tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84447121375200372872024-03-14T00:15:24.063-07:00NCAA BasketballRoundTableSports Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08897485360877832657noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-86653606312737985702009-06-24T07:18:00.001-07:002009-06-24T07:26:53.577-07:00#10 Bracket in the Country!!!I should have posted this a few months ago but I never got around to it.<br /><br />In my 1st year officially in the matrix (I made only 1 final bracket last year and had 65/65 as well), I got all 65 teams in the field and compiled a score of 313 points based on a scoring system made by Paymon at PHSports. This score placed me 10th out of the 61 brackets partcipating, and the 2nd highest score of brackets getting all 65 teams. (Shout out to fellow Notre Dame Bracketologists who combined had 50% of the 65/65 brackets this year)<br /><br /><br />I really have enjoyed doing this and will make a guarantee, I WILL DO BETTER NEXT YEAR.<br /><br />That means:<br />1) I will in a higher %tile next year (aka better than 10/61)<br />2) I will beat ESPN's Joe Lunardi by more than 10 points (I beat him by 6 this year)<br />3) I will get 64/65 at worst (I am striving for perfection but the odds of 3 perfect brackets in a row is tough)<br /><br /><br />Thanks guys, I'll prolly have a preseason bracket out in October!CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-29173755025850987922009-03-15T12:57:00.000-07:002009-03-15T13:04:29.558-07:00FINAL Bracket1 Seeds<br /><br />UNC<br />Louisville<br />Pittsburgh<br />UConn<br /><br />2 Seeds<br /><br />Memphis<br />Michigan State<br />Duke<br />Oklahoma<br /><br />3 Seeds<br /><br />Kansas<br />Syracuse<br />Missouri<br />Villanova<br /><br />4 Seeds<br />Florida State<br />Wake Forest<br />Purdue<br />Washington<br /><br />5 Seeds<br />Illinois<br />Xavier<br />Clemson<br />Arizona State<br /><br />6 seeds<br /><br />WVU<br />UCLA<br />Gonzaga<br />BYU<br /><br />7 Seeds <br />Utah<br />Butler<br />Ohio State<br />Texas<br /><br />8 Seeds<br />Tennessee<br />Marquette<br />Oklahoma State<br />Texas A&M<br /><br />9 Seeds<br /><br />LSU<br />California<br />Michigan<br />Wisconsin<br /><br />10 Seeds <br />USC<br />Boston College<br />Arizona<br />Minnesota<br /><br />11 Seeds<br /><br />Siena<br />Dayton<br />Maryland<br />Utah State<br /><br />12 Seeds<br /><br />Temple<br />Mississippi State<br />VCU<br />Cleveland State<br /><br />13 Seeds<br /><br />Northern Iowa<br />Akron<br />North Dakota State<br />Western Kentucky<br /><br />14 Seeds <br /><br />American<br />Stephen F. Austin<br />Binghamton<br />Portland State<br /><br />15 Seeds<br /><br />Robert Morris<br />Cornell<br />E. Tennessee State<br />Morgan State<br /><br />16 Seeds<br /><br />Radford<br />Chattanooga<br />Cal State Northridge<br />Morehead State<br />Alabama StateCJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-88544335581989481372009-03-15T10:31:00.000-07:002009-03-15T12:52:41.299-07:00Selection Sunday Live Blog3:50 PM<br /><br />Dayton and Maryland are my last 2 teams in, I don't get what people don't like about Arizona, yea they struggled but I wouldn't want to play them, they beat Kansas, Gonzaga, Washington, and SDSU. I can't believe this team isn't in. <br /><br />2:45 PM<br /><br />My 4/5 lines just took me forever... I was looking at 6 teams for the final 4 spot... I decided to take Purdue but I'm not sold on that...<br /><br />1:50 PM<br /><br />Bracketologist Bryce is laughing at me for considering FSU for the 3 line, but they are 5-0 vs the RPI top 50 on neutral sites<br /><br />1:40 PM<br /><br />Debate for the final 2 seed was between 2 Big XII Schools OU and KU... Oklahoma's Top 50 RPI wins put them over the top<br /><br />1:30 PM<br /><br />1 Seeds are finalized with UConn getting the last one over Memphis. UConn was 6-0 non conf vs the RPI Top 100 which is good enough with me considering there Big East SOSCJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-38302034710553278242009-03-04T09:54:00.000-08:002009-03-04T09:58:28.808-08:00CJ's 3/04 Bracketology<span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Boston Region<br />(1) CONNECTICUT (27-2) vs. (16) MORGAN ST (18-11) <br />(8) Texas (19-9) vs. (9) Ohio State (18-9) <br />(5) XAVIER (23-5) vs. (12) Kentucky (19-10) <br />(4) Clemson (22-6) vs. (13) AMERICAN (21-7) <br />(6) UTAH (20-7) vs. (11) Minnesota (19-8)<br />(3) Villanova (23-6) vs. (14) BINGHAMTON (19-8) <br />(7) Arizona St (21-7) vs. (10) SIENA (23-7) <br />(2) Duke (24-5) vs. (15) ROB MORRIS (21-10) <br /><br />Glendale Region<br />(1W) OKLAHOMA (26-3) vs. (16W) JACKSONVILLE (17-12) <br />(8W) Tennessee (18-10) vs. (9W) CREIGHTON (25-6) <br />(5W) Purdue (22-7) vs. (12W) VA Tech (17-11) <br />(4W) Marquette (23-6) vs. (13W) W KENTUCKY (20-8) <br />(6W) Florida St (22-7) vs. (11W) Arizona (18-11) <br />(3W) MEMPHIS (26-3) vs. (14W) STE F AUSTIN (15-7) <br />(7W) BYU (21-6) vs. (10W) Oklahoma St (19-9) <br />(2W) Louisville (23-5) vs. (15W) BUFFALO (18-9) <br /><br />Memphis Region<br />(1) N CAROLINA (24-3) vs. (16) TN MARTIN (19-8) <br />(8) California (21-8) vs. (9) Dayton (24-5) <br />(5) LSU (25-4) vs. (12) Cincinnati (17-11) <br />(4) Illinois (23-7) vs. (13) VCU (21-9) <br />(6) Syracuse (20-8) vs. (11) Michigan (17-12) <br />(3) WASHINGTON (22-7) vs. (14) WEBER STATE (19-8) <br />(7) BUTLER (24-4) vs. (10) Miami (FL) (16-10) <br />(2) Kansas (24-5) vs. (15) RADFORD (15-11)<br /><br />Indianapolis Region<br />(1) Pittsburgh (25-3) vs. (16) Play-In Game<br />(8) Boston Col (20-9) vs. (9) Wisconsin (17-10)<br />(5) UCLA (22-7) vs. (12) UTAH STATE (25-4)<br />(4) Missouri (23-5) vs. (13) DAVIDSON (23-6)<br />(6) GONZAGA (22-5) vs. (11) S Carolina (20-7)<br />(3) Wake Forest (22-5) vs. (14) N DAKOTA ST (21-6)<br />(7) W Virginia (20-9) vs. (10) UNLV (20-8) <br />(2) MICHIGAN ST (23-5) vs. (15) CORNELL (17-9) <br /><br />Play-In Game: (16) Northridge vs. Alabama State</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span>CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-64806355055573516942009-03-01T09:05:00.000-08:002009-03-01T09:06:07.396-08:00Mock Selection SundayI'm about to conduct a live Mock Selection Sunday just like the ESPN bracket guys did a couple weeks ago.<br /><br />Keep track of all the progress here: http://roundtablesportsmock.blogspot.com/CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-17860504406603657162009-02-20T16:37:00.000-08:002009-02-20T16:44:05.006-08:00CJ's 2/20 BracketologyI finally sat down and did the bracket out by regions. I'm 99% positive I followed all the rules but If I didn't heckle me later.<br /><br />EAST (Boston)<br /><br />(1) Connecticut<br /><br />(16) Alabama St./Morehead St.<br /><br />(8) Florida State<br /><br />(9) Utah<br /><br />(5) Illinois<br /><br />(12) Davidson<br /><br />(4) Arizona State<br /><br />(13) Buffalo<br /><br /><br />(6) Gonzaga<br /><br />(11) UNLV<br /><br />(3) Villanova<br /><br />(14)Robert Morris<br /><br />(7) South Carolina<br /><br />(10) Minnesota<br /><br /> <br /><br />(2) Wake Forest<br /><br />(15) Holy Cross <br /> <br /><br />WEST (Arizona)<br /><br /> <br /><br />(1) Pittsburgh<br /><br />(16) Morgan State<br /><br /> <br /><br />(8) San Diego State<br /><br />(9) Virginia Tech<br /><br /> <br /><br />(5) Purdue<br /><br />(12) Cincinnati<br /><br /> <br /><br />(4) Clemson<br /><br />(13) Sienna<br /><br /> <br /><br />(6) Xavier<br /><br />(11) Arizona<br /><br /> <br /><br />(3) Michigan State<br /><br />(14) Cal State Northridge<br /><br /> <br /><br />(7) California<br /><br />(10) Kentucky<br /><br /> <br /><br />(2) Marquette<br /><br />(15) East Tenn State<br /><br /> <br /><br />SOUTH (Memphis)<br /><br /> <br /><br />(1) North Carolina<br /><br />(16) Vermont<br /><br /> <br /><br />(8) Texas<br /><br />(9) Florida<br /><br /> <br /><br />(5) Washington<br /><br />(12) Wisconsin<br /><br /> <br /><br />(4) Missouri<br /><br />(13)Western Kentucky<br /><br /> <br /><br />(6) Tennessee<br /><br />(11) Penn State<br /><br /> <br /><br />(3) Kansas<br /><br />(14) North Dakota St.<br /><br /> <br /><br />(7) LSU<br /><br />(10) West Virginia<br /><br /> <br /><br />(2) Memphis<br /><br />(15) Weber St<br /> <br /><br />MIDWEST (Indianapolis)<br /><br /> <br /><br />(1) Oklahoma<br /><br />(16) Tennessee Martin<br /><br /> <br /><br />(8) Syracuse<br /><br />(9) Boston College<br /><br /> <br /><br />(5) Butler<br /><br />(12) BYU<br /><br /> <br /><br />(4) UCLA<br /><br />(13) VMI<br /><br /> <br /><br />(6) Ohio State<br /><br />(11) Dayton<br /><br /> <br /><br />(3) Louisville<br /><br />(14) Virginia Commonwealth<br /><br /> <br /><br />(7) Utah State<br /><br />(10) Creighton<br /><br /> <br /><br />(2) Duke<br /><br />(15) Sam HoustonCJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-24447657359955278152009-02-13T10:03:00.000-08:002009-02-14T14:02:38.924-08:00CJ's 2/14 Bracketology1 Seeds<br />UNC (ACC)<br />UConn (Big East)<br />Oklahoma (Big XII)<br />Pittsburgh<br /><br />2 Seeds<br />Michigan State (Big X)<br />Memphis (C-USA)<br />Villanova<br />Duke (ACC)<br /><br />3 Seeds<br />Xavier (A-10)<br />UCLA <br />Wake Forest<br />Clemson<br /><br /><br />4 Seeds<br />Gonzaga (WCC)<br />Washington (Pac-10)<br />Kansas<br />Memphis (C-USA)<br /><br /><br /><br />5 Seeds<br />Illinois<br />Marquette<br />Missouri<br />Butler (Horizon)<br /><br />6 seeds<br />Florida State<br />Louisville<br />Arizona State<br />Ohio State<br /><br />7 seeds<br />Tennessee<br />Purdue<br />Minnesota<br />Syracuse<br /><br /><br />8 seeds<br />Davidson (Southern)<br />Florida<br />Utah State (WAC)<br />California<br /><br />9 seeds<br />Miami (FL)<br />Dayton<br />Texas<br />Arizona<br /><br />10 seeds<br />LSU<br />Oklahoma St.