***Official 2013 Bracketology Thread***

[bowlfan912]

I like this situation

 

[Cy$]

Best case scenario would be Creighton or Wichita St getting a top 3 seed (include Mizzou) then Iowa State being a 6 or 11 and playing in Kansas City.

Creighton vs Iowa State in Kansas City 3rd round would be pretty sweet.

 

[wonkadog]

I like this situation

Not me. I really don't want to see Syracuse or Michigan possible for one of our first 3 games. I know that's being pretty picky but there a ton of other "high" seeds I'd rather play than those 2.

 

[Cy$]

[h=6]Corey (Overland Park)[/h]

How damaging was the Texas Tech loss to Iowa State's chances to make the field?
[h=6]Joe Lunardi (3:05 PM)
[/h]

Not crushing. That one game isn't going to keep the Cyclones out of the tournament.

 

[MIClone]

At this point I think 11 would be a great seed to have. Especially if the 6 we faced in our first game was a team that hadn't really faced our style of offense yet. If we could win that round we would get a 3 in the next round and anything can happen. Then we could become the Cinderella story of the tournament.

Agreed. I'd much rather have an 11 seed than an 8 or 9. Ironically, if we really go on a tear from here on out, we'll probably get an 8/9 and have to play the overall #1 in the second round, like last year. If we continue as we have, we'll probably get an 11 and have a very high probability of making it to at least the 3rd round. I will say this though, There is no 2012 Kentucky in the country this year, so playing the overall #1 won't be the same as last year. So lets go ahead and go on that tear. Maybe we'll even end up with a #6 seed!

 

[Wesley]

Agreed. I'd much rather have an 11 seed than an 8 or 9. Ironically, if we really go on a tear from here on out, we'll probably get an 8/9 and have to play the overall #1 in the second round, like last year. If we continue as we have, we'll probably get an 11 and have a very high probability of making it to at least the 3rd round. I will say this though, There is no 2012 Kentucky in the country this year, so playing the overall #1 won't be the same as last year. So lets go ahead and go on that tear. Maybe we'll even end up with a #6 seed!

I do not see any super duper teams like UK this year. KU may even end up on top of the heap. So, it is better this year as an 8/9.

 

[cyclones500]

I do not see any super duper teams like UK this year. KU may even end up on top of the heap. So, it is better this year as an 8/9.

Agree.

As wide-open as it looks, I expect whatever cream there is to rise to the top — but we could see chaos in the early rounds.

 

[Mumbai1986]

Well, now we have more bubble madness. Indiana State beat #15 Wichita State, Virginia beat # 18 NC State, and Kentucky beat # 21 Ole Miss. I would hate to be part of the selection committee this year.

 

[mj4cy]

Thing about the valley is if Wich state loses 3-4 more they might be out of the picture.

 

[erikbj]

I think this year will have more of an emphasis on the last 4 games and the conference tournaments to deteremine seedings than past years. The quality of basketball seems to have taken a big drop off this year.

If ISU can channel their focus like the KU, Texas, and KSU game..........it could be a special march.

 

[Cy$]

working on my bracketology before the game. There are 46 teams that have locked spots in imo. 22 teams to punch in their ticket. Out of the 46, that includes conference championships.

just a little update

 

[Cy$]

Will post it after game. Conference Breakdown.

Last 4 Out (no order)
-----------
Alabama
Stanford
Temple
St. Louis

Next 4 Out
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UMASS
Florida St.
Arizona St.
Maryland

A East(1): Stony Brook
A-10 (3): Butler, VCU, LaSalle
ACC (4): Duke, Miami (FL), NC St. UNC
A Sun(1): Florida Gulf Coast
Big 12 (6): Kansas, Kansas St., Oklahoma, Okie St, Baylor, Iowa St.
Big East (8): Louisville, Marquette, Cincy, ND, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Villanova, Georgetown
Big Sky (1): Montana
Big South (1): Charleston Southern
Big 10 (7): Michigan, Indiana, Ohio St., Michigan St., Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin
Big West (1): Pacific
Colonial (1): Northeastern
C-USA (2): S Miss, Memphis
Horizon (1): Detroit
Ivy (1): Harvard
MAAC (1): Iona
MAC (1): Akron
MEAC (1): NC Central
MVC (3): Creighton, Wichita St., Indiana St.
MWC (4): UNLV, New Mexico St., Colorado St., San Diego St.
Northeast (1): Robert Morris
OVC (1): Belmont
Pac-12 (4): Arizona, Oregon, UCLA, Colorado
Patriot (1): Bucknell
SEC (4): Florida, Mizzou, Kentucky, Ole Miss
Southern (1): Davidson
Southland (1): Stephen F. Austin
SWAC (1): Southern
Summit (1): ND State
Sun Belt (1): Middle Tennessee St.
WCC (3): Gonzaga, BYU, St. Mary's
WAC (1): La Tech

Iowa State is safely into the field, won't be in play-in games in my bracket.

