March Madness 2010 (Men's Bracket)

[WOS87]

MIDWEST REGION
#1 - Kansas (32-2) #1 overall
#16 - Lehigh (22-10)

#8 - UNLV (25-8)
#9 - Northern Iowa (28-4)

#5 - Michigan State (24-8)
#12 - New Mexico State (22-11)

#4 - Maryland (23-8)
#13 - Houston (19-15)

#2 - Ohio State (27-7)
#15 - UC Santa Barbara (20-9)

#7 - Oklahoma State (22-10)
#10 - Georgia Tech (22-12)

#3 - Georgetown (23-10)
#14 - Ohio (21-14)

#6 - Tennessee (25-8)
#11 - San Diego State (25-8)


WEST REGION
#1 - Syracuse (28-4) #4 overall
#16 - Vermont (25-9)

#8 - Gonzaga (26-6)
#9 - Florida State (22-9)

#5 - Butler (28-4)
#12 - UTEP (26-6)

#4 - Vanderbilt (24-8)
#13 - Murray State (30-4)

#2 - Kansas State (26-7)
#15 - North Texas (24-8)

#7 - BYU (29-5)
#10 - Florida (21-12)

#3 - Pittsburg (24-8)
#14 - Oakland (26-8)

#6 - Xavier (24-8)
#11 - Minnesota (21-13)


EAST REGION
#1 - Kentucky (32-2) #2 overall
#16 - East Tennessee State (20-14)

#8 - Texas (24-9)
#9 - Wake Forest (19-10)

#5 - Temple (29-5)
#12 - Cornell (27-4)

#4 - Wisconsin (23-8)
#13 - Wofford (26-8)

#2 - West Virginia (27-6)
#15 - Morgan State (27-9)

#7 - Clemson (21-10)
#10 - Missouri (22-10)

#3 - New Mexico (29-4)
#14 - Montana (22-9)

#6 - Marquette (22-11)
#11 - Washington (24-9)


SOUTH REGION
#1 - Duke (29-5) #3 overall

Play-in for #16 - Arkansas-Pine Bluff (17-15)
Play-in for #16 - Winthrop (19-13)

#8 - California (23-10)
#9 - Louisville (20-12)

#5 - Texas A&M (23-9)
#12 - Utah State (27-7)

#4 - Purdue (27-5)
#13 - Siena (27-6)

#2 - Villanova (24-7)
#15 - Robert Morris (23-11)

#7 - Richmond (26-8)
#10 - Saint Mary's (26-5)

#3 - Baylor (25-7)
#14 - Sam Houston State (25-7)

#6 - Notre Dame (23-11)
#11 - Old Dominion (26-8)

[Keith7]

How Houston got a 13 seed I'll never know

[Keith7]

UNT got hosed with a 15 seed

[WOS87]

NO Mississippi State after playing Kentucky to overtime TWICE! Wow...

[Keith7]

Originally posted by WOS87
NO Mississippi State after playing Kentucky to overtime TWICE! Wow...

Worst job by the selection comittee I've seen in a long time.. this bracket is a joke

[WOS87]

Originally posted by Keith7
Worst job by the selection comittee I've seen in a long time.. this bracket is a joke

Virginia Tech (23-8) is out too!

[Pmoney]

I agree giving North Texas the 15th seed was crap and giving Houston the 13th shows how much they see in UNT and this will just fire up Jones and the team even more!

also Rhode Island deserved to be in there and VT as well

[Keith7]

My bold first round predictions:

Sam Houston and Houston both get blown out and proves what a horrible job the selection comittee did this year..

Seriously the Cougars, who finished 19-15, lost to great teams such as SMU (14-17), UCF (15-17), Tulane (8-22) and UTSA.. give me a break

[Daddy D 11]

Baylor's going sweet 16 FOR SURE

[forum_guy]

Originally posted by Keith7
Worst job by the selection comittee I've seen in a long time.. this bracket is a joke

I agree, Duke being a 1 seed is a joke and even more of a joke is that they got put in the easiest region. Sorry if any Duke fans on here but it is true. They played no one all year long.

[poisoned10]

Originally posted by Keith7
My bold first round predictions:

Sam Houston and Houston both get blown out and proves what a horrible job the selection comittee did this year..

Seriously the Cougars, who finished 19-15, lost to great teams such as SMU (14-17), UCF (15-17), Tulane (8-22) and UTSA.. give me a break

Did Houston not win their conference tournament? I thought they did. So they would get an automatic spot on the NCAA tournament.

[LE Dad]

7 teams from Big XII. I am not sure how many will be left after first round, :thinking:

[Keith7]

Originally posted by poisoned10
Did Houston not win their conference tournament? I thought they did. So they would get an automatic spot on the NCAA tournament.

Not making a case that they shouldn't make it.. I'm saying a 15 or 16 seed is a little more fitting

[Keith7]

Originally posted by LE Dad
7 teams from Big XII. I am not sure how many will be left after first round, :thinking:

Texas (the state) ties a record for most teams from a single state in NCAA tournament recrod with 7 teams

[LE Dad]

Originally posted by Keith7
Texas (the state) ties a record for most teams from a single state in NCAA tournament recrod with 7 teams Wow, that is impressive.

