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Pastimes : 2002 NCAA College Basketball March Madness -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: EL KABONG!!! who wrote (42)	3/8/2002 3:57:59 AM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 310

Now let's go for something I'm more familiar with... The Pac-10... Disregard the tournament. Except for determining seed positions, the results will be meaningless this year, as the Pac-10 will place 6 of their teams at the big dance. Oregon has a legitimate shot at the top ranking in the West bracket. It may not happen, but they will be considered. More likely that they'll get a 2 or 3 seed. Arizona has a legitimate shot at a number 3 or 4 seed. Cal-Berkley can garner as high as a number 5 seed (more likely 6), while USC can get a 5 or 6 seed. Stanford and UCLA will round out the Pac-10 selections, but they'll likely be seeded no higher than 7. Stanford's loss to USC in the Pac-10 tournament will cost them a 5 or 6 seed, while UCLA's loss will have cost them a shot at a 6 seed. Where they will play is another question. While Oregon and Arizona are the best in the Pac-10, neither may get a 1 or 2 seed in the West. The committee may very well move a team from another area to the 1 seed here. One possibility is Oklahoma. Another is Cincinnati. Gonzaga has a very slim shot based on its record (only 3 losses) and its national ranking (#7), but they really haven't played the level of competition (week in and week out) that the Pac-10 offers, or any of the eastern conferences for that matter. So Gonzaga's chances are slim at best. I'd predict that if Oregon stays in the West bracket, then Arizona goes elsewhere, maybe the East seeded behind Maryland. Either Stanford or UCLA will stay in the West bracket (with the other going to Midwest), while Cal-Berkley and USC are likely headed for the Southeast and Midwest brackets respectively. At least that's how I see it... KJC

To: EL KABONG!!! who wrote (42)	3/8/2002 3:14:42 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 310

Wow, that's quite a post! MCNEESE STATE = Joe Dumars' alma mater - amazing how these guys can slip through the cracks. Tom

To: EL KABONG!!! who wrote (42)	3/10/2002 6:12:03 AM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 310

Here's where we are to date: Conference tournament champions; likely 1 bid conferences: America East Conference - Boston U Atlantic Sun Conference - Florida Atlantic Atlantic 10 Conference - Xavier Big Sky Conference - Montana Big South Conference - Winthrop Big West Conference - Santa Barbara Colonial Conference - UNC-Wilmington Horizon Conference - Illinois-Chicago Metro Atlantic Conference - Siena Mid-American Conference - Kent State Mid-Continent Conference - Valparaiso Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference - Hampton Missouri Valley Conference - Creighton Northeast Conference - Central Connecticut Ohio Valley Conference - Murray State Patriot Conference - Holy Cross Southern Conference - Davidson Southland Conference - McNeese State Southwestern Athletic Conference - Alcorn State Sun Belt Conference - Western Kentucky West Coast Conference - Gonzaga Conference co-champions playoff winner; likely 1 bid conference: Ivy League Conference - Pennsylvania Conference tournament champions; likely multiple bid conferences: Big East Conference - Connecticut Conference USA - Cincinnati Mountain West Conference - San Diego State Pac 10 Conference - Arizona Western Athletic Conference - Hawaii Yet to be determined; favorites in CAPS: Atlantic Coast Conference - (North Carolina State or DUKE) Big 10 Conference - (Iowa or OHIO STATE) Big 12 Conference - (KANSAS or Oklahoma) Southeastern Conference - (Mississippi State or ALABAMA) After tomorrow's final tournament champions are crowned, the remaining 34 bids will likely go to these teams: Alabama or Mississippi State (one will be a tournament champion) California-Berkley Charlotte Duke or North Carolina State (one will be a tournament champion) Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kansas or Oklahoma (one will be a tournament champion) Kentucky Marquette Maryland Miami Michigan State Missouri Notre Dame Ohio State (if not a tournament champion) Oklahoma State Mississippi Oregon Pepperdine Pittsburgh Stanford Saint John's Texas Texas Tech UCLA Southern California Tulsa Utah Utah State Wake Forest Wisconsin Wyoming Outside shot: Boston College Bowling Green Iowa (still alive for a tournament championship) Memphis Southern Illinois (if Ohio State wins the Big 10 tournament, then they're in) University of Nevada-Las Vegas Virginia A really, really, really, really extreme longshot: Jamaican bobsled team and alternates, coached by Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards KJC