Initial Bracket Thoughts

The team that has the biggest gripe is Drexel. Most people would say Syracuse, but since the Dragons beat the Orange in Syracuse, you cant put them ahead of Drexel. And I see no logical reason how Stanford can get in ahead of Air Force. AFA is much better quantitively (#30 RPI vs. Stanford's #65) and they took Stanford to the shed at their gym when they face head to head.

As far as the seedings, the committee seemed to give a lot of love to the PAC-10 (Wash St., USC)and SEC (Tennessee, Vandy) teams, and not enough to the mid-majors like the MVC and MWC. I guess this isnt much of a surprise, but given what George Mason did, I was hoping theyd be more progressive in their thinking. Especially since SIU and UNLV were top-10 in the RPI, and Creighton and BYU were in the RPI top-20. And dont get me started about Niagara having to go in the play-in game.

Off-hand, the sleepers I see are VCU, Winthrop, Creighton, and the team that upsets Washington State.

Bracketology Predictions

East

1North Carolina
16Cent Conn. St.

8Villanova
9Michigan St.

5BYU
12Drexel

4Texas
13Albany

6Boston College
11Winthrop

3Oregon
14Penn

7Butler
10Vanderbilt

2Georgetown
15Niagara



South

1Florida
16North Texas

8Indiana
9VCU

5Washington St.
12Davidson

4Maryland
13GW

6Nevada
11ODU

3Pittsburgh
14Texas AM-CC

7Virginia
10Texas Tech

2Wisconsin
15Belmont




Midwest

1Ohio St.
16FAMU/Jack. St.

8Kentucky
9Xavier

5Creighton
12Air Force

4Notre Dame
13Wright St.

6Marquette
11Georgia Tech

3Texas AM
14Oral Roberts

7USC
10Purdue

2Memphis
15Eastern Ky.




West

1Kansas
16Weber St.

8Duke
9Arizona

5Louisville
12Holy Cross

4UNLV
13New Mexico St.

6Virginia Tech
11Gonzaga

3South. Illinois
14Long Beach St.

7Tennessee
10Illinois

2UCLA
15Miami (OH)