The Quest To Beat Joe Lunardi: Pickin' the NCAA Tournament Bracket …

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So, having heard all the guys at ESPN talk about the greatness of Joe Lunardi, I wanted to see, putting up 10 days of hard work into it (starting last Friday, March 7), to see if I could be close, or even better. So what I'm going to do is list the 65 teams in an outline for a basic list, then go in ridiculous detail underneath in matchup form to explain why. Hopefully, it'll be informative, if not put people to sleep. I also will try to update each day, though the info for the teams won't change much day-to-day unless moved or played. My basic info of use is RPI, Strength of schedule, and record vs RPI top 100, as well as generic record/conference type/conference record setup. Since I didn't feel like spending money on ESPN's InsideRPI, I used the daily RPI from Ken Pomeroy's website at www.kenpom.com/rpi.
Going by seed in East, Midwest, South, West order (official conference champs in bold, estimated champs in all CAPS).
Lots of change after Thursday, but few team changes for in/out field, as most teams that could move up didn't. Oregon replaces New Mexico, and Villanova stays in… barely. Lots of ball to be played.

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10 Responses to “The Quest To Beat Joe Lunardi: Pickin' the NCAA Tournament Bracket …”

  1. Cory says on March 16th, 2008 at 7:10 pm :

    Great idea!

  2. Orval says on March 16th, 2008 at 8:00 pm :

    buried so noone else in my pool sees this :P

  3. Aletha says on March 16th, 2008 at 8:51 pm :

    This is my favorite photo of the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament… for now =) Really great shot.

  4. Geoffrey says on March 16th, 2008 at 9:42 pm :

    Very cool site. Very uncool is the #8 seed for UK.

  5. Arielle says on March 16th, 2008 at 10:32 pm :

    i’m rooting for the giant travel pillow! Go pillow!

  6. Daphne says on March 16th, 2008 at 11:23 pm :

    yesssss. sweet, Danny.

  7. Milburn says on March 17th, 2008 at 12:13 am :

    Good resource

  8. Gisselle says on March 17th, 2008 at 1:04 am :

    http://www.digg.com/basketball/NCAA_Bracket_Auto_GenSaw this a few days ago, fills out the brackets for you based on stats.

  9. Henrietta says on March 17th, 2008 at 1:54 am :

    The author’s commentary on every item is very thorough and hilarious — dugg!