2018 NCAA tourney

Started by ronk, February 24, 2018, 11:26:57 PM

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ronk

In my annual bid to help the NCAA with their bracketing, here's the half of the bracket that I care about :

#1 Amherst (TCNJ,Skidmore/Roch Tech,Mt St Mary)
#2 Tufts (UNE,SUNYIT/Keuka,Cabrini)
#3 Scranton (Marymount,SUNY-Geneseo,Stevens)
#4 Bowdoin (St Joe(ME),FDU,SUNY-Old Westbury)
#5 Rochester (Juniata,MIT/WPI,Mt Aloysius/Hilbert)
#6 Montclair St (Gettysburg,Randolph-Macon/Emory & Henry,Mass-Boston)
#7 Messiah (CNU,Staten Island,Becker)
#8 Brooklyn (Roger Williams,Albright,Westfield St)

Sectional rounds (1-8 & 2-7; 3-6 & 4-5)

Rofrog

Like d3hoops picks but skidmore is in two pods.Simple mistake

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)

Quote from: Rofrog on February 26, 2018, 01:00:59 AM
Like d3hoops picks but skidmore is in two pods.Simple mistake

Fixed.  We left off Gettysburg.
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Rofrog

Understand long day for you guys.

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SidelineHero

This tournament is tainted no matter who wins.  Not so much by what teams got into the tournament but more so by the teams that were left out.  The at large bids are a joke this year. Pfffft

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh

Ha. That's pretty funny. We predicted 18 of the 20 correct (19 of 21 really)... and you think the at-large bids are a joke? Honestly, look at the criteria and the numbers and how it all gets put together and make an argument. I'll read it. If valid, I'll let you know.
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Mr. Ypsi

Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 26, 2018, 07:09:16 PM
Ha. That's pretty funny. We predicted 18 of the 20 correct (19 of 21 really)... and you think the at-large bids are a joke? Honestly, look at the criteria and the numbers and how it all gets put together and make an argument. I'll read it. If valid, I'll let you know.

Must be that Mass-Dartmouth edumacation! ::)

SidelineHero

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 26, 2018, 07:13:46 PM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 26, 2018, 07:09:16 PM


Ha. That's pretty funny. We predicted 18 of the 20 correct (19 of 21 really)... and you think the at-large bids are a joke? Honestly, look at the criteria and the numbers and how it all gets put together and make an argument. I'll read it. If valid, I'll let you know.

Must be that Mass-Dartmouth edumacation! ::)

No need to disparage the school.or the education it provides.  Tier 1 engineering school BTW.  I may be passionate about my stances but I do not insulting the institutions or the athletes.  Would you like to join me on some higher ground or would you like to continue in the mud?

Mr. Ypsi

Quote from: SidelineHero on February 26, 2018, 07:21:52 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 26, 2018, 07:13:46 PM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 26, 2018, 07:09:16 PM


Ha. That's pretty funny. We predicted 18 of the 20 correct (19 of 21 really)... and you think the at-large bids are a joke? Honestly, look at the criteria and the numbers and how it all gets put together and make an argument. I'll read it. If valid, I'll let you know.

Must be that Mass-Dartmouth edumacation! ::)

No need to disparage the school.or the education it provides.  Tier 1 engineering school BTW.  I may be passionate about my stances but I do not insulting the institutions or the athletes.  Would you like to join me on some higher ground or would you like to continue in the mud?

I apologize for the unfair cheap shot.  I spent my career teaching at Eastern Michigan U, which is TOTALLY in the shadow of U of Michigan just 8 miles down the road.  I should show more empathy for others.  Sometimes I just fail to rein in a predilection for cheap jokes. :-[

I just thought you had gone rather over the top in your defense of Mass-Dartmouth - not that I haven't done the same thing in defense of IWU from time to time over the years! ;)

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh

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Dutchfan

Quote from: SidelineHero on February 26, 2018, 07:21:52 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 26, 2018, 07:13:46 PM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 26, 2018, 07:09:16 PM


Ha. That's pretty funny. We predicted 18 of the 20 correct (19 of 21 really)... and you think the at-large bids are a joke? Honestly, look at the criteria and the numbers and how it all gets put together and make an argument. I'll read it. If valid, I'll let you know.

