Something we don’t touch on enough here is how it takes the non-conference portion of the season to coach and develop the team dynamic. We obviously recruit guys that fit the BU style of play; not five * talent, but good character, athletic, coachable players that need time to learn and accept their new roles. These rolls sometimes adjust from season to season, hence the setback in the first few games each season.
But they still have MSU being the AQ which LUNARDI is not a fan of ours.Up to a 4 seed.
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He's literally just taking that from the standings - they own the tiebreaker
As Icy said, Lunardi just makes the AQ the team leading in the standings. He's not predicting who will win and his brackets aren't a reflection of what he thinks will happen. They are just a snapshot of where things stand if the season ended today. While I don't think Lunardi is a particularly great bracketologist, he is the most visible. He tends to be slow on trends, but here he's out in front of a lot of others when it comes to us. Having us at a 4 seed means we are between the 13th to 16th best team right now, which I think is a fair assessment of our resume.
To add on, AQ really doesn't matter at all for predicting seeding of a P5 team. You don't get extra points for it. It's entirely possible an at-large team from the same conference could have a higher seed than the AQ.
True, but being the AQ can also turn you into a 1-seed and give you a banner.
I agree with this. Not only were we missing Kofi the first three games, we struggled finding our identity (kind of) with him when AC went down. We've done nothing but get better since then, and that's a credit to the players taking coaching. Also, while I'll love being a top 20 team next week, I'm kind of sad that the voters will respect a win of UM so much that we'll vault five or six spots. (But again, I'll take it. And puke at the same time.)
Who are we going to lose to?
Random off night on the road?
Well I've heard that ranked teams are easy to knock off so I'd say we drop a game to Penn State or northwestern.
