NCAA Basketball

#10 Bracket in the Country!!!

2009-06-24T07:18:00.001-07:00

I should have posted this a few months ago but I never got around to it.

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)

I really have enjoyed doing this and will make a guarantee, I WILL DO BETTER NEXT YEAR.

That means:
1) I will in a higher %tile next year (aka better than 10/61)
2) I will beat ESPN's Joe Lunardi by more than 10 points (I beat him by 6 this year)
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)

Thanks guys, I'll prolly have a preseason bracket out in October!

FINAL Bracket

2009-03-15T12:57:00.000-07:00

1 Seeds

UNC
Louisville
Pittsburgh
UConn

2 Seeds

Memphis
Michigan State
Duke
Oklahoma

3 Seeds

Kansas
Syracuse
Missouri
Villanova

4 Seeds
Florida State
Wake Forest
Purdue
Washington

5 Seeds
Illinois
Xavier
Clemson
Arizona State

6 seeds

WVU
UCLA
Gonzaga
BYU

7 Seeds
Utah
Butler
Ohio State
Texas

8 Seeds
Tennessee
Marquette
Oklahoma State
Texas A&M

9 Seeds

LSU
California
Michigan
Wisconsin

10 Seeds
USC
Boston College
Arizona
Minnesota

11 Seeds

Siena
Dayton
Maryland
Utah State

12 Seeds

Temple
Mississippi State
VCU
Cleveland State

13 Seeds

Northern Iowa
Akron
North Dakota State
Western Kentucky

14 Seeds

American
Stephen F. Austin
Binghamton
Portland State

15 Seeds

Robert Morris
Cornell
E. Tennessee State
Morgan State

16 Seeds

Radford
Chattanooga
Cal State Northridge
Morehead State
Alabama State

Selection Sunday Live Blog

2009-03-15T10:31:00.000-07:00

3:50 PM

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.

2:45 PM

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...

1:50 PM

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

1:40 PM

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

1:30 PM

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 SOS

CJ's 3/04 Bracketology

2009-03-04T09:54:00.000-08:00

Boston Region
(1) CONNECTICUT (27-2) vs. (16) MORGAN ST (18-11)
(8) Texas (19-9) vs. (9) Ohio State (18-9)
(5) XAVIER (23-5) vs. (12) Kentucky (19-10)
(4) Clemson (22-6) vs. (13) AMERICAN (21-7)
(6) UTAH (20-7) vs. (11) Minnesota (19-8)
(3) Villanova (23-6) vs. (14) BINGHAMTON (19-8)
(7) Arizona St (21-7) vs. (10) SIENA (23-7)
(2) Duke (24-5) vs. (15) ROB MORRIS (21-10)

Glendale Region
(1W) OKLAHOMA (26-3) vs. (16W) JACKSONVILLE (17-12)
(8W) Tennessee (18-10) vs. (9W) CREIGHTON (25-6)
(5W) Purdue (22-7) vs. (12W) VA Tech (17-11)
(4W) Marquette (23-6) vs. (13W) W KENTUCKY (20-8)
(6W) Florida St (22-7) vs. (11W) Arizona (18-11)
(3W) MEMPHIS (26-3) vs. (14W) STE F AUSTIN (15-7)
(7W) BYU (21-6) vs. (10W) Oklahoma St (19-9)
(2W) Louisville (23-5) vs. (15W) BUFFALO (18-9)

Memphis Region
(1) N CAROLINA (24-3) vs. (16) TN MARTIN (19-8)
(8) California (21-8) vs. (9) Dayton (24-5)
(5) LSU (25-4) vs. (12) Cincinnati (17-11)
(4) Illinois (23-7) vs. (13) VCU (21-9)
(6) Syracuse (20-8) vs. (11) Michigan (17-12)
(3) WASHINGTON (22-7) vs. (14) WEBER STATE (19-8)
(7) BUTLER (24-4) vs. (10) Miami (FL) (16-10)
(2) Kansas (24-5) vs. (15) RADFORD (15-11)

