Monday, March 5, 2012

NCAA Field of 68 - March 5, 2012 Edition

  • Kentucky overall #1, followed by Syracuse, Kansas and North Carolina
  • I have done my best to balance the Top 4 in each region and consider distance.  This is not easy, as the West can not always get the 4th team on a line.
  • Last 5 In - BYU, Xavier, Northwestern, Iona, and Tennessee
  • Next 6 (no order) - Texas, Miami, Seton Hall, Oregon, St. Joseph's, Mississippi
  • One week to go and to say the bottom of the bracket is unsettled is an understatment.  First, prohibitive favorites Iona and Middle Tennessee lost in their conference tournaments.  Second, the bubble teams continue to do little to separate themsleves, leading to an interesting conference tournament week.  I have left Iona in as of today, but with other teams having the chance to surpass them this week, their stay might be short-lived.
  • One First Four game moved to 11 line to accomodate travel, Northwestern and BYU moved to 12 line, but ahead of these teams in my S-curve
Midwest Regional
Omaha
(1)  Kansas (16) Texas-Arlington
(8)  St. Mary's vs (9) Virginia
Albuquerque
(5)  Louisville vs (12) Washington
(4)  Wisconsin vs (13)  Oral Roberts
Columbus
(6)  Florida vs (11) California
(3)  Marquette vs (14)  Davidson
Columbus
(7)  Creighton vs (10)  Colorado State
(2)  Michigan State vs (15)  Bucknell

South Regional
Louisville
(1)  Kentucky vs (16)  Mississippi Valley State/UNC-Asheville
(8)  Memphis vs (9)  Connecticut
Portland
(5)  UNLV vs (12) Northwestern
(4)  Temple vs (13)  Long Beach State
Nashville
(6)  Notre Dame vs (11)  Mississippi State
(3)  Michigan vs (14)  Akron
Greensboro
(7)  Kansas State vs (10) Harvard
(2)  Duke vs (15) Fairfield

West Regional
Greensboro
(1)  North Carolina vs (16)  Stony Brook/Savannah State
(8)  Alabama vs (9)  St. Louis
Nashville
(5)  Wichita State vs (12)  Iona/Tennessee
(4)  Georgetown vs (13)  VCU
Albuquerque
(6)  San Diego State vs (11)  Southern Miss
(3)  Baylor vs (14)  Denver
Pittsburgh
(7)  Gonzaga  vs (10)  Cincinnati
(2)  Ohio State vs (15)  Detroit

East Regional
Pittsburgh
(1)  Syracuse vs (16)  Long Island
(8)  Iowa State vs (9)  Purdue
Portland
(5)  Florida State vs (12)  BYU
(4)  Vanderbilt vs (13)  Nevada
Louisville
(6)  Murray State vs (11)  South Florida/Xavier
(3)  Indiana vs (14)  Belmont
Omaha
(7)  New Mexico vs (10)  West Virginia
(2)  Missouri vs (15)  Montana

4 comments:

  1. So is Harvard still in if the don't win they Ivy tourney?

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  2. The Ivy does not have a tourney, but if Harvard would lose a one-game playoff to Penn, then they would be in the pool for the last spots and it probably depends what else happens around them.

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  3. Yeah, that's what I meant. So if Penn beats Princeton, the they play Harvard for the league title, and the winner gets the bid, right?

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  4. That is correct! Didn't know you were such a big Harvard guy?

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