One Week till Selection Sunday -- Here's How I See

Terry in Crapchester · Sun Mar 06, 2005 6:24 pm

the brackets shaping up. Note: I've projected automatic bids to current conference leaders/highest seeded teams still alive in their conference tourney. Teams that have clinched automatic bids already are in bold. Also caveat that there's still a lot of basketball left to be played, and these brackets could change in a hurry.

SYRACUSE REGIONAL

1st/2nd round games at Charlotte:

#1 North Carolina (ACC) vs.
#16 Delaware State (MEAC)

#8 Florida vs.
#9 Minnesota

1st/2nd round games at Tucson:

#4 Oklahoma State vs.
#13 Oral Roberts (Mid-Continent)

#5 Cincinnati vs.
#12 Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Horizon)

1st/2nd round games at Cleveland:

#6 Utah (MWC) vs.
#11 St. Mary's

#3 Michigan State vs.
#14 Vermont (America East)

1st/2nd round games at Worcester:

#7 Texas vs.
#10 Stanford

#2 Boston College (Big East) vs.
#15 Eastern Kentucky (Ohio Valley)

ALBUQUERQUE REGIONAL

1st/2nd round games at Indianapolis:

#1 Kentucky (SEC) vs.
#16 Niagara (MAAC)

#8 Georgia Tech vs.
#9 Nevada (WAC)

1st/2nd round games at Tucson:

#4 Gonzaga (WCC) vs.
#13 Holy Cross (Patriot)

#5 Villanova vs.
#12 Old Dominion (CAA)

1st/2nd round games at Oklahoma City:

#6 Pacific (Big West) vs.
#11 Maryland

#3 Oklahoma vs.
#14 Pennsylvania (Ivy)

1st/2nd round games at Boise:

#7 Iowa vs.
#10 West Virginia

#2 Washington (Pac-10) vs.
#15 Portland State (Big Sky)

AUSTIN REGIONAL

1st/2nd round games at Nashville:

#1 Wake Forest vs.
#16 SE Louisiana (Southland)

#8 Texas Tech vs.
#9 Mississippi State

1st/2nd round games at Worcester:

#4 Connecticut vs.
#13 St. Joseph's (Atlantic 10)

#5 Wisconsin vs.
#12 Wichita State

1st/2nd round games at Boise:

#6 Pittsburgh vs.
#11 New Mexico

#3 Arizona vs.
#14 Denver (Sun Belt)

1st/2nd round games at Oklahoma City:

#7 LSU vs.
#10 Indiana

#2 Kansas (Big 12) vs.
#15 Tennessee-Chattanooga (Southern)

CHICAGO REGIONAL

1st/2nd round games at Indianapolis:

#1 Illinois (Big 10) vs.
#16 Play-in winner -- Monmouth (NEC) vs. Alabama A&M (SWAC)

#8 Charlotte vs.
#9 Texas A&M

1st/2nd round games at Cleveland:

#4 Syracuse vs.
#13 Miami (Ohio) (MAC)

#5 Alabama vs.
#12 North Carolina State

1st/2nd round games at Nashville:

#6 UCLA vs.
#11 Iowa State

#3 Louisville (C-USA) vs.
#14 Winthrop (Big South)

1st/2nd round games at Charlotte:

#7 Southern Illinois (MVC) vs.
#10 Notre Dame

#2 Duke vs.
#15 Central Florida (Atlantic Sun)

Terry in Crapchester · Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:30 pm

Sunday's games did a real number on my projected brackets. Given that we're in the calm before the storm right now, allow me to update:

SYRACUSE REGIONAL

1st/2nd round games at Charlotte

#1 North Carolina (ACC) vs.
#16 Play-in winner - Oakland (Mid-Continent) vs. Alabama A&M (SWAC)

#8 LSU vs.
#9 Notre Dame

1st/2nd round games at Cleveland

#4 Michigan State vs.
#13 Holy Cross (Patriot)

#5 Cincinnati vs.
#12 Old Dominion (CAA)

1st/2nd round games at Worcester

#3 Connecticut vs.
#14 St. Joseph's (Atlantic 10)

#6 Utah (MWC) vs.
#11 St. Mary's

1st/2nd round games at Indianapolis

#7 Texas vs.
#10 Stanford

#2 Kentucky (SEC) vs.
#15 Tennessee-Chattanooga (Southern)

ALBUQUERQUE REGIONAL

1st/2nd round games at Worcester

#1 Boston College (Big East) vs.
#16 Delaware State (MEAC)