<br />Boston College<br />Utah (Mountain West)<br /><br />11 seeds<br />San Diego State<br />WVU<br />BYU<br />South Carolina<br /><br />12 seeds<br />Northeastern (Colonial)<br />UNLV<br />Wisconsin<br />Virginia Tech<br /><br />13 seeds<br />Northern Iowa (MVC)<br />Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)<br />Buffalo (MAC)<br />Siena (MAAC)<br /><br />14 Seed<br />VMI (Big South)<br />North Dakota State (Summit)<br />Stephen F. Austin (Southland)<br />Vermont (America East)<br /><br />15 Seed<br />Cornell (IVY)<br />American (Patriot)<br />Weber St. (Big Sky)<br />East Tenn. St (Atlantic Sun<br /><br />16 Seed<br />Long Beach St. (Big West)<br />Robert Morris (Northeast)<br />Morehead St (Ohio Valley<br />Morgan St. (Mid-Eastern)<br />Alabama St. (SWAC)CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-51522265439937650102009-02-04T19:39:00.001-08:002009-02-04T20:11:48.457-08:00CJ's Revised Seed Lines 2/05- In my rush to get a new seed lines up, i forgot Kansas...which is great cause I can now get terrible ND out of the bracket.<br />- I deserve to be laughed at...so continue to do so<br />- This is all, I might get another one out on Sunday, we'll see<br /><br />-CJ<br /><br />1 Seeds<br />Duke (ACC)<br />UConn (Big East)<br />Oklahoma (Big XII)<br />UNC<br /><br />2 Seeds<br />Pittsburgh<br />Wake Forest<br />Michigan State (Big X)<br />Louisville<br /><br />3 Seeds<br />Xavier (A-10)<br />UCLA (Pac-10)<br />Marquette<br />Clemson<br /><br />4 Seeds<br />Gonzaga (WCC)<br />Texas<br />Illinois<br />Syracuse<br /><br />5 Seeds<br />California<br />Arizona State<br />Kansas<br />Villanova<br /><br />6 seeds<br />Minnesota <br />Washington<br />Memphis (C-USA)<br />Butler (Horizon)<br /><br />7 seeds<br />Tennessee<br />Purdue<br />Ohio State<br />Missouri<br /><br />8 seeds<br />Davidson (Southern)<br />Florida<br />UNLV (Mountain West)<br />Florida State<br /><br />9 seeds<br />Miami (FL)<br />WVU<br />Dayton<br />Penn St.<br /><br />10 seeds<br />LSU<br />Oklahoma St.<br />BYU<br />Boston College<br /><br />11 seeds<br />Kentucky<br />USC<br />Virginia Tech<br />South Carolina<br /><br />12 seeds<br />Northeastern (Colonial)<br />Utah State (WAC)<br />St. Mary's (CA)<br />San Diego State<br /><br /><br />13 seeds<br />Northern Iowa (MVC)<br />Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)<br />Buffalo (MAC)<br />Siena (MAAC)<br /><br />14 Seed<br />VMI (Big South)<br />North Dakota State (Summit)<br />Stephen F. Austin (Southland)<br />Vermont (America East)<br /><br />15 Seed<br />Cornell (IVY)<br />American (Patriot)<br />Weber St. (Big Sky)<br />East Tenn. St (Atlantic Sun<br /><br />16 Seed<br />Long Beach St. (Big West)<br />Robert Morris (Northeast)<br />Morehead St (Ohio Valley<br />Morgan St. (Mid-Eastern)<br />Alabama St. (SWAC)CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-68220174309009664582009-02-03T21:38:00.000-08:002009-02-03T21:51:28.644-08:00CJ's Seed Lines 2/04Notes:<br />- Redid low-major conference champs<br />- I had trouble with the last 2 at-larges... ND got in cause they beat GTown... but the bubble in my mind is very weak, if you got a case for someone else feel free to make it in the comments<br /><br />-CJ<br /><br />1 Seeds<br />Duke (ACC)<br />UConn (Big East)<br />Oklahoma (Big XII)<br />UNC<br /><br />2 Seeds<br />Pittsburgh<br />Wake Forest<br />Michigan State (Big X)<br />Louisville<br /><br />3 Seeds<br />Xavier (A-10)<br />UCLA (Pac-10)<br />Marquette<br />Clemson<br /><br />4 Seeds<br />Gonzaga (WCC)<br />Texas<br />Illinois<br />Syracuse<br /><br />5 Seeds<br />California<br />Arizona State<br />Butler (Horizon)<br />Villanova<br /><br />6 seeds<br />Minnesota <br />Washington<br />Memphis (C-USA)<br />Purdue<br /><br />7 seeds<br />Tennessee<br />WVU<br />Ohio State<br />Missouri<br /><br />8 seeds<br />Davidson (Southern)<br />Florida<br />UNLV (Mountain West)<br />Florida State<br /><br />9 seeds<br />Wisconsin<br />BYU<br />Dayton<br />Penn St.<br /><br />10 seeds<br />LSU<br />Arkansas<br />South Carolina<br />Boston College<br /><br />11 seeds<br />Kentucky<br />USC<br />Virginia Tech<br />Oklahoma St.<br /><br />12 seeds<br />Northeastern (Colonial)<br />Utah State (WAC)<br />Notre Dame<br />San Diego State<br /><br /><br />13 seeds<br />Northern Iowa (MVC)<br />Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)<br />Buffalo (MAC)<br />Siena (MAAC)<br /><br />14 Seed<br />VMI (Big South)<br />North Dakota State (Summit)<br />Stephen F. Austin (Southland)<br />Vermont (America East)<br /><br />15 Seed<br />Cornell (IVY)<br />American (Patriot)<br />Weber St. (Big Sky)<br />East Tenn. St (Atlantic Sun<br /><br />16 Seed<br />Long Beach St. (Big West)<br />Robert Morris (Northeast)<br />Morehead St (Ohio Valley<br />Morgan St. (Mid-Eastern)<br />Alabama St. (SWAC)CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-40076060407456513262009-01-28T16:34:00.000-08:002009-01-28T16:53:44.495-08:00CJ 1/28/09 Bracketology-Long Week, conference champions changed next week I promise.