Weird Science: Bracketology Version 1.0

by Zach Bell on Jan 19, 2009 11:47 PM PST

Thanks to the nice holiday which left us with nothing to do all day, we decided to see if we could project the brackets better than the experts. We will try and keep it updated every week along with our WCC power rankings, roundups, etc..

We have assembled what we think are the 65 best teams in the nation at this point in time. Sadly for Gonzaga fans, two bubble teams which beat Gonzaga did not make our list. Arizona and Utah, at this point, are on the outside looking in. Portland State also does not project into the field at this point. Obviously, plenty of things can change between now and March so this is, by no means, final.

We know we've got plenty of lurkers so let us know what you think, and argue if you must!

The play-in game will feature Hampton v. Alabama St.

East	South	Midwest	West
Boston, MA	Memphis, TN	Indianapolis, IN	Glendale, AZ
Kansas City	Greensboro	Greensboro	Dayton
1 Pittsburgh	1 Wake Forest	1 Duke	1 Connecticut
16 Austin Peay	16 American	16 Play-In Game	16 Robert Morris
8 Kansas	8 Michigan	8 Baylor	8 Kentucky
9 St. Mary's	9 Florida State	9 West Virginia	9 Wisconsin
Portland	Boise	Minneapolis	Portland
5 Minnesota	5 California	5 Gonzaga	5 Ohio State
12 USC	12 Missouri	12 BYU	12 Stanford
4 Georgetown	4 Notre Dame	4 Xavier	4 Arizona St.
13 Weber State	13 George Mason	13 Western Kentucky	13 Siena
Miami	Minneapolis	Boise	Miami
6 Butler	6 Illinois	6 UCLA	6 Purdue
11 Texas A&M	11 Washington	11 Dayton	11 Virginia Tech
3 Marquette	3 Clemson	3 Syracuse	3 Texas
14 Long Beach State	14 Miami (OH)	14 Stephen F. Austin	14 VMI
Kansas City	Dayton	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
7 Tennessee	7 Memphis	7 Miami (Fl)	7 Florida
10 Davidson	10 Arkansas	10 Villanova	10 Utah State
2 North Carolina	2 Michigan State	2 Louisville	2 Oklahoma
15 Cornell	15 Albany	15 North Dakota St.	15 E. Tennessee St.

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Love the brackets

It will be an interesting backet this year with no west coast team as a real dominante power; but by season’s end that could all be different. I hope this becomes a weekly thing. Any chance a last four in, last four out?

by James Buchanan on Jan 20, 2009 1:03 PM PST reply actions

We'll have the last four in/out stuff next week

just wanted to set this guy up as a baseline and then we would build from there. I’m surprised there aren’t more disagreements, usually these things get people fired up.

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by Zach Bell on Jan 20, 2009 1:53 PM PST up reply actions

I'm glad Nebraska's not in there

by James Buchanan on Jan 20, 2009 6:31 PM PST up reply actions

Sorry for the delay....

I am still reeling from this past weekend living it up like you guys…but back to the important stuff. I still think the Zags are gonna be placed in Portland…there’s a lot of politics that go on during Selection Sunday and after last year they owe GU a favor. In your bracket, look how easy it would be to switch Minnesota and Gonzaga. Both are close to home and I would rather play USC then BYU….smart teams always mess with us…

by DKZagBlazer on Jan 20, 2009 8:51 PM PST reply actions

UCLA????

C’mon, you have UCLA as a 6 Seed? Are you kidding me??? They have a better record than Gonzaga and are a better team right now.

by desmet on Jan 20, 2009 8:59 PM PST reply actions

This could all change soon with UCLA

remember it is going to be a sliding scale and right now I like Gonzaga’s body of work more than UCLA’s. They played two big nonconference games and lost them both to Michigan and Texas. Aside from a very nice win against Arizona, there Pac-10 schedule has been a little weak. We’ll find out more about the Bruins when the trek up to the Northwest and take on the Washington schools

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by Zach Bell on Jan 20, 2009 9:18 PM PST up reply actions