Hey, everybody else is doing it, so I thought I'd give it a try. That's right, I'm going to predict the tournament field -- that is, what teams will be getting bids. For now I'm not going to try to predict seeds, maybe I'll add that later.
So here goes. By conference, multiple bid conferences first (in order of how many bids per conference, then alphabetical).
Big East (6): Boston College, Connecticut, Villanova, Syracuse, West Virginia, Pittsburgh
Big 12 (6): Kansas, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Texas, Iowa State
ACC (5): North Carolina, Wake Forest, Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina State
Big Ten (5): Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Iowa, Minnesota
SEC (5): Kentucky, Alabama, LSU, Florida, Mississippi State
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On 2005-03-13, Milt Epstein <mepstein@uiuc.edu> wrote:> Hey, everybody else is doing it, so I thought I'd give it a try.> That's right, I'm going to predict the tournament field -- that is,> what teams will be getting bids. For now I'm not going to try to> predict seeds, maybe I'll add that later.>
So here goes. By conference, multiple bid conferences first (in order> of how many bids per conference, then alphabetical).>
Big East (6): Boston College, Connecticut, Villanova, Syracuse, West> Virginia, Pittsburgh>
Hey, everybody else is doing it, so I thought I'd give it a try.>That's right, I'm going to predict the tournament field -- that is,>what teams will be getting bids. For now I'm not going to try to>predict seeds, maybe I'll add that later.
[ ... ]
Well, I got only one team wrong -- Miami OH did not make it, instead UAB did (or perhaps I should say that the committee only got one wrong .
Not bad for a first effort, eh? Guess I should start my own bracketology web site. How much do those guys make anyway?
(Although, to be honest, I think picking the teams this year was relatively easy -- there didn't seem to be that many difficult decisions.)
Milt Epstein <mepstein@uiuc.edu> wrote in news:d12ll6$b2u$1 @news.ks.uiuc.edu:
Milt Epstein <mepstein@uiuc.edu> writes:>
Hey, everybody else is doing it, so I thought I'd give it a try.>>That's right, I'm going to predict the tournament field -- that is,>>what teams will be getting bids. For now I'm not going to try to>>predict seeds, maybe I'll add that later.> [ ... ]>
Well, I got only one team wrong -- Miami OH did not make it, instead> UAB did (or perhaps I should say that the committee only got one> wrong .>
Not bad for a first effort, eh? Guess I should start my own> bracketology web site. How much do those guys make anyway?>
(Although, to be honest, I think picking the teams this year was> relatively easy -- there didn't seem to be that many difficult> decisions.)
I don't think it's really that hard any year to pick the teams. I think the true test of these guys is seeding. I will admit to a bad year of 2 wrong this year compared to 1 last year (2001 being the only year I got them all). But I've never had more than 2, in about 7 years of doing it. Usually, there are about 6-8 teams I feel nervous about leaving in my field but only 2-3 teams I feel nervous about leaving out of my field. You should start your own site. The reason I always liked Palm's site was for his RPI calculations and easy tabulations, not for his bracket predictions. And I'm starting to get less impressed with Lunardi every year, especially this year when ESPN didn't even bother fixing thier RPI ratings after the mistake was noted by everybody else doing RPI calculations.
Milt Epstein <mepstein@uiuc.edu> wrote in news:d12ll6$b2u$1>@news.ks.uiuc.edu:
[ ... ]>> Well, I got only one team wrong -- Miami OH did not make it, instead>> UAB did (or perhaps I should say that the committee only got one>> wrong .>>
Not bad for a first effort, eh? Guess I should start my own>> bracketology web site. How much do those guys make anyway?>>
(Although, to be honest, I think picking the teams this year was>> relatively easy -- there didn't seem to be that many difficult>> decisions.)>
I don't think it's really that hard any year to pick the teams. I
Maybe you're right -- I've never really tried before, so I don't really know how hard it would've been other years. Plus I think we have good amounts of information here, we really have a handle on how the committee does things.
think the true test of these guys is seeding. I will admit to a bad
I started to try to do the seeding, but pretty quickly gave up. It didn't seem like a fun, productive way to spend time. And the committee has, what, 10/11 guys working on it hours/days, what I am going to do in an hour or two.
year of 2 wrong this year compared to 1 last year (2001 being the>only year I got them all). But I've never had more than 2, in about>7 years of doing it. Usually, there are about 6-8 teams I feel>nervous about leaving in my field but only 2-3 teams I feel nervous>about leaving out of my field. You should start your own site. The>reason I always liked Palm's site was for his RPI calculations and>easy tabulations, not for his bracket predictions. And I'm starting>to get less impressed with Lunardi every year, especially this year>when ESPN didn't even bother fixing thier RPI ratings after the>mistake was noted by everybody else doing RPI calculations.
Lunardi had both UAB and DePaul in. Well, he got UAB right, but I still don't think the committee did.
Milt Epstein <mepstein@uiuc.edu> wrote in news:d134i9$f7l$3 @news.ks.uiuc.edu:
James Gibson <jgibson_hmc95@yahoo.com> writes:>
I don't think it's really that hard any year to pick the teams. I>
Maybe you're right -- I've never really tried before, so I don't> really know how hard it would've been other years. Plus I think we> have good amounts of information here, we really have a handle on how> the committee does things.
I did it in '99 (New Mexico) and '01 (Penn State) out of self-interest to see where my teams fell. After '01, it just sort of became an addiction, although last year is the first time I ever posted it anywhere (not here, though).
Lunardi had both UAB and DePaul in. Well, he got UAB right, but I> still don't think the committee did.>
Did he on his final bracket? On TV this morning, he had them both out with Iowa State, N.C. State, Northern Iowa, and Buffalo as hist last in. I think Buffalo was the only he had wrong that was in and UAB was the only had had wrong that was out.
Milt Epstein <mepstein@uiuc.edu> wrote in news:d134i9$f7l$3>@news.ks.uiuc.edu:>
James Gibson <jgibson_hmc95@yahoo.com> writes:>>
I don't think it's really that hard any year to pick the teams. I>>
Maybe you're right -- I've never really tried before, so I don't>> really know how hard it would've been other years. Plus I think we>> have good amounts of information here, we really have a handle on how>> the committee does things.>
I did it in '99 (New Mexico) and '01 (Penn State) out of self-interest>to see where my teams fell. After '01, it just sort of became an>addiction, although last year is the first time I ever posted it>anywhere (not here, though).>
Lunardi had both UAB and DePaul in. Well, he got UAB right, but I>> still don't think the committee did.>
Did he on his final bracket? On TV this morning, he had them both>out with Iowa State, N.C. State, Northern Iowa, and Buffalo as hist>last in. I think Buffalo was the only he had wrong that was in and>UAB was the only had had wrong that was out.
Looks like you're right. What he's got up now (which is listed as "as of 3/13, 6 ET") matches what you say. I was going by what was up when I made my CUSA post, which was late last night/early this morning. Although I'm not sure what would've changed between then and now. UAB and DePaul didn't have anything more going for them yesterday.
