I'm not doing a bracket, even though I have it mostly set up, because I do not have enough time to resolve a problem around 11/12/13. However, the changes in my seed list (which reflects more time spent considering various teams) should give enough for you.
1: Texas, Duke, Washington St., Kansas
2: UCLA, North Carolina, Memphis, Michigan St.
3: Marquette, Vanderbilt, Pittsburgh, Miami (FL)
4: Indiana, St. Mary’s, Rhode Island, Tennessee
5: Clemson, Mississippi, Georgetown, Butler
6: Baylor, West Virginia, Dayton, Sam Houston St.
7: Drake, Texas A&M, Creighton, Valparaiso
8: Stanford, Villanova, Gonzaga, UC-Santa Barbara
9: Wisconsin, Holy Cross, Texas-Arlington, Arizona
10: Oregon, Brigham Young, Xavier, UNLV
11: Connecticut, Minnesota, Arkansas, California
12: Notre Dame, Boston College, UMass, Ohio St.
13: Florida, George Mason, Georgia Southern, Miami (OH)
14: North Texas, Siena, IUPUI, Winthrop
15: Hampton, Nevada, Murray St., East Tennessee St.
16: Cornell, Long Island, Northern Arizona, UMBC, Alabama St.
Last Four In: Boston College, UMass, Ohio St., Florida
Last Four Out: Syracuse, Louisville, Florida St., Purdue
Dropped out: Providence, Virginia, Houston, Louisville, Florida St., S. Alabama, Boise St., Brown, Tennessee-Martin, Wagner
Added: Notre Dame, California, Florida, Ohio St., UMass, North Texas, Nevada, Cornell, Murray St., Long Island
Breakdown by Conference:
7: Big East
6: Pac-10
5: SEC, Big 10, ACC
4: Big 12, A-10
2: WCC, Horizon, Southland, MWC, MVC
Sunday, December 16, 2007
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Hey, thanks for your insight and opinions on my bracket. I do appreciate your time on looking at it, and don't worry, I take constructive criticism in full stride. Hope I can address your concerns, however.
1. USC- You don't think the Trojans, at this point, are worthy of a bid? The young and talented Trojans have an awful loss to Mercer at home, and close losses to Kansas and Memphis. I gave USC a mulligan on the Mercer game because of the absense to Davon Jefferson, and Daniel Hackett. With a full roster the Trojans have shown they are a Top 25 contender and will be at least a seven seed come March.
2. Notre Dame and Baylor- I agree that at this time Baylor's resume is probably better than Notre Dame's (mostly because Baylor beat Notre Dame). However, Notre Dame is a very solid team and I'm not completely sold on Baylor being a contender in the Big 12. This one could go either way.
3. Siena- OK, right now this one looks totally out there. But I'm looking ahead in this prediction. The committee has given suprising 12 seeds to teams from mid-majors in the past two seasons. Montana in 2005 and Long Beach State in 2006 were teams in which bracketologists predicted 14 or 15 seeds. Siena looks to be this team this year as they played Syracuse tightly and have a big win over Stanford. The losses to James Madison and Cornell do not look great but LB State had similar and even worse losses last year. The Saints have big games coming up, including at home with Holy Cross and St. Joseph's and an away game @Memphis. If they can win 2 of these 3 games, there RPI will be sky high and I'm confident they can receive a 12 seed with a MAAC regular season with 2 or less losses.
4. I'll admit I was tempted to insert Georgia Southern after there close game with Florida. But until someone from the SoCon can knock off Stephon Curry and the Wildcats, I'm sticking with Davidson.
Again, thanks for your opinion and I hope to here your thoughts again soon!
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