<br /><br />-CJ<br />-Email me your comments/complaints to ckaltenb@gmail.com<br /><br />1 Seeds<br /><br />Wake Forest (ACC)<br />Duke<br />UConn (Big East)<br />Oklahoma (Big XII)<br /><br />2 Seeds<br />Pittsburgh<br />UNC<br />Michigan State (Big X)<br />Louisville<br /><br />3 Seeds<br />Xavier (A-10)<br />UCLA (Pac-10)<br />Georgetown<br />Texas<br /><br />4 Seeds<br />Clemson<br />Marquette<br />Butler (Horizon)<br />Syracuse<br /><br />5 Seeds<br />California<br />Arizona State<br />Gonzaga (WCC)<br />Purdue<br /><br />6 seeds<br />Illinois<br />Kentucky<br />Memphis (C-USA)<br />Villanova<br /><br />7 seeds<br />Tennessee<br />Baylor<br />WVU<br />Ohio State<br /><br /><br />8 seeds<br />Notre Dame<br />Davidson<br />Kansas<br />St. Marys<br /><br />9 seeds<br />St. Marys<br />Florida<br />Wisconsin<br />BYU<br /><br />10 seeds<br />UNLV<br />Arkansas<br />A&M<br />Michigan<br /><br />11 seeds<br />Miami FL<br />Maryland<br />Dayton<br />Stanford<br /><br />12 seeds<br />Northern Iowa (MVC)<br />Utah State (WAC)<br />Washington<br />Oklahoma State<br /><br />13 seeds<br />Siena (MAAC)<br />Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)<br />SFA (Southland)<br />VCU (CAA)<br /><br />14 seed<br />Kent St. (MAC)<br />Pacific (Big West)<br />Cornell (Ivy)<br />North Dakota St. (Summit)<br /><br />15 seeds<br />Idaho St. (Big Sky)<br />Belmont (A-Sun)<br />American (Patriot))<br />VMI (Big South)<br /><br />16 seeds<br />Boston U (Am East)<br />UT-Martin (OVC)<br />Morehead St. (MEAC)<br />Mount St. Mary’s (NEC)<br />Jackson St. (SWAC)CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-74176679035271182112009-01-18T21:01:00.000-08:002009-01-18T21:38:54.326-08:00CJ's seeding Lines 1/19Comments:<br /><br />- Lots of movement due to research and lot of big wins/losses<br />- Also I got a lot of comments about the KU-MSU seedings last week so I thought I'd address it. Last week Kansas had a pomeroy of 14 and Michigan State was at 22. Which corresponds to a 4 and a 6 seed respectively. They've moved this week based on RPI #'s along with other games across the country.<br />- Next week I'll update mid-major winners, since we will be a couple weeks in and teams will start to seperate. <br /><br />-CJ<br /><br /><br />1 Seeds<br /><br />Wake Forest (ACC)<br />Duke<br />UConn (Big East)<br />Oklahoma (Big XII)<br /><br />2 Seeds<br />Pittsburgh<br />UNC<br />Michigan State (Big X)<br />Syracuse<br /><br />3 Seeds<br />Clemson<br />UCLA (Pac-10)<br />Georgetown<br />Texas<br /><br />4 Seeds<br />Xavier (A-10)<br />Marquette<br />Butler (Horizon)<br />Louisville<br /><br />5 Seeds<br />California<br />Arizona State<br />Gonzaga (WCC)<br />Illinois<br /><br />6 seeds<br />Notre Dame<br />Minnesota <br />Purdue<br />Villanova<br /><br />7 seeds<br />Tennessee<br />Baylor<br />WVU<br />Memphis (C-USA)<br /><br />8 seeds<br />Ohio State<br />Michigan<br />Davidson <br />Wisconsin<br /><br />9 seeds<br />St. Marys<br />Florida<br />Kansas<br />BYU<br /><br />10 seeds<br />UNLV<br />Arkansas<br />Kentucky<br />A&M<br /><br />11 seeds<br />Miami FL<br />Maryland<br />Dayton<br />Stanford<br /><br />12 seeds<br />Illinois State (MVC)<br />Utah State (WAC)<br />Washington<br />Oklahoma State<br /><br />13 seeds<br />Siena (MAAC)<br />Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)<br />SFA (Southland)<br />VCU (CAA)<br /><br />14 seed<br />Kent St. (MAC)<br />Pacific (Big West)<br />Cornell (Ivy)<br />North Dakota St. (Summit)<br /><br />15 seeds<br />Idaho St. (Big Sky)<br />Belmont (A-Sun)<br />American (Patriot))<br />VMI (Big South)<br /><br />16 seeds<br />Boston U (Am East)<br />UT-Martin (OVC)<br />Delaware St. (MEAC)<br />Mount St. Mary’s (NEC)<br />Jackson St. (SWAC)CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-8036911604754694812009-01-12T00:04:00.000-08:002009-01-12T00:07:20.879-08:00CJ's Seed Lines 1/12/09- Lots of movement this week<br />- Not sold on the Minnesota resume, but they still jumped 3 lines<br />- Losers: Big East- losses are starting to pile up and til other conferences get going result is a temporary lowering overall<br />- Winners: ACC, proven this is more than a 2 team league. Wake, Duke, UNC, Miami, Clemson, BC... this shows why we need a ACC-Big East Challenge<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">CJ's Bracket</span><br />1 Seeds <br />Wake(ACC) <br />Pitt(Big East) <br />Duke<br />Uconn<br /><br />2 Seeds <br />Oklahoma (Big 12)<br />UNC<br />Texas<br />UCLA (Pac-10) <br /><br /><br />3 Seeds <br />Clemson <br />Memphis (C-USA) <br />Illinois (Big Ten)<br />Arizona State<br /><br />4 Seeds <br />Kansas<br />Syracuse <br />Butler (Horizon)<br />Georgetown<br /><br /><br />5 Seeds <br />Tennessee (SEC)<br />Davidson (Southern)<br />Xavier (A-10) <br />Notre Dame<br /><br /><br />6 Seeds <br /><br /><br />BYU (Mountain West) <br />Florida<br />Purdue<br /><br />Michigan St.