Brad Wachtel Bracket

G- RUnit

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I hate the strength of schedule argument when we play two extra conference games, SHU, Wake. And Miami. Good UMass Lowell and historically good Temple.
 

ScarletDave

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That’s totally inaccurate, he loves RU. Got us as a higher seed than Lunardi right now.
I have followed him on Twitter a long time. Every year he says we haven’t done enough to make NCAAs .. last 3 years and we made it all 3 (including 2020) .. last year during 4 game winning streak he kept saying it wasn’t enough
 

S.W.A.I.N

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Nov 23, 2004
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I have followed him on Twitter a long time. Every year he says we haven’t done enough to make NCAAs .. last 3 years and we made it all 3 (including 2020) .. last year during 4 game winning streak he kept saying it wasn’t enough
A pessimistic RU fan?!?! You’ve seen these boards, right?

I’m not on Twitter but just looked and his last RU post on 1/5 was praising Mulcahy and explaining why loss without him won’t hurt as much.
 
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ColonelRutgers

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I have followed him on Twitter a long time. Every year he says we haven’t done enough to make NCAAs .. last 3 years and we made it all 3 (including 2020) .. last year during 4 game winning streak he kept saying it wasn’t enough
Totally inaccurate. Can only assume this a parody post making fun of people who claim person x has it in for their school/team.
 
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rutgersfandan

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Brad is an incredibly proud Rutgers alumnus. Any program would be lucky to hire him for schedule construction, NCAA inclusion optimization and other highly technical/operational work.

As for him hating RU, that's a joke. He loves the University.

He's a true bracketologist and simply follows the predictive and results-oriented math.
 

fatsam98

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Mar 23, 2005
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I have followed him on Twitter a long time. Every year he says we haven’t done enough to make NCAAs .. last 3 years and we made it all 3 (including 2020) .. last year during 4 game winning streak he kept saying it wasn’t enough
IIRC, he was hung up on our NET last year moreso than others, but he had us in the play-in game as a 12 seed (we were an 11 seed)

He seems very objective to me, he's also in top 10 on the matrix so he's doing something right.
 

G- RUnit

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Temple is a .500 team. Did beat Nova.
SHU is a bear of a traditional rival.
Miami and Wake are fine.
BIG plays two extra conference games.

So yes non conference schedule as a factor with any B1G team is extremely misleading.
 

fluoxetine

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Nov 11, 2012
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Temple is a .500 team. Did beat Nova.
SHU is a bear of a traditional rival.
Miami and Wake are fine.
BIG plays two extra conference games.

So yes non conference schedule as a factor with any B1G team is extremely misleading.
Man I agree with you that non conference SOS is a stupid pointless metric but Temple sucks.
 
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bac2therac

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Its a bad loss...we had 2 guys out but should have won anyway.

Cliff should have dominated. Cam had deer in headlights and hes played schools better than Temple previously
 

G- RUnit

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Man I agree with you that non conference SOS is a stupid pointless metric but Temple sucks.
Nobody knew that when we scheduled them, they are still .500, we were missing two starters and they did beat a down Nova.

The point being is it’s just a stupid metric.
 

motorb54

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Did I count 9 Big Ten teams? Seems high.

Michigan State wins at Wisconsin tonight 69-65 and is 4-1 tied with Purdue for first.
 

MLBash93

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Brad is an incredibly proud Rutgers alumnus. Any program would be lucky to hire him for schedule construction, NCAA inclusion optimization and other highly technical/operational work.

As for him hating RU, that's a joke. He loves the University.

He's a true bracketologist and simply follows the predictive and results-oriented math.
But what does he do with his life lol. Bracketology doesn’t pay the bills unless you’re Lunardi and co
 

G- RUnit

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I agree it’s fun! It’s why the Hoops tourney is so fun. NCAA football just doesn’t have the same fun factor. Not talking about ratings.