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Bracketology

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:12 pm
by dbackjon
FCS schools projected:

# 3 Georgetown (Big East)
#6 Butler (Horizon)
#8 Davidson (Southern)
# 8 Villanova (Big East)
#11 Dayton (A-10)
#12 Illinois State (MVC)
#13 Northern Iowa (MVC)
#13 Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
#14 Portland State (Big Sky)
#14 Cornell (Ivy)
#15 Jacksonville (A-Sun)
#15 North Dakota State (Summit)
#15 Robert Morris (Northeast)
#15 VMI (Big South)
#16 Austin Peay (OVC)
#16 Alabama State (SWAC)
Play-in New Hampshire (America East)
Play-in Florida A&M (MEAC)

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:26 pm
by Willie
dbackjon wrote:FCS schools projected:

#6 Butler (Horizon)
#8 Davidson (Southern)
# 8 Villanova (Big East)
#11 Dayton (A-10)
#12 Illinois State (MVC)
#13 Northern Iowa (MVC)
#13 Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
#14 Portland State (Big Sky)
#15 Jacksonville (A-Sun)
#15 Robert Morris (Northeast)
#15 VMI (Big South)
#16 Austin Peay (OVC)
#16 Alabama State (SWAC)
Play-in New Hampshire (America East)
Play-in Florida A&M (MEAC)

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology
I think it'll be Weber St out of the Big Sky...not Portland St

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:02 pm
by grizzaholic
Willie06 wrote:
dbackjon wrote:FCS schools projected:

#6 Butler (Horizon)
#8 Davidson (Southern)
# 8 Villanova (Big East)
#11 Dayton (A-10)
#12 Illinois State (MVC)
#13 Northern Iowa (MVC)
#13 Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
#14 Portland State (Big Sky)
#15 Jacksonville (A-Sun)
#15 Robert Morris (Northeast)
#15 VMI (Big South)
#16 Austin Peay (OVC)
#16 Alabama State (SWAC)
Play-in New Hampshire (America East)
Play-in Florida A&M (MEAC)

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology
I think it'll be Weber St out of the Big Sky...not Portland St
I would think you are correct.

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:02 pm
by Wildcat Ryan
One could only hope ;)

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:17 pm
by grizzaholic
Wildcat Ryan wrote:One could only hope ;)
Well that is all you can do, because once the conference tourney starts all records seem to get forgotten and some teams rise to the occasion.

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:57 pm
by Wildcat Ryan
That is 100% true, I've seen that happen time after time.

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:59 pm
by grizzaholic
Wildcat Ryan wrote:That is 100% true, I've seen that happen time after time.
It seems to happen in March Madness about once or twice a year also. A team just gets hot and happens to catch a team or two that are playing flat and end up in the elite 8.

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:58 pm
by Wildcat Ryan
The bad thing about the Big Sky is that road wins are hard to come by so even the best team in the conference can lose a game, and that is why The Big Sky team always goes into the dance at a 14, 15 or 16 seed

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:49 pm
by FargoBison
Willie06 wrote:
dbackjon wrote:FCS schools projected:

#6 Butler (Horizon)
#8 Davidson (Southern)
# 8 Villanova (Big East)
#11 Dayton (A-10)
#12 Illinois State (MVC)
#13 Northern Iowa (MVC)
#13 Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
#14 Portland State (Big Sky)
#15 NDSU (Summit)
#15 Jacksonville (A-Sun)
#15 Robert Morris (Northeast)
#15 VMI (Big South)
#16 Austin Peay (OVC)
#16 Alabama State (SWAC)
Play-in New Hampshire (America East)
Play-in Florida A&M (MEAC)

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology
I think it'll be Weber St out of the Big Sky...not Portland St
Just making a little correction

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:04 pm
by dbackjon
FargoBison wrote:
Willie06 wrote: I think it'll be Weber St out of the Big Sky...not Portland St
Just making a little correction
Good catch!

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:35 pm
by clenz
With UNI having a 2 game conference lead on Ill St. I would give UNI the 12 and Ill St the 13 at this point. Ill St. might have the better record, but they played a VERY favorable non conference

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:14 pm
by putter
Wildcat Ryan wrote:The bad thing about the Big Sky is that road wins are hard to come by so even the best team in the conference can lose a game, and that is why The Big Sky team always goes into the dance at a 14, 15 or 16 seed
How is the Big Sky's conference RPI this year? Looking at the schedules, it looks like teams stepped up and attempted to play more top 100 RPI teams. ISU had Wisconsin, Montana played Duke etc.

