2011 Bracketology

[BradleyJD]

Looks like only Wichita State will represent the Valley next year.

http://beyondthearc.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/04/05/2258350.aspx

..and that's as an 11 seed!

No Valley respect yet

[Da Coach]

IMO, the MVC gets back to multiple bids next year.

[Bravesfan]

IMO, the MVC gets back to multiple bids next year.

I agree, be it 65 teams or 96 teams. If 65 teams, we get at least 2 teams in. If the tournament expands to 96 teams, we get 3 or 4 for sure.

[Future Walk-On]

He seems to agree with me...The big ten will be the toughest conference in the nation!

[PTownHawkeye]

I think Wichita will get an 8 seed, MSU will be a 15 seed, UNI gets an 18 seed, and BU makes the tourney as a 20 seed.

I'm especially looking forward to Bradley's coveted matchup between the 13 and 20 seeds...I hear it will be the "new 5-12" matchup with one of the lower seeds winning every year!

Sadly, this will probably become the new rhetoric for the tourney.

[JMM28]

Sadly, this will probably become the new rhetoric for the tourney.

I think 96 teams is the equivalent of the IHSA going to the 4 class system. It ruined the excitement and buzz around that one, it will probably do the same with this one.

But everyone needs a participation ribbon!

[Future Walk-On]

I think 96 teams is the equivalent of the IHSA going to the 4 class system. It ruined the excitement and buzz around that one, it will probably do the same with this one.

But everyone needs a participation ribbon!

IHSA moving from 2 classes to 4 classes ruined everything....

[PTownHawkeye]

I think 96 teams is the equivalent of the IHSA going to the 4 class system. It ruined the excitement and buzz around that one, it will probably do the same with this one.

But everyone needs a participation ribbon!

Agreed, great analogy. Heck, Iowa has 4 classes in HS and it is comical because it seems like every recruit in either basketball or football from the state of Iowa has won multiple state championships. In a perfect world, Illinois would have 2 classes for bball, 4 for football, and a small state like Iowa would only have 1 or 2 classes.

Oh yeah, and the NCAA tourney would stay at 65 teams.

[Future Walk-On]

Agreed, great analogy. Heck, Iowa has 4 classes in HS and it is comical because it seems like every recruit in either basketball or football from the state of Iowa has won multiple state championships. In a perfect world, Illinois would have 2 classes for bball, 4 for football, and a small state like Iowa would only have 1 or 2 classes.

Oh yeah, and the NCAA tourney would stay at 65 teams.

and Brandon Knight would choose BU

[SaintLouBrave22]

From Northwestern on expanding to 96 teams:



So you're saying there's a chance....