Hey guys,
for anyone who cares, I am gonna stop the bracketology simulations for a while. There is stuff going on at home that demands attention so unfortunately, I won't be doing them anymore.
If someone else wants to pick the series up, DM me and I can email you the excel document I use. If not, see y'all later.
I love my Cyclones but this is clearly absurd.
>Baylor is back where the Bears finished off last season – at No. 1. The Bears have earned the top spot in the bracket, followed by Duke, Alabama and Iowa State. The undefeated Cyclones are coming off of a 20-point mauling of in-state rival on Thursday night at the Hilton Coliseum. ISU also has wins over Xavier, Memphis and Creighton, all away from home.
EDIT: Fixed link
Potential Seeds
*denotes FBS loss which the committee generally does not take into consideration
Here is how I would currently see the teams seeded right now. I think there are some changes that will shake up as we go. Montana and Montana State play this week. I think Montana actually wins this game. I thin
... keep reading on reddit ➡The NCAA released the second set of D2 Regional Rankings this afternoon (https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/d2/regional-rankings).
These will be released weekly through the end of the regular season. The final set (two weeks from now) will be used to select the playoff teams. The rules for playoff selection are relatively simple: the top 7 in each region make it, unless a conference's highest ranked team is 8th or 9th, in which case that team makes it instead of (presumably) the 7th-ranked team.* Fourteen out of fifteen eligible conferences have a team inside the top 7; the remaining conference (GMAC) has a team ranked ninth, so the "Earned Access" provision would put that team in and displace the #7 team in that region.
The bracketing process is not so simple. Over at the D2football.com message board, I've been doing a weekly bracketology (using my own projected rankings before the official ones came out). Here's this week's edition: https://i.imgur.com/4AmjrD7.png.
Until 2019, the playoff brackets were simply 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, and 4 vs. 5 in each region. The 1–4 seeds are locked into the appropriate spots in the region bracket as before (with a bye for the #1 and first-round home games for 2–4), but now the 5–7 seeds are officially unseeded and can be placed anywhere in the bracket according to a multi-step process aimed at reducing flights.
Before the bracketing priorities can be examined, there is one additional factor (0th priority?): the Earned Access team, Tiffin, must face a 2 seed, preferably in their own region. Since sending them to another 2 seed cannot save flights, Tiffin at Kutztown is our first matchup locked in.
The first priority is minimizing first-round flights (the threshold for flights is 600 miles). In this case a one-flight first round is possible, with Western Colorado flying to Central Washington (neither team is within driving distance of any potential opponents). Angelo State and Bemidji State are each within driving distance of only one potential opponent – Midwestern State and Augustana (SD), respectively – so those pairings have to happen (even though both are conference rematches). That finishes off Super Region 4, so we're only dealing with the other three from here on.
The second priority is minimizing potential second-round flights; this is where things the logic gets tricky. There are three types of second-round scenarios in play: (A) the 4-seed's opponent visiting the 1-seed, (B) the 2-seed's opponent visiting
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http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
I still hate the formatting that they switched to this year. Nothing too incredibly wacky to note about his bracket, other than a spicy East region that would include Kansas, Kentucky, and Duke among others.
Looking at the bubble teams, am I the only one totally lost on how Lunardi has Sparty on the outside looking in? Teams like IU, Xavier, Seton Hall all seem to have worse Resumes.
Sparty--- 13-9 (7-9) 5-8 Q1 - 2-1 Q2 - 6-0 Q3/4
Xavier--- 12-5 (5-5) 1-1 Q1 - 3-4 Q2 - 8-0 Q3/4
Seton H--- 13-10 (10-7) 3-6 Q1 - 2-3 Q2 8-1 Q3/4
Indiana--- 12-11 (7-9) 2-9 Q1 - 6-1 Q2 - 4-1 Q3/4
Has Lunardi lost his mind??
The G1 Climax is one of the most revered tournaments not just in Japan, but in all of professional wrestling. Twenty men enter the grueling round robin, each being separated into two separate blocks and forced to face everybody in their block until the finals, where if you make it there, you must battle the other man who did the same as you. It’s the ultimate gladiator tournament, which is why it’s so anticipated every year. But what if we were to get this same tournament, only in a different place? What if we got a G1 Climax in WWE?
Raw (May 31, 2021)
We open this booking on the week after the WWE’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view, which happens on May 30th instead of July 18th. This is due to the company switching from 12 pay-per-views per year to a simple 6, meaning that there’s one pay-per-view every two months. The next big show that’s scheduled is SummerSlam, but before we get there, it’s rumored that the WWE is bringing back their King of the Ring tournament. Triple H appears on this week’s episode of Raw to make the announcement, however he states that it’s not just going to be the regular single elimination tournament… THIS YEAR IT’S GOING TO BE A 20-MAN ROUND ROBIN!
