ORU Bracketology and rankings for 2023

[Old Titan]

ORU just ouside at No. 26 in this poll; a victory over TU would no doubt elevate them next Monday.

 

[ORUalum]

On 11/21/2022 at 9:16 AM, Old Titan said:

 

tell me you haven't seen ORU play basketball this season without telling me you haven't seen them play

[Old Titan]

11 minutes ago, ORUalum said:

tell me you haven't seen ORU play basketball this season without telling me you haven't seen them play

LOL - actually a little surprised we didn't all see this tweeted out last week with much gusto by the powers that be!

[oruvoice]

You guys don't know nothin'.

Toughest schedule in the nation and a 5-3 record (after tonight). We should be in the AP Top 25! 

[Old Titan]

 

[theeagleman5]

#2 vs. #5 at Mabee Center next Monday Night....potentially could be the best game of the season....

[Bogus Smith]

Joe shows us as a 14-seed - the same as Liberty - against Baylor.  That would be a storyline, but not a good matchup IMHO.

2023 NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKETOLOGY - BY JOE LUNARDI

[Old Titan]

ORU lurking outside the Top 25 in the CollegeInsider.com mid-major poll:  No. 29 in "Others Receiving Votes".

 

[dave]

Monday might be the day they can break into that poll.

[Old Titan]

Embarrassingly uninformed prediction by Andy Katz, picking Denver as the Summit League auto qualifier.

He’s more than likely simply going by their fool’s gold 8-2 record, all amassed vs. Quad 4 opponents  

There are four schools (ORU, SDSU, USD, and UMKC) with a better chance than Denver of winning three straight games in Sioux Falls.

 

 

[Idig32]

ORU is #70 in the initial NET rankings. Other interesting rankings: 

Houston is #1. 
Utah State is #15. 
Saint Mary’s is #16. 
 

The next highest ranked Summit team is St. Thomas at #130. 
 

The rankings can be found here: 

https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/28103

[Idig32]

Sorry, I just realized this is kinda old news. I hadn’t seen anyone else post about it, but it was released on the 5th. 

[Old Titan]

3 hours ago, Idig32 said:

Sorry, I just realized this is kinda old news. I hadn’t seen anyone else post about it, but it was released on the 5th. 

Here’s a link to the thread re: the initial NET rankings on 12/5, featuring some insightful stuff (as usual) from TrueBlue82 along with some grumpy snarkiness (again as usual) from yours truly:

https://forum.orusports.com/index.php?/topic/17124-net-rankings-22-23/

[Idig32]

41 minutes ago, Old Titan said:

Here’s a link to the thread re: the initial NET rankings on 12/5, featuring some insightful stuff (as usual) from TrueBlue82 along with some grumpy snarkiness (again as usual) from yours truly:

https://forum.orusports.com/index.php?/topic/17124-net-rankings-22-23/

I KNEW I must’ve missed it (or seen it and forgot about it is more likely) . 

[Old Titan]

 

[Old Titan]

 

[theeagleman5]

Always good to know that ORU is better than UMASS-Lowell......but still worse than Bryant....hopefully ORU surpasses Liberty U. after our victory tonight at Mabee.....

[ORUalum]

14 seed vs Baylor in the latest Lunardi projection...