#8 Texas Tech vs.
#9 Charlotte

1st/2nd round games at Tucson

#4 Gonzaga (West Coast) vs.
#13 Vermont (America East)

#5 Wisconsin vs.
#12 North Carolina State

1st/2nd round games at Oklahoma City

#6 Pacific (Big West) vs.
#11 Maryland

#3 Oklahoma (Big 12) vs.
#14 Pennsylvania (Ivy)

1st/2nd round games at Boise

#7 Southern Illinois vs.
#10 Indiana

#2 Washington (Pac-10) vs.
#15 Montana (Big Sky)

AUSTIN REGIONAL

1st/2nd round games at Nashville

#1 Wake Forest vs.
#16 SE Louisiana (Southland)

#8 Minnesota vs.
#9 Texas A&M

1st/2nd round games at Cleveland

#4 Syracuse vs.
#13 Miami (Ohio) (MAC)

#5 Alabama vs.
#12 New Mexico

1st/2nd round games at Boise

#6 Pittsburgh vs.
#11 Creighton (MVC)

#3 Arizona vs.
#14 Central Florida (Atlantic Sun)

1st/2nd round games at Oklahoma City

#7 Iowa vs.
#10 Mississippi State

#2 Kansas vs.
#15 Niagara (MAAC)

CHICAGO REGIONAL

1st/2nd round games at Indianapolis

#1 Illinois (Big 10) vs.
#16 Fairleigh Dickinson (Northeast)

#8 Georgia Tech vs.
#9 Nevada (WAC)

1st/2nd round games at Tucson

#4 Oklahoma State vs.
#13 Louisiana-Lafayette (Sun Belt)

#5 Villanova vs.
#12 Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Horizon)

1st/2nd round games at Nashville

#6 UCLA vs.
#11 Iowa State

#3 Louisville (C-USA) vs.
#14 Winthrop (Big South)

1st/2nd round games at Charlotte

#7 Florida vs.
#10 West Virginia

#2 Duke vs.
#15 Eastern Kentucky (OVC)

See You Next Wednesday · Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:44 pm

Why'd you move the play-in winner?

Buried_Nick · Post by **Buried_Nick** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:23 am

You DO know, that Stanford, ODU and St Mary's are ALL in the 30's in RPI, don't you? Yet you have ND making a #9 seed?!

And where's Depaul? Remember THEM!? You lost heads up! And they're over 10 spots ahead of you in the RPI, AND they won tonight!

Lets get this straight, Depaul, #55 RPI and 10-6 in a VERY good and overlooked CUSA, and you have them NOT in the Dance, while ND is a #9?!

You also know ND is #66 in RPI, don't you?
ND will be in the 3-letter tourney.
One week long sig, bet on it!?

Rack Fu · Post by **Rack Fu** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:28 am

Did you get over your Duke fixation and move on to Notre Dame?

Buried_Nick · Post by **Buried_Nick** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:33 am

Are you watching this abortion of a team right now!?

Digger!!!!!?

Buried_Nick · Post by **Buried_Nick** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:54 am

Time to rip ole #9 off the board there, TinC, errrrrrrrrrr........DomerAlum. Can Depaul get that spot?

Thanks, bro.

Terry in Crapchester · Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:19 pm

See You Next Wednesday wrote:Why'd you move the play-in winner?

Selection Committee avoids regular-season rematches in first and second round games. If Oakland wins the play-in, they played Illinois during the regular season.

Terry in Crapchester · Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:25 pm

MSUFAN wrote:You DO know, that Stanford, ODU and St Mary's are ALL in the 30's in RPI, don't you? Yet you have ND making a #9 seed?!

And where's Depaul? Remember THEM!? You lost heads up! And they're over 10 spots ahead of you in the RPI, AND they won tonight!

Lets get this straight, Depaul, #55 RPI and 10-6 in a VERY good and overlooked CUSA, and you have them NOT in the Dance, while ND is a #9?!

You also know ND is #66 in RPI, don't you?
ND will be in the 3-letter tourney.
One week long sig, bet on it!?

Isn't Vermont something like #15 in RPI right now? Not a real reliable indicator, imho.

Based my selections on http://www.dwhoops.info. ND will drop based on the loss to Rutgers, but as of right now, they're still hanging in there. Have you forgotten that they play in the toughest conference in the nation this year, and also drew the toughest conference slate within that conference (home-and-homes vs. Syracuse, UConn, Pitt, Georgetown and Villanova)?