<br />7 Seeds <br /><br />West Virginia <br />Gonzaga<br />UNLV <br />Marquette <br /><br />8 Seeds <br />St. Mary’s (WCC)<br />Creighton (MVC)<br /><br />Michigan<br />Villanova<br /><br /><br />9 seeds <br />Wisconsin<br />Minnesota<br />Baylor<br />Missouri<br /><br />10 seeds <br />Ohio State <br />Miami Fl. <br />Texas A&M<br />Arizona <br /><br />11 seeds <br />Dayton <br />Maryland <br />Arkansas<br />Louisville <br /><br />12 seeds <br />Florida State<br />Stanford<br />Nevada (WAC) <br />California<br /><br />13 seeds <br />Siena (MAAC) <br />Western Kentucky (Sun Belt) <br />SFA (Southland) <br />VCU (CAA) <br /><br />14 seed <br />Kent St. (MAC) <br />Pacific (Big West) <br />Cornell (Ivy) <br />North Dakota St. (Summit) <br /><br />15 seeds <br />Idaho St. (Big Sky) <br />Belmont (A-Sun) <br />American (Patriot)) <br />VMI (Big South) <br /><br />16 seeds <br />Boston U (Am East) <br />UT-Martin (OVC) <br />Delaware St. (MEAC) <br />Mount St. Mary’s (NEC) <br />Jackson St. (SWAC)CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-16123142516580327292009-01-05T11:47:00.000-08:002009-01-06T12:50:21.960-08:00CJ's Bracketology 1/05/09Just a heads up to our readers and the Bracket Matrix, we will have a 2nd Bracket Master joining our team so We'll be sure to label our respective Brackets.<br /><br />I'll get to those emails this week.<br /><br />-CJ<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">CJ's Bracket</span><br />1 Seeds <br />UNC (ACC) <br />UConn (Big East) <br />Georgetown<br />Pitt <br /><br />2 Seeds <br />Oklahoma (Big 12)<br />Texas<br />UCLA (Pac-10) <br />Duke <br /><br />3 Seeds <br />West Virginia<br />Memphis (C-USA) <br />Wake Forest <br />Purdue (Big Ten)<br /><br />4 Seeds <br />Kansas <br />Syracuse <br />Butler (Horizon)<br />Villanova<br /><br />5 Seeds <br />Tennessee (SEC)<br />Davidson (Southern)<br />Xavier (A-10) <br />Michigan St. <br /><br />6 Seeds <br />Clemson <br />Arizona State<br />BYU (Mountain West) <br />Florida<br /><br />7 Seeds <br />Illinois <br />Notre Dame<br />Marquette <br />UNLV <br /><br />8 Seeds <br />St. Mary’s (WCC)<br />Creighton (MVC)<br />Wisconsin <br />Gonzaga <br /><br /><br />9 seeds <br />Michigan <br />Florida St. <br />Baylor<br />Missouri<br /><br />10 seeds <br />Ohio State <br />Miami Fl. <br />LSU <br />Arizona <br /><br />11 seeds <br />Dayton <br />Maryland <br />Boston College<br />Louisville <br /><br />12 seeds <br />Minnesota <br />Cleveland State <br />Nevada (WAC) <br />Texas A&M<br /><br />13 seeds <br />Siena (MAAC) <br />Western Kentucky (Sun Belt) <br />SFA (Southland) <br />VCU (CAA) <br /><br />14 seed <br />Kent St. (MAC) <br />Pacific (Big West) <br />Cornell (Ivy) <br />North Dakota St. (Summit) <br /><br />15 seeds <br />Idaho St. (Big Sky) <br />Belmont (A-Sun) <br />American (Patriot)) <br />VMI (Big South) <br /><br />16 seeds <br />Boston U (Am East) <br />UT-Martin (OVC) <br />Delaware St. (MEAC) <br />Mount St. Mary’s (NEC) <br />Jackson St. (SWAC)CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-33975089514673655902008-12-28T22:01:00.000-08:002008-12-28T22:11:23.301-08:00CJ's 12/28 Seed Lines<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">- Louisville needs to start playing or they are going to have to pull a Kentucky like SEC record, they have the talent but the Big East is much harder than the SEC</p><p class="MsoNormal">- I'm shifting teams around even if they don't lose due to SOS #'s and general feelings I have, feel free to keep emailing with your comments/concerns</p><p class="MsoNormal">- I'm on vacation but I wanted to get a bracket out to my readers so if you notice any glaring obvious errors let me know</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I'll do a readers response thread later in the week, so send those emails to roundtablesports@rocketmail.com or ckaltenb@gmail.com</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">-CJ
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">1 Seeds
<br />UNC (ACC)
<br />UConn (Big East)
<br /><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:state> (Big 12)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Pitt
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<br />2 Seeds
<br />UCLA (Pac-10)
<br /><st1:state st="on">Texas</st1:state>
<br />Purdue (Big Ten)
<br />Duke
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<br />3 Seeds
<br />Gonzaga (WCC)
<br /><st1:city st="on">Memphis</st1:city> (C-USA)
<br /><st1:placename st="on">Wake</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Forest</st1:placetype>
<br /><st1:city st="on">Georgetown</st1:city>
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<br />
<br />4 Seeds
<br /><st1:state st="on">Kansas</st1:state>
<br /><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Syracuse</st1:city>
<br /><st1:state st="on">West Virginia</st1:state></st1:place>
<br />Villanova</p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br />5 Seeds
<br /><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Tennessee</st1:place></st1:state> (SEC)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Notre Dame
<br />Xavier (A-10)
<br /><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">Michigan St</st1:address></st1:street>.