Indianapolis Region
(1) Pittsburgh (25-3) vs. (16) Play-In Game
(8) Boston Col (20-9) vs. (9) Wisconsin (17-10)
(5) UCLA (22-7) vs. (12) UTAH STATE (25-4)
(4) Missouri (23-5) vs. (13) DAVIDSON (23-6)
(6) GONZAGA (22-5) vs. (11) S Carolina (20-7)
(3) Wake Forest (22-5) vs. (14) N DAKOTA ST (21-6)
(7) W Virginia (20-9) vs. (10) UNLV (20-8)
(2) MICHIGAN ST (23-5) vs. (15) CORNELL (17-9)

Play-In Game: (16) Northridge vs. Alabama State

Mock Selection Sunday

2009-03-01T09:05:00.000-08:00

I'm about to conduct a live Mock Selection Sunday just like the ESPN bracket guys did a couple weeks ago.

Keep track of all the progress here: http://roundtablesportsmock.blogspot.com/

CJ's 2/20 Bracketology

2009-02-20T16:37:00.000-08:00

I 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.

EAST (Boston)

(1) Connecticut

(16) Alabama St./Morehead St.

(8) Florida State

(9) Utah

(5) Illinois

(12) Davidson

(4) Arizona State

(13) Buffalo

(6) Gonzaga

(11) UNLV

(3) Villanova

(14)Robert Morris

(7) South Carolina

(10) Minnesota

(2) Wake Forest

(15) Holy Cross

WEST (Arizona)

(1) Pittsburgh

(16) Morgan State

(8) San Diego State

(9) Virginia Tech

(5) Purdue

(12) Cincinnati

(4) Clemson

(13) Sienna

(6) Xavier

(11) Arizona

(3) Michigan State

(14) Cal State Northridge

(7) California

(10) Kentucky

(2) Marquette

(15) East Tenn State

SOUTH (Memphis)

(1) North Carolina

(16) Vermont

(8) Texas

(9) Florida

(5) Washington

(12) Wisconsin

(4) Missouri

(13)Western Kentucky

(6) Tennessee

(11) Penn State

(3) Kansas

(14) North Dakota St.

(7) LSU

(10) West Virginia

(2) Memphis

(15) Weber St

MIDWEST (Indianapolis)

(1) Oklahoma

(16) Tennessee Martin

(8) Syracuse

(9) Boston College

(5) Butler

(12) BYU

(4) UCLA

(13) VMI

(6) Ohio State

(11) Dayton

(3) Louisville

(14) Virginia Commonwealth

(7) Utah State

(10) Creighton

(2) Duke

(15) Sam Houston

CJ's 2/14 Bracketology

2009-02-13T10:03:00.000-08:00

1 Seeds
UNC (ACC)
UConn (Big East)
Oklahoma (Big XII)
Pittsburgh

2 Seeds
Michigan State (Big X)
Memphis (C-USA)
Villanova
Duke (ACC)

3 Seeds
Xavier (A-10)
UCLA
Wake Forest
Clemson

4 Seeds
Gonzaga (WCC)
Washington (Pac-10)
Kansas
Memphis (C-USA)

5 Seeds
Illinois
Marquette
Missouri
Butler (Horizon)

6 seeds
Florida State
Louisville
Arizona State
Ohio State

7 seeds
Tennessee
Purdue
Minnesota
Syracuse

8 seeds
Davidson (Southern)
Florida
Utah State (WAC)
California

9 seeds
Miami (FL)
Dayton
Texas
Arizona

10 seeds
LSU
Oklahoma St.
Boston College
Utah (Mountain West)

11 seeds
San Diego State
WVU
BYU
South Carolina

12 seeds
Northeastern (Colonial)
UNLV
Wisconsin
Virginia Tech

13 seeds
Northern Iowa (MVC)
Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)
Buffalo (MAC)
Siena (MAAC)

14 Seed
VMI (Big South)
North Dakota State (Summit)
Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
Vermont (America East)

15 Seed
Cornell (IVY)
American (Patriot)
Weber St. (Big Sky)
East Tenn. St (Atlantic Sun

16 Seed
Long Beach St. (Big West)
Robert Morris (Northeast)
Morehead St (Ohio Valley
Morgan St. (Mid-Eastern)
Alabama St. (SWAC)

