CJ's 12/28 Seed Lines

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)