TAS Bracketology 2009

[TheAsianSensation]

It occured to me there might be a big enough audience this year. Despite not having much relevance to Bradley or even the MVC for that matter.

Bracket in next post. Questions are sure to ensue

[TheAsianSensation]

Disclaimer: This was done before Big Monday. UConn's still a 1 seed right now, just probably swapping positions with Pitt.


EAST region

@Philadelphia
1) Connecticut (24-1) vs. 16) Radford (12-10)/Alabama St (12-8 )
8 ) BYU (18-5) vs. 9) Ohio St (17-6)

@Portland
4) Butler (21-2) vs. 13) Northern Iowa (17-8 )
5) Florida St (19-6) vs. 12) USC (15-8 )

@Miami
3) Clemson (20-3) vs. 14) American (17-7)
6) Syracuse (18-7) vs. 11) Utah St (23-2)

@Dayton
2) Memphis (22-3) vs. 15) CSU-Northridge (11-10)
7) UCLA (19-6) vs. 10) Davidson (21-4)


WEST region

@Philadelphia
1) Pittsburgh (22-2) vs. 16) Jacksonville (14-10)
8 ) Texas (17-7) vs. 9) Virginia Tech (16-8 )

@Portland
4) Washington (19-6) vs. 13) Northeastern (16-9)
5) Tennessee (16-8 ) vs. 12) UNLV (19-6)

@Kansas City
3) Kansas (20-5) vs. 14) Arkansas-Little Rock (19-6)
6) Purdue (19-6) vs. 11) Cincinnati (16-9)

@Greensboro
2) Duke (20-4) vs. 15) Robert Morris (19-8 )
7) Dayton (23-3) vs. 10) Providence (16-9)




MIDWEST region

@Kansas City
1) Oklahoma (25-1) vs. 16) Morehead St (14-11)
8 ) West Virginia (17-8 ) vs. 9) Arizona (18-8 )

@Boise
4) Wake Forest (19-4) vs. 13) Buffalo (17-5)
5) Illinois (20-5) vs. 12) Siena (20-6)

@Minnesota
3) Xavier (21-4) vs. 14) Weber St (16-8 )
6) Utah (18-6) vs. 11) Miami (14-8 )

@Dayton
2) Louisville (18-5) vs. 15) Sam Houston St (10-9)
7) California (19-6) vs. 10) Florida (19-6)

SOUTH region

@Greensboro
1) North Carolina (21-2) vs. 16) Morgan St (14-10)
8 ) South Carolina (18-5) vs. 9) Minnesota (18-6)

@Boise
4) Marquette (21-4) vs. 13) Binghamton (16-8 )
5) Missouri (21-4) vs. 12) Wisconsin (15-9)

@Miami
3) Villanova (20-5) vs. 14) Cornell (15-7)
6) Gonzaga (18-5) vs. 11) Kentucky (18-7)

@Minnesota
2) Michigan St (20-4) vs. 15) North Dakota St (17-6)
7) Arizona St (19-5) vs. 10) Boston College (18-8 )

[TheAsianSensation]

Last 4 in
Miami
Cincinnati
USC
Wisconsin

Last 4 out
LSU (21-4)
Georgetown (13-10)
San Diego St (16-6)
Kansas St (16-8 )

Next 4 out
Oklahoma St (15-9)
Temple (14-9)
St Mary's (18-5)
UAB (17-8 )


Radaring
Michigan (14-10)
Penn St (18-8 )
Baylor (15-9)
Texas A&M (16-8 )
Creighton (19-6)
Maryland (16-8 )
George Mason (17-8 )
St Joseph's (14-10)

[TheAsianSensation]

The 1% club: Every year, someone runs out of this group to claim an at-large. It does not fail. One of these teams will make it:

Northwestern (13-9), Notre Dame (12-10), Nebraska (15-8 ), Stanford (15-8 ), Vanderbilt (15-9), Seton Hall (13-10), Ole Miss (13-11), Arkansas (13-10), New Mexico (16-9), Rhode Island (18-8 ), Illinois St (20-5), Wisconsin-Green Bay (18-7), Boise St (16-7), VCU (18-8 ), Western Kentucky (16-8 ), North Carolina St (14-9)


That covers the 32 NIT spots.

