Sunday, January 22, 2006

Here is my bracket, updated through results of 1-22:

A few anomalies that will likely change as the season goes on:
Right now, 5 Missouri Valley teams are in my bracket. The Valley is really strong this season, but likely will be a 3-4 bid conference come Selection Sunday.

Currently, George Mason is in as an at large. The Patriots are benificiaries of fact there are simply not 34 worthy at large teams as of now, but have very little margin for error if they want to make it in as an at large. A very good RPI of 41 is about all they have to hang their head on, but that's better than alternatives

As of now, the Big 12 and Pac 10 each only have 3 worthy teams. The thing is, unless a team not currently in gets on a major roll, it may not be a big anomaly. In the case of Big 12, neither Iowa State or Oklahoma can feel safe, but would sneak into field if tourament started today.

Nevada, despite a top 50 win and an RPI of 52, receives one of the final at large bids based purely of their performances in lats two tournaments, and the fact that they have one of college basketball's best players in Nick Fazekas. To receive an at large in March, the Wolfpack better pick up a couple of quality wins, and inch that RPI up to 40 or better.

Bid Breakdown:
8 Big East
7 Big Ten
6 ACC
5 SEC, Missouri Valley
3 Pac 10, Big 12
2 Atlantic 10, Conference USA, Colonial, WAC

Last Five Teams In:
Nevada, George Mason, Southern Illinois, Missouri State, Miami-Florida

Last Five Teams Out:
Kansas State, Air Force, Clemson, Arkansas, Alabama

Teams in Bold are the current conference leaders

Also, sorry for the slight technical glitch, as the bracket will load fine, you just have to scroll really far down on page. This will be fixed ASAP, but I just want to post my bracket to give an idea of the bracket that will be produced, hopefully in an easier to read manner very soon.

Bracket:



1-22 Bracket




































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































PROJECTED BRACKET








Mar 16/17Mar 18/19Mar 23 & 25
Mar 24 & 26Mar 18/19Mar 16/17

Atlanta, GA





Washington, DC
1Duke




Connecticut1
16Southern




Elon16
8Marquette




North Carolina8
9UAB




Xavier9
4Tennessee




Washington4
13Western Kentucky




Manhattan13
5Iowa




Ohio State5
12Missouri State




Miami-Florida12
2Villanova




Illinois2
15Oral Roberts




Sacred Heart15
7George Washington




Vanderbilt7
10Oklahoma




Bucknell10
3Wisconsin




Florida3
14Louisiana Tech




Northwestern State14
6Creighton

Indianapolis

Syracuse6
11Nevada

Final Four

Wisconsin-Milwaukee11
Oakland, CA

Sat Apr 1


Minneapolis, MN
1Texas

Final

Memphis1
16Northern Arizona

Mon Apr 3

Play-In Winner16
8Iowa State




Georgetown8
9Wichita State




Kentucky9
4Indiana




Pittsburgh4
13Akron




Tennessee Tech13
5North Carolina State




Northern Iowa5
12Old Dominion




Winthrop12
2West Virginia




Michigan State2
15UC Irvine




Delaware State15
7Arizona




LSU7
10Michigan




Boston College10
3Gonzaga




UCLA3
14UNLV




Pennsylvania14
6Maryland




Cincinnati6
11Southern Illinois




George Mason11

















Play-In Game








Binghamton vs. Florida Atlantic





































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