CJ's Revised Seed Lines 2/05

2009-02-04T19:39:00.001-08:00

- 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.
- I deserve to be laughed at...so continue to do so
- This is all, I might get another one out on Sunday, we'll see

-CJ

1 Seeds
Duke (ACC)
UConn (Big East)
Oklahoma (Big XII)
UNC

2 Seeds
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Michigan State (Big X)
Louisville

3 Seeds
Xavier (A-10)
UCLA (Pac-10)
Marquette
Clemson

4 Seeds
Gonzaga (WCC)
Texas
Illinois
Syracuse

5 Seeds
California
Arizona State
Kansas
Villanova

6 seeds
Minnesota
Washington
Memphis (C-USA)
Butler (Horizon)

7 seeds
Tennessee
Purdue
Ohio State
Missouri

8 seeds
Davidson (Southern)
Florida
UNLV (Mountain West)
Florida State

9 seeds
Miami (FL)
WVU
Dayton
Penn St.

10 seeds
LSU
Oklahoma St.
BYU
Boston College

11 seeds
Kentucky
USC
Virginia Tech
South Carolina

12 seeds
Northeastern (Colonial)
Utah State (WAC)
St. Mary's (CA)
San Diego State

13 seeds
Northern Iowa (MVC)
Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)
Buffalo (MAC)
Siena (MAAC)

14 Seed
VMI (Big South)
North Dakota State (Summit)
Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
Vermont (America East)

15 Seed
Cornell (IVY)
American (Patriot)
Weber St. (Big Sky)
East Tenn. St (Atlantic Sun

16 Seed
Long Beach St. (Big West)
Robert Morris (Northeast)
Morehead St (Ohio Valley
Morgan St. (Mid-Eastern)
Alabama St. (SWAC)

CJ's Seed Lines 2/04

2009-02-03T21:38:00.000-08:00

Notes:
- Redid low-major conference champs
- 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

-CJ

1 Seeds
Duke (ACC)
UConn (Big East)
Oklahoma (Big XII)
UNC

2 Seeds
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Michigan State (Big X)
Louisville

3 Seeds
Xavier (A-10)
UCLA (Pac-10)
Marquette
Clemson

4 Seeds
Gonzaga (WCC)
Texas
Illinois
Syracuse

5 Seeds
California
Arizona State
Butler (Horizon)
Villanova

6 seeds
Minnesota
Washington
Memphis (C-USA)
Purdue

7 seeds
Tennessee
WVU
Ohio State
Missouri

8 seeds
Davidson (Southern)
Florida
UNLV (Mountain West)
Florida State

9 seeds
Wisconsin
BYU
Dayton
Penn St.

10 seeds
LSU
Arkansas
South Carolina
Boston College

11 seeds
Kentucky
USC
Virginia Tech
Oklahoma St.

12 seeds
Northeastern (Colonial)
Utah State (WAC)
Notre Dame
San Diego State

13 seeds
Northern Iowa (MVC)
Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)
Buffalo (MAC)
Siena (MAAC)

14 Seed
VMI (Big South)
North Dakota State (Summit)
Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
Vermont (America East)

15 Seed
Cornell (IVY)
American (Patriot)
Weber St. (Big Sky)
East Tenn. St (Atlantic Sun

16 Seed
Long Beach St. (Big West)
Robert Morris (Northeast)
Morehead St (Ohio Valley
Morgan St. (Mid-Eastern)
Alabama St. (SWAC)

CJ 1/28/09 Bracketology

2009-01-28T16:34:00.000-08:00

-Long Week, conference champions changed next week I promise.