This next section is obviously very fluid. However, I post it to give everyone an idea as to Bradley's postseason chances, and to give a good indication of where we are in comparison to everyone else.



Let's fill the .com tournament!
Duqense (15-8 ), Mississippi St (15-9), Auburn (15-9), Bradley (13-10), Cleveland St (16-8 ), Houston (16-7), MiamiOH (15-8 ), VMI (16-5), Tulsa (16-9), UTEP (15-9), Wright St (16-10), Nevada (14-10), Niagara (21-6), Hofstra (16-9), Drexel (13-10), Portland (15-9)

CBI:
Vermont (19-7), Troy (16-10), Charleston (17-7), Tennessee-Martin (16-6), Washington St (13-12), TCU (12-12), St Louis (14-10), LaSalle (14-10), Central Florida (15-9), Evansville (13-10), Drake (14-11), Wisconsin-Milwaukee (12-11), New Mexico St (13-12), Fairfield (15-12), James Madison (17-10), Old Dominion (16-9)

[MacabreMob]

Looks good TAS.

But you need to move Utah St over to play Gonzaga and Dayton over to play Davidson.

[TheAsianSensation]

Pretty marginal week for the mid majors.

I love the MWC's chances to get 4 now.

The A-10 should get 2.

Davidson will get the one mulligan (the comittee pays attention to stuff like that when Curry is out). Davidson/Butler is a play-in game - winner should lock into the field. If Davidson loses, though, it's bubble trouble all of a sudden.

Utah St makes me nervous.

Creighton is better off than we first though. They have a nice pocket collection of wins to lean on, so they're going to look pretty good compared to other mid majors, at least.

[TheAsianSensation]

Summary of BB:

Creighton's game is must-win for at-large consideration.

UNI is dead, but a win at Siena will force everyone to look at the profile one last time.

ISU has a pulse, but only because they play 3 relatively good opponents in a row with a chance to win 3 straight games.

Bradley needs this for their fledgling NIT hopes, but more likely to secure some kind of posteason.

Evansville is really in their extremeties and fighting for a postseason bert.

[Bravesfan]

Summary of BB:

Creighton's game is must-win for at-large consideration.

UNI is dead, but a win at Siena will force everyone to look at the profile one last time.

ISU has a pulse, but only because they play 3 relatively good opponents in a row with a chance to win 3 straight games.

Bradley needs this for their fledgling NIT hopes, but more likely to secure some kind of posteason.

Evansville is really in their extremeties and fighting for a postseason bert.

Is a postseason bert different than a postseason birth?

[bugregshu]

Is a postseason bert different than a postseason birth?

And whats the difference between a postseason bert, postseason birth, and postseason berth?????

[TheAsianSensation]

http://espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology

8 Big Ten teams, 7 ACC and 7 Big East.

I'm laughing as hard as I ever have.

[MacabreMob]

http://espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology

8 Big Ten teams, 7 ACC and 7 Big East.

I'm laughing as hard as I ever have.

LOL!

Seriously, though... We can laugh all we want. This is gonna be a BCS dominated NCAA Tourney for bids. B10, ACC and BE getting 20-23 bids isn't gonna be a stretch, IMO.

[Bradleyguy10]

http://espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology

8 Big Ten teams, 7 ACC and 7 Big East.

I'm laughing as hard as I ever have.

...I'm not...

[MacabreMob]

http://espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology

8 Big Ten teams, 7 ACC and 7 Big East.

I'm laughing as hard as I ever have.

...I'm not...

I guess I am laughing more at 8 B10 teams. Now... it could happen and might. But just like what they did last night during the ISu/Niagara game... they did the "blind test". They compared Georgetown to UNI. That made me laugh. They need to compare Georgetown to Penn St.