I'll take the week long sig bet, although I acknowledge that we might not get in. The ACC and Pac-10 tourneys are the ones for us to keep our eye on right now (North Carolina State, Miami and Arizona State).

Btw, you can still call me Terry if you like, I registered the DomerAlum nic only because I'm having problems with my old email account and the link to register the Terry in Crapchester nic is lost in cyberspace somewhere.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:35 pm

DomerAlum wrote:
See You Next Wednesday wrote:Why'd you move the play-in winner?
Selection Committee avoids regular-season rematches in first and second round games. If Oakland wins the play-in, they played Illinois during the regular season.

Oakland won their conference. They're already in.

Yet another team A&M pounded that makes the tourney...

I love it. A 12-18 team makes the tourney. Makes me sick.

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:19 pm

Rack Fu wrote:Did you get over your Duke fixation and move on to Notre Dame?

It's more of a poster fixation than school.

Buried_Nick · Post by **Buried_Nick** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:15 pm

I'll tel ya one thing DA; if ND gets in, there should be a Congressional review.

Your "in league rpi" is #45. And The Big-Least RPI is 4th, behind the ACC, B12 & PAC10. Get it right.

I'll bet my bottom dollar IU beats Minn. to get in over ND any day. And there are even more teams that took care of business this week. Depaul is just one of them. Maryland deserves it FAR more.

I'll be thinking up my sig. bet., OK?

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:33 pm

MSUFAN wrote:I'll bet my bottom dollar IU beats Minn. to get in over ND any day.

How many times does it have to be beaten through your fucking skull that IU making it isn't necessarily at the expense of ND? They both could make it, both could be left out, or either could be taken. It is not strictly a one or the other.

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:15 am

Killian wrote:
MSUFAN wrote:I'll bet my bottom dollar IU beats Minn. to get in over ND any day.
How many times does it have to be beaten through your fucking skull that IU making it isn't necessarily at the expense of ND? They both could make it, both could be left out, or either could be taken. It is not strictly a one or the other.

Exactly...it's not like the committee is taking teams based on what state they're in. There is a huge pool of clubs right now from the major conferences needing wins in their tournaments and trying to avoid the one bad loss that could end their hopes of getting in. Notre Dame probably had their bad loss that knocked them out but you never know what could happen in the next few days that might put them back in. Indiana is still alive but there's no guarantee if they win only one more game. The committee is going to have a hell of a time filling out this field because there will be a lot of teams left out in the cold that have cases of getting in.

Buried_Nick · Post by **Buried_Nick** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:02 pm

Yep. Parity bigtime.

When Ill loses to OSU, you know there's total parity in the NCAA this year.

UNC looks like they should win it all. Roy finally gets his.
When I fill out my brackets, I gotta go with UNC over OSU in the Championship game, friends.

helmet · Post by **helmet** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:06 pm

What if UNC is down 10 to Clemson with 7 minutes left?

Terry in Crapchester · Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:25 pm

One last shot at it . . .

SYRACUSE REGIONAL

1st/2nd round games at Charlotte

#1 North Carolina vs.
#16 Play-in winner -- Oakland (Mid-Con) vs. Alabama A&M (SWAC)

#8 Texas vs.
#9 New Mexico (WAC)

1st/2nd round games at Cleveland

#4 Wisconsin vs.
#13 Ohio (MAC)

#5 Alabama vs.
#12 Old Dominion (CAA)

1st/2nd round games at Worcester

#6 Cincinnati vs.
#11 St. Mary's

#3 Boston College vs.
#14 Pennsylvania (Ivy)

1st/2nd round games at Boise

#7 Pacific vs.
#10 Texas A&M

#2 Arizona vs.
#15 SE Louisiana (Southland)

ALBUQUERQUE REGIONAL

1st/2nd round games at Boise

#1 Washington (Pac-10) vs.
#16 Montana (Big Sky)

#8 Southern Illinois vs.
#9 Minnesota

1st/2nd round games at Worcester

#4 Connecticut vs.
#13 Vermont (America East)

#5 Texas Tech vs.
#12 Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Horizon)

1st/2nd round games at Oklahoma City

#6 Georgia Tech vs.
#11 Notre Dame

#3 Oklahoma State (Big 12) vs.
#14 Central Florida (Atlantic Sun)

1st/2nd round games at Indianapolis

#7 Iowa vs.
#10 Nevada

#2 Kentucky vs.
#15 Tennessee - Chattanooga (Southern)