-CJ
-Email me your comments/complaints to ckaltenb@gmail.com

1 Seeds

Wake Forest (ACC)
Duke
UConn (Big East)
Oklahoma (Big XII)

2 Seeds
Pittsburgh
UNC
Michigan State (Big X)
Louisville

3 Seeds
Xavier (A-10)
UCLA (Pac-10)
Georgetown
Texas

4 Seeds
Clemson
Marquette
Butler (Horizon)
Syracuse

5 Seeds
California
Arizona State
Gonzaga (WCC)
Purdue

6 seeds
Illinois
Kentucky
Memphis (C-USA)
Villanova

7 seeds
Tennessee
Baylor
WVU
Ohio State

8 seeds
Notre Dame
Davidson
Kansas
St. Marys

9 seeds
St. Marys
Florida
Wisconsin
BYU

10 seeds
UNLV
Arkansas
A&M
Michigan

11 seeds
Miami FL
Maryland
Dayton
Stanford

12 seeds
Northern Iowa (MVC)
Utah State (WAC)
Washington
Oklahoma State

13 seeds
Siena (MAAC)
Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)
SFA (Southland)
VCU (CAA)

14 seed
Kent St. (MAC)
Pacific (Big West)
Cornell (Ivy)
North Dakota St. (Summit)

15 seeds
Idaho St. (Big Sky)
Belmont (A-Sun)
American (Patriot))
VMI (Big South)

16 seeds
Boston U (Am East)
UT-Martin (OVC)
Morehead St. (MEAC)
Mount St. Mary’s (NEC)
Jackson St. (SWAC)

CJ's seeding Lines 1/19

2009-01-18T21:01:00.000-08:00

Comments:

- Lots of movement due to research and lot of big wins/losses
- 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.
- Next week I'll update mid-major winners, since we will be a couple weeks in and teams will start to seperate.

-CJ

1 Seeds

Wake Forest (ACC)
Duke
UConn (Big East)
Oklahoma (Big XII)

2 Seeds
Pittsburgh
UNC
Michigan State (Big X)
Syracuse

3 Seeds
Clemson
UCLA (Pac-10)
Georgetown
Texas

4 Seeds
Xavier (A-10)
Marquette
Butler (Horizon)
Louisville

5 Seeds
California
Arizona State
Gonzaga (WCC)
Illinois

6 seeds
Notre Dame
Minnesota
Purdue
Villanova

7 seeds
Tennessee
Baylor
WVU
Memphis (C-USA)

8 seeds
Ohio State
Michigan
Davidson
Wisconsin

9 seeds
St. Marys
Florida
Kansas
BYU

10 seeds
UNLV
Arkansas
Kentucky
A&M

11 seeds
Miami FL
Maryland
Dayton
Stanford

12 seeds
Illinois State (MVC)
Utah State (WAC)
Washington
Oklahoma State

13 seeds
Siena (MAAC)
Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)
SFA (Southland)
VCU (CAA)

14 seed
Kent St. (MAC)
Pacific (Big West)
Cornell (Ivy)
North Dakota St. (Summit)

15 seeds
Idaho St. (Big Sky)
Belmont (A-Sun)
American (Patriot))
VMI (Big South)

16 seeds
Boston U (Am East)
UT-Martin (OVC)
Delaware St. (MEAC)
Mount St. Mary’s (NEC)
Jackson St. (SWAC)

CJ's Seed Lines 1/12/09

2009-01-12T00:04:00.000-08:00

- Lots of movement this week
- Not sold on the Minnesota resume, but they still jumped 3 lines
- Losers: Big East- losses are starting to pile up and til other conferences get going result is a temporary lowering overall
- 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

CJ's Bracket
1 Seeds
Wake(ACC)
Pitt(Big East)
Duke
Uconn

2 Seeds
Oklahoma (Big 12)
UNC
Texas
UCLA (Pac-10)

3 Seeds
Clemson
Memphis (C-USA)
Illinois (Big Ten)
Arizona State

4 Seeds
Kansas
Syracuse
Butler (Horizon)
Georgetown

5 Seeds
Tennessee (SEC)
Davidson (Southern)
Xavier (A-10)
Notre Dame

6 Seeds

BYU (Mountain West)
Florida
Purdue

Michigan St.
7 Seeds

West Virginia
Gonzaga
UNLV
Marquette

8 Seeds
St. Mary’s (WCC)
Creighton (MVC)

Michigan
Villanova

9 seeds
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Baylor
Missouri

10 seeds
Ohio State
Miami Fl.
Texas A&M
Arizona

11 seeds
Dayton
Maryland
Arkansas
Louisville

12 seeds
Florida State
Stanford
Nevada (WAC)
California

13 seeds
Siena (MAAC)
Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)
SFA (Southland)
VCU (CAA)

