Hey Guys,

We are at the halfway point of the season and its time for an updated bracketology and some more meanderings.

Now we get to watch what a true championship run looks like after the atrocious NC football game.

Well...here goes and dont forget that these seeds are based off of projected future results as well as current standings

The rankings are hard sometimes and i may have missed a few teams...maybe..


# 1 Seeds

North Carolina
Kentucky
Ohio State
Syracuse

# 2 Seeds

Baylor
Duke
Michigan State
Connecticut

# 3 Seeds

Kansas
Connecticut
Missouri
UNLV

# 4 Seeds

Xavier
Georgetown
Florida
Michigan

# 5 Seeds

Murray State
Indiana
Creighton
Vanderbilt

# 6 seeds

Mississippi State
West Virginia
Marquette
San Diego State

# 7 Seeds

Alabama
Wisconsin
Harvard
Gonzaga

# 8 Seeds

Cincinnati
Memphis
New Mexico
Seton Hall

# 9 Seeds

Temple
California
Texas
St Louis

# 10 Seeds

Iowa State
Louisville
Illinois
St. Mary's

# 11 Seeds

Mississippi
Washington
Texas A & M
Dayton

# 12 Seeds

Marshall
Long Beach State
Iona
George Mason
Arkansas
BYU

# 13 Seeds

Belmont
Butler
Nevada
Cal Santa Barbara

# 14 Seeds

New Mexico State
Kent State
Weber State
Denver

# 15 Seeds

Lehigh
UNC Asheville
South Dakota State
Lamar

# 16 Seeds

Central Connecticut State
Tennesse Tech
Appalachain State
Alabama State
Morgan State
Boston U


First 6 Out

Saint Josephs
VCU
Southern Mississippi
Middle Tennessee
Wichita State
Minnesota



Most Dissapointing Team: Pittsburgh (Jamie Dixon aint seeing a final four this year as well)
Most Dissapointing Player: Terrence Jones ( Kentucky...head case)

Biggest Suprise Team: San Diego State (they will be a top 10-15 pre season team next year. Return all starters as well)
Most Suprising Player: Tim Frazier (Penn State....seriously..who saw this coming...Big 12 teams missed out big time... http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...95/tim-frazier )


Top 10 players in college hoops right now( not necessarily for NBA but just college). Again, there are better players than some of these guys but these are having the biggest overall impact for their teams imo.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...damian-lillard
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...doug-mcdermott
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...homas-robinson
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...ared-sullinger
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask.../anthony-davis
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask.../marcus-denmon
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...arrison-barnes
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...draymond-green
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask.../scott-machado
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...73/kevin-jones


Meanderings.......


- apparantly Arizona State is finding out what North Carolina State already knew...that Herb Sendek, while an excellent coach, cannot relate to today's young 'yutes'. Makes me wonder if Jahii Carson will even come next year. Think Jerry Sloan...except Sloan walked away.

- one of the best hirings in the off season was Ron Hunter by Georgia State. The CAA is quickly becoming a top notch mid major conference right in line with the MWC, MVC and CUSA. If you ever get to see Georgia State play in person...go..and watch Hunter coach em up. He is downright hilarious at times.

- continuing w/ the Georgia State theme....they have an uber athletic senior swingman by the name of Josh Micheaux. He fills up a stat sheet (6 pts, 7 rebs, 3 ass, 2 steal per game) and always has one or two plays a game where you just go wtf? how did he do that. check him out if you have a chance.

- Pat Knight and Mike James are showing others how its done. How whats done u ask? How to properly mend a rough relationship. See James is a flashy 6'0 guard who poured in 52 points last year. He is also a cocky mofo. Pat Knight is the coach who could not win with all seniors at Texas Tech. Well....James was acting up in November and Pat Knight put a quick stop to that, suspending him and saying that Lamar University has high standards that Mike is not meeting. Well instead of bitching it up and pouting...Mike James decided to shape up. As a result, Lamar is the class of the Southland Conference and Pat Knight is looking like he just might have found his niche. Lets compare the numbers before and after the suspension....10 pts, 2 rebs, 3 ass, 3 steals and a 1-2 team record. He missed 3 games and played 9 minutes in the fourth game than..........19 pts, 3.5 rebs, 2 ass, 2 steals and a 7-4 team record. Well done you two.

- OT: Everytime(and its often) the song "You got the moves like Jagger" comes on i want to kill a baby.

- Adam Moujeke (Wyoming): http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...5/afam-muojeke once one of the promising young players out west (they got him from New York..what a steal) had his career derailed by injuries. Hang in there big guy.

