Sunday, March 15, 2015

Field of 68


*Seeding and invites do not project what I believe the Selection Committee will do.  Rather, this entry reflects what the Selection Committee should do.

1 seeds
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Virginia
Arizona

2 seeds
Villanova
Duke
Notre Dame
Gonzaga

3 seeds
Kansas
Iowa State
Maryland
Northern Iowa

4 seeds
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Louisville
Baylor

5 seeds
Wichita State
Utah
Southern Methodist
Michigan State

6 seeds
West Virginia
Arkansas
Oregon
Providence

7 seeds
Virginia Commonwealth
Georgetown
Dayton
Butler

8 seeds
Xavier
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Iowa

9 seeds
San Diego State
Davidson
Purdue
North Carolina State

10 seeds
Oklahoma State
Texas
Indiana
St. John's

11 seeds
Boise State
LSU
Mississippi
Georgia
Miami
Brigham Young

12 seeds
Stephen F. Austin
Wofford
Wyoming
Valparaiso

13 seeds
Buffalo
Harvard
Georgia State
UAB

14 seeds
UC Irvine
New Mexico State
Belmont
Manhattan

15 seeds
Eastern Washington
Albany
North Dakota State
Northeastern

16 seeds
North Florida
Texas Southern
Robert Morris
Coastal Carolina
Lafayette
Hampton

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

2014 Mock Draft (over half a year late edition)

So I can remember...

1. CLE - Andrew Wiggins, Kansas
2. MIL - Jabari Parker, Duke
3. PHI - Joel Embiid, Kansas
4. ORL - Noah Vonleh, Indiana
5. UTA - Dante Exum, International
6. BOS - Aaron Gordon, Arizona
7. LAL - Julius Randle, Kentucky
8. SAC - Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
9. CHA - Elfrid Payton, Louisiana-Lafayette
10. PHI - Nik Stauskas, Michigan
11. DEN - Gary Harris, Michigan State
12. ORL - Rodney Hood, Duke
13. MIN - Adreian Payne, Michigan State
14. PHX - Doug McDermott, Creighton

*As always, projections represent what I thought teams should do and not what I believed they actually would do.

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Top 25


*previous rank in parentheses

1) Kentucky 29-0 (1)
2) Virginia 27-1 (2)
3) Duke 26-3 (5)
4) Wisconsin 26-3 (3)
5) Arizona 26-3 (6)
6) Villanova 27-2 (7)
7) Gonzaga 29-2 (4)
8) Kansas 23-6 (8)
9) Wichita State 27-3 (14)
10) Notre Dame 24-5 (9)
11) Maryland 24-5 (17)
12) Louisville 23-6 (11)
13) Baylor 22-7 (18)
14) Oklahoma 20-8 (16)
15) Utah 22-6 (10)
16) Northern Iowa 27-3 (13)
17) North Carolina 20-9 (15)
18) Iowa State 20-8 (12)
19) West Virginia 22-7 (19)
20) Dayton 22-6 (NR)
21) Oregon 22-8 (NR)
22) Arkansas 23-6 (22)
23) Southern Methodist 23-6 (24)
24) Ohio State 21-8 (NR)
25) Butler 21-8 (NR)

IN: Dayton; Oregon; Ohio State; Butler
OUT: Michigan State; Virginia Commonwealth; Georgetown; San Diego State