NCAA Mock Tourney Selection 2013

[UK1679666180]

I'm an idiot.

[Andy]

Mistake post Edited March 15, 2013 by Andy

[UK1679666180]

1 Indiana vs 16 Liberty/MEAC - Dayton (Midwest)

1 Duke vs 16 Southern/James Madison - Lexington (East)

1 Gonzaga vs 16 LIU-Brooklyn - San Jose (West)

1 Louisville vs. 16 Western Kentucky - Lexington (South)

2 Kansas vs 15 America East (South) - Kansas City

2 Michigan vs. Big West (East) - Philly

2 Michigan St. vs 15 Florida Gulf Coast (West) - Auburn Hills

2 Georgetown vs 15 Iona (Midwest) - Austin, TX

[UK1679666180]

Mistake post

 

 

I did the same thing.

[Andy]

Additionally, if at all possible we should keep Michigan, MSU, and IU in different brackets.

Good call. I had forgotten about that restriction.

[Andy]

Not that they were going to last long anyway but I suspect Denver can be ripped off the board after 12-21 Texas State bounced them in the WAC tourney.

[UK1679666180]

Not that they were going to last long anyway but I suspect Denver can be ripped off the board after 12-21 Texas State bounced them in the WAC tourney.

 

Not surprising, I had them at 75 even before that.

[SouthSideRyan]

If Arkansas can't come back, I feel they're a safe removal

[SouthSideRyan]

Not that they were going to last long anyway but I suspect Denver can be ripped off the board after 12-21 Texas State bounced them in the WAC tourney.

 

Knowing full well neither of them deserve it, I'd be worried if I was a fan of a bubble team seeing this plus LA Tech struggling at the half.

[CubInOK]

Not that they were going to last long anyway but I suspect Denver can be ripped off the board after 12-21 Texas State bounced them in the WAC tourney.

 

Knowing full well neither of them deserve it, I'd be worried if I was a fan of a bubble team seeing this plus LA Tech struggling at the half.

You can take LA Tech off if they lose too.

[SouthSideRyan]

Not that they were going to last long anyway but I suspect Denver can be ripped off the board after 12-21 Texas State bounced them in the WAC tourney.

 

Knowing full well neither of them deserve it, I'd be worried if I was a fan of a bubble team seeing this plus LA Tech struggling at the half.

You can take LA Tech off if they lose too.

 

We already did yesterday.

[CubInOK]

Not that they were going to last long anyway but I suspect Denver can be ripped off the board after 12-21 Texas State bounced them in the WAC tourney.

 

Knowing full well neither of them deserve it, I'd be worried if I was a fan of a bubble team seeing this plus LA Tech struggling at the half.

You can take LA Tech off if they lose too.

 

We already did yesterday.

Shows you where I am...

[bukie]

Top 3 seeds in the MEAC lost, top 2 seeds in the WAC lost.

 

EDIT Also, Arkansas with a (yet another) bad road loss.

Edited March 15, 2013 by bukie

[Vanilla Ice]

Man, almost every fringe bubble team has been going down in the past couple days.

[bukie]

Man, almost every fringe bubble team has been going down in the past couple days.

Good news for Iowa and Iowa State, IMO, who both come out of today looking really good.

[bukie]

Cal also trying to disprove my theory that there's no such thing as a bad loss in the Pac 12.

[SouthSideRyan]

New Mexico State is the new favorite in the WAC

[CubInOK]

Top 3 seeds in the MEAC lost, top 2 seeds in the WAC lost.

 

EDIT Also, Arkansas with a (yet another) bad road loss.

Make that top 4 in the MEAC.

[bukie]

Top 3 seeds in the MEAC lost, top 2 seeds in the WAC lost.

 

EDIT Also, Arkansas with a (yet another) bad road loss.

Make that top 4 in the MEAC.

Yeah, that winner's going into the play-in game.

[bukie]

Keep an eye out for potential bid thievery in the Pac-12, where Utah is in the semis and the only two teams we've currently got in the field are on the same half of the bracket.

[Andy]

I already liked Boise's resume, and I like it more with each bubble loss.

[hawkeyecub]

Cal also trying to disprove my theory that there's no such thing as a bad loss in the Pac 12.

 

What do you make of Cal? Basketball Predictions guy who I really like (http://basketballpredictions.blogspot.com/) has had them on his bubble but most others seem to think they're safely in.

 

Their RPI dropped to 53 tonight, they're 3-5 vs. the top 50, 3-5 vs. 51-100. They had 0 101+ losses until tonight when Utah dropped them.

[hawkeyecub]

I already liked Boise's resume, and I like it more with each bubble loss.

 

The MWC is tricky to me. It's a good league but I think they just figured out how to game the RPI like the MVC did a few years back.

[Vanilla Ice]

I think there's enough separation between Boise and the teams on the edge of the bubble (UVA, UK, UT, etc) that I think they are pretty safe. I've even got them as my top 11-seed.

 

Cal's resume seems more shaky. I still think they are safe, barring the bubble getting a lot stronger over the next couple of days.

[hawkeyecub]

Glad to see you guys have Southern Miss. off your board. [expletive] Lunardi has them in his last 4 out. I can't figure out one reason why unless you're strictly looking at their RPI. They're the poster child for gaming the RPI and beating no one.