First 2009 March Madness thread

[Smooth Operator]

Well, we all know about SC's loooooooooooong history of excellence on the gridiron.


Good to see that Trojan BB team makin' some noise too.

[SniperSB23]

I think San Diego St is in now so I have two open spots. One will go to the SEC whether Miss St earns it or whether someone gets in as a farewell gift to the SEC commish who is in his final year as chairman of the selection committee. That leaves one bid for St Marys, Maryland, Penn St, and Arizona. Right now I'd rank them in that order but it is a very tough call.

[jwkniska]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I think San Diego St is in now so I have two open spots. One will go to the SEC whether Miss St earns it or whether someone gets in as a farewell gift to the SEC commish who is in his final year as chairman of the selection committee. That leaves one bid for St Marys, Maryland, Penn St, and Arizona. Right now I'd rank them in that order but it is a very tough call.

One thing in St Mary's favor is that most of their losses were when their best player was out of the lineup with a hand injury. He's back, so that should help their cause.

[SniperSB23]

Haven't checked for rematches but here's my projection:

1 North Carolina
2 Oklahoma
3 Villanova
4 Syracuse
5 Purdue
6 Clemson
7 Arizona St.
8 Brigham Young
9 Siena
10 Utah St.
11 Minnesota
12 Cleveland St.
13 Virginia Commonwealth
14 Portland St.
15 Robert Morris
16 Morehead St./Chattanooga

1 Pittsburgh
2 Duke
3 Missouri
4 UCLA
5 Gonzaga
6 Marquette
7 Ohio St.
8 Texas
9 Wisconsin
10 Dayton
11 San Diego St.
12 Mississippi St.
13 Northern Iowa
14 Binghamton
15 Cornell
16 Alabama St.

1 Louisville
2 Memphis
3 Washington
4 Florida St.
5 Illinois
6 Utah
7 Oklahoma St.
8 Louisiana St.
9 Texas A&M
10 Boston College
11 Michigan
12 Temple
13 North Dakota St.
14 Stephen F. Austin
15 East Tennessee St.
16 Radford


1 Connecticut
2 Michigan St.
3 Kansas
4 Wake Forest
5 Tennessee
6 West Virginia
7 Xavier
8 Butler
9 California
10 Southern California
11 St. Mary's
12 Western Kentucky
13 American
14 Akron
15 Morgan St.
16 Cal St. Northridge

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I think San Diego St is in now so I have two open spots. One will go to the SEC whether Miss St earns it or whether someone gets in as a farewell gift to the SEC commish who is in his final year as chairman of the selection committee. That leaves one bid for St Marys, Maryland, Penn St, and Arizona. Right now I'd rank them in that order but it is a very tough call.

Obviously the committee ranked them just the opposite with Arizona in...with a 12 seed they were obviously last in!!!