The amateur bracketologist is back
Friday, May 11th, 2007Hello everyone, the amateur bracketologist is back.
Going into this weekend, I stated I would rank the top 30 teams nationally in regards to their chances for a
pool B/C bid to the NCAA tournament. To do this, I first ordered the NCAA committees regionally ranked teams in order of their in-region winning percentage and then calculated as many QWOI power rankings as I could for the teams on the list.
By my calculations, if your team does not have a regional record above .700 (35 teams currently do) you will probably be on the outside looking in. Of course a lot can change with the conference tournaments this weekend. These rankings do include teams that still have yet to play their conference tournament. I did this
so the fans of those teams had an idea of where they sit if they do not win their conference tournament and the AQ.
So without further ado, here are my top 30 teams for the remaining 20 Pool B/C bids:
1. Chapman (CA) Pool B/C
2. Wooster (OH) Pool C
3. Emory (GA) Pool B/C
4. Kean (NJ) Pool C
5. Eastern CT State Pool C
6. Salisbury (MD) Pool B/C
7. IL Wesleyan Pool C
8. St. Olaf (MN) Pool C
9. UW-Oshkosh Pool C
10. Otterbein Pool C
11. TX-Dallas Pool C
12. Washington (MO) Pool B/C
13. Marietta (OH) Pool C
14. St. Scholastica Pool B/C
15. Ithaca (NY) Pool B/C
16. Transylvania (KY) Pool C
17. Washington & Jeff (PA) Pool B/C
18. George Fox Pool C
19. Luther (IA) Pool C
20. Williams (MA) Pool C
21. Millsaps (MS) Pool C
22. Rhodes (TN) Pool C
23. Wartburg (IA) Pool C
24. St. Thomas (MN) Pool C
25. Keene State (NH) Pool C
26. SUNY Oneonta Pool C
27. Thomas More (KY) Pool B/C
28. Trinity (CT) Pool C
29. Rensselaer (NY) Pool C
30. Ramapo (NJ) Pool C
The committee does not look to pull equally from each region. They will take the top remaining Pool B then Pool C teams remaining.
My thought is that George Fox is the last lock on the board regardless of what happens to teams in their conference tournaments. Feel free to debate, but I feel these are the only teams that will be able to legitimately say they have a shot at a pool B/C bid come Sunday night/Monday morning based on regional record and QOWI power ranking. Sunday afternoon I will have my final Bracketology prediction.
