Bracketology 7.0: Mountain West Surpasses SEC

by Zach Bell on Mar 3, 2009 1:38 PM PST

East	South	Midwest	West
Boston, MA	Memphis, TN	Indianapolis, IN	Glendale, AZ
Philadelphia	Dayton	Greensboro	Greensboro
1 Pittsburgh	1 Connecticut	1 North Carolina	1 Memphis
16 Tenn-Martin	16 American	16 Play-In Game	16 Robert Morris
8 Cal	8 Providence	8 BYU	8 Boston College
9 Dayton	9 Texas	9 Wisconsin	9 Penn State
Portland	Boise	Boise	Portland
5 Purdue	5 UCLA	5 Missouri	5 Clemson
12 New Mexico	12 Utah State	12 Arizona	12 Davidson
4 LSU	4 Gonzaga	4 Florida State	4 Xavier
13 VCU	13 UNLV	13 Arkansas-LR	13 Weber State
Minneapolis	Kansas City	Miami	Miami
6 Arizona State	6 Illinois	6 Butler	6 Marquette
11 Ohio State	11 Siena	11 Creighton	11 Kansas State
3 Michigan State	3 Villanova	3 Wake Forest	3 Washington
14 Vermont	14 Buffalo	14 Stephen F. Austin	14 Radford
Minneapolis	Philadelphia	Dayton	Kansas City
7 Tennessee	7 West Virginia	7 Utah	7 Syracuse
10 Minnesota	10 South Carolina	10 Oklahoma State	10 Maryland
2 Oklahoma	2 Duke	2 Louisville	2 Kansas
15 Cornell	15 Cal St. North	15 North Dakota St.	15 Morgan State

Play-In Game: Jacksonville v. Alabama State

Last Four In: Arizona, UNLV, Kansas State, Ohio State

Last Four Out: Florida, San Diego St., Cincinnati, St. Mary's

Out This Week: Long Beach St., Notre Dame, Cincinnati, Kentucky, Florida, Virginia Tech

In This Week: Cal St. Northridge, Providence, Minnesota, UNLV, New Mexico, Oklahoma State

continue reading for the conference breakdown...

Conference Breakdown
Big East (8), ACC (7),Big Ten (7), Big XII (6), Pac-10 (5), MWC (4), SEC (3), A-10 (2)

America East - Vermont

ACC - North Carolina, Duke, Clemson, Wake Forest, Florida State, Boston College, Maryland

Atlantic Sun - Jacksonville

A-10 - Xavier, Dayton

Big East - Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Marquette, Villanova, Syracuse, West Virginia, Providence

Big Sky - Weber State

Big South - Radford

Big Ten - Michigan State, Ohio State, Illinois, Purdue, Penn State, Wisconsin, Minnesota

Big XII - Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State

Big West - Cal St. Northridge

Colonial - VCU

Conference USA - Memphis

Horizon - Butler

Ivy - Cornell

MAAC - Siena

MAC - Buffalo

MEAC - Morgan State

MVC - Creighton

MWC - Utah, BYU, New Mexico, UNLV

Northeast - Robert Morris

Ohio Valley - Morehead State

Pac-10 - UCLA, California, Arizona State, Washington, Arizona

Patriot - American

SEC - LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee

Southern - Davidson

Southland - Stephen F. Austin

Summit - North Dakota State

Sun Belt - Arkansas-LR

SWAC - Alabama State

WAC - Utah State

WCC - Gonzaga

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4 seed is a bit high...

Don’t get me wrong, I would certainly love to play in Boise as a 4 seed, however, I see a 5-7 more likely. Remember I believe last year when Butler finished with a ranking of 10 and received the 7 seed? The committee doesn’t smile upon mid-majors unless you’re playing damn near flawlessly (Memphis).
We have a history of being screwed in this department. Four is lofty. IF we win the WCC I believe we could get as high as a five seed, but a 6 or 7 is what we’ll get. The stretch at the end of December really is going to hurt us. Sports analysts won’t forgive the Portland St. loss, and our chance to redeem against a top team, Memphis, we pulled a disappearing act.
Thoughts?

by dnj116 on Mar 3, 2009 2:42 PM PST reply actions

Four is lofty but

This is an odd year in college basketball with plenty of teams dangling on that mediocre line. I mean, who would have thought Florida State would be in contention for a four or five seed at the start of the season. You are more than right about the way mid-majors tend to get treated in seeding. Butler was hosed last year and a few years back, Gonzaga was treated the same way. Most of the teams on the five line will probably be above Gonzaga on most national bracketologies but I don’t view Purdue or Missouri as being a better team than Gonzaga at this point.

I see the Zags landing in the 4-6 range based on how they perform in the WCC tournament.

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by Zach Bell on Mar 3, 2009 10:34 PM PST up reply actions

better than football

Hey, at least we get a chance, us, George Mason, Davidson, etc. have a slim chance in hoops. In football, none of the little guys get a chance at the title. I know about App. State over Michigan, but I am talking about Utah or Boise State getting a shot at the BCS Title game.

Josh Normand

by Jmnor8 on Mar 3, 2009 10:08 PM PST reply actions