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NCAA Tournament

UNI is 25th nationally in defensive efficiency, St. John's is 10th.
Barttorvik has St. John's as the 15th best team in the country - a bit under seeded. Panthers will have their hands full.
 
Nice to see Miami-Ohio get an at-large bid, but it is a #12 seed and they have to play in the Play-In round in Dayton. They play SMU, who IMO doesn't belong in the tournament at all. SMU is 20-13, just 8-10 in the ACC, and they are tied for 11th place in the ACC.
Texas (18-14, 9-9 and 10th place in the SEC) doesn't belong either.
 
The SEC gets 10 bids, the Big Ten gets 9, the ACC and Big 12 get 8 each.
4 conferences (out of 31) get more than half the bids.
 
One other team that appeared to get a huge "gift" from the selection committee is Missouri. Missouri finished in a 3-way tie for 8th place with Georgia and Kentucky. Missouri's NET was 58, far below Georgia's 33 and Kentucky's 28. Even the SEC's 10th place Texas had a much better NET of 42, and the 2 SEC teams tied for 11th place Auburn and Oklahoma, who did not get bids, have better NET's of 38 and 48.
But Missouri not only got an at-large bid over many teams with better NET ranks, they got a #10 seed, and they get to play their first round game in St. Louis, where they will undoubtedly have a big home crowd and a semi-home court advantage against Miami
 
Da Coach said:
Nice to see Miami-Ohio get an at-large bid, but it is a #12 seed and they have to play in the Play-In round in Dayton. They play SMU, who IMO doesn't belong in the tournament at all. SMU is 20-13, just 8-10 in the ACC, and they are tied for 11th place in the ACC.
Texas (18-14, 9-9 and 10th place in the SEC) doesn't belong either.
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Miami playing in Dayton will be almost a home game for them. Dayton isn't too far from Oxford. I'm glad they got in; first time in 27 years the MAC has two bids.
 
As expected, 33 at-large bids went to the 5 Power Conferences, and only 4 at-large bids went to the other 27 non-power conferences combined.
The at-large bids to non-power conferences- 2 to the West Coast Conference, and one each to the MAC and A-10.
Multi-bid conferences
BidsConf.Teams
10SECFlorida, Alabama, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Georgia, Missouri, Kentucky, Texas
9Big TenMichigan, Nebraska, Michigan State, Illinois, Wisconsin, Purdue, UCLA, Ohio State, Iowa
8ACCDuke, Virginia, Miami, North Carolina, Clemson, Louisville, NC State, SMU
8Big 12Arizona, Houston, Kansas, Iowa State, Texas Tech, TCU, West Virginia, UCF
3Big EastSt. John's, UConn, Villanova
3West CoastGonzaga, St. Mary's, Santa Clara
2Mid-AtlanticAkron, Miami-Ohio
2Atlantic 10VCU, St. Louis
 
My 1st round sleepers (to possibly get an upset, but at least to make it close!)
#14 Kennesaw St (+20) vs #3 Zags
#12 Akron (+7.5) vs #5 Tex Tech
#12 UNI (+11.5) vs #5 St John's
#11 South Florida (+6) vs #6 L'ville
 
LittleBrave said:
Possible upset - St John's is overrated - thought they'd be a 7-seed. UNI playing more like a 9-seed lately and with tons of mojo. Should be an easy cover at least.
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SJU won the BE regular season and tourney. They are playing well. I know the BE was weak this year, but still going to be tough for UNI to pull the upset. I was surprised they were a 5 seed. Thought they might land at a 4.
 
Da Coach said:
As expected, 33 at-large bids went to the 5 Power Conferences, and only 4 at-large bids went to the other 27 non-power conferences combined.
The at-large bids to non-power conferences- 2 to the West Coast Conference, and one each to the MAC and A-10.
Multi-bid conferences

BidsConf.Teams
10SECFlorida, Alabama, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Georgia, Missouri, Kentucky, Texas
9Big TenMichigan, Nebraska, Michigan State, Illinois, Wisconsin, Purdue, UCLA, Ohio State, Iowa
8ACCDuke, Virginia, Miami, North Carolina, Clemson, Louisville, NC State, SMU
8Big 12Arizona, Houston, Kansas, Iowa State, Texas Tech, TCU, West Virginia, UCF
3Big EastSt. John's, UConn, Villanova
3West CoastGonzaga, St. Mary's, Santa Clara
2Mid-AmericanAkron, Miami-Ohio
2Atlantic 10VCU, St. Louis
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Mid-Atlantic? How about Mid-American?
 
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