probably know.
 

Not to be negative here, but why do so many think that "dumbluck" Selection Sunday is an expert? My God, the guy claims to be from Hebron, Illinois. I think he is a brick from Hebron, North Dakota. :)
 

Dr.Don said:
Not to be negative here, but why do so many think that "dumbluck" Selection Sunday is an expert? My God, the guy claims to be from Hebron, Illinois. I think he is a brick from Hebron, North Dakota. :)
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Same reason so many think the Dr. is an expert (or isn't...)
 




I'm not saying I'm an expert, but I did take third in the BracketMatrix's challenge last year.
That was better than Lunardi, Palm, just about everyone.

It's the first year I competed in that challenge although I've been doing bracket projections for a few years.
 

I believe Selection Sunday is usually 68 for 68 FYI
 


Bad Gopher said:
Goes to show that losing to Illinois is way more damaging than beating Iowa is restorative.
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The NW loss is the killer. We laid an egg against Illinois. That happens. And they're not as bad as their record. NW is not as good as their record. We should never have lost them at home. If we miss the tournament, that game will be the reason.

On a related note, as much as I like Tim Miles, we need Illinois to beat Nebraska and stay top 100 tonight.
 

howeda7 said:
The NW loss is the killer. We laid an egg against Illinois. That happens. And they're not as bad as their record. NW is not as good as their record. We should never have lost them at home. If we miss the tournament, that game will be the reason.

On a related note, as much as I like Tim Miles, we need Illinois to beat Nebraska and stay top 100 tonight.
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Agree totally on all points. I've had season tickets for 24 years and followed the team before that and have never cried after a game, even the national semifinal. But that Northwestern loss was about the closest I've come. I think it was because I realized right at the time how damaging it was.
 

Bad Gopher said:
Agree totally on all points. I've had season tickets for 24 years and followed the team before that and have never cried after a game, even the national semifinal. But that Northwestern loss was about the closest I've come. I think it was because I realized right at the time how damaging it was.
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Agreed. I've followed Gopher basketball my whole life (which is almost as long as you've had season tickets... just a couple years short) and honestly that one hurt a lot. To watch Mo miss that layup was absolutely killer, plus it reminded me of how I felt in the last 3 years of Tubby - like we were going to blow it at the end all the time. Lets just hope we can somehow beat Michigan on the road b/c then we'd almost be guaranteed a spot in the dance!
 

howeda7 said:
The NW loss is the killer. We laid an egg against Illinois. That happens. And they're not as bad as their record. NW is not as good as their record. We should never have lost them at home. If we miss the tournament, that game will be the reason.

On a related note, as much as I like Tim Miles, we need Illinois to beat Nebraska and stay top 100 tonight.
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Bad Gopher said:
Agree totally on all points. I've had season tickets for 24 years and followed the team before that and have never cried after a game, even the national semifinal. But that Northwestern loss was about the closest I've come. I think it was because I realized right at the time how damaging it was.
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Andre's ankle is the killer. Without that injury we have at least two more wins.
 


Minnesota is now #44.

Nebraska drops to #52.
Right ahead of us is Oregon who plays UCLA tonight.
Baylor lost moving them behind us.
Pittsburgh is now #46

California
Missouri
OK St
& Tenn are all right behind the Gophers.
 

sec105 said:
I believe Selection Sunday is usually 68 for 68 FYI
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I appreciate the support sec105, though I was off by one last year! Have only been perfect 2 times since I started doing this 1991-92. I usually post this twice a season. I'll post it now, then I always post it with my final "Field of 68" projection in the wee hours (late Saturday/early Sunday) of Selection Sunday. I stick to predicting the at-larges, and leave the projecting of seeds to knowledgeable folks like Lunardi, Palm, and Face the Facts. Predicting seeds is too much work for me!

Here are the numbers since I started projecting the at-larges in the 1991-92 season. Started tracking how I stack up vs. Lunardi and Palm over the last 4 seasons, as well as since the field expanded to 68. I still contend that identifying the at-larges (this year there will be 36) for the most part is a piece of cake; it's only the last 4 to half dozen that get a little tricky.

SelectionSunday Projecting At-Larges (1991-92 through 2012-13)
1991-92: 33/34
1992-93: 31/34
1993-94: 30/34
1994-95: 30/34
1995-96: 33/34
1996-97: 31/34
1997-98: 30/34
1998-99: 31/34
1999-00: 32/34
2000-01: 34/34 -- perfect --
2001-02: 33/34
2002-03: 33/34
2003-04: 31/34
2004-05: 32/34
2005-06: 31/34
2006-07: 32/34
2007-08: 33/34
2008-09: 34/34 -- perfect --
2009-10: 33/34
2010-11: 35/37
2011-12: 36/37
2012-13: 36/37
Totals: 714/757 (94.3%)
Last 5 Years: 174/179 (97.2%)

SelectionSunday At-Large Projections
2009-10: 33/34 (Illinois; Florida in instead)
2010-11: 35/37 (Colorado/Virginia Tech; Georgia/UAB in instead)
2011-12: 36/37 (Seton Hall; Iona in instead)
2012-13: 36/37 (Kentucky; LaSalle instead)
Last 4 Years: 140/145 (96.6%)
Since Field of 68: 107/111 (96.4%)

Joe Lunardi (ESPN.com) At-Large Projections
2009-10: 33/34 (Illinois; Florida in instead)
2010-11: 34/37 (Colorado/St. Mary’s/Virginia Tech; Georgia/UAB/VCU in instead)
2011-12: 36/37 (Seton Hall; Iona in instead)
2012-13: 37/37 – perfect --
Last 4 Years: 140/145 (96.6%)
Since Field of 68: 107/111 (96.4%)

Jerry Palm (CBSSports.com) At-Large Projections
2009-10: 34/34 -- perfect --
2010-11: 35/37 (St. Mary’s/Virginia Tech; UAB/USC in instead)
2011-12: 35/37 (Northwestern/Seton Hall; Iona/NC State instead)
2012-13: 36/37 (Tennessee; Middle Tennessee instead)
Last 4 Years: 140/145 (96.6%)
Since Field of 68: 106/111 (95.5%)
 

Selection in 93 and 96 did you have the gophs in the field? I just remember everyone thinking we got screwed those years, I was just a kid back then,so I didn't know how all this stuff worked lol
 

bemidjigopher said:
Selection in 93 and 96 did you have the gophs in the field? I just remember everyone thinking we got screwed those years, I was just a kid back then,so I didn't know how all this stuff worked lol
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'96 especially. I was going to ask the same question.
 


bemidjigopher said:
Selection in 93 and 96 did you have the gophs in the field? I just remember everyone thinking we got screwed those years, I was just a kid back then,so I didn't know how all this stuff worked lol
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Yes in '93, no in '96.

I specifically remember '96 because my friends gave me a ton of crap for telling them I didn't think they were going to make it. '93 surprised me a little more because we beat Penny Hardaway and Memphis State on New Year's Eve that season, and also routed (on the road) a Steve Nash-led Santa Clara team that ended up beating #2 seed Arizona in the NCAA tourney.
 

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