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 4:37 am
by Mvemjsunpx
putter wrote:
Wildcat Ryan wrote:The bad thing about the Big Sky is that road wins are hard to come by so even the best team in the conference can lose a game, and that is why The Big Sky team always goes into the dance at a 14, 15 or 16 seed
How is the Big Sky's conference RPI this year? Looking at the schedules, it looks like teams stepped up and attempted to play more top 100 RPI teams. ISU had Wisconsin, Montana played Duke etc.
According to realtimerpi…
  • MBB: 22nd. (last year: 25th.)
    WBB: 24th. (last year: 19th.)
Wow, that's the first time I can remember the men having a better RPI ranking than the women.

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:56 pm
by Wildcat Ryan
Big Sky teams definetely had tougher schedules this year, In the preseason Weber had 9 away games and only 4 home games.

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:11 pm
by dbackjon
FCS schools projected:

#6 Butler (Horizon)
#8 Davidson (Southern)
# 8 Villanova (Big East)
#10 Dayton (A-10)
#13 Northern Iowa (MVC)
#15 Sam Houston State (Southland)
#13 Northeastern (CAA)
#14 North Dakota State (Summit)
#14 Robert Morris (Northeast)
#15 Weber State (Big Sky)
#15 VMI (Big South)
#15 Holy Cross (Patriot)
#16 Morgan State (MEAC)
#16 Morehead State (OVC)
Play-in Alabama State (SWAC)
Play-in Princeton (Ivy)


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology

Georgetown has gone from #3 seed to out of tourney

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:38 pm
by bison95
dbackjon wrote:FCS schools projected:

#6 Butler (Horizon)
#8 Davidson (Southern)
# 8 Villanova (Big East)
#10 Dayton (A-10)
#13 Northern Iowa (MVC)
#15 Sam Houston State (Southland)
#13 Northeastern (CAA)
#14 North Dakota State (Summit)
#14 Robert Morris (Northeast)
#15 Weber State (Big Sky)
#15 VMI (Big South)
#15 Holy Cross (Patriot)
#16 Morgan State (MEAC)
#16 Morehead State (OVC)
Play-in Alabama State (SWAC)
Play-in Princeton (Ivy)


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology

Georgetown has gone from #3 seed to out of tourney
in other words....the rankings don't mean squat

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:52 pm
by Willie
bison95 wrote:in other words....the rankings don't mean squat
Do they ever?

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:49 pm
by dbackjon
bison95 wrote:
dbackjon wrote:FCS schools projected:

#6 Butler (Horizon)
#8 Davidson (Southern)
# 8 Villanova (Big East)
#10 Dayton (A-10)
#13 Northern Iowa (MVC)
#15 Sam Houston State (Southland)
#13 Northeastern (CAA)
#14 North Dakota State (Summit)
#14 Robert Morris (Northeast)
#15 Weber State (Big Sky)
#15 VMI (Big South)
#15 Holy Cross (Patriot)
#16 Morgan State (MEAC)
#16 Morehead State (OVC)
Play-in Alabama State (SWAC)
Play-in Princeton (Ivy)


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology

Georgetown has gone from #3 seed to out of tourney
in other words....the rankings don't mean squat
More means that Georgetown went into the tank.

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:01 pm
by dbackjon
FCS schools projected:

#4 Villanova (Big East)
#7 Butler (Horizon)
#8 Dayton (A-10)
#9 Davidson (Southern)
#13 Northern Iowa (MVC)
#13 Northeastern (CAA)
#14 North Dakota State (Summit)
#14 Weber State (Big Sky)
#15 Robert Morris (Northeast)
#15 Sam Houston State (Southland)
#15 Cornell (Ivy)
#15 Jacksonville (Atlantic Sun)
#16 Morgan State (MEAC)
Play-in Morehead State (OVC)
Play-in Alabama State (SWAC)



http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:34 pm
by grizzaholic
Well, Montana as of late has sure been playing much more like a team and getting after it. They seem to be gelling at the right time. I would like to officially change my prediction from Weber St. to Montana.

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:14 pm
by dbackjon
grizzaholic wrote:Well, Montana as of late has sure been playing much more like a team and getting after it. They seem to be gelling at the right time. I would like to officially change my prediction from Weber St. to Montana.
I will stick with Weber

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:20 am
by weberwildcat
>: 4 8 15 16 23 42


What do the numbers mean? Is it related to the field of 65?


>: Free Walt!

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:22 am
by weberwildcat
I hate Ben...or is it Henry Gale?

Re: Bracketology

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:24 am
by dbackjon
Ben wants Montana to win...lol