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<br />6 Seeds
<br />Clemson
<br />Butler (Horizon)
<br />BYU (Mountain West)
<br />Davidson (Southern)
<br />
<br />7 Seeds
<br />Illinois
<br /><st1:city st="on">Marquette</st1:city>
<br />Creighton (MVC)
<br />UNLV
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<br /><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">8 Seeds
<br /> St.</st1:address></st1:street> Mary’s
<br /><st1:placename st="on">Arizona</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">State</st1:placetype>
<br />Baylor
<br />Wisconsin
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<br />9 seeds
<br /><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">Michigan
<br /> Florida St.</st1:address></st1:street>
<br /><st1:state st="on">Florida</st1:state>
<br /><st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">Missouri</st1:state></st1:place></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br />10 seeds
<br /><st1:placename st="on">Ohio</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">State</st1:placetype>
<br />Miami Fl.
<br />LSU
<br /><st1:state st="on">Arizona</st1:state>
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<br />11 seeds
<br /><st1:city st="on">Dayton</st1:city>
<br /><st1:state st="on">Maryland</st1:state>
<br /><st1:city st="on">Evansville</st1:city>
<br /><st1:city st="on">Louisville</st1:city>
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<br />12 seeds
<br /><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Minnesota
<br /> Cleveland State</st1:city>
<br /><st1:state st="on">Nevada</st1:state></st1:place> (WAC)
<br />Texas A&M</p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br />13 seeds
<br />Siena (MAAC)
<br />Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)
<br />SFA (Southland)
<br />VCU (CAA)
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<br />14 seed
<br />Kent St. (MAC)
<br />Pacific (Big West)
<br />Cornell (Ivy)
<br />North Dakota St. (Summit)
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<br />15 seeds
<br />Idaho St. (Big Sky)
<br />Belmont (A-Sun)
<br />American (Patriot))
<br />VMI (Big South)
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<br />16 seeds
<br />Boston U (Am East)
<br />UT-Martin (OVC)
<br />Delaware St. (MEAC)
<br />Mount St. Mary’s (NEC)
<br />Jackson St. (SWAC)</p> CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-84557509463196947452008-12-15T09:39:00.000-08:002008-12-15T09:56:05.913-08:00CJ's Bracketology-12/151 Seeds<br />UNC (ACC)<br />UConn (Big East)<br />Oklahoma (Big 12)<br />Texas<br /><br />2 Seeds<br />UCLA (Pac-10)<br />Pitt<br />Purdue (Big Ten)<br />Notre Dame<br /><br />3 Seeds<br /><br />Xavier (A-10)<br />Memphis (C-USA)<br />Wake Forest<br />Duke<br /><br />4 Seeds<br />Georgetown<br />Baylor<br />Gonzaga (WCC)<br />Syracuse<br /><br /><br />5 Seeds<br />Tennessee (SEC)<br />Louisville<br />Villanova<br />Michigan St.<br /><br />6 Seeds<br />Clemson<br />Ohio St.<br />BYU (Mountain West)<br />Davidson (Southern)<br /><br />7 Seeds<br />West Virginia<br />Marquette<br />Creighton (MVC)<br />UNLV<br /><br />8 Seeds<br />St. Mary’s<br />Arizona State<br />Kansas<br />Wisconsin<br /><br />9 seeds<br />Michigan<br />Florida St.<br />Dayton<br />Florida<br /><br />10 seeds<br />Missouri<br />Miami Fl.<br />LSU<br />Arizona<br /><br />11 seeds<br />Illinois<br />Maryland<br />Texas A&M<br />Temple<br /><br />12 seeds<br />Minnesota<br />Seton Hall<br />Nevada (WAC)<br />Siena (MAAC)<br /><br />13 seeds<br />Butler (Horizon)<br />Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)<br />SFA (Southland)<br />VCU (CAA)<br /><br />14 seed<br />Kent St. (MAC)<br />Pacific (Big West)<br />Cornell (Ivy)<br />North Dakota St. (Summit)<br /><br />15 seeds<br />Idaho St. (Big Sky)<br />Belmont (A-Sun)<br />American (Patriot))<br />VMI (Big South)<br /><br />16 seeds<br />Boston U (Am East)<br />UT-Martin (OVC)<br />Delaware St. (MEAC)<br />Mount St. Mary’s (NEC)<br />Jackson St. (SWAC)CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-23665683878025808962008-12-09T17:20:00.000-08:002008-12-09T17:32:49.778-08:00Bracketology- 12/091 Seeds<br />North Carolina (ACC)<br />Connecticut (Big East)<br />Texas (Big 12)<br />Pittsburgh<br /><br /><br />2 Seeds<br />Louisville<br />UCLA (Pac-10)<br />Notre Dame<br />Oklahoma<br /><br />3 Seeds<br />Tennessee (SEC)<br />Gonzaga (West Coast)<br />Purdue<br />Duke<br /><br /><br />4 Seeds<br />Memphis (C-USA)<br />Wake Forest<br />Marquette<br />Michigan State (Big Ten)<br /><br />5 Seeds<br /><br />Arizona State<br />Syracuse<br />Davidson (Southern)<br />Villanova<br /><br />6 Seeds<br /><br />Miami (FL)<br />Georgetown<br />Xavier (A-10)<br />Wisconsin<br /><br />7 Seeds<br /><br />Michigan<br />Baylor<br />Kansas<br />UNLV (Mountain West)<br /><br />8 Seeds<br /><br />West Virgina<br />LSU<br />Illinois<br />BYU<br /><br />9 Seeds<br /><br />Ohio State<br />USC<br />Florida State<br />Dayton<br /><br />10 Seeds<br /><br />Florida<br />Clemson<br />Creighton (Missouri Valley)<br />California<br /><br />11 Seeds<br /><br />UAB<br />Texas A&M<br />Washington State<br />Maryland<br /><br />12 Seeds<br /><br />Butler<br />Southern Illinois<br />VCU (Colonial)<br />Siena (MAAC)<br /><br />13 Seeds<br /><br />Cornell (Ivy)<br />Cleveland State (Horizon)<br />Nevada (WAC)<br />Kent State (MAC)<br /><br />14 Seeds<br /><br />Oral Roberts (Summit)<br />Winthrop (Big South)<br />Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt)<br />Cal State-Northridge (Big West)<br /><br />15 Seeds<br /><br />Portland State (Big Sky)<br />Belmont (Atlantic Sun)<br />Texas-Arlington (Southland)<br />Vermont (America East)<br /><br />16 Seeds<br /><br />Tennessee-Martin (Ohio Valley)<br />Morgan State (Mid-Eastern)<br />Jackson State (SWAC)<br />American (Patriot)<br />Mount St. Mary's (Northeast)CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-61079918408958409702008-12-03T19:12:00.001-08:002008-12-03T19:51:37.939-08:00Weekend Game Picks 12/4-12/7UCLA vs Texas (Thursday 9pm on ESPN2)- Big game between the #8 and #9 ranked teams in the country. Abrams leads Texas in just about every stat and is the lynchpin of that team; however, in the process of transitioning to the point position will be tough facing one of the best perimeter PG in the Pac-10. UCLA doesn't have a known big man though with the departure of Kevin Love for the NBA. This game will be tight but I'll take the best players' team<br /><br />Prediction: Texas 83 UCLA 78<br /><br />Ohio State vs ND (In Indy)- This game will be closer than the experts think without Luke Harangody and the fact this is being played in an NFL arena means that the depth perception will be off and for a team that lives on the 3 like ND could run into some trouble. OSU had a nice road win at Miami but that was without McClinton and he was going off on them (12 pts in 8 min) before being ejected and McAlarney will do the same<br /><br />Prediction: ND 88 OSU 82<br /><br />NC State @ Davidson- Davidson has Curry, NC State has some young talent on the inside, could pose a problem but Davidson showed they can win without Curry (literally)<br /><br />Prediction: Davidson 77 NC State 68<br /><br />Bradley @ #12 Michigan State- MVC team playing a team coming off a loss to UNC, could be kinda slow out of the gate, Bradley can play, this seems like an upset waiting to happen.<br /><br />Prediction Bradley 68 MSU 66<br /><br />Florida @ Florida State- Florida didn't look good in the CBE tourney vs Syracuse but maybe their good. I'll give Florida a pass for now but they better win this road game.<br /><br />Prediction: Florida 78 FSU 64CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-50543981091058245942008-11-26T20:34:00.000-08:002008-11-26T21:47:47.364-08:00NCAA Seed Lines- 11/26Quick Comments:<br /><br />-ND moves up due to the win over Texas in Maui, and great effort vs UNC. Scoring 87 pts on UNC is always impressive, 3rd game in 3 days made for weak defense but, this team is elite. Louisville did nothing wrong but ND has the marquee win on the resume<br />-Syracuse moves up 2 lines after the impressive CBE tournament<br />-BC's 2 losses moves them out for now but I was impressed with how they hung in with Purdue<br /><br /><br />1 Seeds<br /><br />North Carolina (ACC)<br />Connecticut (Big East)<br />Notre Dame<br />Michigan State (Big Ten)<br /><br />2 Seeds<br />Louisville<br />UCLA (Pac-10)<br />Texas (Big 12)<br />Duke<br /><br />3 Seeds<br /><br />Oklahoma<br />Gonzaga (West Coast)<br />Purdue<br />Pittsburgh<br /><br /><br />4 Seeds<br />Tennessee (SEC)<br />Memphis (C-USA)<br />Wake Forest<br />Marquette<br /><br />5 Seeds<br /><br />Arizona State<br />Miami (FL)<br />Davidson (Southern)<br />Villanova<br /><br />6 Seeds<br /><br />Syracuse<br />Georgetown<br />Xavier (A-10)<br />Wisconsin<br /><br />7 Seeds<br /><br />St. Mary's<br />Baylor<br />Kansas<br />UNLV (Mountain West)<br /><br />8 Seeds<br /><br />West Virgina<br />LSU<br />Washington<br />BYU<br /><br />9 Seeds<br /><br />Ohio State<br />USC<br />Texas A&M<br />Siena (MAAC)<br /><br />10 Seeds<br /><br />Florida<br />Clemson<br />Creighton (Missouri Valley)<br />Alabama<br /><br />11 Seeds<br /><br />UAB<br />Dayton<br />Providence<br />Washington State<br /><br />12 Seeds<br /><br />Temple<br />Maryland<br />Southern Illinois<br />VCU (Colonial)<br /><br /><br />13 Seeds<br /><br />Cornell (Ivy)<br />Cleveland State (Horizon)<br />Nevada (WAC)<br />Kent State (MAC)<br /><br />14 Seeds<br /><br />Oral Roberts (Summit)<br />Winthrop (Big South)<br />Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt)<br />Cal State-Northridge (Big West)<br /><br />15 Seeds<br /><br />Portland State (Big Sky)<br />Belmont (Atlantic