warriorfan4life
03-16-2014, 12:55 AM
We just wrapped up putting out our initial bracket. Here is the link to our selections and seeds:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Asjb5kvZz0PcdGJpZ2ZPVkhkcnZLUnlYZExRQXB1Z 0E&usp=drive_web#gid=0
Here are a few highlights:
We all think that Green Bay is getting based off of recent precedent. Their profile is actually pretty solid, and it just lacks another marquee win or two (though Tulsa winning C-USA tourney helps their profile a bit).
Providence was among the teams being debated for the final couple of spots, so they did themselves a solid by getting the automatic bid. We ended up seeding them on the 11 line, though I could see them getting a 9-10 seed.
Four Big East teams in the field, with Nova a 2 seed, Creighton a 4 seed, Providence an 11 seed as mentioned, and Xavier an 11 seed in the play-in games. Xavier, however, is solidly in ahead of the other three play-in games teams (Green Bay, Florida State, and BYU).
The final team getting in debate was Florida State and Tennessee, and that may be revisited again tomorrow. We seem to think that Tennessee is going to get into the actual tourney, but FSU has a respectable profile and a lot of committee members did not think much of Tennessee's profile.
SMU is in a much bigger spot of bother then all of the bracketogolists believe. They played an awful non-conference schedule, only beat 4 top 100 teams total, and have a middling road/neutral record. I personally think that they sneak in, but we had them out and recent precedent is not in their favor.
On a quick note, my personal bracket will have Tennessee in ahead of Florida State and likely SMU in ahead of BYU (but I am still waffling on that).
We have the top lines of seeds as follows:
1's: Florida, Arizona, Wichita State, Michigan
2's: Virginia, Villanova, Louisville, Wisconsin
3's: Kansas (due to Embiid injury), Duke, Iowa State, Michigan State
4's: Creighton, Syracuse, San Diego State, Cincinnati
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Asjb5kvZz0PcdGJpZ2ZPVkhkcnZLUnlYZExRQXB1Z 0E&usp=drive_web#gid=0
Here are a few highlights:
We all think that Green Bay is getting based off of recent precedent. Their profile is actually pretty solid, and it just lacks another marquee win or two (though Tulsa winning C-USA tourney helps their profile a bit).
Providence was among the teams being debated for the final couple of spots, so they did themselves a solid by getting the automatic bid. We ended up seeding them on the 11 line, though I could see them getting a 9-10 seed.
Four Big East teams in the field, with Nova a 2 seed, Creighton a 4 seed, Providence an 11 seed as mentioned, and Xavier an 11 seed in the play-in games. Xavier, however, is solidly in ahead of the other three play-in games teams (Green Bay, Florida State, and BYU).
The final team getting in debate was Florida State and Tennessee, and that may be revisited again tomorrow. We seem to think that Tennessee is going to get into the actual tourney, but FSU has a respectable profile and a lot of committee members did not think much of Tennessee's profile.
SMU is in a much bigger spot of bother then all of the bracketogolists believe. They played an awful non-conference schedule, only beat 4 top 100 teams total, and have a middling road/neutral record. I personally think that they sneak in, but we had them out and recent precedent is not in their favor.
On a quick note, my personal bracket will have Tennessee in ahead of Florida State and likely SMU in ahead of BYU (but I am still waffling on that).
We have the top lines of seeds as follows:
1's: Florida, Arizona, Wichita State, Michigan
2's: Virginia, Villanova, Louisville, Wisconsin
3's: Kansas (due to Embiid injury), Duke, Iowa State, Michigan State
4's: Creighton, Syracuse, San Diego State, Cincinnati