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RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
College Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference

On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 16 conference Champs from the bottom 16 leagues, obviously eliminates 16 of the 68 spots available. ODU projected as a 13 seed.
Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.

UPDATED 8/28/2016
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon
#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
#114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .

1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [@11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn]
5). BIG XII (8) -]
6). Big East (8) -]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado
10). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron)
11). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
12). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston]
13). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
14). Big West (4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine ]
15). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard ]
16). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay,]
17). Big South (2) [#2 UNC Asheville ,)
18). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
19). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
20). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
21). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
22). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
23). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
24). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
25). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
26). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
27). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 76
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #2 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 Baylor #5 BIG XII 22-12
27 California #3 PAC 12 23-11
28 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
29 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
30 Butler #4 BE 22-11
31 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
32 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
33 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
34 Texas #6 BIG XII 20-13
35 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
36 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
37 Utah #4 PAC 12 27-9
38 Valparaiso #1 Horz 30-7 NCAA AQ
39 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
40 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
41 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
42 Providence #6 BE 24-11
43 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
44 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
45 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
46 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
47 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
48 Texas Tech #7 BIG XII 19-13
49 Kansas St.#8 BIG XII 17-16 --------- At Large Bid Start Range
50 USC #5 PAC 12 21-13
51 Hawaii #1 BW 28-6
52 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
53 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range

54 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
55 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
56 South Carolina #5 SEC 25-9NIT Invite
57 Colorado #6 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
58 Oregon St. #7 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

59 Princeton Ivy 22-7 AQ

60 Washington #8 PAC 12 19-15 NIT Invite
61 Georgia #6 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
62 Mississippi #7 SEC 20-12 NIT Invite

63 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ
64 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17 NIT Invite
65 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14 NIT Invite
66 UCLA #9 PAC 12 15-17 NIT Invite
67 James Madison #2 CAA 21-11
68 Marquette #8 BE 20-13
69 Arizona St. #10 PAC 12 15-17
70 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
71 Davidson #5 A10 20-13
72 UNLV 18-15 #3 MWC or New Mexico #3 MWC 17-15
73 Ball St. #1 MAC 21-14 or Buffalo MAC 20-15
74 Winthrop #1 Big South

[b]THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL

[color=#FF0000]KEY

NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
CUSA - 2 teams remain after 8/14/16
[color=#FF0000]RED Teams selected after my prediction
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RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
College Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference

On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 16 conference Champs from the bottom 16 leagues, obviously eliminates 16 of the 68 spots available. ODU projected as a 13 seed.
Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.

UPDATED 8/29/2016
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon
#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
#114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .

1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [@11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State]
5). BIG XII (8) -]
6). Big East (8) -]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado
10). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron)
11). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
12). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston]
13). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
14). Big West (4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine ]
15). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard ]
16). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay,]
17). Big South (2) [#2 UNC Asheville ,)
18). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
19). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
20). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
21). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
22). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
23). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
24). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
25). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
26). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
27). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 76
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #2 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 Baylor #5 BIG XII 22-12
27 California #3 PAC 12 23-11
28 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
29 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
30 Butler #4 BE 22-11
31 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
32 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
33 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
34 Texas #6 BIG XII 20-13
35 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
36 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
37 Utah #4 PAC 12 27-9
38 Valparaiso #1 Horz 30-7 NCAA AQ
39 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
40 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
41 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
42 Providence #6 BE 24-11
43 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
44 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
45 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
46 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
47 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
48 Texas Tech #7 BIG XII 19-13
49 Kansas St.#8 BIG XII 17-16 --------- At Large Bid Start Range
50 USC #5 PAC 12 21-13
51 Hawaii #1 BW 28-6
52 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
53 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range

54 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
55 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
56 Colorado #6 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
57 Oregon St. #7 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

58 Princeton Ivy 22-7 AQ

59 Washington #8 PAC 12 19-15 NIT Invite
60 Georgia #6 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
61 Mississippi #7 SEC 20-12 NIT Invite

62 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ
63 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17 NIT Invite
64 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14 NIT Invite
65 UCLA #9 PAC 12 15-17 NIT Invite
66 James Madison #2 CAA 21-11
67 Marquette #8 BE 20-13
68 Arizona St. #10 PAC 12 15-17
69 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
70 Davidson #5 A10 20-13
71 UNLV 18-15 #3 MWC or New Mexico #3 MWC 17-15
72 Ball St. #1 MAC 21-14 or Buffalo MAC 20-15
73 Winthrop #1 Big South

[b]THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL

KEY

NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
CUSA - 2 teams remain after 8/14/16
[color=#FF0000]RED Teams selected after my prediction
(This post was last modified: 08-29-2016 11:36 AM by ODU Oldtimer.)
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Post: #43
RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
College Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference

On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 16 conference Champs from the bottom 16 leagues, obviously eliminates 16 of the 68 spots available. ODU projected as a 13 seed.
Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.