Divided into one block on Raw and one block on SmackDown, both shows on the red and blue brand are going to be completely dedicated to airing this tournament until the finals, which are set to take place on August 8th in a special event hosted on Peacock. The winner of the finals will not only receive the King of the Ring trophy, but they’re guaranteed a spot in the main event of SummerSlam against their brand’s champion. After Triple H’s blockbuster announcement, the brackets for the huge tournament are announced.
RAW
AJ Styles
One of the greatest wrestlers of all time and one half of the current Raw Tag Team Champions, the first competitor announced for the tournament is AJ Styles. This man has some experience with working tournaments like this, as he’s competed in two over in Japan. While he wasn’t able to win any of them, he always came very close to making the finals each time. Will this year finally be his year to finally win a round robin tournament?
Damian Priest
Damian Priest has impressed a lot of people over on Raw, having gotten himself a huge victory at WrestleMania teaming with Bad Bunny as the two took on the Miz and John Morrison. Winning the King of the Ring tournament would absolutely solidify this man’s spot in WWE’s ma
... keep reading on reddit ➡The NCAA released the third set of D2 Regional Rankings this afternoon (https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/d2/regional-rankings).
The regular season ends this week, and the playoff bracket will be announced on Sunday, based on the final regional rankings (which aren't usually released). The rules for playoff selection are relatively simple: the top 7 in each region make it, unless a conference's highest ranked team is 8th or 9th, in which case that team makes it instead of (presumably) the 7th-ranked team.* Fourteen out of fifteen eligible conferences have a team inside the top 7 this week; the remaining conference (GMAC) has a team ranked ninth, so the "Earned Access" provision would put that team in and displace the #7 team in that region.
The bracketing process is not so simple. Over at the D2football.com message board, I've been doing a weekly bracketology (using my own projected rankings before the official ones came out). Here's this week's edition: https://i.imgur.com/3Wqh4jV.png.
Until 2019, the playoff brackets were simply 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, and 4 vs. 5 in each region. The 1–4 seeds are locked into the appropriate spots in the region bracket as before (with a bye for the #1 and first-round home games for 2–4), but now the 5–7 seeds are officially unseeded and can be placed anywhere in the bracket according to a multi-step process aimed at reducing flights.
Before the bracketing priorities can be examined, there is one additional factor (0th priority?): the Earned Access team, Tiffin, must face a 2 seed, preferably in their own region. Since sending them to another 2 seed cannot save flights, Tiffin at Shepherd is our first matchup locked in.
The first priority is minimizing first-round flights (the threshold for flights is 600 miles). In this case there are two 5–7 seeds that have no host teams within driving distance (Western Colorado and Central Washington). That means there must be two first-round flights, and to avoid any more, all the other 5–7 seeds must play host teams within 600 miles.
The second priority is minimizing potential second-round flights; this is where things the logic gets tricky. There are three types of second-round scenarios in play: (A) the 4-seed's opponent visiting the 1-seed, (B) the 2-seed's opponent visiting the 3-seed or vice versa, and (C) the 2-seed and 3-seed's opponents playing each other. As things turn out, by the time we optimize the potential second-round flights, we've locked in most of our matchups
... keep reading on reddit ➡The NCAA released the first set of D2 Regional Rankings this afternoon (https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/d2/regional-rankings).
These will be released weekly through the end of the regular season. The final set (three weeks from now) will be used to select the playoff teams. The rules for playoff selection are relatively simple: the top 7 in each region make it, unless a conference's highest ranked team is 8th or 9th, in which case that team makes it instead of (presumably) the 7th-ranked team.* Fourteen out of fifteen eligible conferences have a team inside the top 7 and the remaining conference (GMAC) has no one inside the top 10, so that "Earned Access" provision would have no effect this week.
The bracketing process is not so simple. Over at the D2football.com message board, I've been doing a weekly bracketology using my own projected rankings. Now that the NCAA rankings are out, here's the first edition to use them: https://i.imgur.com/BUIW82r.png.
Until 2019, the playoff brackets were simply 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, and 4 vs. 5 in each region. The 1–4 seeds are locked into the appropriate spots in the region bracket as before (with a bye for the #1 and first-round home games for 2–4), but now the 5–7 seeds are officially unseeded and can be placed anywhere in the bracket according to a multi-step process aimed at reducing flights.
The first priority is minimizing first-round flights (the threshold for flights is 600 miles). In this case a one-flight first round is possible, with Bemidji State flying to Central Washington (neither team is within driving distance of any potential opponents). In order to make the single-flight first round work, Henderson State must go to West Georgia, Northwest Missouri State must go to Harding, Angelo State must go to Midwestern State, and West Florida must go to Albany State.
The second priority is minimizing potential second-round flights. This gives us Mars Hill at Bowie State, as Mars Hill is the only team available that can drive to potential second-round opponents West Florida and Albany State. It also precludes Notre Dame (OH) visiting California (PA), as NDC cannot drive to Bentley and other options are available.
The third priority is avoiding regular-season rematches. It so happens that Indiana (PA) has played all three of the host teams in their super region, and therefore they must go to Grand Valley State instead. This, in turn, means that New Haven must visit California (PA).
The fourth priority is
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