a bit early for the bubble watch in my opinion
might want to play a handful of conference games first
I know this was from a couple weeks ago but I wanted to address it because I know you aren't accustomed to following basketball so I'll explain my view:
Yes it IS early for bubble watch. There is a lot of basketball to be played so obviously a team on the bubble like Ohio State could either get hot and move off the bubble in a good way or get cold and move off the bubble in a bad way. That said, my interest isn't so much in the current bubble but in having an idea, in my head, of what impact an unexpected result has.
Example #1, your team, Nebraska. Lunardi currently has them as a #3 seed. He has them in the South Region (Houston) and playing their first weekend games in OKC against #14 Temple then the UF/MiamiOH winner. Only the #3 part of that would be relevant to me if I were a Nebraska fan. What that means is that a few positive upsets would move Nebraska up to a #2 or potentially a #1 while a few negative upsets would knock them down to a #4 or #5. The exact seed, region, first weekend location, and opponents will change a lot but the general idea that Nebraska is currently looking like a #3 seed tells me what I need to know.
Example #2, my team, Ohio State. Lunardi currently has them as THE LAST bye, getting a #10 seed in the West (San Jose) and playing their first weekend games in Portland against #7 Utah State then the Gonzaga/MontanaSt winner. Again, the exact seed, region, first weekend location, and opponents will change a lot but the general idea that Ohio State is VERY close to the cut-line tells me what I need to know. It tells me that a few positive upsets give some breathing room and potentially move Ohio State up but I'm not sure that I even want that because 8/9 has a VERY limited chance to make the S16. However, I do want positive upsets because Ohio State is on the knife edge. One or two negative upsets and Ohio State is on the outside looking in.