- Here is another few freshmen that the big boys past over: A shooter http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...594/johnny-dee and a Slasher/scorer(love this guy) http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...4/jordan-baker

- Dylan Gerrity: Unselfish distributors are hard to come buy. A little known west coast team somehow nabbed one of the best distributors in the nation. Averaging almost 7 assists on a team with very few scorers. Well done and here is how Sacramento State got it done http://sacstatesports.com/2011/12/29...ts-coach-katz/

- The First Team Missouri Valley Conference players could play tough with any other conferences first team in the nation.
Doug McDermott (creighton) http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...doug-mcdermott
Rayvonte Rice (drake) http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask.../rayvonte-rice
Colt Ryan (evansville) http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...5780/colt-ryan
Kyle Weems (missouri st) http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...541/kyle-weems
Toure Murray (wichita st) http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...09/toure-murry
Jake Odum (indiana st) http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...5785/jake-odum
Garret Stutz (wichita st) http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask.../garrett-stutz
Taylor Brown (bradley) http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...1/taylor-brown

This 8 man team can hang with anyone imo.

- Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, Deonte Burton, ............

 

Originally Posted by orgnalsooners

real quick before I get past the first part. Take UNC off that #1 line as a 1 seed doesn't get jiggleraped by 30 and replace them with Baylor. I'll now look for some more and enjoy these

i think UNC will rebound. But Baylor can definately jump to the one seed soon

 

Originally Posted by orgnalsooners

real quick before I get past the first part. Take UNC off that #1 line as a 1 seed doesn't get jiggleraped by 30 and replace them with Baylor. I'll now look for some more and enjoy these

.

I get the feeling that you think SU's start is a bit of "fool's gold". Did you not really talk about them because of that or is there another reason not to mention what appears to be the best team in the country?

i love bracketology, but you need to leave the Washington homerism at the door, cmon now.

Baylor has 7 wins inside the RPI top 44, 1 at home, has the #3 RPI and will be ranked #3 in both polls tomorrow. prestonluv has Baylor as a 2 seed right now.

Texas A&M has ZERO wins inside the RPI top 100 all season, is 9-6 overall with the #190 RPI, and lost to Rice on their home court, where ISU beat them by 24 as well. pluv has them as an 11 seed.

GREAT STUFF

what about the aggy resume combined with future prediction to you says "11 seed" exactly?

Jarnell Stokes is coming

 

Originally Posted by Dyzalot

NC St.?

58th.

 

Originally Posted by JRoth15

NC State is 58 in RPI poll that I see.

Illinois is #9 in national RPI, but is a 10 seed.

Ahh ok. I didn't look up RPI just looked up a quick ranking here.

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1

Weird...did they lose this weekend?

It hasn't updated since the 9th, but 44th to 58th is a bit of a drop.

Just saw they lost at home to GaTech, then played Wake (who blows).

does baylor drop to a 3 after they lose tomorrow? i say they should stay a 2.

 

Originally Posted by XXEDPXX

does baylor drop to a 3 after they lose tomorrow? i say they should stay a 2.

I know you are kidding, but Baylor should still be a 1 seed if they lose tomorrow.

get ready for a good one

 

Originally Posted by Dyzalot

Ok well... what about Virginia Tech? Did they drop out of the top 50 too or were you just making the statement that NYC counts as a "home" game for SU?

huh? they are 83rd

why are you acting like my information isn't correct? I even pay for realtimeRPI.com

 

Originally Posted by JRoth15

I'm an Illinois fan, and they were a 9 seed on your last bracketology...they've went out and beaten who they're supposed to beat, and also beat tOSU at home, are 15-3, 4-1 in B10 (#1 RPI conference by wide margin) , and they dropped to a 10?

What gives?

EDIT--I know it's based on predicted future results, but even if they go .500 in conference, they'll be a top 8 seed.

I think Illini is going to fall off the face of the earth. Yes they had a big win this week but thats because Paul had a once in a lifetime game.
Maybe i am wrong tho.

8-11 seed is where they are heading imo

 

Originally Posted by Dyzalot

I get the feeling that you think SU's start is a bit of "fool's gold". Did you not really talk about them because of that or is there another reason not to mention what appears to be the best team in the country?

what more do you want than a number 1 seed? They dont really have any POY candidate and are a well balanced team. They will be a tough out in the NCAA's and are a legitimate Final 4 candidate

 

Originally Posted by TheWacoKidd

Cuse has 4 wins vs the top 50, all at home

UK has 3 wins vs the top 50, 2 home and 1 neutral

Duke has 6 wins vs the top 50, 3 home and 3 neutral

UNC has 1 win vs the top 50, neutral (4 inside top 65)

Ohio St. has 4 wins vs the top 50, all at home

BAYLOR HAS 7 WINS VS THE RPI TOP 50, 3 ON THE ROAD AND 3 NEUTRAL

I think baylor loses 4 or 5 games down the stretch. They might still get a number one tho. but its just my hunch

maybe i am wrong with the aggies cause i know you hate on them...so we differ on something..big suprise

 

Originally Posted by ScottBrewr99

i love bracketology, but you need to leave the Washington homerism at the door, cmon now.

trust me....there is not much left...they look like shit so far this year

 

Originally Posted by XXEDPXX

you have mizzou as a 3 and a 4

haha...i like my odds.....i will fix it and add another at large team obv.

Looking for a team to follow in the tourney - I see you have Iona as a 13. Saw they just recently lost to Manhattan and Hofstra within the last 2 weeks.

Haven't followed much this year - is Iona just a one and done team, or are their games worth following? They're supposed to have a sick offense.