Wednesday, March 11, 2009

CHE-Seeding the NCAA Tournament (March 11, 2009)

Less than a week from today and the NCAA tournament tips off! Here is my rundown of seedings as of today, prior to the BCS conferences getting into tournament action:

No. 1 seeds
1. North Carolina 2. Connecticut 3. Pittsburgh 4. Louisville




No. 2 seeds

5. Oklahoma 6. Duke 7. Memphis 8. Michigan State




No. 3 seeds

9. Wake Forest10. Washington 11. Kansas 12. Marquette




No. 4 seeds

13.
Villanova 14. Missouri 15. Gonzaga 16. Xavier




No. 5 seeds

17. UCLA 18. Syracuse 19. Florida State 20. Clemson




No. 6 seeds

21. Purdue 22. West Virginia 23. Illinois 24. Arizona State




No. 7 seeds

25. Texas 26. Butler 27. Utah 28. LSU




No. 8 seeds

29. Tennessee 30. California 31. Wisconsin 32. BYU




No. 9 seeds

33. Dayton 34. Ohio State 35. Florida 36. South Carolina




No. 10 seeds

37. Texas A&M 38. Boston College 39. Oklahoma State 40. Maryland




No. 11 seeds
41. Michigan 42. Minnesota 43. Miami 44. Arizona



No. 12 seeds
45. Siena 46. VCU 47. Utah State 48. UNLV




No. 13 seeds

49. North Dakota State 50. Western Kentucky 51. New Mexico 52. Northern Iowa*




No. 14 seeds

53. Portland State 54. Binghamton 55. Cleveland State* 56. American




No. 15 seeds

57. Cornell 58. Robert Morris 59. East Tennessee State 60. Kent State




No. 16 seeds

61. CS Northridge 62. Radford* 63. Morehead State* 63. Chattanooga* 65. Alabama State






LAST FOUR IN:

Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico


LAST FOUR OUT:
Rhode Island, Creighton, St. Mary's, Penn State



2009 TOURNAMENT DATES

March 17: Opening-round game in Dayton, Ohio

First and second rounds
March 19 and 21: Greensboro, N.C.; Kansas City, Mo.; Philadelphia; Portland, Ore.
March 20 and 22: Boise, Idaho; Dayton, Ohio; Miami; Minneapolis

Regional semifinals and final
March 26 and 28: Boston; Glendale, Ariz.
March 27 and 29: Indianapolis; Memphis, Tenn.

Final Four/Championship
April 4 and 6: Ford Field, Detroit

(Note: Teams denoted by asterisks already have clinched a bid.)

3 comments:

  1. The Big Beast in the East... Wow! When was the last time 3 teams from one conference went to the Final Four? I wonder...
    I also LOVE all of the #13 seeds! I'm going to bet that two of the four get wins... especially if Gonzaga and Butler are 4s. I think New Mexico will make a run in the Mountain West and will get a 12 or 11 seed tho.
    It's sad to see the 8 and 9 seeds... The winner has to play a #1. It's almost better to get a 10 seed if you don't get a 7.
    In my opinion, the tournament started last week with all of these mid-major teams doing work and putting on a show in one of their only nationally televised games.
    NDSU, Robert Morris, and Portland State have all come down to the last shot in the last couple nights.
    Please give love to Ben Woodside (NDSU).
    A MN native.

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  2. I like Washington as a 3 seed... Like I've said before the Pac 10 is going to surprise people. Cal is even quality. They should be a 6 or 7 seed. I just like The top 5 in the Pac. Well seeded though by Chespn.

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  3. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recap?gid=200903110587&prov=ap

    That Mike Singletary going off for 29 in a row is like LeBron against the Pistons in the East Conf Playoffs.

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