ISU has worst resume out of Big 12 teams. Big 12 could easily get 6 in.

 

[cyclones500]

Looks pretty realistic.

I haven't done update, so some teams around the fringe I haven't re-compared (Temple, St. Louis, BYU, St. Mary's are among them).

 

[Cy$]

Kansas	Michigan	Florida	Duke 1
Syracuse	Arizona	Gonzaga	Indiana
Miami	Michigan St	Louisville	Ohio St. 3
Minnesota	New Mexic	UNLV	NC St.
Creighton	Butler	Cincy	Marquette 5
Colorado St	SDSU	Wichita St.	Oregon
Missouri	Ok St.	Oklahoma	Colorado 7
Kansas St.	Pitt	Baylor	VCU
Wisconsin	Belmont	Ole Miss	G'Town 9
ND	Kentucky	UNC	UCLA
Iowa St.	MTSU	Illinois	LaSalle 11
S Miss	Indiana St.	Villanova/BYU	St. Mary's./Memphis
Akron	NDSU	Bucknell	La Tech 13
Detroit	S F Austin	Stony Brook	Harvard
Fla Gulf Coast	Pacific	Davidson	Iona 15
Montana	Northeastern	Charleston Soutn/NC Central	Southern vs Robert M.

 

[Mumbai1986]

Looks good. Though I think Miami would now be a two seed, and Gonzaga a 3. Also, I don't think Montana will be a 16 seed. Something around the 14 seed mark makes more sense. I think Harvard will end up as a 16 seed. Lastly, I think Long Beach State will win the Big West, not Pacific. Other than that, it looks pretty good!

 

[CTTB78]

I have us as a nine seed playing Kentucky. This is just as likely as any of these guys pairings.
Only difference-- I'm not geting paid for this great prediction.

 

[CarlHungus]

If we win on Monday, then I think Lunardi will have us as a 10 seed

 

[cyclones500]

Feb. 3.

1
Michigan (Midwest)
Duke (East)
Kansas (South)
Arizona (West)
2
Florida
Indiana
Miami Fla
Louisville
3
Gonzaga
Michigan State
New Mexico
Syracuse
4
Cincinnati
Ohio State
Butler
Minnesota
5
N.C. State
Marquette
UNLV
Oregon
6
Kansas State
Creighton
VCU
San Diego State
7
Wisconsin
Georgetown
Pittsburgh
Wichita State
8
Oklahoma
UCLA
Notre Dame
Missouri
9
Kentucky
North Carolina
Oklahoma State
Mississippi
10
Colorado State
Baylor
Iowa State
Colorado
11
Illinois
LaSalle
Belmont (OVC)
St. Louis
12
Indiana State / Temple
Memphis (C-USA)
Villanova / BYU
Bucknell (PATRIOT)
13
Middle Tenn (SUN BELT)
Louisiana Tech (WAC)
Stephen F. Austin (SOUTHLAND)
North Dakota St. (SUMMIT)
14
Harvard (IVY)
Valparaiso (HORIZON)
Akron (MAC)
Long Beach St. (BIG WEST)
15
Stony Brook (AM EAST)
Northeastern (COLONIAL)
Davidson (SOCON)
Montana (BIG SKY)
16
Niagara (MAAC)
Florida Gulf Coast (A-SUN)
Charleston Southern (BIG SOUTH) / Bryant (NORTHEAST)
Southern (SWAC) / Norfolk St. (MEAC)

First four out
Boise State
Arizona State
Southern Miss
UMass
Next four out
Charlotte
Maryland
St. Mary’s
Alabama

 

[ajk4st8]

Illinois at 2-7 in the big 10 has some serious work to do

 

[83Clone]

Illinois is not in. Maybe in 6 weeks, but not if they picked the field today