Seed
|
EAST-
Washington, D.C. |
MIDWEST-
Indianapolis |
SOUTH-
Arlington |
WEST-
Los Angeles |
1
|
Duke
|
Indiana (BIG TEN)
|
Michigan
|
Gonzaga (WCC)
|
2
|
Michigan State
| Florida (SEC) | Miami (ACC) | Kansas (BIG 12) |
3
|
Georgetown
(BIG EAST) | Louisville | New Mexico (MWC) | Arizona |
4
|
Kansas State
| Marquette | Syracuse | Wisconsin |
5
|
UNLV
| Oklahoma State | Ohio State | Notre Dame |
6
|
Saint Louis (A-10)
| Butler | Pitt | Colorado State |
7
|
Oregon (PAC 12)
| Illinois | San Diego State | Minnesota |
8
|
Missouri
| NC State | Wichita State (MVC) | UCLA |
9
|
Oklahoma
|
VCU
| UNC | Cincinnati |
10
|
Memphis (C-USA)
| Creighton | Cal | Colorado |
11
|
Iowa State
| Kentucky | Temple | La Salle |
12
|
Middle Tennessee
(SUN BELT) | Villanova/Boise State | St. Mary's/Tennessee | Belmont (OVC) |
13
|
Bucknell (PATRIOT)
| Louisiana Tech (WAC) | Akron (MAC) | Stephen F. Austin (SOUTHLAND) |
14
|
Davidson
(SOUTHERN) | Valparaiso (HORIZON) | Montana (BIG SKY) | South Dakota State (SUMMIT) |
15
|
Harvard (IVY)
| Stony Brook (AMERICA EAST) | Niagara (MAAC) | Long Beach State (BIG WEST) |
16
| Robert Morris (NEC) | Norfolk State (MEAC)/ Charleston Southern (BIG SOUTH) | Mercer (ATLANTIC SUN)/ Southern U (SWAC) |
Northeastern (CAA)
|
NOTE: Teams with their conference in parentheses are the projected conference champions.
Last 4 In: St. Mary's vs. Tennessee Villanova vs. Boise State
Last Out: Ole Miss, St. John's, Baylor, Virginia, UMass, Maryland, Arizona State
Bids by Conference:
Big East: 8
Big Ten: 7
Big Ten: 7
Big 12: 6
A-10: 5
A-10: 5
PAC 12: 5
MWC: 5
ACC: 4
SEC: 4
MWC: 5
ACC: 4
SEC: 4
MVC: 2
WCC: 2
WCC: 2
Hello-
ReplyDeleteThanks for these excellent brackets. However to include St. Mary's, Tennessee, Villanova, Boise State, and even Ole Miss, St. John's and Baylor, before Virginia is a travesty. :)
I hope you'll be updating this fine bracket on Friday when Virginia takes Duke down in Cville tomorrow night.
I am shocked UVa isn't already in your bracket having shown we can go toe to toe at Miami, dispatched the Terps at College Park, took down the Pack and Heels at the JPJ, and paid back the Jackets (who beat us in January in Atlanta) by 28 this past Sunday. We also dispatched the badgers at Kohl early on - pretty much without our point guard jontel evans - and beat Tennessee as well. yes we have some sucky losses - but all due to said PG absence (and other players) and losses at George Mason and Delaware were Nov 9 and 13 respectively (closing in on 4 months ago) with ZERO POINT GUARDS of three we had coming into season (evans, teven jones, malcom brogdon). And yes - these are excuses - when this team that doesn't exist any more - lost to Delaware we then lost out on two high RPI games at the MSG in the preseason NIT and instead got two wins over lowly rated North Texas and Lamaar - yes our fault - but not intentional weak sister scheduling.
The loss to ODU on neutral site in December was a perfect storm of no Jontel Evans, Joe Harris with the flu, a super motivated in-state mid major, a red hot 3 baller, and horrible officiating. yes, excuses all.
Anyway we are not that team anymore. I wonder if you've watched us recently? I hope you'll be watching tomorrow night at 9pm eastern on ESPN when the clearly NCAA caliber Cavaliers take on duke.
Since January - the losses at Clem, Wake and GT just cannot be looked at as terrible losses - see Wake over Miami, and Clem 1 possession from beating mia and ncsu. We scored 82 at the Deane Dome but were beaten by a red hot UNC, and came down to final 6 seconds tied at Miami last week. If you will go find that game and watch it - you'll see we are clearly an NCAA team. (without our disastrous rpi bombing Delaware/NIT debacle I'm confident our RPI would be in the 40's or 50's at worst. Do you follow Ken Pomeroy? We're only ranked 17 there - and 27 in the ESPN BPI power ratings.
anyway, thanks for your work. I look forward to the wahoos inclusion in your esteemed bracket at its next update.
Thanks for all the work.
DCWahoo
DCWahoo,
DeleteThanks for the feedback. I agree with you that Virginia is a very solid team and I think they are much better than their computer numbers would indicate. I am an ACC fan so I have watched a lot of Virginia games, especially recently, so I know what they are capable of. Before their win against Duke, Virginia's RPI was in the 80's I believe, which is the reason I did not include them at that time. The team with the worst RPI ever included in the NCAA Tournament was USC in 2011, with an RPI of 68, so I was not sure if a team with an RPI of 80 would get an invite. I think Virginia will finish the season with an RPI in the 50's and will be around a 10 seed, so if they take care of business in their last few games and in the ACC Tournament, they will be fine. Thanks for following my brackets and I look forward to your feedback again in the future.
-Kyle