Sun)<br />Texas-Arlington (Southland)<br />Vermont (America East)<br /><br />16 Seeds<br /><br />Tennessee-Martin (Ohio Valley)<br />Morgan State (Mid-Eastern)<br />Jackson State (SWAC)<br />American (Patriot)<br />Mount St. Mary's (Northeast)CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-4543143054022570492008-11-25T08:33:00.000-08:002008-11-25T08:44:06.196-08:00New Bracket Thursday/PredictionsI'm going to wait til the end of Maui to make a new bracket since some of the top teams UNC/Texas/ND will play either other but here are some predictions<br /><br />Texas-ND- Abrams vs McAlarney will be a shoot-out if both are on the top of their game, but the key could be who stops Luke Harangody, and who can cover Zeller at the 3-pt arc.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Prediction: ND 82 Texas 79<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>UNC-Oregon- Interesting game with the sharpshooters of Oregon playing the well-balanced Heels. Tyler Hans. will be playing in only his 2nd game of the season, it will be interesting to see how well he can handle the doubles that will come from the Oregon defenders. UNC is hurt but they just have too much talent<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Prediction UNC 87 Oregon 74<br /><br /></span>Kansas-Syracuse- Big test for both teams, with Syracuse actually playing outside New York in the non-conference and a Kansas squad that replaces just about everybody. Game in KC, Missouri should give the Young Jayhawks enough fan support to pull this off<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Prediction Kansas 76 Syracuse 73<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span>CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-52045475616262348952008-11-18T10:55:00.001-08:002008-11-18T10:55:31.049-08:0024 Hr. College Basketball MarathonStarted this morning at midnight with Memphis-UMass and continued at 2am with Fresno St. at Saint Mary's and Idaho and Hawaii played at 4am. The games will continue throughout the day and tonight, below are some of my predictions for a couple of the games:<br /><br />St Johns @ BC- I'm very shocked that SJU was able to beat Cornell the way they did, they now take on a BC team with Rice making his debut, I really wonder if that win was a fluke by SJU or are they back? I think they lose this game, but they are for real.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Prediction: BC 82 SJU 75<br /><br /></span>Kentucky @ UNC- This looked bigger until Kentucky got beat by a good VMI team (why you would schedule a team that scores 100+ in your opening game is<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">beyond me)<br /><br />Prediction: UNC 87 Kentucky 72</span></span></span></span></span></span>CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444712137520037287.post-7950438322041184022008-11-16T20:16:00.001-08:002008-11-18T10:36:07.463-08:00NCAA Bracketology Seeding-Week 1- 11/16This will be a weekly piece with the updated seedings and starting in January complete brackets.<br /><br />1 Seeds<br /><br />North Carolina (ACC)<br />Connecticut (Big East)<br />Louisville<br />Michigan State (Big Ten)<br /><br />2 Seeds<br /><br />UCLA (Pac-10)<br />Notre Dame<br />Texas (Big 12)<br />Pittsburgh<br /><br />3 Seeds<br /><br />Oklahoma<br />Gonzaga (West Coast)<br />Purdue<br />Tennessee (SEC)<br /><br />4 Seeds<br />Duke<br />Memphis (C-USA)<br />Wake Forest<br />Marquette<br /><br />5 Seeds<br /><br />Arizona State<br />Miami (FL)<br />Davidson (Southern)<br />Villanova<br /><br />6 Seeds<br /><br />USC<br />Georgetown<br />Xavier (A-10)<br />Wisconsin<br /><br />7 Seeds<br /><br />St. Mary's<br />Baylor<br />Kansas<br />UNLV (Mountain West)<br /><br />8 Seeds<br /><br />Syracuse<br />LSU<br />Washington<br />BYU<br /><br />9 Seeds<br /><br />Ohio State<br />West Virginia<br />Texas A&M<br />Arizona<br /><br />10 Seeds<br /><br />Siena (MAAC)<br />Clemson<br />Creighton (Missouri Valley)<br />Alabama<br /><br />11 Seeds<br />Boston College<br />Dayton<br />Providence<br />Washington State<br /><br />12 Seeds<br /><br />Temple<br />Maryland<br />Kentucky<br />VCU (Colonial)<br /><br /><br />13 Seeds<br /><br />Cornell (Ivy)<br />Cleveland State (Horizon)<br />Nevada (WAC)<br />Kent State (MAC)<br /><br />14 Seeds<br /><br />Oral Roberts (Summit)<br />Winthrop (Big South)<br />Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt)<br />Cal State-Northridge (Big West)<br /><br />15 Seeds<br /><br />Portland State (Big Sky)<br />Belmont (Atlantic Sun)<br />Texas-Arlington (Southland)<br />Vermont (America East)<br /><br />16 Seeds<br /><br />Tennessee-Martin (Ohio Valley)<br />Morgan State (Mid-Eastern)<br />Jackson State (SWAC)<br />American (Patriot)<br />Mount St. Mary's (Northeast)CJ Kaltenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543788225868667702noreply@blogger.com0