2011 NCAA Tournament Projections/Bracketology

[bkochmc]

A thread to talk about tournament seeding projections. Here's a few to get us started...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_glockner/01/10/bracket.watch/index.html?eref=sihp

SOUTHEAST - New Orleans

Cleveland

1 Ohio State (Big Ten)
16 Hampton (MEAC)

8 Old Dominion (Colonial)
9 St. John's


Tulsa

5 Florida (SEC)
12 UAB (Conference USA)

4 Texas A&M
13 Oakland (Summit)


Tucson

6 Louisville
11 Georgia

3 BYU
14 Long Beach State (Big West)


Washington D.C.

7 North Carolina
10 Richmond

2 Connecticut
15 Hofstra (Colonial)

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

SOUTHEAST (New Orleans)

Cleveland

1Ohio St
16Nicholls St / 16NORTHERN COLORADO

8St. John's
9BOSTON COLLEGE


Denver

5TEXAS A&M
12BELMONT

4BRIGHAM YOUNG
13FAIRFIELD


Chicago

6Kansas St
11Utah St

3Notre Dame
14AKRON


Tampa

7TEMPLE
10Washington St

2Kentucky
15COASTAL CAROLINA

I'll take either of those brackets. Either one gives a high percentage of getting to the Sweet 16.

 

[LitlBuck]

A thread to talk about tournament seeding projections. Here's a few to get us started...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_glockner/01/10/bracket.watch/index.html?eref=sihp


http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology


I'll take either of those brackets. Either one gives a high percentage of getting to the Sweet 16.

Kentucky might scare me a little bit because you know they are Kentucky

 

[bkochmc]

Yes please.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_glockner/01/18/bracket.projection/index.html

SOUTHEAST - New Orleans

Cleveland
1 Ohio State (Big Ten)
16 Austin Peay (Ohio Valley)

8 Boston College
9 Cincinnati


Charlotte
5 Vanderbilt
12 Harvard (Ivy)

4 West Virginia
13 UAB (Conference USA)


Tucson
6 Minnesota
11 Miami (Fla.)

3 BYU
14 Bucknell (Patriot)


Washington D.C.
7 Washington (Pac-10)
10 Xavier (Atlantic 10)

2 Connecticut
15 Florida Atlantic (Sun Belt)

 

[BearBuck27]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/richard_deitsch/02/09/ncaa.cbsturner/index.html

Get ready to serve as your own television programmer for March Madness.

On Thursday, CBS Sports and Turner Sports released their joint television schedule for this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament, and here is the big selling point: All of the games will be available live in their entirety across four national networks: CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV.
The expanded 68-team tournament tips off in prime time on truTV on Tuesday, March 15, with a set of games being called the "First Four." The opening game airs at 6:30 p.m. ET followed by a game at 9 p.m. That schedule will be repeated the next day on truTV.


The First Four winners will advance to what is now known as the second round. The scheduled start times for these games on March 17 and 18 are as follows: noon (CBS), 12:30 p.m. (truTV), 1:30 p.m. (TBS) and 2 p.m. (TNT). The second set of games begin at 2:30 p.m. (CBS), 3 p.m. (truTV), 4 p.m. (TBS) and 4:30 p.m. (TNT).


Then we get to prime time. TBS opens the coverage with a 6:45 p.m. tip-off followed by games at 7 p.m. (CBS), 7:15 p.m. (TNT and truTV). The final games of the night begin at 9:15 p.m. (TBS), 9:30 p.m. (CBS), 9:45 p.m. (TNT), and 9:55 p.m. (truTV).

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...02/09/ncaa.cbsturner/index.html#ixzz1DaTW1X8e
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[MaxBuck]

Happiness is having a home office in March, and full cable.

 

[Jake]

For what it's worth.

Cleveland
1OHIO ST
16MCNEESE ST / 16TEXAS SOUTHERN

8UNLV
9Old Dominion

Washington DC
5Vanderbilt
12Gonzaga

4Syracuse
13HARVARD

Chicago
6Missouri
11Michigan St

3Notre Dame
14FAIRFIELD

Tucson
7Temple
10Marquette

2San Diego St
15LONG ISLAND

I'd love to see Harvard get the Ivy bid. Their last appearance was 1946. They lost to Ohio State.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

 

[starBUCKS]

For what it's worth.



I'd love to see Harvard get the Ivy bid. Their last appearance was 1946. They lost to Ohio State.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

That would be a dream bracket, and also probably the weakest.

 

[LitlBuck]

That would be a dream bracket, and also probably the weakest.

that bracket is so weak I don't think they could create it but if they could maybe Notre Dame would give us a little fight but I certainly would take it.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

they created it last year for Duke.....and they were the 3rd 1 seed. Imagine if Duke got the 1st 1 seed.

 

[Jake]

Today they have Duke as a 2 seed, in our bracket. Tomorrow it'll be something else.

Cleveland
1OHIO ST
16BETHUNE-COOKMAN / 16MCNEESE ST

8UCLA
9Old Dominion

Tucson
5Vanderbilt
12UAB

4Connecticut
13PRINCETON

Washington DC
6XAVIER
11SAINT MARY'S

3Syracuse
14BUCKNELL

Charlotte
7Cincinnati
10Illinois

2DUKE
15LONG ISLAND

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

I'll punch a baby if Syracuse goes to DC on the year we decided to save our $$$ and not go to the first 2 rounds.

 

[cincibuck]

Regardless of the brackets, how do you see the Buckeye guards holding up at the Sweet 16 level of play?

 

[Jake]

Interesting potential match ups in this updated projection:
Second round - Tennessee
Sweet 16 - Xavier
Regional Final - Florida or Notre Dame


Cleveland
1OHIO ST
16BETHUNE-COOKMAN / 16MIDDLE TENNESSEE

8Missouri
9Tennessee

Tucson
5XAVIER
12BELMONT

4St. John's
13IONA

Tampa
6Texas A&M
11Clemson

3FLORIDA
14LONG ISLAND

Chicago
7UCLA
10SAINT MARY'S

2Notre Dame
15MILWAUKEE

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

 

[korchiki]

That would be ideal...

 

[LitlBuck]

In that scenario, Notre Dame might worry me in the Regional Final but Florida