Last Four In
Southern Illinois, Missouri State, California, Houston
Last Four Out
Florida State, Georgetown, Nebraska, UAB
Conference Breakdown
Big East (8), Big Ten (7), ACC (6), SEC (5), Big 12 (5), PAC-10 (5), MVC (3), C-USA (2), WAC (2)
America East - Albany
ACC - Duke, North Carolina, NC State, Maryland, Wake Forest, Boston College
Atlantic Sun - Florida Atlantic
A-10 - George Washington
Big East - UConn, Villanova, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, West Virginia, Syracuse, DePaul
Big Sky - Montana
Big South - Winthrop
Big Ten - Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Iowa, Michigan
Big 12 - Texas, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas A&M
Big West - CS-Fullerton
Colonial - Old Dominion
C-USA - Memphis, Houston
Horizon - Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ivy - Penn
Metro Atlantic - Manhattan
MAC - Ohio
MCC - Oral Roberts
MEAC - Florida A&M
MVC - Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, Missouri State
MWC - Air Force
Northeast - Fairleigh Dickinson
Ohio Valley - Samford
PAC-10 - UCLA, Arizona, Washington, Washington State, California
Patriot - Bucknell
SEC - Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Vanderbilt
Southern - Davidson
Southland - Northwestern State
SWAC - Southern
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky
WCC - Gonzaga
WAC - Nevada, Hawaii
The Seeds
The 1s
Duke, Florida, Memphis, UConn
The 2s
Villanova, Illinois, Gonzaga, Texas
The 3s
Pittsburgh, Indiana, Ohio State, Wisconsin
The 4s
Cincinnati, Louisville, UCLA, North Carolina
The 5s
NC State, Michigan State, Arizona, Maryland
The 6s
Washington, West Virginia, Tennessee, Wake Forest
The 7s
George Washington, Boston College, Iowa State, Northern Iowa
The 8s
Iowa, Syracuse, Arkansas, Kentucky
The 9s
Air Force, Washington State, Michigan, Oklahoma
The 10s
Venderbilt, Kansas, Bucknell, Nevada
The 11s
Texas A&M, Hawaii, DePaul, Houston
The 12s
Old Dominion, California, Southern Illinois, Missouri State
The 13s
Winthrop, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Ohio, Manhattan
The 14s
Montana, Western Kentucky, Davidson, Northwestern State
The 15s
Penn, Oral Roberts, Albany, Samford
The 16s
CS-Fullerton, Fairleigh Dickinson, Florida A&M, Florida Atlantic (Play-In Game), Southern (Play-In Game)
The Bracket
Bracket courtesy Matt Reeves.
6 comments:
You guys have done a good job here. A few observations.
1: Just because the Big 12 is a major conference doesn't mean it deserves 5 bids. Texas A&M has no wins against teams that are going to finish in the RPI top 50, and they have a below 100 loss.
2: You really think DePaul is in the dance now? I know their RPI is solid, but they have no marquee wins and a 30 point loss to ODU. I can think of two BE teams in a better position right now, Marquette and Georgetown.
3: UConn a 1 seed over Nova or Illinois? Are you kidding?
Other than that, nice job
Depaul has some quality wins. At Wake Forest & Cal in Oakland. Depaul has played a much stronger non-conference schedule than Marquette or Georgetwon. Marquette lost already dropped a home conference game besides that bad loss at Nebraska.
wheres your bracket? when I clicked when bracketology 101 in the comparing the seeds section, it took me to this. Why is Washington being overrated? They havent even played a road game yet. Plus they have lost 2 home conference games already. It wouldn't be a surprise if Washington gets swept this week California
Thanks for the comments...the bracket is now up and running.
Here's what we were thinking this week:
DePaul does have a pair of quality wins (at Wake Forest and at Cal in Oakland) to go along with a top 15 RPI. Marquette does have an impressive blowout win over UConn, but have no other wins of note and are coming off a home loss to Cincinnati. They also lost to fellow bubble team Nebraska earlier in the season. Georgetown's best win (if you can call it that) was at UTEP.
The final No. 1 seed was a tough call, but Villanova's loss came at home while UConn's came on the road (albeit to a slightly less-regarded team). UConn's overall resume (wins over Gonzaga, Arizona, Arkansas) is also better than Villanova's (Louisville, Bucknell, Oklahoma). With all the upsets the past few days, even the one seeds were complicated this time around.
Washington hasn't had the best start to its conference schedule, we admit, but they still do have a win over Gonzaga to hang their hat on. They also beat an underrated Air Force team, and their loss to Arizona was by a point in double OT. In what isn't a particularly strong Pac-10, and with one of the top couple players in the conference in Brandon Roy, they should be able to bounce back, starting this weekend in Cali.
i agree that the polls are overrating Washington. You failed to mention that their win over Gonzaga was at home. As was the Air Force game. Washington might not even make the NCAA tournament. Washington State has more quality wins than UW. you guys have Washington overrated. Their PG & C play are very iffy at best.
Will Louisville finally fall out of the top 25? They have been overrated all season. IMO the Cards will be lucky to finish 8-8 in Big East.
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