First Bracket of the Season
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Now that I finally maneuvered a way to renew my College RPI subscription, I have just belted out my first projected bracket of the season. I have been doing this since my high school days, and generally have a strong gauge on what the bracket will look like. Hopefully last season's atrocity will fade into oblivion and this committee gets it right again. After a couple of seasons where the mid-majors attained a good number of bids, the big boys have fought back this season. Currently, 29 of my 34 projected at large hail from BCS conferences, with all but the Big 10 getting 6 bids or more. In one of the closest battles, Kansas edges out the good guys for the final 2 seed and coveted spot in the Chicago pod.
West Regional-San Jose:
Sacramento
1. UCLA vs. 16. Weber State
8. BYU vs. 9. Virginia Tech
Winston Salem
4. Memphis vs. 13. Holy Cross
5. Indiana vs. 12. West Virginia
Chicago
2. Kansas vs. 15. South Alabama
7. UNLV vs. 10. Gonzaga
Columbus
3. Marquette vs. 14. Oral Roberts
6. Stanford vs. 11. Arkansas
East Regional-East Rutherford:
Winston Salem
1. North Carolina vs. 16. East Tennessee State
8. Vanderbilt vs. 9. Oklahoma State
Sacramento
4. Air Force vs. 13. Davidson
5. Southern Illinois vs. 12. VCU
New Orleans
2. Texas A&M vs. 15. Marist
7. Georgetown vs. 10. Missouri State
Columbus
3. Kentucky vs. 14. Vermont
6. Boston College vs. 11. Texas Tech
South Regional-San Antonio:
New Orleans
1. Florida vs. 16. Austin Peay
8. Texas vs. 9. Creighton
Lexington
4. Butler vs. 13. Winthrop
5. Duke vs. 12. Illinois
Lexington
2. Ohio State vs. 15. Delaware State
7. Arizona vs. 10. Notre Dame
Spokane
3. Washington State vs. 14. Long Beach State
6. Florida State vs. 11. Xavier
Midwest Regional-St. Louis:
Chicago
1. Wisconsin vs. 16. Play-In Winner: Jackson State vs. Central Connecticut State
8. Villanova vs. 9. Tennessee
Buffalo
4. Virginia vs. 13. Akron
5. USC vs. 12. UMass
Buffalo
2. Pittsburgh vs. 15. Pennsylvania
7. Clemson vs. 10. Alabama
Spokane
3. Oregon vs. 14. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
6. Nevada vs. 11. Kansas State
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5 comments:
Nice bracket....Got a funny feeling A&M ends up a #1 seed before its all said and done
I think A&M is a good enough team to be a 1 seed, but they lack the premier non-conference win to elevate over Florida, UNC, Wisconsin, UCLA unless one of those teams absolutely collapses.
I hate the ACC, but nonetheless I'm intrigued by your seedings of the ACC teams. Could you shed some light on their seedings? I'm especially curious about UVa. Besides UNC, most of the ACC looks pretty mediocre, don't they?
I'd take that draw for MU any day of the week.
Even though I'm a little late to the discussion here, the main reason why ACC teams have solid seeds is their out of conference performance. Even with Duke only 5-6 in ACC play, the have non-conference wins over Georgetown, Air Force and Indiana. Virginia has a solid win over Arizona, Florida State over Florida. I'm not a big fan of the ACC either, but it is the best conference this season.
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