Monday, February 23, 2009

Monday Morning Bracketology

Official Stats
Conference Tourney Winners = 31
Locks = 22 Great Bets = 8
Last 4 in = 4
Total At Large Bids = 34
Total Teams Invited = 65

Automatic Bids (31)
1 American East - Vermont
2 ACC - North Carolina
3 Atlantic Sun - Jacksonville
4 Atlantic 10 - Xavier
5 Big East - Connecticut
6 Big Sky - Weber State
7 Big South - Radford
8 Big 10 - Michigan State
9 Big 12 - Oklahoma
10 Big West - Long Beach State
11 Colonial - VCU
12 C-USA - Memphis
13 Horizon - Butler
14 Ivy League - Cornell
15 MAAC - Siena
16 MAC - Buffalo
17 MEAC - Morgan State
18 Missouri Valley - Creighton
19 Mountain West - Utah
20 NorthEast - Robert Morris
21 Ohio Valley - Tenn-Martin
22 Pac 10 - Washington
23 Patriot - American
24 SEC - LSU
25 Southern - Davidson
26 Southland - Stephen F. Austin
27 Summit - North Dakota State
28 Sun Belt - Western Kentucky
29 SWAC - Alabama State
30 WAC - Utah State
31 West Coast - Gonzaga

Locks (22)
1 Wake Forest 17
2 Texas 38
3 Duke 4
4 Florida State 18
5 Louisville 12
6 Clemson 9
7 Marquette 21
8 Pittsburgh 1
9 Syracuse 24
10 Wisconsin 27
11 Florida 40
12 Illinois 16
13 Purdue 23
14 West Vriginia 15
15 Kansas 7
16 Missouri 14
17 Arizona State 22
18 Villanova 10
19 California 32
20 Dayton 29
21 South Carolina 44
22 UCLA 36

Great Bets (8)
1 UNLV 50
2 Minnesota 35
3 Boston College 54
4 Ohio State 43
5 Kentucky 63
6 Arizona 42
7 Tennessee 25
8 BYU 30

Last Four In (4)
1 Penn State 62
2 Oklahoma State 31
3 Maryland 52
4 Virginia Tech 66

Last Four Out (4)
1 San Diego State 47
2 UAB 37
3 Temple 34
4 Kansas State 74

Next Four Out (4)
1 Notre Dame 72
2 Miami - Fla 46
3 USC 49
4 St. Mary's 51

Also Considered (13)
1 Texas A&M 39
2 Georgetown 45
3 Cincinnati 55
4 Michigan 56
5 Baylor 57
6 Illinois State 58
7 Niagara 64
8 Nebraska 65
9 Rhode Island 68
10 Tulsa 69
11 New Mexico 70
12 Providence 76
13 Northern Iowa 81

The last team I put in was Virginia Tech. I really think it should be Temple or UAB but I went with an ACC team because I have an ACC bias.

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