I had JMU selected as the #2 team in the CAA, with the Towson selection for that #2 spot I believe JMU will not be picked in the top 144. My assumption is the last CAA pick will be UNC Wilmington.

Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

UPDATED 8/30/2016
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon
#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
#114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .

1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [@11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State]
5). BIG XII (8) -]
6). Big East (8) -]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado
10). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron)
11). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
12). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson]
13). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
14). Big West (4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine ]
15). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard ]
16). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay,]
17). Big South (2) [#2 UNC Asheville ,)
18). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
19). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
20). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
21). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
22). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
23). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
24). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
25). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
26). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
27). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 76
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #2 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 Baylor #5 BIG XII 22-12
27 California #3 PAC 12 23-11
28 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
29 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
30 Butler #4 BE 22-11
31 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
32 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
33 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
34 Texas #6 BIG XII 20-13
35 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
36 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
37 Utah #4 PAC 12 27-9
38 Valparaiso #1 Horz 30-7 NCAA AQ
39 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
40 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
41 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
42 Providence #6 BE 24-11
43 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
44 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
45 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
46 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
47 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
48 Texas Tech #7 BIG XII 19-13
49 Kansas St.#8 BIG XII 17-16 --------- At Large Bid Start Range
50 USC #5 PAC 12 21-13
51 Hawaii #1 BW 28-6
52 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
53 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range

54 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
55 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
56 Colorado #6 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
57 Oregon St. #7 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

58 Princeton Ivy 22-7 AQ

59 Washington #8 PAC 12 19-15 NIT Invite
60 Georgia #6 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
61 Mississippi #7 SEC 20-12 NIT Invite

62 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ
63 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
64 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
65 UCLA #9 PAC 12 15-17
66 Marquette #8 BE 20-13
67 Arizona St. #10 PAC 12 15-17
68 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
69 Davidson #5 A10 20-13
70 UNLV 18-15 #3 MWC or New Mexico #3 MWC 17-15
71 Ball St. #1 MAC 21-14 or Buffalo MAC 20-15
72 Winthrop #1 Big South 23-9
73 Towson #2 CAA 20-13

THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL

KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
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RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-bangheadCollege Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference

On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 17 conference Champs from the 32 leagues, obviously eliminates 17 of the 32 AQ spots. leaving 47 remaining spots for the tournament. ODU projected as a 13 seed.
Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.

Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference

UPDATED 9/1/2016
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .

1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [@11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State]
5). BIG XII (9) Kansas St #9]
6). Big East (8) -]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado
10). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron)
11). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
12). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson]
13). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
14). Big West (4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine ]
15). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay,]
16). Big South (2) [#2 UNC Asheville ,)
17). Ivy League[b] (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED
18). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
19). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
20). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
21). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
22). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
23). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
24). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
25). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
26). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
27). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 76
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #2 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 Baylor #5 BIG XII 22-12
27 California #3 PAC 12 23-11
28 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
29 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
30 Butler #4 BE 22-11
31 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
32 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
33 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
34 Texas #6 BIG XII 20-13
35 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
36 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
37 Utah #4 PAC 12 27-9
38 Valparaiso #1 Horz 30-7 NCAA AQ
39 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
40 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
41 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
42 Providence #6 BE 24-11
43 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
44 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
45 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
46 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
47 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
48 Texas Tech #7 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
49 USC #5 PAC 12 21-13
50 Hawaii #1 BW 28-6
51 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
52 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
53 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
54 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
55 Colorado #6 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
56 Oregon St. #7 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

57 Washington #8 PAC 12 19-15 NIT Invite
58 Georgia #6 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
59 Mississippi #7 SEC 20-12 NIT Invite

60 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ

61 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
62 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
63 UCLA #9 PAC 12 15-17
64 Marquette #8 BE 20-13
65 Arizona St. #10 PAC 12 15-17
66 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
67 Davidson #5 A10 20-13
68 UNLV 18-15 #3 MWC or New Mexico #3 MWC 17-15
69 Ball St. #1 MAC 21-14 or Buffalo MAC 20-15
70 Winthrop #1 Big South 23-9
71 Kansas St #9 Big XII 17-16


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2016 09:06 AM by ODU Oldtimer.)
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Post: #45
RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-bangheadCollege Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference

On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 18 conference Champs from the 32 leagues, obviously eliminates 18 of the 32 AQ spots. leaving 46 remaining spots for the tournament. ODU projected as a 13 seed.
Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.

Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference

UPDATED 9/2/2016
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .

1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [@11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State]
5). BIG XII (9) Kansas St #9]
6). Big East (8) -]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado
10). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron)
11). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
12). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson]
13). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
14). Big West (4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine ]
15). Big South (2) [#2 UNC Asheville ,)
16). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]
17). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

18). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
19). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
20). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
21). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
22). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
23). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
24). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
25). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
26). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
27). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 76
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #2 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 Baylor #5 BIG XII 22-12
27 California #3 PAC 12 23-11
28 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
29 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
30 Butler #4 BE 22-11
31 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
32 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
33 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
34 Texas #6 BIG XII 20-13
35 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
36 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
37 Utah #4 PAC 12 27-9
38 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
39 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
40 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
41 Providence #6 BE 24-11
42 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
43 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
44 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
45 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
46 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
47 Texas Tech #7 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
48 USC #5 PAC 12 21-13
49 Hawaii #1 BW 28-6
50 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
51 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
52 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
53 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
54 Colorado #6 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
55 Oregon St. #7 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

56 Washington #8 PAC 12 19-15 NIT Invite
57 Georgia #6 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
58 Mississippi #7 SEC 20-12 NIT Invite

59 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ

60 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
61 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
62 UCLA #9 PAC 12 15-17
63 Marquette #8 BE 20-13
64 Arizona St. #10 PAC 12 15-17
65 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
66 Davidson #5 A10 20-13
67 UNLV 18-15 #3 MWC or New Mexico #3 MWC 17-15
68 Ball St. #1 MAC 21-14 or Buffalo MAC 20-15
69 Winthrop #1 Big South 23-9
70 Valparaiso #1 Horz 30-7


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
(This post was last modified: 09-02-2016 09:10 AM by ODU Oldtimer.)
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RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-bangheadCollege Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference

On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 18 conference Champs from the 32 leagues, obviously eliminates 18 of the 32 AQ spots. leaving 46 remaining spots for the tournament. ODU projected as a 13 seed.
Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.

Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference

UPDATED 9/3/2016
#69 Marquette #8 Big East
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .

1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [@11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State]
5). BIG XII (9) Kansas St #9]
6). Big East (8) [#8 Marquette, ]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado
10). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron)
11). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
12). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson]
13). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
14). Big West (4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine ]
15). Big South (2) [#2 UNC Asheville ,)
16). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]
17). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

18). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
19). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
20). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
21). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
22). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
23). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
24). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
25). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
26). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
27). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 76
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #2 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 Baylor #5 BIG XII 22-12
27 California #3 PAC 12 23-11
28 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
29 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
30 Butler #4 BE 22-11
31 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
32 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
33 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
34 Texas #6 BIG XII 20-13
35 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
36 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
37 Utah #4 PAC 12 27-9
38 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
39 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
40 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
41 Providence #6 BE 24-11
42 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
43 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
44 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
45 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
46 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
47 Texas Tech #7 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
48 USC #5 PAC 12 21-13
49 Hawaii #1 BW 28-6
50 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
51 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
52 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
53 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
54 Colorado #6 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
55 Oregon St. #7 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

56 Washington #8 PAC 12 19-15 NIT Invite
57 Georgia #6 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
58 Mississippi #7 SEC 20-12 NIT Invite

59 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ

60 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
61 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
62 UCLA #9 PAC 12 15-17
63 Arizona St. #10 PAC 12 15-17
64 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
65 Davidson #5 A10 20-13
66 UNLV 18-15 #3 MWC or New Mexico #3 MWC 17-15
67 Ball St. #1 MAC 21-14 or Buffalo MAC 20-15
68 Winthrop #1 Big South 23-9
69 Marquette #8 BE 20-13


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
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RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-bangheadCollege Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference

On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 19 conference Champs from the 32 leagues, obviously eliminates 19 of the 32 AQ spots, leaving 49 remaining spots for the tournament. ODU projected as a 13 seed.
Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.

Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference

UPDATED 9/4
#68 Buffalo #1 MAC
#69 Marquette #8 Big East
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon

#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .

