2009 Bracketology Thoughts, Pt. â?¬

[Maroon Eagle]

The previous entry can be found here.

Taken from collegerpi.com this time.

1-seed
x2 Oklahoma
x3 Connecticut
x4 North Carolina
1 Pittsburgh

2-seed
x6 Michigan State
x7 Memphis
5 Duke
8 Xavier

3-seed
9 Villanova
10 Clemson
16 Wake Forest
17 Louisville

4-seed
x11 Utah
12 Kansas
15 Illinois
24 Marquette

5-seed
x21 Butler
x22 Washington
x25 Dayton
18 Tennessee

6-seed
13 West Virginia
19 Syracuse
20 Florida State
27 Arizona State

7-seed
23 California
26 Ohio State
x30 Gonzaga
32 UCLA

8-seed
x31 Siena
x41 LSU
28 Purdue
39 UAB

9-seed
x33 Utah State
34 Temple
40 Texas
42 South Carolina

10-seed
36 Minnesota
35 BYU
43 Arizona
29 Wisconsin

11-seed
45 Florida
46 San Diego State
51 Boston College
x50 Davidson

12-seed
48 Cincinnati
59 Kentucky
56 UNLV
44 Southern California

13-seed
x77 Northeastern
x80 American
x83 Northern Iowa
x84 Buffalo

14-seed
x92 Arkansas-Little Rock
x96 Weber State
x108 Vermont
x109 Robert Morris

15-seed
x111 Cornell
x118 North Dakota State
x127 Sam Houston
x148 Jacksonville

16-seed
x152 Radford
x154 Cal State Northridge
x163 Morgan State
Play-in
x166 Morehead State
x221 Alabama State

Last Four In: Look at the 12-seeds. Last Four Out: Providence, Georgetown, Oklahoma State, and Miami (FL).</p>

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

I question that KY will make it, with games left against
Vandy, Tn, South Carolina, LSU, and Fla. ... tough road if you are sort of on the bubble.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

...but didn't.

Tennessee is LSU's only good victory. I don't know if Kentucky will make it either; the Wildcats need to go 4-2 to get in the tournament.

 

[Frances Drebin]

...you have Memphis a little high for today, although they have a good chance of running the table, and if they do, they'll likely be ranked top 3 going into the tournament. UAB is probably more of a bubble team than you have them, but they certainly have a shot to play their way in with a game against Memphis. I think Tennessee will be a four seed before it's over...RPI too high even with the losses. I think you have LSU ranked about right.

This year will be interesting. There is no clear-cut number one. UConn looks to be the cream, but I think they can be beat. There's probably 12 teams that can win it all if things fall right.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

...as far as being placed as a 2-seed is concerned.

To borrow some cycling terms, the 1-seeds are the ones who've broken away. The Spartans have left the peloton and are trying to be the bridge. Duke, Memphis, Xavier, and the 3-seeds are the leaders of the peloton. MSU is looking more and more like a domestique.