TAS Bracketology 2009

[TheAsianSensation]

We haven't heard much on Creighton because they were the projected autobid for awhile. Now that UNI is considered the current autobid because of the tiebreak, he's forced to look at Creighton as an at-large.

1-0 vs. the top 50 is not the kind of stat you want associated with you. Nor their paltry non-con SoS.

Rather amusingly, the entire Valley needs ISU to absolutely lay an egg against Creighton in the semis coming up, and then for a team on the other side of the bracket (us, duh) to then win.

[TheAsianSensation]

We could see some crazy stuff.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3948842&name=katz_andy

An extra game to showcase Mills to the committee? Oh my.

[pfunk880]

We could see some crazy stuff.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3948842&name=katz_andy

An extra game to showcase Mills to the committee? Oh my.

That's unique.

[MacabreMob]

We could see some crazy stuff.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3948842&name=katz_andy

An extra game to showcase Mills to the committee? Oh my.

Catch the bottom of that article? Talked about ND and Baylor spinning out of contention for an NCAA at large bid. Then said "Both teams will likely be in either the NIT or CBI." What? No mention of the CI.com tourney?

[TheAsianSensation]

CIT is on TV. CBI isn't.

God I hate ESPN.

[TheAsianSensation]

I plan to do a full-blown bubble watch tonight, if all goes well. Complete analysis, over several posts, of the entire bubble. It'll give me a good chance to make fun of Gary Williams over and over again.

[MacabreMob]

I plan to do a full-blown bubble watch tonight, if all goes well. Complete analysis, over several posts, of the entire bubble. It'll give me a good chance to make fun of Gary Williams over and over again.

Maryland is hanging on the bubble... but they are running out of chances. They have one game left in the ACC before the ACC Tourney and that's at home against Virginia. That one isn't gonna help and it could only hurt. They will have to make a run in the ACC Tourney to be kept in consideration.

But then again, they lost at home to Morgan St!

They lost at Clemson by almsot 30 points!!

They lost at Duke by 41 points!!!

[TheAsianSensation]

Hey now. Morgan State leads the MEAC. Respect the MEAC.

Oh, this is going to be fun.

[Bravesfan]

We could see some crazy stuff.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3948842&name=katz_andy

An extra game to showcase Mills to the committee? Oh my.

What? I've never heard of such a thing! Well, to each his or her own I guess.

[TheAsianSensation]

I won't do full breakdowns tonight. No time.

Let's just laugh at Kentucky instead. They just crapped the bed against Georgia. At home.

In a related note, Kentucky's message board currently has 11,000 posters viewing.

[TheAsianSensation]

Allow me a vent.

Remember 3 years ago when high RPIs were all the rage? MSU missing with a 21? Hofstra with a 29? Team RPI was a major factor in everyone's reasoning.

And yet it appears, 3 years later, the NCAA has successfully taught everyone not to hype RPI.


And now they're telling us conference RPI is meaningless - just as the MVC started to crack the top 8 on a consistent basis.

CONSPIRACY!

It's too bad we have rotating committee members. Each person values their own aspect of the resume, so naturally, the selection criteria changes. I'd like to see some uniformity for once for the next few years.

[MacabreMob]

Yea... I remember the knock on Mo St in 2006 was their top 50 RPI wins came from inside their conference only.

Hmmmm.... wonder who will get in this year with that same kind of portfolio... but it will be a BCS conference team.

[TheAsianSensation]

Yea... I remember the knock on Mo St in 2006 was their top 50 RPI wins came from inside their conference only.

Hmmmm.... wonder who will get in this year with that same kind of portfolio... but it will be a BCS conference team.

What year DOESN'T have a dozen teams with that quality

[TheAsianSensation]

And everyone's second-favorite bracketologist:

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

If one of the byproducts of this madness is 8 B10 teams and 7 ACC and BE teams, I will laugh.

Creighton's moving on up. Beyond last 4 in at this point.

Do you realize how close we are to a 2-bid SEC? You, know, in fact, I might have a 2-bid SEC in my projections later. We'll see.

[MacabreMob]

And everyone's second-favorite bracketologist:

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

If one of the byproducts of this madness is 8 B10 teams and 7 ACC and BE teams, I will laugh.

Creighton's moving on up. Beyond last 4 in at this point.

Do you realize how close we are to a 2-bid SEC?

Yea... it's gonna be a crappy tourney. I will likely not watch after the first couple rounds. Same for the NIT... I think it will get a lot of Auto-Qualifiers and a bunch of BCS schools (along with a couple Mid-Majors getting 5 and 6 seeds).