[Yoe_09]

all three of those will probably be gone. I like who A&M gets since Purdue has looked terrible lately.

[Keith7]

Originally posted by Yoe_09
all three of those will probably be gone. I like who A&M gets since Purdue has looked terrible lately.

Purdue lost their best player for the season recently, that's why the sudden drop off

[Maroon87]

Originally posted by Keith7
Purdue lost their best player for the season recently, that's why the sudden drop off

Yep..that Minnesota game yesterday was hard to watch.


I have a gut feeling that Baylor will make a deep run. And if Texas gets by Wake, they could give Kentucky some problems...just a hunch.:thinking:

[Yoe_09]

Originally posted by Keith7
Purdue lost their best player for the season recently, that's why the sudden drop off

Yeah, Robbie Hummel was a big part of the team.

[Daddy D 11]

I have Baylor in the final four.. lol

[eagles_victory]

Originally posted by Daddy D 11
I have Baylor in the final four.. lol Looking at their draw I wouldn't call that a bad pick by any means.

[carter08]

Originally posted by Keith7
My bold first round predictions:

Sam Houston and Houston both get blown out and proves what a horrible job the selection comittee did this year..

Seriously the Cougars, who finished 19-15, lost to great teams such as SMU (14-17), UCF (15-17), Tulane (8-22) and UTSA.. give me a break

Team was not healthy AT ALL this season. When they did get all the players back, they won 4 games in 4 days, including wins over ranked UTEP and Memphis to get in. UH's record might not deserve a 13, but the way they were playing at the end of the season is good enough to be the 13 seed.

[Daddy D 11]

Originally posted by eagles_victory
Looking at their draw I wouldn't call that a bad pick by any means.

Villanova is the best team they would have to play i think. Duke is way overrated and doesn't match up well at all with Baylor. Not to mention, Duke might lose to Lousville before they get deep into the tournament, Duke has proven to choke early the past few years.

[pirate4state]

Is there a DL bracket? Cody you still doing yours this year?

[charlesrixey]

Originally posted by Keith7
My bold first round predictions:

Sam Houston and Houston both get blown out and proves what a horrible job the selection comittee did this year..

Seriously the Cougars, who finished 19-15, lost to great teams such as SMU (14-17), UCF (15-17), Tulane (8-22) and UTSA.. give me a break

Houston is only in because they won the conference, right?

that's not the committee's fault

if you wanted to complain about the ones left out (V-tech and Miss. St obviously should be in the tourney) look at the real bubble teams, the non-conference winners in the 11-13 range.

[charlesrixey]

Originally posted by Daddy D 11
Villanova is the best team they would have to play i think. Duke is way overrated and doesn't match up well at all with Baylor. Not to mention, Duke might lose to Lousville before they get deep into the tournament, Duke has proven to choke early the past few years.

Duke won't lose to Louisville, but as a duke fan i do think that Baylor will be a problem for them. Either way, if duke loses i will just root for the other texas teams like i always do anyway

[charlesrixey]

Originally posted by forum_guy
I agree, Duke being a 1 seed is a joke and even more of a joke is that they got put in the easiest region. Sorry if any Duke fans on here but it is true. They played no one all year long.

I am a big duke fan and i still agree with you. They should've been a 2 seed. Of course, they would be if Villanova and the other possible #1's (texas and purdue included) hadn't collapsed in the last month, for various reasons.

I do think this is the best Duke team in at least 4-5 years, and they do have enough size and defense to be able to make a run, but they should've been making that run from the 2 seed (7-8 overall).

They did have some nice wins (#1 RPI for stretches of the season) but they should've been able to win the ACC outright.

[Spread It Out]

I also have Baylor in the Final Four, their guard play will cause matchup problems for Duke and I think Baylor could beat Villanova.

[ASUFrisbeeStud]

Originally posted by Daddy D 11
I have Baylor in the final four.. lol

I actually do too, looking at the path they are taking it's a good possibility.

[sahen]

if we make the final 4 i'd be ecstatic but all yall should remember that baylor hasnt won an NCAA tourney game in 50 or 60 years...as a baylor fan i'd be happy w/ a trip to the sweet 16, anything beyond that is gravy...

also we play zone...a hot shooting night by any team can sink us, even SHSU...

[Keith7]

Originally posted by charlesrixey
Houston is only in because they won the conference, right?

that's not the committee's fault

if you wanted to complain about the ones left out (V-tech and Miss. St obviously should be in the tourney) look at the real bubble teams, the non-conference winners in the 11-13 range.

again, not complaining about them being in.. Complaining about where they are seeded. They are a team who should be a 15 or 16 seed based on their resume

[Global Swarming]

I think that they should just do away with all of the conference tournaments anyways. But I guess as long as they make money off of them then they will always have them.

[navscanmaster]

Texas A&M should make it to the Sweet 16 to face Duke, as long as they play as well as they have through conference. At this point, an eight minute goose-egg like the Kansas game will give a game away though.