[TheAsianSensation]

EAST

@Dayton
1) Pittsburgh (24-2) vs. 16) Jacksonville (15-11)/Alabama St (13-8 )
Florida (21-6) vs. 9) Siena (22-6)

@Boise
4) Wake Forest (20-4) vs. 13) Vermont (22-7)
5) Illinois (21-6) vs. 12) Utah St (24-3)

@KansasCity
3) Kansas (22-5) vs. 14) North Dakota St (19-6)
6) Utah (19-6) vs. 11) Virginia Tech (16-10)

@Miami
2) Memphis (24-3) vs. 15) Stephen F. Austin (13-7)
7) Dayton (23-4) vs. 10) LSU (23-4)


SOUTH

@Greensboro
1) North Carolina (23-3) vs. 16) Morgan St (17-10)
Syracuse (18-7) vs. 9) Kentucky (19-8 )

@Boise
4) Purdue (21-6) vs. 13) VCU (19-9)
5) Washington (20-7) vs. 12) UNLV (20-7)

@Minneapolis
3) Xavier (21-5) vs. 14) Weber St (17-8 )
6) Gonzaga (20-5) vs. 11) Boston College (19-9)

@Minneapolis
2) Louisville (21-5) vs. 15) Tennessee-Martin (17-7)
7) Texas (18-8 ) vs. 10) Minnesota (18-7)


MIDWEST

@Philadelphia
1) Connecticut (25-2) vs. 16) Robert Morris (19-10)
Tennessee (16-10) vs. 9) Arizona (18-8 )

@Portland
4) Missouri (22-4) vs. 13) Western Kentucky (18-8 )
5) Florida St (21-6) vs. 12) Michigan (16-10)

@Miami
3) Clemson (21-4) vs. 14) Buffalo (17-8 )
6) West Virginia (18-8 ) vs. 11) Oklahoma St (17-9)

@Dayton
2) Michigan St (20-5) vs. 15) Cornell (16-8 )
7) California (20-7) vs. 10) San Diego St (16-7)


WEST

@KansasCity
1) Oklahoma (25-2) vs. 16) Long Beach St (13-12)
Ohio St (17-7) vs. 9) BYU (19-6)

@Portland
4) Marquette (23-4) vs. 13) Creighton (23-6)
5) Arizona St (20-5) vs. 12) Davidson (21-6)

@Philadelphia
3) Villanova (21-5) vs. 14) American (19-7)
6) Butler (22-4) vs. 11) Wisconsin (16-9)

@Greensboro
2) Duke (21-5) vs. 15) Radford (14-10)
7) UCLA (20-7) vs. 10) South Carolina (19-6)

[TheAsianSensation]

Next 4 in:
Minnesota
LSU
Siena (in as autobid)
Wisconsin
Virginia Tech
Utah St (in as autobid)

Last 4 in:
UNLV
Davidson (in as autobid)
San Diego St
Michigan
Oklahoma St

Last 4 out:
Penn St (19-8 )
Providence (16-11)
Cincinnati (16-10)
Maryland (17-9)

Next 4 out:
USC (16-10)
Kansas St (18-8 )
St Mary's (20-5)
Notre Dame (14-11)

In play:
Georgetown (14-11)
Miami (15-10)
Creighton (in as autobid)
New Mexico (17-10)
Temple (16-9)
Texas A&M (18-8 )
UAB (19-8 )

We've seen stranger things happen:
Northern Iowa (17-10)
George Mason (18-9)
Illinois St (22-6)
Baylor (15-10)
Mississippi (15-11)
Mississippi St (16-10)
Northwestern (14-10)

Should feel OK about NIT chances:
St Joseph's (14-11)
Rhode Island (20-8 )
Niagara (22-7)
Northeastern (17-10)
Nebraska (16-9)

NIT bubble. On average, these spots will disappear:
Seton Hall (13-11)
Tulsa (17-9)
Wisconsin-Green Bay (20-7)
Cleveland St (17-9)
Nevada (15-10)
Auburn (16-10)

.com tournament

North Carolina St (15-10)
Bradley (15-12)
St Louis (16-10)
Miami OH (15-10)
Hofstra (18-9)
Washington St (14-13)
Boise St (16-9)
Evansville (14-11)
Houston (17-8 )
Portland (17-9)
Arkansas-Little Rock (20-7)
Wright St (16-12)
Drexel (15-11)
Wyoming (14-10)
Rider (16-11)
Duquense (15-9)

CBI:
Stanford (15-10)
Drake (16-12)
UTEP (16-10)
Central Florida (15-10)
New Mexico St (14-12)
Wisconsin-Milwaukee (13-12)
Old Dominion (18-9)
Binghamton (17-8 )
Belmont (17-9)
Liberty (16-9)
Akron (16-10)
Charleston (19-7)
Troy (16-11)
LaSalle (14-11)
VMI (16-7)
Kent St (15-11)