Bracketology...

[Maroon Eagle]

1-seed
x1 Arizona
x2 Kansas
x3 Florida
x7 Wichita State

2-seed
x5 Villanova
x10 Virginia
x12 Michigan
4 Wisconsin

3-seed
6 Syracuse
8 Duke
9 Creighton
11 Iowa State

4-seed
x14 Saint Louis
x19 New Mexico
18 North Carolina
21 UCLA

5-seed
x31 Louisville
17 Kentucky
15 Virginia Commonwealth
16 Cincinnati

6-seed
13 Massachusetts
20 Oklahoma
22 San Diego State
23 Michigan State

7-seed
24 Texas
25 Ohio State
26 Connecticut
x27 Gonzaga

8-seed
34 St. Joseph's
35 Kansas State
28 Arizona State
36 Southern Methodist

9-seed
29 Colorado
32 Memphis
33 Oregon
30 George Washington

10-seed
40 Stanford
36 Brigham Young
43 Iowa
45 Oklahoma State

11-seed
x41 North Dakota State
x38 Toledo
x37 Southern Miss
46 Xavier

12-seed
44 Pittsburgh
50 Dayton
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First Four
42 Baylor vs.
51 California
47 Minnesota vs.
48 Tennessee

13-seed
x52 Green Bay
x57 Harvard
x59 Belmont
x67 Stephen F. Austin

14-seed
x73 Iona
x75 Delaware
x85 Boston U.
x90 Georgia State

15-seed
x91 Mercer
x99 Vermont
x109 UC Irvine
x119 Robert Morris

16-seed
x120 NC Central
x132 Davidson
Play-in----
x144 Utah Valley vs.
x184 Weber State
x155 Southern vs.
x176 High Point

Ratings are RPI. x - conference leader/if tied, team with best RPI

Highest Top 50 team not in - 49 Missouri

 

[DerHntr]

If KU gets a one seed I will lose my mind. Everyone talks so highly about their conference, yet KU has won outright or shared the conference championship for ten years straight. Can you imagine SEC football being considered the greatest in the country yet only Bama winning it every year? Shirley one other team is consistently good enough during the year to win the conference.

Their conference is good and likely one of the hardest, but it ain't murderer's row like they claim. KU has 7 damn losses. Not a one seed.

 

[mstateglfr]

Who should be the 4th 1 seed?
Nova? Hell no.
Michigan?
Duke?
UVA?

I just dont see any of them being more impressive than KU.


As for the Big12, man that is a tough conference. There is just so much parity.

 

[DerHntr]

Who should be the 4th 1 seed?
Nova? Hell no.
Michigan?
Duke?
UVA?

I just dont see any of them being more impressive than KU.


As for the Big12, man that is a tough conference. There is just so much parity.

Villanova who beat KU earlier this year and who has only lost to Syracuse and Creighton.

 

[mstateglfr]

Nova is very good on D, from the few games Ive seen.
Otherwise, I just havent seen them enough to know. Ive seen 4 games, I think. Cuse, Iowa, and Creighton twice.

Maybe thats a big part of the problem- they just arent on primetime anymore. Not being part of the old BigEast has kept them the TV a lot.
Meanwhile, I have seen KU a ton and know what they have as a team.

 

[GloryDawg]

What is Ole Miss chances of getting into the NCAA torney?

 

[Maroon Eagle]

No chance for an at-large berth as they're 89th in RPI and tied for sixth in a terrible SEC. They have to win the conference tournament for the auto-bid.

 

[DerHntr]

Nova is very good on D, from the few games Ive seen.
Otherwise, I just havent seen them enough to know. Ive seen 4 games, I think. Cuse, Iowa, and Creighton twice.

Maybe thats a big part of the problem- they just arent on primetime anymore. Not being part of the old BigEast has kept them the TV a lot.
Meanwhile, I have seen KU a ton and know what they have as a team.

Yeah KU stays on TV here for sure. I watched a good bit of Nova this season, including that KU game. They may not have as strong of guard play as KU offensively, but they are ridiculous on D. I think the tournament these days lends itself to a strong, disciplined defense because so many of the powerhouse teams lack senior leadership. It just seems like the younger teams (with one and done happening often) don't handle adversity very well. A great defense is really frustrating.

Some commentators were talking about this over the weekend on ESPN and I for once agreed.