Must be that Mass-Dartmouth edumacation! ::)

No need to disparage the school.or the education it provides.  Tier 1 engineering school BTW.  I may be passionate about my stances but I do not insulting the institutions or the athletes.  Would you like to join me on some higher ground or would you like to continue in the mud?

Amen and God Bless!

Pat Coleman

Mass-Dartmouth did beat one ranked team in its run to the final eight last year, a definite upset and a nice run. But it didn't earn UMD a spot in the top 20, and that was appropriate.

Similarly, UMD didn't do enough to earn its way into the Top 25 this year. Or an at-large bid.

SidelineHero -- UMD being left out is unfortunate for UMD but it's hardly unexpected and it doesn't invalidate the national championship. Amherst beat UMD by 40 last year, remember? There's a huge gap between UMD and the national title contenders.

When you don't win the conference title, you have to rest on your out-of-conference accomplishments, and that definitely includes out-of-conference wins. Losing to Roger Williams means Roger Williams is on the table ahead of UMD for an at-large bid. And RWU got one. If UMD had won the conference title game, OR beaten RWU, it would have had a much better at-large resume. But this isn't your older brother's Little East, where the winner is a national title contender like Southern Maine or Eastern Connecticut was.

UMD being left out is no travesty.
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SidelineHero

Quote from: Pat Coleman on February 27, 2018, 07:34:44 PM
Mass-Dartmouth did beat one ranked team in its run to the final eight last year, a definite upset and a nice run. But it didn't earn UMD a spot in the top 20, and that was appropriate.

Similarly, UMD didn't do enough to earn its way into the Top 25 this year. Or an at-large bid.

SidelineHero -- UMD being left out is unfortunate for UMD but it's hardly unexpected and it doesn't invalidate the national championship. Amherst beat UMD by 40 last year, remember? There's a huge gap between UMD and the national title contenders.

When you don't win the conference title, you have to rest on your out-of-conference accomplishments, and that definitely includes out-of-conference wins. Losing to Roger Williams means Roger Williams is on the table ahead of UMD for an at-large bid. And RWU got one. If UMD had won the conference title game, OR beaten RWU, it would have had a much better at-large resume. But this isn't your older brother's Little East, where the winner is a national title contender like Southern Maine or Eastern Connecticut was.

UMD being left out is no travesty.

I respectfully disagree with your assessment of the gap between UMD and the champion level teams. UMD played Tufts to the wire this year.  Had that game been 60 seconds longer, UMD would have won.  Tufts is in the championship talk now, no? 

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh

Quote from: SidelineHero on February 28, 2018, 06:51:16 AM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on February 27, 2018, 07:34:44 PM
Mass-Dartmouth did beat one ranked team in its run to the final eight last year, a definite upset and a nice run. But it didn't earn UMD a spot in the top 20, and that was appropriate.

Similarly, UMD didn't do enough to earn its way into the Top 25 this year. Or an at-large bid.

SidelineHero -- UMD being left out is unfortunate for UMD but it's hardly unexpected and it doesn't invalidate the national championship. Amherst beat UMD by 40 last year, remember? There's a huge gap between UMD and the national title contenders.

When you don't win the conference title, you have to rest on your out-of-conference accomplishments, and that definitely includes out-of-conference wins. Losing to Roger Williams means Roger Williams is on the table ahead of UMD for an at-large bid. And RWU got one. If UMD had won the conference title game, OR beaten RWU, it would have had a much better at-large resume. But this isn't your older brother's Little East, where the winner is a national title contender like Southern Maine or Eastern Connecticut was.

UMD being left out is no travesty.

I respectfully disagree with your assessment of the gap between UMD and the champion level teams. UMD played Tufts to the wire this year.  Had that game been 60 seconds longer, UMD would have won.  Tufts is in the championship talk now, no?

But the game wasn't 60 seconds longer and you can't make any assumptions that they would have just passed Tufts. Even scoring runs end in a game at some point.

Tufts isn't as strong as we all expected. Four losses this season is pretty surprising. If they were only two to Amherst, so be it. Yes, UMD has come a long way, but they need to start winning those games... not coming close honestly. Had they beaten Tufts... they probably also would have been ahead of RWU despite the head-to-head loss.
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