re: Bracketology - UPDATED 3/15

pj let these kids know bout dem CAHDS brah

yeah, just have to hope they show up and dont get bounced by pitt again this year


last year made me sick, pitt sucked

I have the Ville getting that one seed, due to the Pitt/U Conn macthup, which I now think Pitt wins. U Conn cannot possibly get a 1 seed with 0-2 vs. Pitt (maybe even 0-3???)

My one seeds, based on projected strength are:

1. Pitt (Will finish Big East Tourney Runner-up)
2. UNC (will win ACC Tourney)
3. Louisville (will win Big East Tourney)
4. Oklahoma (will finish Big 12 tourney runner-up)

Two seeds:

5. Kansas (Late surge and Big XII Tourney just not quite enough for a team that was unranked a little over a month ago)
6. U Conn (2 seed by virtue that the committee won't allow three #1's from the same conference)
7. Memphis (Cakewalk into Selection Sunday...bubble teams better hope so anyway)
8. Michigan State (Big Ten Champs; Big Ten Tourney Runner up)

I don't disagree in the slightest with you, Pisces, but I want to see the Pitt/UConn game first. Maybe I'm a gigantic vag, but I can't call the game yet. If UConn wins, then my board stays the same, if not, and Louisville doesn't royally screw up between now and MSG, then I bump them.

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In other words, the Big East tourney has more play on the overall selected field than anything.

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+25038483202

MSG is going to play an unbelievably huge role this year. So many teams can play their way in or out, and top seeds will be on the line, perhaps in direct competition.

ETA: I'd give a good bit to be at MSG for that one.

Notre Dame, IMO needs to get to the finals to get a bid.

Providence, WVU, and Syracuse need to win their first round games, to be safe.

Georgetown needs a miracle

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kansas

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lol

It's to reward the top teams with byes, and rightfully so. The 1 seed shouldn't have to win 5 straight. You don't want to tire your best teams out before the NCAA tournament.

Everyone except 225:

Sometimes you might look and not see your team in there and then you may see them 30 minutes later. This process sort of requires me to do that. It's a total craps shoot mixed in with some logic. I had the Buckeyes out yesterday for about an hour and then I compared their body of work with 4 other similar teams in the Big Ten. I figured the 2nd best rpi conference would get 8 in, so instead of putting an extra team from the SEC in, I put the Buckeyes back in at a 12. Lots of factors to weigh in and that is why I am constantly updating.

The only logic, seriously, is dividing the 13-16's properly. All else, at this point is total guessing and playing off of history.