Face The Facts - Field of 68

Hi all,

Just pasting this for the record with seeds included, but seeds are not placed in order (Duke over NC for example).


Seed - Team
# 1 - Virginia
# 1 - Duke
# 1 - North Carolina
# 1 - Tennessee
# 2 - Gonzaga
# 2 - Kentucky
# 2 - Michigan State
# 2 - Michigan
# 3 - LSU
# 3 - Houston
# 3 - Kansas
# 3 - Florida State
# 4 - Texas Tech
# 4 - Purdue
# 4 - Kansas State
# 4 - Wisconsin

# 5 - Marquette
# 5 - Auburn
# 5 - Virginia Tech
# 5 - Maryland
# 6 - Villanova
# 6 - Buffalo
# 6 - Cincinnati
# 6 - Wofford
# 7 - Mississippi State
# 7 - Nevada
# 7 - Iowa State
# 7 - Iowa
# 8 - Louisville
# 8 - UCF
# 8 - Seton Hall
# 8 - Temple

# 9 - VCU
# 9 - Washington
# 9 - Minnesota
# 9 - Ohio State
# 10 - Syracuse
# 10 - Arizona State
# 10 - Utah State
# 10 - Baylor
# 11 - Alabama
# 11 - Ole Miss
# 11 - TCU
# 11 - Saint John's
# 12 - Florida
# 12 - Oregon
# 12 - Saint Mary's College
# 12 - New Mexico State
# 12 - Murray State
# 12 - UC Irvine

# 13 - St. Louis
# 13 - Liberty
# 13 - Northeastern
# 13 - Old Dominion
# 14 - Vermont
# 14 - Yale or Harvard
# 14 - Georgia State
# 14 - Northern Kentucky
# 15 - Montana
# 15 - Colgate
# 15 - Abilene Christian
# 15 - Bradley
# 16 - Gardner-Webb
# 16 - Prairie View A&M
# 16 - North Dakota State
# 16 - Iona
# 16 - Fairleigh Dickinson
# 16 - North Carolina Central

Last four in:
#11 - St. Johns
# 11 - Ole Miss
# 11 - TCU
# 12 - Florida

First Five Out:

Indiana
NC State
Oklahoma
Belmont

Why Iowa 2 seeds lines higher than gophers?

Dream bracket for me is slotting in at 10 against Wofford (they haven't beaten anyone) and looking ahead at Gonzaga on the #2 line. I'm kinda hoping the Gophers don't end up as a 8 or 9. Our odds against any of the 1 seeds ain't good, and the first round game won't be any easier.

Gopherholefan said:

Why Iowa 2 seeds lines higher than gophers?

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Better record against Q1/Q2 teams.
Q1/Q2 winning percentage of 0.524 vs 0.478

fmlizard said:

Dream bracket for me is slotting in at 10 against Wofford (they haven't beaten anyone) and looking ahead at Gonzaga on the #2 line. I'm kinda hoping the Gophers don't end up as a 8 or 9. Our odds against any of the 1 seeds ain't good, and the first round game won't be any easier.

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I agree.

Love Wofford or Buffalo as a first round matchup (or any mid-major for that matter).

Avoid ACC. I'd more welcome 2nd round games against Gonzaga, Tennessee, or Kentucky than the three ACC teams.
If I had to pick an ACC team, I'll take Virginia and hope for the best.

Face The Facts said:

I agree.

Love Wofford or Buffalo as a first round matchup (or any mid-major for that matter).

Avoid ACC. I'd more welcome 2nd round games against Gonzaga, Tennessee, or Kentucky than the three ACC teams.
If I had to pick an ACC team, I'll take Virginia and hope for the best.

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One thing really interesting about the bracket this year is we are (almost 100%?) assured of matching up with one of the six teams you listed, assuming round one wins obviously. Seems close to a lock the Gophers will fall between 7 and 10. Likewise, it seems the top 8 are pretty much set. Is there any possibility of a team like Houston moving up to the two line?

Face The Facts said:

Better record against Q1/Q2 teams.
Q1/Q2 winning percentage of 0.524 vs 0.478

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I was wrong. Minn is actually 12-12 against quad 1 and 2. We’ll have to agree to disagree on minn vs Iowa and who’s ranked higher. No way is there a 2 seed difference though

golfing18now said:

One thing really interesting about the bracket this year is we are (almost 100%?) assured of matching up with one of the six teams you listed, assuming round one wins obviously. Seems close to a lock the Gophers will fall between 7 and 10. Likewise, it seems the top 8 are pretty much set. Is there any possibility of a team like Houston moving up to the two line?

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I would say no for Houston because of the ACC log jam.
If Tennessee or Kentucky would have swept their series, that could have helped, but with the ACC not having a clear champion, there is not a way for Houston to break the top 8

Michigan / Michigan St, same story. Neither will move off the #2 line with a loss when they are substantially better (as shown yesterday) over Wisconsin and Minnesota, the other semi-finalists.

Gopherholefan said:

I was wrong. Minn is actually 12-12 against quad 1 and 2. We’ll have to agree to disagree on minn vs Iowa and who’s ranked higher. No way is there a 2 seed difference though

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Well, Iowa is my last #7. I don't really have my 9's ranked, so it's only a 5-8 spots or so difference.

Sorry, had to edit.
I had too many ATL10 teams.
Updated with Alabama back in.

I got two wrong.

I had TCU and Alabama
instead they had Belmont and Oklahoma.


34 of 68 correctly seeded
20 within 1 of correct seeding

My Paymon Score was 323