Matt Present
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@matt_present
PxP @AppStateMBB & Strategic Communications @appstatesports. Past: @jaxshrimp, @GoWoodDucks, @LynHillcats, @NBCSWashington, @yorkrevolution Forever a Terp 🐢
Folks, it's that time. Welcome to How They Built the Bracket! Every year, once the dust has settled from the reveal of the selection committee's 68-team field, I dig into the bracketing process, following the committee's guidelines and principles step-by-step to reverse-engineer the exact same bracket, revealing how it was all constructed. Over the next few hours, I will be demonstrating the bracket-building process seed line by seed line. In case you aren't aware of the principles in place that the committee abides by, make sure to go check out the document located on the Bauertology website Resources page: bauertology.com/bracketing-pri… Before we dive in, here's the selection committee's overall seed list from 1 to 68, which will serve as the foundation for the order that teams are placed into the bracket.
"(The NET formula) rigged the whole system to protect the big conferences. I was in the meetings, I know what happened." - Former South Carolina/Kansas State and current UMass head coach, Frank Martin.
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The tl;dr version of my Sun Belt thread: after the top team among the tied teams is determined, they are placed in that seed for future comparisons and the rest all start the tiebreak over. Here's what I have, similar to what @matt_present posted last night.
