NCAA selection show- Wichita State gets a #5 seed, Creighton a #9 seed

[Da Coach]

Ohio State gets bumped from a #1 seed- the #1 seeds go to Kentucky, Syracuse, North Carolina, and Michigan State. Interesting that 3 of those four (except MSU) lost this weekend.

[Da Coach]

Wichita State gets a #5 seed and plays #12 VCU in Portland on Thursday.

[Da Coach]

Iona is a surprise to some. Not everyone had them in their bracket.
In fact, both Joe Lunardi and Jerry Palm had them among their First Four Out.

[TheAsianSensation]

Iona is a surprise to some. Not everyone had them in their bracket.
In fact, both Joe Lunardi and Jerry Palm had them among their First Four Out.

I did.

*flex*

[Da Coach]

Iona is a surprise to some. Not everyone had them in their bracket.
In fact, both Joe Lunardi and Jerry Palm had them among their First Four Out.

Probably bad news for Northwestern...

[Da Coach]

Another bubble team makes it- Texas as an 11 seed...worse news for Northwestern...

[Da Coach]

Creighton plays in the Midwest Regional and gets a lousy #8 seed and plays #9 seed Alabama in Greensboro, NC on Friday. Ouch! What a tough seed/matchup.

[Da Coach]

Cal makes it as an at-large team, so the Pac-12 will get 2 teams

[Old Coach]

Creighton plays in the Midwest Regional and gets a lousy #8 seed and plays #9 seed Alabama in Greensboro, NC on Friday. Ouch! What a tough seed/matchup.

I thought you were right on when you previously listed them as a #6. I think the 8 seed is a bit of a slap, and WSU got a tough 12 seed match-up.

[Da Coach]

Well, the award for the most deserving team not in, or the who got screwed the most award goes to Drexel. Their resume looks better than 3 or 4 of the at-large teams that did get in. But then if they did get in, probably Iona would have been out.

And again ironically, a number of midmajors are matched up against other good midmajors like Wichita State vs. VCU.

[Da Coach]

Here are the matchups-

SOUTH (Atlanta)

Louisville
Thursday, March 15
No.1 Kentucky vs. No. 16 Mississippi Valley State/Western Kentucky winner
No. 8 Iowa State vs. No. 9 Connecticut

Portland
Thursday, March 15
No. 5 Wichita State vs. No. 12 Virginia Commonwealth
No. 4 Indiana vs. No. 13 New Mexico State
Albuquerque
Thursday, March 15
No. 6 UNLV vs. No. 11 Colorado
No. 3 Baylor vs. No. 14 South Dakota State
Greensboro
Friday, March 16
No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Xavier
No. 2 Duke vs. No. 15 Lehigh

WEST (Phoenix)

Columbus
Friday, March 16
No. 1 Michigan State vs. No. 16 LIU Brooklyn
No. 8 Memphis vs. No. 9 Saint Louis

Portland
Thursday, March 15
No. 5 New Mexico vs. No. 12 Long Beach State
No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 13 Davidson
Louisville
Thursday, March 15
No. 6 Murray State vs. No. 11 Colorado State
No. 3 Marquette vs. No. 14 BYU/Iona winner
Omaha
Friday, March 16
No. 7 Florida vs. No. 10 Virginia
No. 2 Missouri vs. No. 15 Norfolk State

EAST (Boston)

Pittsburgh
Thursday, March 15
No. 1 Syracuse vs. No. 16 UNC-Asheville
No. 8 Kansas State vs. No. 9 Southern Miss

Albuquerque
Thursday, March 15
No. 5 Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Harvard
No. 4 Wisconsin vs. No. 13 Montana
Nashville
Friday, March 16
No. 6 Cincinnati vs. No. 11 Texas
No. 3 Florida State vs. No. 14 St. Bonaventure
Pittsburgh
Thursday, March 15
No. 7 Gonzaga vs. No. 10 West Virginia
No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 15 Loyola (MD)

MIDWEST (St. Louis)

Greensboro
Friday, March 16
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 16 Lamar/Vermont winner
No. 8 Creighton vs. No. 9 Alabama

Nashville
Friday, March 16
No. 5 Temple vs. No. 12 California/USF winner
No. 4 Michigan vs. No. 13 Ohio
Columbus
Friday, March 16
No. 6 San Diego State vs. No. 11 NC State
No. 3 Georgetown vs. No. 14 Belmont
Omaha
Friday, March 16
No. 7 Saint Mary's vs. No. 10 Purdue
No. 2 Kansas vs. No. 15 Detroit

[lefty]

Well, the award for the most deserving team not in, or the who got screwed the most award goes to Drexel. Their resume looks better than 3 or 4 of the at-large teams that did get in. But then if they did get in, probably Iona would have been out.

And again ironically, a number of midmajors are matched up against other good midmajors like Wichita State vs. VCU.

CU got a tough draw but the match ups seem pretty fair. there are some mids against each other, some mids against BCS, and BCS against BCS the first round.

[Da Coach]

The CBS guys just pointed out that there are 11 non-BCS at-large teams in the tournament, the most since 2006 (I think). So maybe we should be happy for that.

[TheAsianSensation]

Wichita St was 19 on the S-Curve and Creighton 29. A bit low on both but not unreasonable.

[Da Coach]

The chairman of the committee was interviewed by CBS, and he emphasized that SOS was now the most important thing in making their decisions. Of course, when the midmajors figured out how to boost their RPIs, the big boys had to change the rules. Even the "eye test" that the last couple committees claimed was so important, was never mentioned this time. Now it's all about SOS, which is like the trump card they were looking for, since the midmajors can never get their SOS quite as high as the power conference guys, mainly because the big boys refuse to play the mids.