Bracket
Mar 17th, 2008
So, I ended making four misses total, which isn't a disaster, considering it was the first year for a new system. I'm pretty happy with it overall, and I'll see about working on fine-tuning it over the summer.
So here, I'm going to try to take a regular look at who's in and out,and how seeding is looking, by using a combination of my own rankings, the RPI, and Ken Pomeroy's Pythagorean rankings. I'd appreciate any feedback that poeple are willing to give on this one, so e-mail elobasketball@gmail.com if you have something to say.
I have 19 conferences as single-bid conferences right now. This leaves 46 bids for the other 12 conferences.
Two bids: CAA, MVC, SBC
Three bids: A-10, MWC, WCC
Four bids: Big 10
Five bids: ACC, Big XII, Pac-10, SEC
Seven bids: Big East
Last Four In: Virginia Tech, South Alabama, Miami FL, Virginia Commonwealth
Last Four Out: Massachusetts, Villanova, Baylor, UAB
Next Four Out: Ohio St., Oregon, Dayton, Kentucky
The seeds:
#1 - Memphis, UCLA, UNC, Kansas
#2 - Wisconsin, Tennessee, Texas, Duke
#3 - Georgetown, Louisville, Stanford, Xavier
#4 - Drake, Clemson, Washington St., Michigan St.
#5 - Pittsburgh, Marquette, Connecticut, Butler
#6 - Notre Dame, Davidson, West Virginia, Gonzaga
#7 - Brigham Young, Southern California, Indiana, Purdue
#8 - Vanderbilt, Mississippi St., UNLV, Kent St.
#9 - Texas A&M , Oklahoma, Arkansas, Western Kentucky
#10 - New Mexico, St. Mary's, Kansas St., Illinois St.
#11 - Temple, Arizona, Saint Joseph's, Virginia Tech
#12 - South Alabama, Miami FL, Virginia Commonwealth, Oral Roberts
#13 - George Mason, Siena, Cal St. Fullerton, Cornell
#14 - Portland St., Boise St., Winthrop, Belmont
#15 - MD Baltimore County, San Diego, Georgia, American
#16 - Austin Peay, Mount St. Mary's, Texas Arlington
Play-in - Mississippi Valley St., Coppin St.