1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [#11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State]
5). BIG XII (9) #9 Kansas St ]
6). Big East (8) [#8 Marquette, ]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado
10). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
11). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson]
12). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
13). Big West (4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine ]
14). Big South (2) [#2 UNC Asheville ,)
15). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron, #1 Buffalo} COMPLETED
16). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]COMPLETED
17). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

18). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
19). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
20). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
21). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
22). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
23). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
24). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
25). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
26). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
27). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 76
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #2 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 Baylor #5 BIG XII 22-12
27 California #3 PAC 12 23-11
28 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
29 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
30 Butler #4 BE 22-11
31 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
32 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
33 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
34 Texas #6 BIG XII 20-13
35 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
36 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
37 Utah #4 PAC 12 27-9
38 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
39 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
40 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
41 Providence #6 BE 24-11
42 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
43 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
44 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
45 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
46 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
47 Texas Tech #7 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
48 USC #5 PAC 12 21-13
49 Hawaii #1 BW 28-6
50 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
51 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
52 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
53 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
54 Colorado #6 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
55 Oregon St. #7 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

56 Washington #8 PAC 12 19-15 NIT Invite
57 Georgia #6 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
58 Mississippi #7 SEC 20-12 NIT Invite

59 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ

60 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
61 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
62 UCLA #9 PAC 12 15-17
63 Arizona St. #10 PAC 12 15-17
64 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
65 Davidson #5 A10 20-13
66 UNLV 18-15 #3 MWC or New Mexico #3 MWC 17-15
67 Winthrop #1 Big South 23-9
68 Buffalo MAC 20-15


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
(This post was last modified: 09-04-2016 09:10 AM by ODU Oldtimer.)
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Post: #48
RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-bangheadCollege Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference

On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 19 conference Champs from the 32 leagues, obviously eliminates 19 of the 32 AQ spots, leaving 49 remaining spots for the tournament. ODU projected as a 13 seed.
Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.

Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference

UPDATED 9/5/16
#67 Washington #9 Pac-12
#68 Buffalo #1 MAC
#69 Marquette #8 Big East
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon[/b]
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .

1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [#11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State,#9 Washington]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State]
5). BIG XII (9) #9 Kansas St ]
6). Big East (8) [#8 Marquette, ]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado
10). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
11). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson]
12). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
13). Big West (4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine ]
14). Big South (2) [#2 UNC Asheville ,)
15). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron, #1 Buffalo} COMPLETED
16). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]COMPLETED
17). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

18). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
19). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
20). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
21). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
22). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
23). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
24). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
25). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
26). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
27). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 76
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #2 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 Baylor #5 BIG XII 22-12
27 California #3 PAC 12 23-11
28 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
29 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
30 Butler #4 BE 22-11
31 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
32 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
33 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
34 Texas #6 BIG XII 20-13
35 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
36 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
37 Utah #4 PAC 12 27-9
38 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
39 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
40 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
41 Providence #6 BE 24-11
42 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
43 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
44 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
45 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
46 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
47 Texas Tech #7 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
48 USC #5 PAC 12 21-13
49 Hawaii #1 BW 28-6
50 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
51 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
52 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
53 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
54 Colorado #6 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
55 Oregon St. #7 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

56 Georgia #6 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
57 Mississippi #7 SEC 20-12 NIT Invite [/color]
58 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ

59 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
60 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
61 UCLA #9 PAC 12 15-17
62 Arizona St. #10 PAC 12 15-17
63 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
64 Davidson #5 A10 20-13
65 UNLV 18-15 #3 MWC or New Mexico #3 MWC 17-15
66 Winthrop #1 Big South 23-9
67 Washington #8 PAC 12 19-15


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
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Post: #49
RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-bangheadCollege Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference

On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 19 conference Champs from the 32 leagues, obviously eliminates 19 of the 32 AQ spots, leaving 49 remaining spots for the tournament. ODU projected as a 13 seed.
Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.

Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference

UPDATED 9/6/16
#66 Baylor #8 Big XII
#67 Washington #9 Pac-12
#68 Buffalo #1 MAC
#69 Marquette #8 Big East
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon[/b]
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .

1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [#11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State,#9 Washington]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State]
5). BIG XII (9) #9 Kansas St , #8 Baylor]
6). Big East (8) [#8 Marquette, ]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado
10). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
11). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson]
12). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
13). Big West (4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine ]
14). Big South (2) [#2 UNC Asheville ,)
15). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron, #1 Buffalo} COMPLETED
16). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]COMPLETED
17). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

18). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
19). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
20). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
21). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
22). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
23). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
24). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
25). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
26). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
27). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 76
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #2 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 California #3 PAC 12 23-11
27 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
28 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
29 Butler #4 BE 22-11
30 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
31 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
32 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
33 Texas #6 BIG XII 20-13
34 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
35 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
36 Utah #4 PAC 12 27-9
37 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
38 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
39 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
49 Providence #6 BE 24-11
41 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
42 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
43 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
44 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
45 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
46 Texas Tech #7 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
47 USC #5 PAC 12 21-13
48 Hawaii #1 BW 28-6
49 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
50 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
51 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
52 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
53 Colorado #6 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
54 Oregon St. #7 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

