First 2009 March Madness thread

[philcski]

Originally Posted by philcski

Seeds
1: Louisville*, UNC, Pitt, UConn
2: Memphis*, Michigan State, Kansas, Duke*
3: Oklahoma, Wake Forest, Syracuse, Missouri*
4: Washington*, Villanova, West Virginia, Florida State
5: Purdue*, Arizona State, Gonzaga*, Xavier
6: Clemson, UCLA, Marquette, Utah*
7: LSU, Illinois, Tennessee*, Butler
8: Texas, Oklahoma State, Cal, Ohio State
9: Dayton, Texas A&M, Boston College, BYU
10: USC*, Michigan, Utah St*, Siena*
11: Maryland, Creighton, Wisconsin, VCU*
12: Minnesota, Cleveland St*, Western Kentucky*, Mississippi State*
13: Temple*, UNI*, American*, North Dakota St*
14: Akron*, SFA/Southland*, Binghamton*, Radford*
15: Robert Morris*, Portland St*, Cornell*, East Tenn St*
16: Chattanooga*, Big West*, Morehead St*, Alabama St*, Morgan State*

For recordkeeping, the top 50 RPI teams left out: SDSU, UAB, St. Mary's, Illinois State, Niagara (all mid-majors, of course.)

How'd I do?
64/65 accurate. Creighton in for Arizona.
26/65 seeds correct.
55/65 seeds within one line.
Not great, not bad.

And an FYI... as stated above, there were 6 teams in the top 50 RPI left out. Every single one of them was from a non-BCS conference.

1: Louisville* 1, UNC 1, Pitt 1, UConn 1
2: Memphis* 2, Michigan State 2, Kansas 3, Duke* 2
3: Oklahoma 2, Wake Forest 4, Syracuse 3, Missouri* 3
4: Washington* 4, Villanova 3, West Virginia 6, Florida State 5
5: Purdue* 5, Arizona State 6, Gonzaga* 4, Xavier 4
6: Clemson 7, UCLA 6, Marquette 6, Utah* 5
7: LSU 8, Illinois 5, Tennessee* 7, Butler 9
8: Texas 7, Oklahoma State 8, Cal 7, Ohio State 8
9: Dayton 11, Texas A&M 9, Boston College 7, BYU 8
10: USC* 10, Michigan 10, Utah St* 11, Siena* 9
11: Maryland 10, Creighton XXX, Wisconsin 12, VCU* 11
12: Minnesota 10, Cleveland St* 13, Western Kentucky* 12, Mississippi State* 13
13: Temple* 11, UNI* 12, American* 14, North Dakota St* 14
14: Akron* 13, SFA/Southland* 14, Binghamton* 15, Radford* 16
15: Robert Morris* 15, Portland St* 13, Cornell* 14, East Tenn St* 16
16: Chattanooga* 16, Big West* 15, Morehead St* 16, Alabama St* 16, Morgan State* 15