14 seed
Kent St. (MAC)
Pacific (Big West)
Cornell (Ivy)
North Dakota St. (Summit)

15 seeds
Idaho St. (Big Sky)
Belmont (A-Sun)
American (Patriot))
VMI (Big South)

16 seeds
Boston U (Am East)
UT-Martin (OVC)
Delaware St. (MEAC)
Mount St. Mary’s (NEC)
Jackson St. (SWAC)

CJ's Bracketology 1/05/09

2009-01-05T11:47:00.000-08:00

Just 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.

I'll get to those emails this week.

-CJ

CJ's Bracket
1 Seeds
UNC (ACC)
UConn (Big East)
Georgetown
Pitt

2 Seeds
Oklahoma (Big 12)
Texas
UCLA (Pac-10)
Duke

3 Seeds
West Virginia
Memphis (C-USA)
Wake Forest
Purdue (Big Ten)

4 Seeds
Kansas
Syracuse
Butler (Horizon)
Villanova

5 Seeds
Tennessee (SEC)
Davidson (Southern)
Xavier (A-10)
Michigan St.

6 Seeds
Clemson
Arizona State
BYU (Mountain West)
Florida

7 Seeds
Illinois
Notre Dame
Marquette
UNLV

8 Seeds
St. Mary’s (WCC)
Creighton (MVC)
Wisconsin
Gonzaga

9 seeds
Michigan
Florida St.
Baylor
Missouri

10 seeds
Ohio State
Miami Fl.
LSU
Arizona

11 seeds
Dayton
Maryland
Boston College
Louisville

12 seeds
Minnesota
Cleveland State
Nevada (WAC)
Texas A&M

13 seeds
Siena (MAAC)
Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)
SFA (Southland)
VCU (CAA)

14 seed
Kent St. (MAC)
Pacific (Big West)
Cornell (Ivy)
North Dakota St. (Summit)

15 seeds
Idaho St. (Big Sky)
Belmont (A-Sun)
American (Patriot))
VMI (Big South)

16 seeds
Boston U (Am East)
UT-Martin (OVC)
Delaware St. (MEAC)
Mount St. Mary’s (NEC)
Jackson St. (SWAC)

CJ's 12/28 Seed Lines

2008-12-28T22:01:00.000-08:00

Comments

- 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

- 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

- 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

I'll do a readers response thread later in the week, so send those emails to roundtablesports@rocketmail.com or ckaltenb@gmail.com

-CJ

1 Seeds
UNC (ACC)
UConn (Big East)
Oklahoma (Big 12)

Pitt

2 Seeds
UCLA (Pac-10)
Texas
Purdue (Big Ten)
Duke

3 Seeds
Gonzaga (WCC)
Memphis (C-USA)
Wake Forest
Georgetown

4 Seeds
Kansas
Syracuse
West Virginia
Villanova

5 Seeds
Tennessee (SEC)

Notre Dame
Xavier (A-10)
Michigan St.

6 Seeds
Clemson
Butler (Horizon)
BYU (Mountain West)
Davidson (Southern)

7 Seeds
Illinois
Marquette
Creighton (MVC)
UNLV

8 Seeds
St. Mary’s
Arizona State
Baylor
Wisconsin

9 seeds
Michigan
Florida St.
Florida
Missouri

10 seeds
Ohio State
Miami Fl.
LSU
Arizona

11 seeds
Dayton
Maryland
Evansville
Louisville

12 seeds
Minnesota
Cleveland State
Nevada (WAC)
Texas A&M

13 seeds
Siena (MAAC)
Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)
SFA (Southland)
VCU (CAA)

14 seed
Kent St. (MAC)
Pacific (Big West)
Cornell (Ivy)
North Dakota St. (Summit)

15 seeds
Idaho St. (Big Sky)
Belmont (A-Sun)
American (Patriot))
VMI (Big South)