55 Georgia #6 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
56 Mississippi #7 SEC 20-12 NIT Invite [/color]
57 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ

58 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
59 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
60 UCLA #9 PAC 12 15-17
61 Arizona St. #10 PAC 12 15-17
62 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
63 Davidson #5 A10 20-13
64 UNLV 18-15 #3 MWC or New Mexico #3 MWC 17-15
65 Winthrop #1 Big South 23-9
66 Baylor #8 BIG XII 22-12


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
(This post was last modified: 09-06-2016 09:13 AM by ODU Oldtimer.)
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RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-bangheadCollege Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference

On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 19 conference Champs from the 32 leagues, obviously eliminates 19 of the 32 AQ spots, leaving 49 remaining spots for the tournament. ODU projected as a 13 seed.
Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.

Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference

UPDATED 9/8/16

#64 Alabama #6 SEC
#65 Utah #8 PAC 12
#66 Baylor #8 Big XII
#67 Washington #9 Pac-12
#68 Buffalo #1 MAC
#69 Marquette #8 Big East
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon[/b]
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .

1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [#11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State,#9 Washington #8 Utah]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State, #6 Alabama]
5). BIG XII (9) #9 Kansas St , #8 Baylor]
6). Big East (8) [#8 Marquette, ]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado
10). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
11). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson]
12). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
13). Big West (4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine ]
14). Big South (2) [#2 UNC Asheville ,)
15). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron, #1 Buffalo} COMPLETED
16). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]COMPLETED
17). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

18). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
19). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
20). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
21). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
22). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
23). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
24). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
25). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
26). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
27). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 76
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #2 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 California #3 PAC 12 23-11
27 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
28 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
29 Butler #4 BE 22-11
30 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
31 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
32 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
33 Texas #6 BIG XII 20-13
34 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
35 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
36 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
37 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
38 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
39 Providence #6 BE 24-11
40 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
41 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
42 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
43 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
44 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
45 Texas Tech #7 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
46 USC #4 PAC 12 21-13
47 Hawaii #1 BW 28-6
48 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
49 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
50 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
51 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
52 Colorado #5 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
53 Oregon St. #6 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

54 Georgia #5 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
55 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ

56 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
57 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
58 UCLA #7 PAC 12 15-17
59 Arizona St. #10 PAC 12 15-17
60 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
61 Davidson #5 A10 20-13
62 UNLV 18-15 #3 MWC or New Mexico #3 MWC 17-15
63 Winthrop #1 Big South 23-9
64 Alabama # 6 SEC 18-15

65 Utah #8 PAC 12 27-9



THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
(This post was last modified: 09-08-2016 08:48 AM by ODU Oldtimer.)
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Post: #51
RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-bangheadCollege Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference

On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 19 conference Champs from the 32 leagues, obviously eliminates 19 of the 32 AQ spots, leaving 49 remaining spots for the tournament. ODU projected as a 13 seed.
Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.

Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference

UPDATED 9/9/16

#63 UNLV #3 MWC
#64 Alabama #6 SEC
#65 Utah #8 PAC 12
#66 Baylor #8 Big XII
#67 Washington #9 Pac-12
#68 Buffalo #1 MAC
#69 Marquette #8 Big East
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon[/b]
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #2 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .

1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [#11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State,#9 Washington #8 Utah]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State, #6 Alabama]
5). BIG XII (9) #9 Kansas St , #8 Baylor]
6). Big East (8) [#8 Marquette, ]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado, #3 UNLV]
10). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
11). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson]
12). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
13). Big West (4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine ]
14). Big South (2) [#2 UNC Asheville ,)
15). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron, #1 Buffalo} COMPLETED
16). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]COMPLETED
17). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

18). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
19). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
20). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
21). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
22). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
23). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
24). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
25). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
26). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
27). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 76
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #2 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 California #3 PAC 12 23-11
27 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
28 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
29 Butler #4 BE 22-11
30 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
31 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
32 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
33 Texas #6 BIG XII 20-13
34 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
35 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
36 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
37 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
38 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
39 Providence #6 BE 24-11
40 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
41 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
42 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
43 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
44 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
45 Texas Tech #7 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
46 USC #4 PAC 12 21-13
47 Hawaii #1 BW 28-6
48 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
49 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
50 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
51 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
52 Colorado #5 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
53 Oregon St. #6 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

54 Georgia #5 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
55 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ

56 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
57 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
58 UCLA #7 PAC 12 15-17
59 Arizona St. #10 PAC 12 15-17
60 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
61 Davidson #5 A10 20-13
62 Winthrop #1 Big South 23-9
63 UNLV 18-15 #3 MWC


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
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RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-bangheadCollege Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference

On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 19 conference Champs from the 32 leagues, obviously eliminates 19 of the 32 AQ spots, leaving 49 remaining spots for the tournament. ODU projected as a 13 seed.
Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.

Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference

UPDATED 9/9/16

#63 UNLV #3 MWC
#64 Alabama #6 SEC
#65 Utah #8 PAC 12
#66 Baylor #7 Big XII
#67 Washington #9 Pac-12
#68 Buffalo #1 MAC
#69 Marquette #8 Big East
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon[/b]
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .

1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [#11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State,#9 Washington #8 Utah]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State, #6 Alabama]
5). BIG XII (9) #9 Kansas St , #8 Baylor]
6). Big East (8) [#8 Marquette, ]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado, #3 UNLV]
10). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
11). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson]
12). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
13). Big West (4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine ]
14). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron, #1 Buffalo} COMPLETED
15). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]COMPLETED
16). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

17). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
18). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
19). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
20). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
21). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
22). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
23). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
24). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
25). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
26). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
27). Big South (2) [#1 UNC Asheville ,)
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 62
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #2 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 California #3 PAC 12 23-11
27 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
28 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
29 Butler #4 BE 22-11
30 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
31 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
32 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
33 Texas #5 BIG XII 20-13
34 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
35 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
36 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
37 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
38 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
39 Providence #6 BE 24-11
40 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
41 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
42 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
43 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
44 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
45 Texas Tech #6 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
46 USC #4 PAC 12 21-13
47 Hawaii #1 BW 28-6
48 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
49 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
50 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
51 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
52 Colorado #5 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
53 Oregon St. #6 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

54 Georgia #5 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
55 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ

56 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
57 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
58 UCLA #7 PAC 12 15-17
59 Arizona St. #10 PAC 12 15-17
60 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
61 Davidson #5 A10 20-13
62 Oklahoma St. #6 B12 12-20
63 UNLV 18-15 #3 MWC


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
(This post was last modified: 09-09-2016 09:08 AM by ODU Oldtimer.)
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RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-bangheadCollege Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference

On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 20 conference Champs from the 32 leagues, obviously eliminates 20 of the 32 AQ spots, leaving 48 remaining spots for the tournament. ODU projected as a 13 seed.
Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.

Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference

UPDATED 9/11/16

#61 Long Beach State #1 Big West
#62 Providence #7 Big East
#63 UNLV #3 MWC
#64 Alabama #6 SEC
#65 Utah #8 PAC 12
#66 Baylor #7 Big XII
#67 Washington #9 Pac-12
#68 Buffalo #1 MAC
#69 Marquette #8 Big East
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon[/b]
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .

1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [#11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State,#9 Washington #8 Utah]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State, #6 Alabama]
5). BIG XII (9) #9 Kansas St , #8 Baylor]
6). Big East (8) [#8 Marquette, #7 Providence ]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado, #3 UNLV]
10). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
11). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson]
12). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
13). Big West [b](4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine , #1 Long Beach St] COMPLETED
14). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron, #1 Buffalo} COMPLETED
15). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]COMPLETED
16). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

17). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
18). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
19). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
20). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
21). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
22). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
23). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
24). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
25). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
26). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
27). Big South (2) [#1 UNC Asheville ,)
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 60
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #2 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 California #3 PAC 12 23-11
27 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
28 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
29 Butler #4 BE 22-11
30 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
31 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
32 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
33 Texas #5 BIG XII 20-13
34 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
35 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
36 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
37 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
38 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
39 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
40 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
41 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
42 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
43 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
44 Texas Tech #6 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
45 USC #4 PAC 12 21-13
46 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
47 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
48 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
49 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
50 Colorado #5 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
51 Oregon St. #6 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

52 Georgia #5 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
53 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ

54 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
55 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
56 UCLA #7 PAC 12 15-17
57 Arizona St. #10 PAC 12 15-17
58 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
59 Davidson #5 A10 20-13
60 Oklahoma St. #6 B12 12-20
61 Long Beach St 20-15


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
(This post was last modified: 09-11-2016 10:26 PM by ODU Oldtimer.)
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RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-bangheadCollege Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference

On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 20 conference Champs from the 32 leagues, obviously eliminates 20 of the 32 AQ spots, leaving 48 remaining spots for the tournament. ODU projected as a 13 seed.
Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.

Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference
UPDATED 9/12/16

#60 Arizona State #7 PAC 12
#61 Long Beach State #1 Big West
#62 Providence #7 Big East
#63 UNLV #3 MWC
#64 Alabama #6 SEC
#65 Utah #8 PAC 12
#66 Baylor #7 Big XII
#67 Washington #9 Pac-12
#68 Buffalo #1 MAC
#69 Marquette #8 Big East
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon[/b]
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .

1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [#11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State,#9 Washington #8 Utah. #7 Arizona St]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State, #6 Alabama]
5). BIG XII (9) #9 Kansas St , #8 Baylor]
6). Big East (8) [#8 Marquette, #7 Providence ]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado, #3 UNLV]
10). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
11). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson]
12). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
13). Big West [b](4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine , #1 Long Beach St] COMPLETED
14). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron, #1 Buffalo} COMPLETED
15). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]COMPLETED
16). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

17). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
18). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
19). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
20). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
21). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
22). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
23). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
24). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
25). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
26). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
27). Big South (2) [#1 UNC Asheville ,)
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 59
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #1 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 California #2 PAC 12 23-11
27 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
28 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
29 Butler #4 BE 22-11
30 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
31 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
32 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
33 Texas #5 BIG XII 20-13
34 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
35 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
36 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
37 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
38 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
39 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
40 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
41 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
42 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
43 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
44 Texas Tech #6 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
45 USC #3 PAC 12 21-13
46 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
47 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
48 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
49 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
50 Colorado #4 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
51 Oregon St. #5 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

52 Georgia #5 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
53 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ

54 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
55 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
56 UCLA #6 PAC 12 15-17
57 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
58 Davidson #5 A10 20-13
59 Oklahoma St. #6 B12 12-20
60 Arizona St. #7 PAC 12 15-17


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
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RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-bangheadCollege Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference [/size
[b]On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 20 conference Champs from the 32 leagues, obviously eliminates 20 of the 32 AQ spots, leaving 48 remaining spots for the tournament. ODU projected as a 13 seed.

Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection ]
for CUSA at number 76.
[/b]

Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference
UPDATED 9/14/16

#58 George Washington #5 A-10
#59 Oklahoma State $7 Big XII
#60 Arizona State #7 PAC 12
#61 Long Beach State #1 Big West
#62 Providence #7 Big East
#63 UNLV #3 MWC
#64 Alabama #6 SEC
#65 Utah #8 PAC 12
#66 Baylor #7 Big XII
#67 Washington #9 Pac-12
#68 Buffalo #1 MAC
#69 Marquette #8 Big East
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon[/b]
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in [size=large]BOLD and in parenthesis .


1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [#11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State,#9 Washington #8 Utah. #7 Arizona St]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State, #6 Alabama]
5). BIG XII (9) #9 Kansas St , #8 Baylor, #7 Oklahoma St]
6). Big East (8) [#8 Marquette, #7 Providence ]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure, #5 Geo Wash]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado, #3 UNLV]
10). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
11). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson]
12). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
13). Big West [b](4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine , #1 Long Beach St] COMPLETED
14). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron, #1 Buffalo} COMPLETED
15). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]COMPLETED
16). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

17). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
18). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
19). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
20). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
21). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
22). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
23). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
24). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
25). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
26). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
27). Big South (2) [#1 UNC Asheville ,)
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 57
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #1 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 California #2 PAC 12 23-11
27 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
28 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
29 Butler #4 BE 22-11
30 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
31 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
32 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
33 Texas #5 BIG XII 20-13
34 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
35 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
36 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
37 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
38 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
39 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
40 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
41 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
42 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
43 Texas Tech #6 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
44 USC #3 PAC 12 21-13
45 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
46 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
48 Dayton #3 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
47 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
48 Colorado #4 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
49 Oregon St. #5 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

50 Georgia #5 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
52 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ

53 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
54 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
55 UCLA #6 PAC 12 15-17
56 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
57 Davidson #4 A10 20-13
58 George Washington #5 A10 28-10


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
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RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-bangheadCollege Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference [/size
[b]On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 20 conference Champs from the 32 leagues, obviously eliminates 20 of the 32 AQ spots, leaving 48 remaining spots for the tournament. ODU projected as a 13 seed.

Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.

Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference
UPDATED 9/15/16

#57 Georgia #5 SEC
#58 George Washington #5 A-10
#59 Oklahoma State $7 Big XII
#60 Arizona State #7 PAC 12
#61 Long Beach State #1 Big West
#62 Providence #7 Big East
#63 UNLV #3 MWC
#64 Alabama #6 SEC
#65 Utah #8 PAC 12
#66 Baylor #7 Big XII
#67 Washington #9 Pac-12
#68 Buffalo #1 MAC
#69 Marquette #8 Big East
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon[/b]
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in [size=large]BOLD and in parenthesis .


