At Large Bid Prediction

[JohnStOnge]

Just a few hours but just for fun. I quickly went through and below is my prediction on who will get at large bids. Probably some really stupid ones in there because, as I said, I did it quickly...just kind of scanned things. Oh, and I had to put "Illinois State or North Dakota State" because I don't know which one got the automatic bid. Hope I'm right in thinking Richmond got the CAA automatic bid. If not it'd be Richmond with an at large and either William & Mary or James Madison with the automatic. Also hope I counted right in thinking there are 14 at large bids.

Montana
Portland State
Coastal Carolina
William & Mary
James Madison
New Hampshire
Towson
Illinois State or North Dakota State
South Dakota State
Northern Iowa
Eastern Illinois
Fordham
The Citadel
Sam Houston State

[kalm]

Replace Towson or EIU with North Dakota. Wins over Wyoming and PSU and a stronger SOS.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Yeah. Towson's resume is quite weak.

[TribeFanInNC]

Replace Towson or EIU with North Dakota. Wins over Wyoming and PSU and a stronger SOS.

Idaho State's only D1 win came at North Dakota.

[kalm]

Replace Towson or EIU with North Dakota. Wins over Wyoming and PSU and a stronger SOS.

Idaho State's only D1 win came at North Dakota.

Won't matter. Towson lost to Elon and their best win is against a 6-5 Nova. EIU's is against a 6-5 EKU. EIU at least has a solid OOC but Towson's resume is plain terrible.

[JohnStOnge]

Yeah I missed North Dakota during my quick scan. The win over Wyoming should get them in.

We'll know in a few minutes.

[kalm]

And the Nodaks get screwed by EIU. Totally unjustified.

[Mvemjsunpx]

And the Nodaks get screwed by EIU. Totally unjustified.

I would've put UND in over EIU, WIU, and UNH.

[Gil Dobie]

NDSU was the autobid, but ISUR had a higher seed due to quality losses according to the committee.

[JohnStOnge]

Ok I only got one wrong and that was Towson. And there's no way I'd have not gotten one wrong because had I seen the argument for North Dakota before I did the list I"d have had North Dakota in there instead of Towson. No way I"d have gone with Western Illinois. I know the thing about them beating 3 other playoff teams and all but I just did not think the committee would put a 6-5 team in there as an at large. In fact one of my initial "cuts" in quickly doing the list was to isolate the teams that had at least 7 wins.