Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Diminishing Skills Bracket-OGRAPHOLOGY. Really, I just wanted to see how the NCAA tournament field would look if it started today (actually, late Sunday night), and since it took me about 3 hours to work my bracket out, I figured I might as well make a post of it. I'm going to try to do this every Monday until the actual tourney field is announced, but I'm not going to promise anything. The field was filled by putting in the 32 automatic qualifiers (the leaders of each conference as of Sunday, February 6), and then determining the remaining 36 teams by taking an average of Ken Pomeroy's ratings, ESPN's RPI, and Jeff Sagarin's ratings. The results are as follows (AQs in CAPS):
EAST1. OHIO STATE (24-0)
16. TEXAS SOUTHERN (11-10)/16. UTAH VALLEY (14-9)
8. Texas A&M (17-5)
9. Marquette (14-9)
4. Notre Dame (19-4)
13.PRINCETON (16-4)
5. FLORIDA (18-5)
12. DUQUESNE (16-6)
6. Illinois (15-8)
11. Maryland (15-8)
3. Syracuse (20-4)
14. KENT STATE (15-7)
7. Cincinnati (18-5)
10. CLEVELAND STATE (21-5)
2. Purdue (18-5)
15. MURRAY STATE (18-6)
WEST
1. Kansas (23-1)
16. CHATTANOOGA (14-11)/16. NORTHWESTERN STATE (14-10)
8. Temple (17-5)
9. Tennessee (15-8)
4. Connecticut (18-4)
13. COASTAL CAROLINA (22-2)
5. ARIZONA (20-4)
12. TEXAS-EL PASO (18-5)
6. UTAH STATE (22-2)
11. New Mexico (16-7)
3. Villanova (19-4)
14. BUCKNELL (16-8)
7. Washington (15-7)
10. Virginia Tech (15-7)
2. BRIGHAM YOUNG (22-2)
15. LONG ISLAND (18-5)
SOUTHWEST
1. TEXAS (20-3)
16. HAMPTON (18-5)
8. Minnesota (16-7)
9. St. John's (13-9)
4. North Carolina (17-5)
13. Old Dominion (18-6)
5. West Virginia (15-8)
12. Michigan State (13-10)/12. UCLA (16-7)
6. Missouri (18-6)
11. Florida State (16-7)
3. Kentucky (16-6)
14. FAIRFIELD (18-5)
7. GEORGE MASON (19-5)
10. Xavier (16-6)
2. San Diego State (23-1)
15. FLORIDA ATLANTIC (18-7)
SOUTHEAST
1. PITTSBURGH (22-2)
16. NORTHERN COLORADO (13-9)
8. ST. MARY'S (20-4)
9. Kansas State (16-8)
4. Wisconsin (17-5)
13. OAKLAND (17-9)
5. Louisville (18-5)
12. Georgia (16-6)/12. Clemson (16-7)
6. Vanderbilt (16-6)
11. BELMONT (22-4)
3. Georgetown (18-5)
14. VERMONT (19-5)
7. UNLV (17-6)
10. WICHITA STATE (20-4)
2. Duke (21-2)
15. LONG BEACH STATE(13-10)
LAST FOUR IN:
Clemson
Georgia
New Mexico
Old Dominion
LAST FOUR OUT:
Washington State (16-7)
Butler (16-9)
UAB (16-6)
Michigan (14-10)
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN:
Big East: 11
Big Ten: 6
ACC: 6
Big 12: 5
SEC: 5
Mountain West: 4
Atlantic 10: 3
Colonial: 2
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