As expected, it's been a wild, unpredictable first few weeks of the college basketball season. A handful of small conference "cupcakes" shocked big-conference opponents, and several early-season tournaments crowned surprise winners. Our first bracket of the regular season reflects many of these surprises - there are 13 teams that made their bracket debuts this week, and many teams saw major adjustments to their preseason seeding.
Out This Bracket
Mississippi State, Maryland, Auburn, VCU, Missouri, New Mexico State, Akron, Vermont, Texas A&M-CC, Sacred Heart, East Tennessee State, Delaware State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
In This Bracket
Vanderbilt, Seton Hall, Miami (FL), Baylor, St. Mary's, New Mexico, Miami (OH), Albany, Sam Houston State, Monmouth, Belmont, North Carolina A&T, Alabama State
Last Four In
St. Mary's, New Mexico, Bradley, St. Joseph's
Last Four Out
Missouri, VCU, Maryland, Illinois
Next Four Out
Texas Tech, West Virginia, Boston College, Creighton
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Conference Breakdown
Big East (8), ACC (7), Pac-10 (7), Big XII (5), SEC (5), Big Ten (4), A-10 (2), MVC (2), MWC (2), WCC (2)
America East - Albany
ACC - North Carolina, Duke, Clemson, Virginia, North Carolina State, Miami (FL), Florida State
Atlantic Sun - Belmont
A-10 - Xavier, St. Joseph's
Big East - Georgetown, Marquette, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Villanova, Syracuse, Connecticut, Seton Hall
Big Sky - Montana
Big South - Winthrop
Big Ten - Michigan State, Indiana, Ohio State, Wisconsin
Big 12 - Kansas, Texas A&M, Texas, Kansas State, Baylor
Big West - UC-Santa Barbara
Colonial - George Mason
C-USA - Memphis
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Cornell
MAAC - Siena
MAC - Miami (OH)
MEAC - North Carolina A&T
MVC - Southern Illinois, Bradley
MWC - BYU, New Mexico
Northeast - Monmouth
Ohio Valley - Austin Peay
Pac-10 - UCLA, Washington State, Oregon, USC, Arizona, Stanford, California
Patriot - Holy Cross
SEC - Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky
Southern - Davidson
Southland - Sam Houston State
Summit - IUPUI
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky
SWAC - Alabama State
WAC - Utah State
WCC - Gonzaga, St. Mary's
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The Seeds
The 1s
UCLA, North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas
The 2s
Georgetown, Duke, Washington State, Texas A&M
The 3s
Michigan State, Marquette, Texas, Tennessee
The 4s
Indiana, Louisville, Oregon, Butler
The 5s
Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Xavier, Clemson
The 6s
Gonzaga, USC, Virginia, North Carolina State
The 7s
Arizona, BYU, Villanova, Wisconsin
The 8s
Vanderbilt, Stanford, Syracuse, Southern Illinois
The 9s
Kansas State, Connecticut, Arkansas, Miami (FL)
The 10s
Florida, Seton Hall, Baylor, George Mason
The 11s
Florida State, California, Davidson, Kentucky
The 12s
St. Mary's, New Mexico, Bradley, St. Joseph's
The 13s
Miami (OH), Utah State, Winthrop, Holy Cross
The 14s
UC-Santa Barbara, Belmont, Western Kentucky, Montana
The 15s
Siena, Cornell, Sam Houston State, North Carolina A&T
The 16s
Albany, IUPUI, Austin Peay, Monmouth (Play-In Game), Alabama State (Play-In Game)
The Bracket
(Bracket courtesy Matt Reeves)
Questions? Comments? E-mail Bracketology 101 at bracketologyblog@yahoo.com
3 comments:
Glad to see FSU in the bracket, but am honestly a little surprised by it.. Great road win at Florida, but two terrible neutral court losses to Cleveland State and South Florida.. just curious as to your reasoning of including them at this point. Thanks for your feedback, and for the great job you guys do for us fans!!
FSU's inclusion is admittedly shaky and is based solely on the strength of the ACC. The league deserves seven bids, and to this point of the season FSU, despite those two head-scratching losses, has been the seventh best team. When Maryland, BC, or Wake Forest beat someone of note, they might replace FSU in the bracket, but for now the Noles get the nod. If they want to stay in the field for good, a win Dec. 15 at Butler would do it.
FSU is very shaky. At this point the ACC is a six bid league. Seton Hall is also questionable - one decent win over a mediocre Virginia team.
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