March Madness-Conference tourneys
I know we have nice long thread tracking other bubble teams and opponents, etc. but I thought we might want a thread to track the conference tourneys of the smaller conferences. Most of these will be one bid leagues, but it's still fun to keep an eye on them.
Some tourneys get rolling this week:
America East (Wednesday): one bid league, no top 100 RPI schools. Albany is top seed and only 20 game winner.
Atlantic Sun (Tuesday): one bid league, only 3 teams with winning record, North Florida is top seed
Big South (Wednesday): one bid league, Radford only top 100 RPI school, sitting in mid-80s, so no at-large threat.
CAA (Friday): one bid league, so root for anyone you want, but W&M is sitting around 101 in RPI, so a few wins would help us out. W&M is the #1 seed. Northeastern is the only 20 game winner.
Horizon (Tuesday): One bid league, Valpo and Green Bay have RPIs in the 60s. GB owns a win over ACC school (Miami), but that's it.
Ivy: no conference tourney, bid will go to Harvard or Yale. Harvard has RPI in the 50s but no signature wins. Yale is in the 60s with win over mediocre UConn team.
MAAC (Thursday): Now it gets a little interesting. Iona is in the upper 40s in RPI, but no signature wins. To be safe however, let's all pull for Iona. No other team would get at-large.
MVC (Thursday): Here we go--Wichita St. (#11 RPI) and Northern Iowa (#14 RPI) are locks. No other team should get an at-large bid. We need to be pulling for one of those 2 to win the tourney.
Northeast (Sunday): One bid only--Mt. St. Mary's getting a few wins would help our RPI.
OVC (Wednesday): Murray St. has an RPI in the mid-60s, no other team is in top 100. They have a gaudy 24-4 record, but no signature wins. One bid only.
Patriot (Tuesday): One bid only, Bucknell is the top seed.
SoCo (Friday): Wofford could be a fly in the ointment. Sitting around 50 in RPI, has top 50 (or close to it depending on day) wins over NC State and Iona. It would be best for everyone if they won the tourney.
Summit (Saturday): One bid, SDSU is a top 100 RPI school, but no at-large threat.
WCC (Friday): Gonzaga is a lock, BYU is now an at-large threat (#34 at RPIforecast.com). St. Mary's is around #60. BYU is a name school, with a win over Gonzaga in their pocket. If St. Mary's wins this tourney, that's not good.
As more tourney schedules get finalized, post and let us know who we should be rooting for.
(This post was last modified: 03-02-2015 12:25 PM by djnva.)
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March Madness-Conference tourneys
