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COMMENTS FROM JOBY: (coming soon…)
COMMENTS FROM DAVID:
-Joby will be the first one to tell you this (if he hasn’t already). What you’re seeing is nothing more than a checkpoint. It’s not a prediction of where the teams will be in March. It really isn’t even an assessment of how good the teams actually are. It’s just a current snapshot of where things stand on December 9th. If 90 seconds into a game Campbell leads Duke 4-2, that is a snapshot of where things stand. It’s not necessarily an indicator of where they’ll end up. The scoreboard is not “stupid” for thinking Campbell is better than Duke. There is still 38:30 left to play in the game. Same with the JNG right now. this is what the score is at this point in time, but there is still A LOT of time left to play.
-Having just said it isn’t necessarily an indicator of the future…I will now point out a few things that have me scratching my head…
Belmont’s resume looks better than a #13 seed to me. There isn’t anything to indicate that they deserve a protected seed, but they’re resume is hardly a pastry cart either. I don’t think they’ll lose too many the rest of the way, so their numbers may be a lot better by the end of the year.
-The Bonnies on the #12 line is also a bit of a “Huh??” But…whatever. It’s early.