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Mar 11, 2023, 6:55 PM

Most recent Bracketology:

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2023-march-madness-men-field-predictions

Bracketology: Penn State, Mississippi State and Rutgers should be happy come Sunday

Nevada, North Carolina and Michigan won't be taking part in the Big Dance this year, and Vanderbilt is trying to find a line in the bracket.

Clemson(23-10):
NET-57
Q1(4-4)/Q2(3-2)/Q3(7-2)/Q4(9-2)
Last game: Loss vs UVA 76-56

Mississippi State(21-12):
NET-49
Q1(4-8)/Q2(4-3)/Q3(5-1)/Q4(8-0)
Last game: Loss vs Alabama 72-49

NC State(23-10):
NET-45
Q1(1-6)/Q2(7-4)/Q3(5-0)/Q4(10-0)
Last game: Loss vs Clemson 80-54

Pittsburgh(22-11):
NET-67
Q1(4-4)/Q2(3-5)/Q3(5-1)/Q4(10-1)
Last game: Loss vs Duke 96-69

Arizona State(22-12):
NET-66
Q1(5-6)/Q2(4-5)/Q3(5-0)/Q4(8-1)
Last game: Loss vs Arizona 78-59

Ok. State(18-15):
NET-43
Q1(6-12)/Q2(4-2)/Q3(3-1)/Q4(5-0)
Last game: Loss vs Texas 61-47

Nevada(22-10):
NET-37
Q1(4-5)/Q2(4-3)/Q3(10-2)/Q4(3-0)
Last game: Loss vs San Jose State 81-77

Vanderbilt(20-14):
NET-79
Q1(5-9)/Q2(5-1)/Q3(5-2)/Q4(5-1)

These are all the teams Clemson is competing with. In all honesty, Clemson gets in over either Pitt or NC State. Because of NC State head to head 3 times, Clemson has advantage. Because of head to head and NET, Clemson also has advantage over Pitt.

Another important note, there are only 2 out of the 16 teams still playing (Penn St and Utah St). Those 2 teams are basically confirmed in at this point. But every other team has lost, and has lost by double digits excluding Nevada, but I disregard them at this point as well. All of the bubble teams have lost.

Pitt really needed a win vs Duke, and by losing so bad also, they are hurting worse than Clemson.

With NC State, Quadrant losses won’t matter when compared with Clemson. Clemson beat them 3 times badly.

So, the most complicated aspect of this selection process is the number of ACC teams. I imagine the committee will do everything possible to prevent Conference matchups, especially in the First 4.

All of the other bubble teams listed have less Q3/4 losses than Clemson, but PJ Hall’s injury seriously must be taken into account. If PJ was at his current health vs SC, we would have won that one. I don’t know about Loyola. Louisville was a plain whiff.

And lastly, our non-conference schedule. It’s actually not one of the worst, in fact it’s 104th. I could’ve sworn I’ve heard from others it was in the 300s. But as far as non-conference schedules go, it’s only a small portion of the season. Most of the season is Conference play, and we did very very well in conference. As well as beating Penn State.

So, we’re in.

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