2009 NCAA Tournament Mock Selection Committee

[Guest]

Down goes Arizona, are they done?

[bukie]

Down goes Arizona, are they done?

Well, it wasn't a bad loss, but they've really struggled down the stretch, Clemson/Marquette-style (tough schedule at end of year). However, where Clemson/Marquette can afford to tumble from a 2-3 seed to a 5-6 seed, Arizona really couldn't afford to tumble from a 9-10 seed.

 

I think they're done, but a lot of committee members liked them, likely because of some good non-con wins.

[SouthSideRyan]

Down goes Arizona, are they done?

 

BIAS

[Guest]

Down goes Arizona, are they done?

 

BIAS

 

Hey now, I didn't interject when you were saying UCLA was worse than Kansas, Washington, Mizzou and Nova.

[bukie]

Today, on "How bad is the SWAC?": Jackson State went 1-11 in non-conference. They're the 2-seed in the SWAC tournament.

[SouthSideRyan]

Arizona has no bad losses. The problem is they have a lot of them(13) On the flip side, they have wins over UCLA, Washington, Kansas, and Gonzaga.

[CubInOK]

Today, on "How bad is the SWAC?": Jackson State went 1-11 in non-conference. They're the 2-seed in the SWAC tournament.

Well what do you expect from a conference with 5 (yes, 5) out of conference D1 wins?

[bukie]

Texas squeaks by Kansas State, and will play Baylor in the semifinals.

[Z38Cubs]

Florida St.

Gonzaga

Xavier

Illinois

 

 

Arizona St.

Marquette

West Virginia

Purdue

BYU

California

Butler

Tennessee

LSU

Texas

Utah

Wisconsin

Michigan

Oklahoma St.

Boston College

Texas A&M

 

 

Siena

VCU

Cleveland St.

Northern Iowa

Western Kentucky

North Dakota St.

Portland St.

East Tennessee St.

Robert Morris

Chattanooga

Cornell

Radford

Morehead St.

[bukie]

Today, on "How bad is the SWAC?": Jackson State went 1-11 in non-conference. They're the 2-seed in the SWAC tournament.

Well what do you expect from a conference with 5 (yes, 5) out of conference D1 wins?

Oh, I know. The winner of that conference could lose the play-in game by 20. However, if the 1 or 2 seed wins the conference tourney, they probably won't get slotted in the play-in game on account of the MEAC-SWAC pity rule. So, instead, they'll lose to UNC by 70.

 

EDIT: The best OOC win for the conference, by FAR, was a 1-point victory over Morehead State by Grambling. Of course, Grambling finished last in the SWAC and couldn't even make the conference tournament.

[bukie]

Arizona has no bad losses. The problem is they have a lot of them(13) On the flip side, they have wins over UCLA, Washington, Kansas, and Gonzaga.

Their road/neutral record is damaging for them at 5-10, with only one "neutral" win against even a decent team (Gonzaga).

[bukie]

BYU held off pesky Air Force to keep their lock status intact.

[Coach C]

I'm afraid that the loss today by K-State pretty much sealed them out of the NCAA Tourny.

[Prior4CyYoung]

16 Gonzaga

17 Florida State

18Xavier

19 Illinois

20.Arizona State

21.Marquette

22.Purdue

23 Syracuse

24. West Virgina

25. BYU

26.California

27 LSU

28 Michigan

29 Butler

30 Texas

31 Oklahoma State

32. Utah

33 Tennessee

34 Wisconsin

35 Boston College

36 Texas A&M

 

Siena

VCU

Cleveland St.

Northern Iowa

Western Kentucky

North Dakota St.

Portland St.

East Tennessee St.

Chattanooga

Robert Morris

Radford

Cornell

Morehead St.

Edited March 13, 2009 by Prior4CyYoung

[SouthSideRyan]

I'm afraid that the loss today by K-State pretty much sealed them out of the NCAA Tourny.

 

Bingo.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Apologies if this is way off, I had to put this together kinda quickly since I won't be around much this evening.

 

Arizona State

BYU

Texas

Purdue

West Virginia

Butler

BYU

Marquette

LSU

Tennessee

Oklahoma State

California

Michigan

Texas A&M

Wisconsin

Boston College

Utah

 

 

 

Cleveland St.

Siena

VCU

Northern Iowa

Western Kentucky

ND State

Portland St.

Cornell

Robert Morris

East Tenn St.

Radford

Morehead St.

Chattanooga

[bukie]

Reminder to PM me or post those 3 lists before the end of the night.

[Derwood]

I keep hearing that PSU is a "last four in", but I won't believe it until I hear them named on Sunday

[bukie]

I keep hearing that PSU is a "last four in", but I won't believe it until I hear them named on Sunday

Well, according to this committee so far, they're currently 6th on the bubble list with potentially 9 bubble spots left (pending conference tourney results). So, they're right in the ballpark as long as they don't kill their chances against Indiana.

[Prior4CyYoung]

If Penn State beats Indiana I think there in if they lose to Indiana I think they are out. Of course another win would make it safer still.

[Derwood]

If Penn State beats Indiana I think there in if they lose to Indiana I think they are out. Of course another win would make it safer still.

 

if Penn State loses to Indiana after amassing a 20 point lead in the 2nd half, they should fire everyone

[Prior4CyYoung]

If Penn State beats Indiana I think there in if they lose to Indiana I think they are out. Of course another win would make it safer still.

 

if Penn State loses to Indiana after amassing a 20 point lead in the 2nd half, they should fire everyone

 

Villanova almost did it earlier lol.

[Derwood]

If Penn State beats Indiana I think there in if they lose to Indiana I think they are out. Of course another win would make it safer still.

 

if Penn State loses to Indiana after amassing a 20 point lead in the 2nd half, they should fire everyone

 

Villanova almost did it earlier lol.

 

Indiana isn't exactly Marquette

[Prior4CyYoung]

If Penn State beats Indiana I think there in if they lose to Indiana I think they are out. Of course another win would make it safer still.

 

if Penn State loses to Indiana after amassing a 20 point lead in the 2nd half, they should fire everyone

 

Villanova almost did it earlier lol.

 

Indiana isn't exactly Marquette

 

That is a good point.

[SouthSideRyan]

Prior4Cy, I think you skipped Syracuse.