16 seeds
Boston U (Am East)
UT-Martin (OVC)
Delaware St. (MEAC)
Mount St. Mary’s (NEC)
Jackson St. (SWAC)

CJ's Bracketology-12/15

2008-12-15T09:39:00.000-08:00

1 Seeds
UNC (ACC)
UConn (Big East)
Oklahoma (Big 12)
Texas

2 Seeds
UCLA (Pac-10)
Pitt
Purdue (Big Ten)
Notre Dame

3 Seeds

Xavier (A-10)
Memphis (C-USA)
Wake Forest
Duke

4 Seeds
Georgetown
Baylor
Gonzaga (WCC)
Syracuse

5 Seeds
Tennessee (SEC)
Louisville
Villanova
Michigan St.

6 Seeds
Clemson
Ohio St.
BYU (Mountain West)
Davidson (Southern)

7 Seeds
West Virginia
Marquette
Creighton (MVC)
UNLV

8 Seeds
St. Mary’s
Arizona State
Kansas
Wisconsin

9 seeds
Michigan
Florida St.
Dayton
Florida

10 seeds
Missouri
Miami Fl.
LSU
Arizona

11 seeds
Illinois
Maryland
Texas A&M
Temple

12 seeds
Minnesota
Seton Hall
Nevada (WAC)
Siena (MAAC)

13 seeds
Butler (Horizon)
Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)
SFA (Southland)
VCU (CAA)

14 seed
Kent St. (MAC)
Pacific (Big West)
Cornell (Ivy)
North Dakota St. (Summit)

15 seeds
Idaho St. (Big Sky)
Belmont (A-Sun)
American (Patriot))
VMI (Big South)

16 seeds
Boston U (Am East)
UT-Martin (OVC)
Delaware St. (MEAC)
Mount St. Mary’s (NEC)
Jackson St. (SWAC)

Bracketology- 12/09

2008-12-09T17:20:00.000-08:00

1 Seeds
North Carolina (ACC)
Connecticut (Big East)
Texas (Big 12)
Pittsburgh

2 Seeds
Louisville
UCLA (Pac-10)
Notre Dame
Oklahoma

3 Seeds
Tennessee (SEC)
Gonzaga (West Coast)
Purdue
Duke

4 Seeds
Memphis (C-USA)
Wake Forest
Marquette
Michigan State (Big Ten)

5 Seeds

Arizona State
Syracuse
Davidson (Southern)
Villanova

6 Seeds

Miami (FL)
Georgetown
Xavier (A-10)
Wisconsin

7 Seeds

Michigan
Baylor
Kansas
UNLV (Mountain West)

8 Seeds

West Virgina
LSU
Illinois
BYU

9 Seeds

Ohio State
USC
Florida State
Dayton

10 Seeds

Florida
Clemson
Creighton (Missouri Valley)
California

11 Seeds

UAB
Texas A&M
Washington State
Maryland

12 Seeds

Butler
Southern Illinois
VCU (Colonial)
Siena (MAAC)

13 Seeds

Cornell (Ivy)
Cleveland State (Horizon)
Nevada (WAC)
Kent State (MAC)

14 Seeds

Oral Roberts (Summit)
Winthrop (Big South)
Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt)
Cal State-Northridge (Big West)

15 Seeds

Portland State (Big Sky)
Belmont (Atlantic Sun)
Texas-Arlington (Southland)
Vermont (America East)

16 Seeds

Tennessee-Martin (Ohio Valley)
Morgan State (Mid-Eastern)
Jackson State (SWAC)
American (Patriot)
Mount St. Mary's (Northeast)

Weekend Game Picks 12/4-12/7

2008-12-03T19:12:00.001-08:00

UCLA 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

Prediction: Texas 83 UCLA 78

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

Prediction: ND 88 OSU 82

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)

Prediction: Davidson 77 NC State 68

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.

Prediction Bradley 68 MSU 66

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.

