Saturday, March 13, 2010

My 65

OK,
So here are my picks for the 65 teams that should be in the tournament. As of my post there are 4 automatic bids that are not played yet and those are empty on the top part and the teams that I expect to win are in the "at large" part of the list. I have also picked my 4 "number 1" seeds. If there is an upset in the ACC or Big 10 game then my list is incorrect and I will delete the following teams in this order: Clemson and URI.

There are a couple teams I didn't include that probably should be in, Louisville didn't make it because they beat 2 teams that are in the tourney, Syracuse twice and Notre Dame once. Considering they are in the Big East and had a 11-7 record in conference it would look good, but they lost to Georgetown, Pitt, Villanova, and West Virginia. The same can be said for Marquette they beat Georgetown once and lost the same amount of games to tournament teams. Both of these teams also lost in the first round of the conference tournament.
Illinois also had a good run but didn't win many big games when they needed to. Of course you could make the case that they belong instead of URI but the Big 10 is not that strong and don't need 5 teams. Those are my picks, let the arguments begin.

AUTO Bids 31

                              ACC (6)
Vermont (AEC) (1)
East Tennessee State (Atlantic Sun) (1)
                              Atlantic 10 (4)
West Virginia #1 seed (Big East) (6)
Montana (Big Sky) (1)
Winthrop (Big South) (1)
                             Big 10 (4)
Kansas #1 seed (Big 12) (6)
UCSB (Big West) (1)
Old Dominion (CAA) (1)
Houston (C-USA) (4)
Butler (Horizon) (1)
Cornell (Ivy)  (1)
Siena (MAAC) (1)
Ohio (MAC) (1)
Morgan State (MEAC) (1)
Northern Iowa (Missouri Valley) (1)
San Diego State (MT. West) (4)
Robert Morris (Northeast) (1)
Murray State (OVC) (1)
Washington (Pac-10) (3)
Lehigh (Patriot) (1)
                             SEC (4)
Wofford (SoCon) (1)
Sam Houston State (Southland) (1)
Arkansas Pine Bluff (SWAC) (1)
Oakland (Summit) (1)
North Texas (Sun Belt) (1)
New Mexico ST. WAC (2)
St. Mary's (WCC) (2)

At Large 34

ACC (6)
Maryland
Florida ST
VA Tech
Duke #1 seed
Wake Forest
Clemson

Atlantic 10 (4)
Temple
Xavier
Richmond
URI

Big 12 (6)
Kansas St.
Texas A&M
Baylor
Missouri
Texas

Big East (6)
Syracuse
Pitt
Nova
Georgetown
Notre Dame

Big Ten (4)
Ohio ST
Purdue
Michigan State
Wisconsin

Conf USA (4)
UTEP
Memphis
UAB

MT West (4)
New Mexico
BYU
UNLV

PAC-10 (3)
Cal
AZ State

SEC (4)
Kentucky #1 seed
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
Miss. ST

WCC (2)
Gonzaga

WAC (2)
Utah St.

Field of 65

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