Sunday, March 15, 2009

Tomorrow

I may not be able to post another bracket, so here are all my "what-ifs"

If Duke beats Florida State, nothing changes.

If Florida State beats Duke, FSU rises to the 3 line knocking Wake Forest down to a 4.

If SFA beats UTSA, no change.

If UTSA beats SFA, UTSA moves into the field as a 16 seed. They would be in play-in game versus Chatanooga. Northridge would move up to a 15, Robert Morris would move up to a 14, and S.F.A. would be out.

If Purdue beats Ohio State, Purdue moves up to a 4 seed and Gonzaga moves down to a 5. Ohio State remains idle.

If Ohio State beats Purdue, Ohio State moves up to a 6 seed and Clemson falls to a 7. Purdue remains idle.

If Tennessee beats Miss. St., Tennessee moves up to a 6 and Clemson falls to a 7.

If Mississippi State beats Tennessee, Mississippi State moves into the field as a 13 seed, Northern Iowa moves up to a 12, and St. Mary's is removed from the field. Tennessee remains idle.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Tourney Field, March 14th

On this edition, I have added Geographic Locations. Although I tried my best to obey the committee's guidelines, I pretty much disregarded the guideline that states that teams that played earlier this year shouldn't be placed in the same mini-pod. The reason is because I don't have every teams schedule memorized, and it would be quite painstaking to look it up.


Projected Tournament Field, March 14th, 1:00 AM CT
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Dayton
1
Louisville
16 CS-N'ridge

8
Cal
9 . Okla St.

Miami
4 Florida St
13 American

5
Arizona St.
12 St. Mary's

Boise
3 Missouri
14 . Akron

6
Utah
11 Boston C.

Minneapolis
7
Marquette
10 Creighton

2 Mich St.
15 Cornell
Kansas City
1
Memphis
16 Morehead St.

8
Texas
9 USC

Philadelphia
4
Syracuse
13 ND St

5
Purdue
12 VCU

Miami
3
Wake Forest
14 S.F. Austin

6
Xavier
11 Siena

Philadelphia
7
Ohio State
10 Tex A&M

2 UCONN
15 Radford
Greensboro
1
UNC
16
Morgan St.

8
BYU
9 Minnesota

Portland
4
Gonzaga
13 West. Ky

5
UCLA
12 Cleve. St

Minneaplis
3 Villanova
14 ETSU

6
Clemson
11 Dayton

Kansas City
7 Tennessee
10 Michigan

2
Oklahoma
15 Portland St
Dayton
1
Pittsburgh
16
ASU/Chat

8
Butler
9 S.D. State

Boise
4
Kansas
13 N. Iowa

5
Illinois
12 Temple

Portland
3
Washington
14 Binghamton

6
WVU
11 Utah St

Greensboro
7
LSU
10 Wisconsin

2
Duke
15 Rob. Mor.

Notes: Due to the many seeding issues that arise when trying to place teams into actual geographic locations, I took the liberty of using the committee's "One Seed Rule". The following teams were moved, and their true seed is noted:

Creighton (11)
Utah State (10)
Temple (11)
Siena (12)




The ever-shrinking Bubble:

1.
Penn St.
2. So. Car
3. Maryland
4. Arizona


All Done, and It Doesn't Look Good:

1.
Florida
2. New Mexico
3. Providence
4. Davidson
5. UNLV


Bids by Conference - Big 10 (7), Big East (7), ACC (6), Big 12 (6), Pac 10 (5), MWC (3), Atlantic 10 (3), SEC (2), MVC (2), WCC (2), Horizon (2)

Moving Up -
Ohio State, Utah, , USC, Florida St


Moving Down - Florida, So. Car, Dayton, Wisconsin

New Additions -
Akron
Happy Trails - Buffalo

And for your consideration, an NIT bracket:

1 seeds - Penn State, South Carolina, Maryland, Arizona
2 seeds - Florida, Providence, Davidson, Auburn
3 seeds - New Mexico,Virginia Tech, Illinois St., Kansas St.
4 seeds - Mississippi St., Miami Fl, Baylor, Northwestern
5 seeds - Niagara, Kentucky, Tulsa, Notre Dame
6 seeds - UAB, Georgetown, Washington St., Nebrask
7 seeds - Cincinnati, Rhode Island, Nevada, Weber St.
8 seeds - Duquesne, UT-Martin, Bowling Green, Jacksonville

And why not, how about a CBI:

1 seeds - UWGB, Wyoming, UTEP, Northeastern
2 seeds - Houston, Charleston, Miami Oh, Boise St.
3 seeds - St. Joe's, Bradley, Old Dominion, Wright St.
4 seeds - UALR, Oakland, Hofstra, Portland


Due to Virginia's experience last year in the CBI, and the thought that major conference schools are unlikely to draw their dissappointed fanbase to the arena to make up for the entry cost of the tournament ($60,000), I have omitted the following teams:

Vanderbilt
, Ole Miss, N.C. State