Sunday, March 12, 2017

Final Results

Really like what the committee did getting the field of 68 right and showing that road wins matter

Final Results

68/68 teams
39/68 teams correct seed
63/68 within 1 line


5 teams I missed (my seed/actual seed)

South Carolina- 9/7 - Committee definitely rated SEC wins more than I thought they would given lack of OOC results

Wisconsin- 5/8 - I don't really get this one at all, honestly was just off on Big X in general, could have overrated tournament wins

Northwestern- 10/8 - this was a team I felt like I had too low and in retrospect should have just moved Big East teams down for lack of OOC and overall conference weakness

Seton Hall- 11/9 - Didn't ding them as much as I thought for just being boring against good competition, underrated that late Butler win maybe

Wichita State- 7/10 - I'm right and the committee is wrong, would do it again

FINAL Bracket (w/Conditions)

FINAL BRACKET

Honestly don't see a lot of line movement happening based on Sunday's games so instead of overreacting to them going to lock this in earlier than usual


1 Seeds: Villanova, Kansas, North Carolina, Gonzaga
2 Seeds: Kentucky, Duke, Arizona, Baylor
3 Seeds: Oregon, Louisville, UCLA, Florida State
4 Seeds: Florida, West Virginia, Butler, Notre Dame
5 Seeds: Purdue, Virginia, Cinncinnati, Wisconsin
6 Seeds : Minnesota, SMU, Iowa State, Michigan
7 Seeds: Creighton, Saint Mary's, Maryland, Wichita State
8 Seeds: Miami FL, Dayton, Arkansas, Virginia Tech
9 Seeds: South Carolina, Oklahoma State, VCU, Michigan State
10 Seeds: Northwestern, Marquette, Xavier, Vanderbilt
11 Seeds: Wake Forest, Kansas State, Seton Hall, Middle Tennessee, Rhode Island
12 Seeds: Providence, USC, Nevada, UNC-Wilmington, Princeton
13 Seeds: Bucknell, East Tennessee State, Vermont, Winthrop
14 Seeds: New Mexico State, Florida Gulf Coast, Iona, Northern Kentucky
15 Seeds: Kent State, Texas Southern, North Dakota, Jacksonville State
16 Seeds: Texas State- San Marcos, South Dakota State, North Carolina Central, New Orleans, Mount St. Mary's, UC-Davis


Conditions

If Yale wins the Ivy, Bucknell moves from 13 seed to 12 Seed and Yale slides into the 13 line
If Troy wins the Sun Belt, they take the spot of Texas State- San Marcos

Saturday, March 11, 2017

Night Before Bracket

Hey everyone just a few more games left and at this point history has shown us the committee doesn't do much with these late games in terms of seeding.

Filing a night before bracket but going to go through the resumes one more time tonight before coming up with the final bracket in the morning

As always fire up your questions on twitter to @BBracketologist and I'll answer them throughout the day!

1 Seeds: Villanova, Kansas, North Carolina, Gonzaga
2 Seeds: Kentucky, Oregon, Duke, Louisville
3 Seeds: Arizona, Baylor, UCLA, West Virginia
4 Seeds: Florida State, Florida, Butler, Notre Dame
5 Seeds: Purdue, Virginia, Cincinnati, Minnesota
6 Seeds: SMU, Iowa State, Creighton, Wisconsin
7 Seeds: Maryland, Michigan, Miami, Wichita State
8 Seeds: Saint Mary's, South Carolina, Dayton, Northwestern
9 Seeds: Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, VCU
10 Seeds: Seton Hall, Michigan State, Xavier, Wake Forest
11 Seeds: Providence, Vanderbilt, Marquette, Middle Tennesee, USC
12 Seeds: Kansas State, Rhode Island, Nevada, NC-Wilmington, Texas-Arlington
13 Seeds: Vermont, Princeton, East Tenn State, Akron
14 Seeds: Bucknell, Winthrop, Florida Gulf Coast, CSU-Bakersfield
15 Seeds: Iona, Northern Kentucky, UC-Irvine, Texas Southern
16 Seeds: North Dakota, South Dakota State, Jacksonville State, North Carolina Central, New Orleans, Mount St. Mary's

Thursday, March 2, 2017

MARCH IS HERE

Welcome Bracket Fans,

March is upon us and that means updates on the regular as we move through conference tournament season!

1 Seeds: Villanova, Kansas, North Carolina, Gonzaga
2 Seeds: Oregon, Louisville, UCLA, Kentucky
3 Seeds: Baylor, Butler, Arizona, Florida
4 Seeds: Florida State, Duke, West Virginia, Notre Dame
5 Seeds: Purdue, Cincinnati, Minnesota, UVA
6 Seeds: SMU, St. Mary's, Wisconsin, Iowa State
7 Seeds: Creighton, Maryland, Oklahoma State, Dayton
8 Seeds: South Carolina, Miami, Virginia Tech, Michigan State
9 Seeds: Michigan, VCU, Arkansas, Northwestern
10 Seeds: Wichita State, Xavier, USC, Marquette
11 Seeds: Seton Hall, Providence, Middle Tennessee State, Syracuse, Wake Forest
12 Seeds: California, Vanderbilt, UNC-Wilmington, Nevada, UT-Arlington
13 Seeds: Monmouth, Vermont, Princeton, Valpo
14 Seeds: Belmont, Akron, East Tennessee State, Bucknell
15 Seedds: Florida Gulf Coast, CSU-Bakersfield, South Dakota, Winthrop
16 Seeds: North Dakota, New Orleans, Texas Southern, NC Central, UC-Irvine, Mount St. Mary's

Sunday, January 15, 2017

January Bracket

Hey everyone sorry about the lack of a preseason bracket but here we are starting out conference season with the Madness only 2 months away, here is how I would seed the teams if the tournament started today:

Updated January 15th 2017

1 Seeds: Villanova, Kansas, Kentucky, UCLA
2 Seeds: Baylor, Gonzaga, Creighton, Butler
3 Seeds: Florida State, Duke, Notre Dame, Louisville
4 Seeds: Creighton, UNC, WVU, Oregon
5 Seeds: Florida, Arizona Cincinnati, Minnesota
6 Seeds: Xavier, Purdue, St. Mary's Wisconsin
7 Seeds: Purdue, SMU, Clemson, Virginia Tech
8 Seeds: USC, South Carolina, Indiana, Northwestern
9 Seeds: Michigan State, Pittsburgh, Dayton, Iowa State
10 Seeds: VCU, Seton hall, TCU, Arkansas
11 Seeds: Georgia, Kansas State, Wichita State, Miami, Rhode Island, Illinois
12 Seeds: Mid Tenn, UNC-Wilmington, Boise State, UT-Arlington
13 Seeds: Oakland, Akron, Chattanooga, Monmouth
14 Seeds: Vermont, New Mexico State, Florida Gulf Coast, Princeton
15 Seeds: Belmont, Bucknell, ND State, UNC-Asheville
16 Seeds: Texas Southern, Weber State, New Orleans, NC Central, UC-Irvine, Mount St. Mary's