Saturday, December 17, 2005

Bracketology 101's Top 10 Best Conference Match-ups

This week's Top 10 ranks the biggest and best conference games that will be played this season. With conference play set to begin in a few weeks, there are plenty of high-profile match-ups to look forward to. As always, we welcome your comments, and we invite our readers to post their own lists. Enjoy...

Top 10 Best Conference Match-ups
Match-ups were ranked on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale by the three voters. First place votes are in parentheses.

1. UConn-Villanova 30 (3) (Feb. 13 at Villanova, Feb. 26 at UConn)
2. Texas-Oklahoma 26 (Jan. 28 at Oklahoma, Mar. 5 at Texas)
3. Michigan State-Illinois 24 (Jan. 5 at Illinois, Mar. 4 at Michigan State)
4. Florida-Kentucky 18 (Feb. 4 at Florida, Mar. 5 at Kentucky)
5. UConn-Louisville 16 (Jan. 21 at Louisville, Mar. 4 at UConn)
6. Duke-North Carolina 12 (Feb. 7 at North Carolina, Mar. 4 at Duke)
7. Michigan State-Michigan 9 (Jan. 25 at Michigan, Feb. 18 at Michigan)
8. Duke-Boston College 9 (Feb. 1 at Boston College)
9. Washington-UCLA 6 (Jan. 14 at UCLA, Feb. 11 at Washington)
10. Villanova-Louisville 5 (Jan. 5 at Louisville, Jan. 30 at Villanova)

Also receiving votes: Memphis-Houston 5 (Mar. 4 at Memphis), Duke-Maryland 4 (Jan. 11 at Duke, Feb. 11 at Maryland), Northern Iowa-Missouri State 3 (Jan. 7 at Missouri State, Feb. 11 at Northern Iowa)

5 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:15 AM

    Ohio/Akron
    Florida/Kentucky
    Oklahoma/Ok. State
    Wisconsin/Illinois
    UAB/Memphis
    Arizona/Washington/UCLA
    Arkansas/LSU
    Nevada/Utah State
    Creighton/Northern Iowa
    Indiana/Michigan State
    St. Joseph's/George Washington
    New Mexico/UNLV

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  2. Anonymous11:12 AM

    Where's Maryland/Duke?

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  3. Anonymous4:33 PM

    "what about Maryland/Dook?" what about it?

    some people seem to think that the ACC is the only conference. ESPN and Vitale just continue to promote Dook and their oily haired dictator coach.....

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  4. Anonymous2:30 PM

    ummmm..... MD/Duke has been the best college basketball rivalry for the last 5-6 years period. Closest games, highest level of play, most #1 teams involved, etc...

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  5. Anonymous3:42 PM

    there are a lot of great conference matchup this year!

    Wichita St-UNI
    Cal - Washington
    Tennessee-Florida
    NC State-UNC
    Indiana-Illinois
    BC-NC State
    Western Kentucky-Denver
    North Dakota St.South Dakota St.
    Texas/Oklahoma
    Iowa State/Kansas
    Cincinnati-West Virginia
    Pitt-West Virginia
    St. Marys-Gonzaga
    Montana-ontana State
    Memphis-Houston
    Michigan-Michigan State
    Wake Forest-NC State
    Arkansas-Florida
    Xavier-GW
    Texas Tech-Oklahoma
    Villanova-Syracuse

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