Thursday, March 19, 2009

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Final Bracket Projections

First, here are my rankings after last night's games:

Rank LW Team Conference
1 1 Pitt Big East
2 2 North Carolina ACC
3 7 Louisville Big East
4 5 Memphis Conference USA
5 3 Connecticut Big East
6 4 Oklahoma Big 12
7 6 Villanova Big East
8 8 Marquette Big East
9 10 Duke ACC
10 13 Missouri Big 12
11 9 Michigan State Big 10
12 11 Wake Forest ACC
13 24 Syracuse Big East
14 12 Kansas Big 12
15 14 Washington Pac-10
16 15 Gonzaga West Coast
17 19 Purdue Big 10
18 20 Arizona State Pac-10
19 22 West Virginia Big East
20 18 UCLA Pac-10
21 26 Florida State ACC
22 16 Xavier Atlantic 10
23 23 California Pac 10
24 17 Clemson ACC
25 25 Boston College ACC




26 27 Butler Horizon
27 24 Texas Big 12
28 29 Illinois Big 10
29 32 Utah Mountain West
30 31 Davidson Southern
31 35 San Diego State Mountain West
32 36 Tennessee SEC
33 28 Dayton Atlantic 10
34 39 Ohio State Big 10
35 30 LSU SEC
36 34 BYU Mountain West
37 40 Wisconsin Big 10
38 41 Cleveland State Horizon
39 52 Maryland ACC
40 38 Penn State Big 10
41 42 Michigan Big 10
42 37 Arizona Pac-10
43 44 Siena MAAC
44 45 St. Mary's West Coast
45 43 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley
46 48 UNLV Mountain West
47 46 Providence Big East
48 33 South Carolina SEC
49 50 Utah State WAC
50 47 Creighton Missouri Valley


Last 4 Team in: Maryland, Penn State, Michigan, Arizona
First 4 Teams out: St. Mary's, UNLV, Providence, South Carolina

Other notable bubble teams in: San Diego State, BYU, Wisconsin
Other notable bubble teams out: Creighton, Illinois State, George Mason, Virginia Tech, Auburn, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Miami (FL), Minnesota, Florida, Kansas State, Kentucky, Texas A&M, New Mexico


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Seed Projections:

1 seeds --> Pitt, UNC, Louisville, Memphis
2 seeds--> UConn, Oklahoma, Villanova, Marquette
3 seeds--> Duke, Missouri, Michigan St., Wake Forest
4 seeds--> Syracuse, Kansas, Washington, Gonzaga
5 seeds--> Purdue, Arizona St., West Virginia, UCLA
6 seeds--> Florida St., Xavier, California, Clemson
7 seeds--> BC, Butler, Texas, Illinois
8 seeds--> Utah, Davdson, San Diego State, Tennessee
9 seeds--> Dayton, Ohio State, LSU, BYU
10 seeds--> Wisconsin, Cleveland St., Maryland, Penn State
11 seeds--> Michigan, Arizona, Siena, Northern Iowa
12 seeds--> Utah State, Mississippi State, Temple, VCU
13 seeds--> USC, Western Kentucky, Radford, UT-Chattanooga
14 seeds--> Portland St., Binghamton, East Tennessee St., Akron
15 seeds--> Stephen F. Austin, Morgan St., North Dakota St., Robert Morris
16 seeds-->American, Cornell, Morehead St., Cal State-Northridge, Alabama St.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

3/11 Rankings & Bracket Projection #2

Rank LW Team Conference Seed
1 1 Pitt Big East 1
2 3 North Carolina ACC 1
3 2 Connecticut Big East 1
4 5 Oklahoma Big 12 1
5 4 Memphis Conference USA 2
6 6 Villanova Big East 2
7 7 Louisville Big East 2
8 8 Marquette Big East 2
9 9 Michigan State Big 10 3
10 11 Duke ACC 3
11 15 Wake Forest ACC 3
12 12 Kansas Big 12 3
13 10 Missouri Big 12 4
14 21 Washington Pac-10 4
15 22 Gonzaga West Coast 4
16 24 Xavier Atlantic 10 4
17 14 Clemson ACC 5
18 25 UCLA Pac-10 5
19 13 Purdue Big 10 5
20 20 Arizona State Pac-10 5
24 23 Texas Big 12 6
22 26 West Virginia Big East 6
23 27 California Pac 10 6
24 29 Syracuse Big East 6
25 30 Boston College ACC 7





26 32 Florida State ACC 7
27 17 Butler Horizon 7
28 18 Dayton Atlantic 10 7
29 31 Illinois Big 10 8
30 19 LSU SEC 8
31 16 Davidson Southern 8
32 40 Utah Mountain West 8
33 39 South Carolina SEC 9
34 43 BYU Mountain West 9
35 34 San Diego State Mountain West 9
36 42 Tennessee SEC 9
37 35 Arizona Pac-10 10
38 45 Penn State Big 10 10
39 38 Ohio State Big 10 10
40 36 Wisconsin Big 10 10
41 49 Cleveland State Horizon 11
42 NR Michigan Big 10 11
43 NR Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 11
44 47 Siena MAAC 11
45 28 St. Mary's West Coast 12
46 NR Providence Big East 12
47 37 Creighton Missouri Valley 12
48 33 UNLV Mountain West NIT
49 41 Illinois State Missouri Valley NIT
50 50 Utah State WAC 12

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Seeds 13-16:

Rank LW Team Conference Seed
NR NR VCU Colonial 13
NR NR Western Kentucky Sun Belt 13
NR NR Radford Big South 13
NR NR UT-Chattanooga Southern 13
NR NR Portland State Big Sky 14
NR NR East Tennessee State Atlantic Sun 14
NR NR Miami (OH) MAC 14
NR NR Binghamton America East 14
NR NR Stephen F. Austin Southland 15
NR NR North Dakota State Summit 15
NR NR Robert Morris Northeast 15
NR NR American Patriot 15
NR NR Cornell Ivy 16
NR NR Morehead State Ohio Valley 16
NR NR Morgan State MEAC 16
NR NR Long Beach State Big West 16a
NR NR Alabama State SWAC 16b



Last 4 Teams IN:
#42 Michigan, #45 St. Mary's, #46 Providence, #47 Creighton

First 4 Teams OUT:
#48 UNLV, #49 Illinois State, NR George Mason, NR Maryland

Other notable bubble teams I have in the NIT (in order from best to worst):
Virginia Tech ACC NIT
Miami (FL) ACC NIT
Minnesota Big 10 NIT
Florida SEC NIT
Auburn SEC NIT
Oklahoma State Big 12 NIT
Kentucky SEC NIT
Texas A&M Big 12 NIT
Rhode Island Atlantic 10 NIT
Kansas State Big 12 NIT
Old Dominion Colonial NIT
Temple Atlantic 10 NIT
Notre Dame Big East NIT
New Mexico Mountain West NIT
Georgetown Big East NIT
Baylor Big 12 NIT
Vanderbilt SEC NIT
Wisconsin-Green Bay Horizon NIT
Cincinnati Big East NIT
Mississippi State SEC NIT
Nevada WAC NIT
Northwestern Big 10 NIT
UAB Conference USA NIT
Boise State WAC NIT