NCAA seeds

*Update: Lessons learned from the tournament:
a) The state of Ohio laid an egg - no team made it past the 2nd round.
b) The Big Ten totally sucked it up - see above. RPI is no help
c) My final 4 was UConn, UCLA, Duke, Boston College.
d) Ignore the East Coast hype - Duke has gone to the last 9 Sweet 16's only to lose 5 out of the last 7.
e) Iowa blows chunks.
f) Should seen that B.C. would lose to a very athletic 'Nova team.
g) Shoulda been seduced by the 4 MVC teams in the tourney, not the six Big 10 teams.
h) your one-stop for the NIT.

Here's a Big Dance bracket:

Because there is more to life than politics, we present the following analysis of team prospects for March Madness Bracketology. Ohio could get 2, maybe 3 teams into the tourney. If a few more win their tourneys than look for better representation in the NCAA's, else the remaining 5 - 7 teams will be in the NIT.

If I missed any teams let me know. We have also put in Strength of Schedule rankings,

• Team Name - Record - RPI stuff - Schedule - Tourney seed
  

1. * Ohio State Univ (24 - 5) #5 - .6400 - 25 - # 2 Minneapolis at large
2. beat #15 Davidson 70 - 62
   
3. lost to #7 G-town 52 - 70
   
4. Cinncinati Cats (18 - 12) #41 - .5895 - 5 - NIT
5. * Kent State Uni (24 - 8) #48 - .5804 - 113 - # 13 Oakland - won MAC
6. lost to #5 Pitt 64 - 79
   
7. Akron Univers (21 - 9) # 70 - .5604 - 159 - NIT
   
8. * Xavier Univers (21 - 10) #79 - .5534 - 106 - #14 Oakland- won A-10
9. lost to #3 Zags 75 - 79
   
10. Miami of Ohio (18 - 10) #83 - .5498 - 138 - NIT
    
11. Ohio University (18 - 11) #99 - .5384 - 139 - low NIT seed
    
12. Toledo Univer (19 - 11) #148 - .5072 - 247 - possible NIT
13. Wright State U (12-15) #180 - .4866 - 160 - nothing
14. Dayton Univer (13 - 17) #183 - .4835 - 112 - nothing
15. Cleveland State (8 - 18) #245 - .4523 - 148 - nothing
16. Bowling Green (7 - 21) #254 - .4474 - 142 - nothing
    
17. Youngstown St (6 - 21) #304 - .4035 - 243 - nothing
    

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