TAS Bracketology 2011 Edition

[TheAsianSensation]

And this part helps me bracketize more than it helps you inform.

Big Sky
Northern Colorado (12-9) (10-2) RPI 135 SoS 227
Montana (15-7) (9-3) RPI 123 SoS 268

Big West
Long Beach St (12-10) (9-2) RPI 111 SoS 109
Pacific (11-10) (5-5) RPI 129 SoS 134

MAAC
Fairfield (18-5) (11-2) RPI 105 SoS 300
Rider (17-8 )(9-4) RPI 109 SoS 229
St Peter's (14-10) (9-4) RPI 143 SoS 233
Iona (14-10) (8-5) RPI 116 SoS 114

MAC - no miracle shot this year
Kent St (15-7) (7-2) RPI 92 SoS 158
Buffalo (14-7) (7-3) RPI 144 SoS 294
It's a mess in the MAC. I'm disappointed.

MEAC
Hampton (17-5) (8-2) RPI 137 SoS 334 - 1-0 vs. RPI Top 100!

Northeast
Long Island (19-5) (11-2) RPI 122 SoS 318
Central Connecticut St (17-7) (10-3) RPI 134 SoS 317

OVC
Murray St (17-6) (11-3) RPI 115 SoS 258
Morehead St (16-8 )(10-4) RPI 114 SoS 216
Austin Peay (13-11) (9-5) RPI 133 SoS 150

Patriot
Bucknell (17-8 )(8-1) RPI 91 SoS 188
American (16-8 )(6-3) RPI 110 SoS 228

SoCon
Charleston (18-7) (11-2) RPI 78 SoS 179
Furman (16-7) (10-4) RPI 125 SoS 305

Southland
Northwestern St (13-9) (7-3) RPI 241 SoS 345

SWAC
Texas Southern (11-10) (9-1) RPI 200 SoS 311

Summit
Oakland (16-9) (12-1) RPI 85 SoS 152
IUPUI (13-11) (9-4) RPI 97 SoS 97

Sun Belt
Florida Atlantic (16-8 )(10-2) RPI 101 SoS 213

Utah Valley (10-10) (6-1) leads the haphazard Great West, and there are no independents worth talking about.

[SFP]

TAS great reporting AGAIN!

[TheAsianSensation]

Pittsburgh to the #1 overall seed if they hold tonight.

The 1 line
Pittsburgh
Ohio St (flip these 2 if Pitt loses)
Texas
Kansas

The 2 line
Duke
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
BYU

[TheAsianSensation]

Also, I'd post the 3 line and the 4 line, but it would look like a war zone that the Big East invaded. Louisville, Connecticut, Georgetown, Villanova, and maybe even Syracuse.

[TheAsianSensation]

The 1 line
Pittsburgh
Ohio St
Texas
Kansas

The 2 line
Duke
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
BYU

The 3 line
San Diego St
Georgetown
Florida
Purdue

The 4 line
Connecticut
Villanova
Louisville
Syracuse

The 5 line
Arizona
North Carolina
West Virginia
Vanderbilt

The 6 line
Texas A&M
Xavier
Kentucky
Florida St

The 7 line
St John's
Missouri
Illinois
Tennessee

The 8 line
St Mary's
Temple
Washington
Utah St

The 9 line
Old Dominion
Minnesota
UCLA
Marquette

The 10 line
Boston College
Virginia Tech
UNLV
George Mason

The 11 line
Cincinnati
Georgia
Wichita St
Memphis

The 12 line
Missouri St
Colorado St
Baylor
Richmond
Michigan St
Valparaiso

The 13 line
UTEP
Charleston
Belmont
Coastal Carolina

The 14 line
Oakland
Princeton
Vermont
Fairfield

The 15 line
Kent St
Bucknell
Murray St
Long Beach St

The 16 line
Montana
Florida Atlantic
Hampton
Long Island
Texas St
Texas Southern

Next 4 in
Cincinnati
Georgia
Wichita St
Memphis

Last 4 in
Colorado St
Baylor
Richmond
Michigan St

Last 4 out
Alabama
New Mexico
Duquesne
Harvard

Next 4 out
Clemson
VCU
UAB
Butler

On the board
Oklahoma St
Washington St
Gonzaga
Cleveland St
Maryland
Southern Miss
Kansas St
Northern Iowa
Colorado
Mississippi
Michigan
Dayton
Miami
Rhode Island
Penn St
USC
-cutoff for probable NIT bid (24 at large bids)---
Drexel
Northwestern

[TheAsianSensation]

