Monday, March 9, 2009

Week 7 B-Ball Rankings

I was thinking if I should wait on these because there are so many huge games tonight, including a few bids being handed out (WCC - Gonzaga vs. St. Mary's, MAAC - Siena vs. Niagra, SoCon - Charleston vs. Chattenooga), but I decided it didn't matter when, it would be hard to explain either way. Before I was using the leader in the conference as the automatic bid, things have changed. The #1 seed in the tournaments, if they haven't been eliminated, are the automatic bids. If they've been eliminated (or in Davidson's case, if the favorite to win has been eliminated) they are not being considered unless they meet the other criteria (receiving top 25 votes or top 65 of the RPI). This week I will present it by potential seed and potential match-up. (* = automatic bid, BOLD = already in)

1. Pittsburg vs. (16. Morgan State* vs. 16. Alabama State*)
1. North Carolina* vs. 16. Bowling Green*
1. Duke vs. 16. Cornell*
1. Michigan State* vs. 16. North Dakota State*
2. Connecticut vs. 15. Robert Morris*
2. Louisville* vs. 15. East Tennessee State*
2. Oklahoma vs. 15. Charleston*
2. Kansas* vs. 15. Cal State-Northridge*
3. Washington* vs. 14. Radford*
3. Syracuse vs. 14. Morehead State*
3. Memphis* vs. 14. Binghampton*
3. Villanova vs. 14. Stephen F. Austin*
4. Florida State vs. 13. American*
4. Wake Forest vs. 13. Weber State*
4. Missouri vs. 13. Western Kentucky*
4. Utah vs. 13. Virginia Commonwealth*
5. Clemson vs. 12. Northern Iowa*
5. Illinois vs. 12. Utah State*
5. Xavier* vs. 12. UAB
5. Tennessee vs. 12. Boston College
6. West Virginia vs. 11. San Diego State
6. Oklahoma State vs. 11. Arizona
6. Purdue vs. 11. Miami (FL)
6. UCLA vs. 11. Temple
7. Marquette vs. 10. Dayton
7. Arizona State vs. 10. Minnesota
7. Texas A&M vs. 10. Siena*
7. Brigham Young* vs. 10. Gonzaga*
8. Wisconsin vs. 9. LSU*
8. Texas vs. 9. Georgetown
8. Michigan vs. 9. Ohio State
8. California vs. 9. Butler*

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