[Yoe_09]

Yeah, im watching The Experts and they have A&M vs. Duke right now.

[jason]

Originally posted by pirate4state
Is there a DL bracket? Cody you still doing yours this year? im doing mine...

[Yoe_09]

They got Baylor to the round of 32 and A&M to Sweet 16. I dont really think they gave each team much of a chance. The Big 12 in my opinion the is best and deepest conferences in America along with the Big East. I give both teams a legit shot if they come to play.

[Yoe_09]

They had all 1s and 2s in the elite 8 and that is not going to happen

[SintonPirateFan]

Originally posted by Yoe_09
They had all 1s and 2s in the elite 8 and that is not going to happen

i see 1s & 3s in every bracket except with the Syracuse region....see them and K-State both making it.

as for Duke, they have been getting better every game for the past 5 weeks or so...i think they are going to surprise a lot of people on this thread. IF(BIG IF) Duke beats A&M and Baylor, i wouldnt be surprised to see them beat Kentucky and get into the championship game.

i would LOVE to see my Horns get back their rhythm against Kentucky, if this game were played in December, Texas probably would have beaten them. as it stands now, they will be lucky to get by Wake Forest.

I think K-State can beat Syracuse, making the left side of the bracket an All-Kansas matchup.


IMO, all the #1 seeds in the NIT should have been in the NCAA. terrible job by the selection committee in both who they picked, and where they placed them.

[eagles_victory]

Originally posted by pirate4state
Is there a DL bracket? Cody you still doing yours this year? Yea I am text me if you want in.

[eagles_victory]

Originally posted by SintonPirateFan
i see 1s & 3s in every bracket except with the Syracuse region....see them and K-State both making it.

as for Duke, they have been getting better every game for the past 5 weeks or so...i think they are going to surprise a lot of people on this thread. IF(BIG IF) Duke beats A&M and Baylor, i wouldnt be surprised to see them beat Kentucky and get into the championship game.

i would LOVE to see my Horns get back their rhythm against Kentucky, if this game were played in December, Texas probably would have beaten them. as it stands now, they will be lucky to get by Wake Forest.

I think K-State can beat Syracuse, making the left side of the bracket an All-Kansas matchup.


IMO, all the #1 seeds in the NIT should have been in the NCAA. terrible job by the selection committee in both who they picked, and where they placed them. Syracuse will be doing good to even make it to the Elite 8 at this point.

[SintonPirateFan]

Originally posted by eagles_victory
Syracuse will be doing good to even make it to the Elite 8 at this point.

i agree. wrapping up regular season with back-to-back losses... i wasn't as sure as the "experts" that they deserved a #1 seed.

[SHSBulldog00]

As a Sam Houston State Alum I will cheer for my Bearkats. Everyone discussing the bracket gives Sam no chance, but I don't think Baylor will walk away with it. If it is close late, Sam could be a Cinderella.

My Final Four are Kansas, Kentucky, Villanova and Kansas State.

[Keith7]

Originally posted by SHSBulldog00
As a Sam Houston State Alum I will cheer for my Bearkats. Everyone discussing the bracket gives Sam no chance, but I don't think Baylor will walk away with it. If it is close late, Sam could be a Cinderella.

My Final Four are Kansas, Kentucky, Villanova and Kansas State.

After seeing Sam Houston barely get by Nicholls State in the SLC tournament, I'm conviced that the Bearkats will lose by 20 to Baylor

[DUKE22]

Originally posted by forum_guy
I agree, Duke being a 1 seed is a joke and even more of a joke is that they got put in the easiest region. Sorry if any Duke fans on here but it is true. They played no one all year long. LOL now this is funny. Duke has an RPI of 3 and top ten strength of schedule. They deserved the one seed. Maybe they should have been sent west instead of the cuse but the one seed is deserved. GO DUKIES

[sahen]

Originally posted by SHSBulldog00
As a Sam Houston State Alum I will cheer for my Bearkats. Everyone discussing the bracket gives Sam no chance, but I don't think Baylor will walk away with it. If it is close late, Sam could be a Cinderella.

My Final Four are Kansas, Kentucky, Villanova and Kansas State.

if yall are knocking down 3s and we make a bunch of careless turnovers like we are prone to do every once and a while then it will be close

[forum_guy]

Originally posted by DUKE22
LOL now this is funny. Duke has an RPI of 3 and top ten strength of schedule. They deserved the one seed. Maybe they should have been sent west instead of the cuse but the one seed is deserved. GO DUKIES

:hand: Talk to me when they lose to Louisville

[DUKE22]

Originally posted by forum_guy
:hand: Talk to me when they lose to Louisville They might they have lost before and they will lose again. And what Duke haters hate is that they win every year. Sweet Sixteen is a bad year at Duke. If they lose to Louisville I will give you and Louisville their props, if they are playin in Indy you give it up.

[Ex-Tiger2005]

call me crazy but i just filled out my bracket and i took ohio st. to win the whole thing!