Prediction: Florida 78 FSU 64

NCAA Seed Lines- 11/26

2008-11-26T20:34:00.000-08:00

Quick Comments:

-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
-Syracuse moves up 2 lines after the impressive CBE tournament
-BC's 2 losses moves them out for now but I was impressed with how they hung in with Purdue

1 Seeds

North Carolina (ACC)
Connecticut (Big East)
Notre Dame
Michigan State (Big Ten)

2 Seeds
Louisville
UCLA (Pac-10)
Texas (Big 12)
Duke

3 Seeds

Oklahoma
Gonzaga (West Coast)
Purdue
Pittsburgh

4 Seeds
Tennessee (SEC)
Memphis (C-USA)
Wake Forest
Marquette

5 Seeds

Arizona State
Miami (FL)
Davidson (Southern)
Villanova

6 Seeds

Syracuse
Georgetown
Xavier (A-10)
Wisconsin

7 Seeds

St. Mary's
Baylor
Kansas
UNLV (Mountain West)

8 Seeds

West Virgina
LSU
Washington
BYU

9 Seeds

Ohio State
USC
Texas A&M
Siena (MAAC)

10 Seeds

Florida
Clemson
Creighton (Missouri Valley)
Alabama

11 Seeds

UAB
Dayton
Providence
Washington State

12 Seeds

Temple
Maryland
Southern Illinois
VCU (Colonial)

13 Seeds

Cornell (Ivy)
Cleveland State (Horizon)
Nevada (WAC)
Kent State (MAC)

14 Seeds

Oral Roberts (Summit)
Winthrop (Big South)
Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt)
Cal State-Northridge (Big West)

15 Seeds

Portland State (Big Sky)
Belmont (Atlantic Sun)
Texas-Arlington (Southland)
Vermont (America East)

16 Seeds

Tennessee-Martin (Ohio Valley)
Morgan State (Mid-Eastern)
Jackson State (SWAC)
American (Patriot)
Mount St. Mary's (Northeast)

New Bracket Thursday/Predictions

2008-11-25T08:33:00.000-08:00

I'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

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.

Prediction: ND 82 Texas 79

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

Prediction UNC 87 Oregon 74

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

Prediction Kansas 76 Syracuse 73

24 Hr. College Basketball Marathon

2008-11-18T10:55:00.001-08:00

Started 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:

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.
Prediction: BC 82 SJU 75

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 beyond me)

Prediction: UNC 87 Kentucky 72

NCAA Bracketology Seeding-Week 1- 11/16

2008-11-16T20:16:00.001-08:00

This will be a weekly piece with the updated seedings and starting in January complete brackets.

1 Seeds

North Carolina (ACC)
Connecticut (Big East)
Louisville
Michigan State (Big Ten)

2 Seeds

UCLA (Pac-10)
Notre Dame
Texas (Big 12)
Pittsburgh

3 Seeds

Oklahoma
Gonzaga (West Coast)
Purdue
Tennessee (SEC)

4 Seeds
Duke
Memphis (C-USA)
Wake Forest
Marquette

5 Seeds

Arizona State
Miami (FL)
Davidson (Southern)
Villanova

6 Seeds

USC
Georgetown
Xavier (A-10)
Wisconsin

7 Seeds

St. Mary's
Baylor
Kansas
UNLV (Mountain West)

8 Seeds

Syracuse
LSU
Washington
BYU

9 Seeds

Ohio State
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Arizona

10 Seeds

Siena (MAAC)
Clemson
Creighton (Missouri Valley)
Alabama

11 Seeds
Boston College
Dayton
Providence
Washington State

12 Seeds

Temple
Maryland
Kentucky
VCU (Colonial)

13 Seeds

Cornell (Ivy)
Cleveland State (Horizon)
Nevada (WAC)
Kent State (MAC)

14 Seeds

Oral Roberts (Summit)
Winthrop (Big South)
Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt)
Cal State-Northridge (Big West)

15 Seeds

Portland State (Big Sky)
Belmont (Atlantic Sun)
Texas-Arlington (Southland)
Vermont (America East)

16 Seeds

Tennessee-Martin (Ohio Valley)
Morgan State (Mid-Eastern)
Jackson State (SWAC)
American (Patriot)
Mount St. Mary's (Northeast)