AUSTIN REGIONAL

1st/2nd round games at Nashville

#1 Duke (ACC) vs.
#16 Fairleigh Dickinson (NEC)

#8 West Virginia vs.
#9 Mississippi State

1st/2nd round games at Tucson

#4 Gonzaga (WCC) vs.
#13 Utah State (Big West)

#5 Michigan State vs.
#12 UTEP (WAC)

1st/2nd round games at Cleveland

#6 Florida (SEC) vs.
#11 Creighton (MVC)

#3 Syracuse (Big East) vs.
#14 Bucknell (Patriot)

1st/2nd round games at Oklahoma City

#7 UCLA vs.
#10 Charlotte

#2 Kansas vs.
#15 Niagara (MAAC)

CHICAGO REGIONAL

1st/2nd round games at Indianapolis

#1 Illinois (Big Ten) vs.
#16 Delaware State (MEAC)

#8 LSU vs.
#9 North Carolina State

1st/2nd round games at Tucson

#4 Oklahoma vs.
#13 Louisiana - Lafayette (Sun Belt)

#5 Villanova vs.
#12 George Washington (Atlantic 10)

1st/2nd round games at Nashville

#6 Utah vs.
#11 Iowa State

#3 Louisville (C-USA) vs.
#14 Winthrop (Big South)

1st/2nd round games at Charlotte

#7 Pittsburgh vs.
#10 Stanford

#2 Wake Forest vs.
#15 Eastern Kentucky (OVC)

Last four in:

Notre Dame
St. Mary's
Nevada
Iowa State

Last four out:

Indiana
Arizona State
Georgetown
Northern Iowa

Terry in Crapchester · Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:31 pm

MSUFAN wrote:I'll bet my bottom dollar IU beats Minn. to get in over ND any day.

Killian already took care of this one.

And there are even more teams that took care of business this week. Depaul is just one of them.

DePaul "took care of business"? :roll: Coulda fooled me.

Maryland deserves it FAR more.

Maryland has 12 losses in an inferior conference to the Big East. Three of them came to Clemson.

KUTTER · Post by **KUTTER** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:14 am

Terry in Crapchester wrote:Maryland has 12 losses in an inferior conference to the Big East.

I laughed, so I hope that was a joke.

Terry in Crapchester · Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:26 pm

KUTTER wrote:
Terry in Crapchester wrote:Maryland has 12 losses in an inferior conference to the Big East.

I laughed, so I hope that was a joke.

If you think that was a joke, a couple of questions for you . .

1. Who got more teams in the tourney, Big East or ACC?

2. Which conference has the lowest-seeded team in the tourney, Big East or ACC?

3. How is it that Miami and Virginia Tech, two teams that were the epitome of perennial cellar-dwellers in the Big East, suddenly move up to the middle of the ACC pack in their very first season in the ACC?

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:22 pm

Terry in Crapchester wrote:
KUTTER wrote:
Terry in Crapchester wrote:Maryland has 12 losses in an inferior conference to the Big East.

I laughed, so I hope that was a joke.
If you think that was a joke, a couple of questions for you . .

1. Who got more teams in the tourney, Big East or ACC?

2. Which conference has the lowest-seeded team in the tourney, Big East or ACC?

3. How is it that Miami and Virginia Tech, two teams that were the epitome of perennial cellar-dwellers in the Big East, suddenly move up to the middle of the ACC pack in their very first season in the ACC?

Uhhh uhhhh Duke!!!!

Uhhh North Carolina!!!

Uhhhh nobody else!!

sin

ACC honks

Terry in Crapchester · Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:33 pm

BSmack wrote:
Terry in Crapchester wrote:
KUTTER wrote:
I laughed, so I hope that was a joke.
If you think that was a joke, a couple of questions for you . .

1. Who got more teams in the tourney, Big East or ACC?

2. Which conference has the lowest-seeded team in the tourney, Big East or ACC?

3. How is it that Miami and Virginia Tech, two teams that were the epitome of perennial cellar-dwellers in the Big East, suddenly move up to the middle of the ACC pack in their very first season in the ACC?
Uhhh uhhhh Duke!!!!

Uhhh North Carolina!!!

Uhhhh nobody else!!

sin

ACC honks

Yeah, Jim Nance, Billy Packer, Dick Vitale and Jay Bilas are all in the midst of their ACC orgasm right about now. Who am I to think independently?