EAST

@Cleveland
1) Pittsburgh vs. 16) Hampton/Texas St
Washington vs. 9) Minnesota

@Tuscon
4) Syracuse vs. 13) UTEP
5) Texas A&M vs. 12) Colorado St/Richmond

@Tuscon
3) San Diego St vs. 14) Vermont
6) Kentucky vs. 11) Wichita St

@Chicago
2) Wisconsin vs. 15) Bucknell
7) St John's vs. 10) George Mason

WEST

@Tulsa
1) Kansas vs. 16) Florida Atlantic
St Mary's vs. 9) Old Dominion

@Denver
4) Connecticut vs. 13) Charleston
5) Vanderbilt vs. 12) Michigan St/Baylor

@Charlotte
3) Georgetown vs. 14) Oakland
6) Florida St vs. 11) Georgia

@Denver
2) BYU vs. 15) Long Beach St
7) Illinois vs. 10) Marquette

SOUTHWEST

@Tulsa
1) Texas vs. 16) Montana
Utah St vs. 9) UCLA

@DC
4) Villanova vs. 13) Belmont
5) North Carolina vs. 12) Missouri St

@DC
3) Purdue vs. 14) Princeton
6) Xavier vs. 11) Cincinnati

@Chicago
2) Notre Dame vs. 15) Kent St
7) Tennessee vs. 10) Virginia Tech

SOUTH

@Cleveland
1) Ohio St vs. 16) Long Island/Texas Southern
Temple vs. 9) Boston College

@Tampa
4) Louisville vs. 13) Coastal Carolina
5) Arizona vs. 12) Valparaiso

@Tampa
3) Florida vs. 14) Fairfield
6) West Virginia vs. 11) Memphis

@Charlotte
2) Duke vs. 15) Murray St
7) Missouri vs. 10) UNLV


Break it down!
Big East 11
Big 10 6
ACC 5
Big 12 5
SEC 5
MWC 4
Pac 10 3
A-10 3
CUSA 2
CAA 2
MVC 2

[Bravesfan]

So you still have Illinois as a 7 seed even after today's game? And 6 from the Big Ten? Maybe so, but a couple of those teams seem to be doing all they can to play their way out of the tournament!

[TheAsianSensation]

So you still have Illinois as a 7 seed even after today's game? And 6 from the Big Ten? Maybe so, but a couple of those teams seem to be doing all they can to play their way out of the tournament!

Probably still a 7 seed. They've simply got better wins that the teams behind them.

I have the Big 10 with 6, but that's the maximum they can reasonably hope for in March. I can't even believe I have Michigan St in this field right now.

[Bravesfan]

Probably still a 7 seed. They've simply got better wins that the teams behind them.

I have the Big 10 with 6, but that's the maximum they can reasonably hope for in March. I can't even believe I have Michigan St in this field right now.

Well Joe Lunardi has Illinois as a 7 seed as of this afternoon, but I find it hard to believe the committee would take any under .500 team from the Big Ten. Also Lunardi dumped Wichita St. out of the tournament for now, but I find it hard to believe both WSU and MSU won't be in if they both win outside of their head to head matchup at the end of the regular season.

[TheAsianSensation]

Well Joe Lunardi has Illinois as a 7 seed as of this afternoon, but I find it hard to believe the committee would take any under .500 team from the Big Ten. Also Lunardi dumped Wichita St. out of the tournament for now, but I find it hard to believe both WSU and MSU won't be in if they both win outside of their head to head matchup at the end of the regular season.

I think a Big 10 team could get away with 8-10 this year if the losses are in the right places. As always, conference SoS will play a bigger role than everyone realizes.

[Bravesfan]

I think a Big 10 team could get away with 8-10 this year if the losses are in the right places. As always, conference SoS will play a bigger role than everyone realizes.

Well they are the number two conference in the RPI, so we'll see if the committee agrees with you TAS.

[TheAsianSensation]

Well they are the number two conference in the RPI, so we'll see if the committee agrees with you TAS.

If they did, we would've had more mid-majors in the tourney by now.

Looks like all the principal bubble players get the wins they need tonight, pending a couple results. In particular, George Mason throttles VCU in their own building and there's a clear top 2 in the CAA.

[Bravesfan]

If they did, we would've had more mid-majors in the tourney by now.

Looks like all the principal bubble players get the wins they need tonight, pending a couple results. In particular, George Mason throttles VCU in their own building and there's a clear top 2 in the CAA.

Yeah, the CAA looks good for two bids, maybe even three if a couple upsets occur in their conference tourney.

[TheAsianSensation]

In happer bubble news yesterday, it looks like we get to pop Gary Williams' bubble any day now.

[TheAsianSensation]

Sorry for the lack of updates, but frankly, as far as the MVC goes, this is a wasteland. Hope is just about gone.

The CAA has locked into multibid status.