Monday, February 28, 2011

Bracket 2/28

 

Rank

Seed

Team

1

1

Ohio State^

2

1

Kansas^

3

1

Pittsburgh^

4

1

Duke^

5

2

Notre Dame

6

2

Purdue

7

2

Texas

8

2

BYU^

9

3

San Diego State

10

3

Wisconsin

11

3

Louisville

12

3

Syracuse

13

4

North Carolina

14

4

St. John's

15

4

Florida^

16

4

Connecticut

17

5

Georgetown

18

5

Villanova

19

5

Vanderbilt

20

5

Kentucky

21

6

Kansas State

22

6

Cincinnati

23

6

Texas A&M

24

6

West Virginia

25

7

Arizona^

26

7

Xavier^

27

7

Florida State

28

7

Temple

29

8

Missouri

30

8

Marquette

31

8

George Mason^

32

8

UCLA

33

9

UNLV

34

9

Utah State^

35

9

Washington

36

9

Tennessee

37

10

Old Dominion

38

10

Georgia

39

10

Virginia Tech

40

10

Alabama

41

11

St. Mary's

42

11

Michigan State

43

11

Illinois#

44

11

Butler

45

11

Richmond

46

12

Baylor

47

12

Gonzaga^

48

12

Missouri State^

49

12

UAB^

50

12

Wichita State

51

13

Cleveland State^

52

13

Oakland^

53

13

Belmont^

54

13

Charleston^

55

14

Fairfield^

56

14

Princeton^

57

14

Bucknell^

58

14

Vermont^

59

15

Coastal Carolina

60

15

Murray State^

61

15

Kent State^

62

15

Long Island^

63

16

Montana^

64

16

Long Beach State^

65

16

McNeese State^

66

16

Florida Atlantic^

67

16

Texas Southern^

68

16

Bethune-Cookman^

^ = Conference leader

# = Conference record below .500


First Four = Butler, Richmond, Baylor, Wichita State

Last out = Memphis, Michigan, Maryland, Southern Miss, Clemson, VCU, UTEP, Boston College, Arkansas, USC, Washington State, Colorado State, Colorado


Sunday, February 27, 2011

Bracket 2/26

 

 

Rank

Seed

Team

1

1

Ohio State^

2

1

Pittsburgh^

3

1

Kansas

4

1

Duke^

5

2

Texas^

6

2

Notre Dame

7

2

Purdue

8

2

BYU^

9

3

San Diego State

10

3

Wisconsin

11

3

Georgetown

12

3

Florida^

13

4

Louisville

14

4

North Carolina

15

4

Syracuse

16

4

St. John's

17

5

Connecticut

18

5

Villanova

19

5

Vanderbilt

20

5

Cincinnati

21

6

Arizona^

22

6

Texas A&M

23

6

West Virginia

24

6

Kentucky

25

7

Missouri

26

7

Xavier^

27

7

Temple

28

7

Florida State

29

8

Kansas State

30

8

Marquette

31

8

Tennessee

32

8

George Mason^

33

9

UCLA

34

9

Washington

35

9

UNLV

36

9

Utah State^

37

10

Old Dominion

38

10

Georgia

39

10

Virginia Tech

40

10

Alabama

41

11

St. Mary's^

42

11

Michigan State

43

11

Illinois#

44

11

Butler

45

11

Richmond

46

12

Baylor

47

12

Maryland

48

12

Gonzaga^

49

12

Missouri State^

50

12

UAB^

51

13

Cleveland State^

52

13

Oakland^

53

13

Belmont^

54

13

Charleston^

55

14

Vermont^

56

14

Fairfield^

57

14

Princeton^

58

14

Bucknell^

59

15

Coastal Carolina^

60

15

Murray State^

61

15

Kent State^

62

15

Long Island^

63

16

Montana^

64

16

Long Beach State^

65

16

McNeese State^

66

16

Florida Atlantic^

67

16

Texas Southern^

68

16

Bethune-Cookman^

^ = Conference leader

# = Conference record below .500

 

First Four = Butler, Richmond, Baylor, Maryland

Last out = Memphis, Wichita State, Michigan, Southern Miss, Clemson, VCU, UTEP, Boston College, Arkansas, USC, Colorado State, Colorado

 

Friday, February 25, 2011

Thoughts on the 2/23 bracket

Here are some thoughts as we head into the penultimate regular season weekend.

  1. This has traditionally been a weekend when the line starts to get drawn. Some teams on the bubble force themselves into a win-out scenario and others start their acent to the Tourney.
  2. I like the sub-.500 # notation as if to say "these guys have done nothing, but we are forced to put them in the field."
  3. I originally thought that the expansion to 68 teams may help us this year since there seemed to always be 3-4 teams eligible for the last at-large. I was thinking they would all just slip in and life would be easy. Not so fast. With the expansion, it seems that this year it brings in an entire new cohort of teams that have almost identical, mediocre credentials. It forces the committee to choose between a bunch of .500 power conference teams and a bunch of 12-4 mid-majors.
  4. The winner of BYU v. SDSU could secure a 2 seed.
  5. Duke must win in Blacksburg to have a chance at a 1 seed.
  6. Don't Syracuse and Georgetown play every weekend at Noon, EST?

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Bracket 2/23


 

Rank

Seed

Team

1

1

Ohio State^

2

1

Pittsburgh^

3

1

Kansas

4

1

Duke^

5

2

Texas^

6

2

Notre Dame

7

2

Purdue

8

2

BYU^

9

3

San Diego State

10

3

Georgetown

11

3

Wisconsin

12

3

Florida^

13

4

Villanova

14

4

Louisville

15

4

Connecticut

16

4

North Carolina

17

5

Syracuse

18

5

Arizona^

19

5

Vanderbilt

20

5

Texas A&M

21

6

West Virginia

22

6

St. John's

23

6

Cincinnati

24

6

Missouri

25

7

Kentucky

26

7

Temple

27

7

Xavier^

28

7

Florida State

29

8

Tennessee

30

8

Marquette

31

8

George Mason^

32

8

Kansas State

33

9

Washington

34

9

UNLV

35

9

UCLA

36

9

Georgia

37

10

Utah State^

38

10

Old Dominion

39

10

Alabama

40

10

St. Mary's

41

11

Memphis

42

11

Virginia Tech

43

11

Michigan State

44

11

Illinois#

45

12

Wichita State

46

12

Butler

47

12

Richmond

48

12

Baylor#

49

12

Gonzaga

50

12

UTEP^

51

13

Cleveland State^

52

13

Missouri State^

53

13

Oakland^

54

13

Harvard^

55

14

Belmont^

56

14

Coastal Carolina^

57

14

Fairfield^

58

14

Charleston^

59

15

Bucknell^

60

15

Vermont^

61

15

Long Island^

62

15

Miami (OH)^

63

16

Montana^

64

16

Long Beach State^

65

16

McNeese State^

66

16

Florida Atlantic^

67

16

Texas Southern^

68

16

Bethune-Cookman^

^ = Conference leader

# = Conference record below .500

 

Last out = Maryland, VCU, UAB, Minnesota, Southern Miss, Clemson, Boston College, Nebraska