1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [#11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State,#9 Washington #8 Utah. #7 Arizona St]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State, #6 Alabama, #5 Georgia]
5). BIG XII (9) #9 Kansas St , #8 Baylor, #7 Oklahoma St]
6). Big East (8) [#8 Marquette, #7 Providence ]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure, #5 Geo Wash]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado, #3 UNLV]
10). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
11). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson]
12). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
13). Big West [b](4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine , #1 Long Beach St] COMPLETED
14). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron, #1 Buffalo} COMPLETED
15). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]COMPLETED
16). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

17). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
18). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
19). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
20). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
21). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
22). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
23). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
24). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
25). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
26). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
27). Big South (2) [#1 UNC Asheville] COMPLETED
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 56
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #1 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 California #2 PAC 12 23-11
27 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
28 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
29 Butler #4 BE 22-11
30 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
31 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
32 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
33 Texas #5 BIG XII 20-13
34 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
35 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
36 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
37 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
38 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
39 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
40 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
41 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
42 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
43 Texas Tech #6 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
44 USC #3 PAC 12 21-13
45 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
46 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
47 Dayton #3 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
48 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
49 Colorado #4 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
50 Oregon St. #5 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

51 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ

52 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
53 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
54 UCLA #6 PAC 12 15-17
55 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
56 Davidson #4 A10 20-13
57 Georgia #5 SEC 20-14


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
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RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-banghead College Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1
On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown each AQ simply fills in the 32 AQ leagues. 21 of the 32 AQ spots have been filled.

Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

MY TOP 5 What?????
WAY TOO HIGH SHOCKED PICKS for the POLL.
Have NOT been picked yet!

I am surprised at the below list of teams, IMO, I see no reason to justify a selection as high as the poll suggest. WHY they have NOT BEEN SELECTED yet is MADNESS.

1) UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 FINALLY
2) Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
3) Davidson #4 A10 20-13
4) Georgetown #7 BE 15-18
5) UCLA #6 PAC 12 15-17


Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference
UPDATED 9/16/17

#56 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA
#57 Georgia #5 SEC
#58 George Washington #5 A-10
#59 Oklahoma State $7 Big XII
#60 Arizona State #7 PAC 12
#61 Long Beach State #1 Big West
#62 Providence #7 Big East
#63 UNLV #3 MWC
#64 Alabama #6 SEC
#65 Utah #8 PAC 12
#66 Baylor #7 Big XII
#67 Washington #9 Pac-12
#68 Buffalo #1 MAC
#69 Marquette #8 Big East
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon[/b]
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in [size=large]BOLD and in parenthesis .


1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [#11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State,#9 Washington #8 Utah. #7 Arizona St]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State, #6 Alabama, #5 Georgia]
5). BIG XII (9) #9 Kansas St , #8 Baylor, #7 Oklahoma St]
6). Big East (8) [#8 Marquette, #7 Providence ]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure, #5 Geo Wash]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado, #3 UNLV]
10). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
11). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
12). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson, #1 UNC Wilmington) COMPLETED
13). Big West [b](4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine , #1 Long Beach St] COMPLETED
14). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron, #1 Buffalo} COMPLETED
15). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]COMPLETED
16). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

17). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
18). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
19). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
20). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
21). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
22). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
23). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
24). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
25). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
26). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
27). Big South (2) [#1 UNC Asheville] COMPLETED
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 55
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #1 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 California #2 PAC 12 23-11
27 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
28 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
29 Butler #4 BE 22-11
30 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
31 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
32 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
33 Texas #5 BIG XII 20-13
34 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
35 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
36 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
37 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
38 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
39 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
40 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
41 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
42 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
43 Texas Tech #6 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
44 USC #3 PAC 12 21-13
45 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
46 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
47 Dayton #3 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
48 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
49 Colorado #4 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
50 Oregon St. #5 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

51 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
52 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
53 UCLA #6 PAC 12 15-17
54 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
55 Davidson #4 A10 20-13
56 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
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RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-banghead College Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1
On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown each AQ simply fills in the 32 AQ leagues. 21 of the 32 AQ spots have been filled.

Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

MY TOP 5 What?????
WAY TOO HIGH SHOCKED PICKS for the POLL.
Have NOT been picked yet!

I am surprised at the below list of teams, IMO, I see no reason to justify a selection as high as the poll suggest. WHY they have NOT BEEN SELECTED yet is MADNESS.

1) UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 FINALLY
2) Davidson #4 A10 20-13
3) Georgetown #7 BE 15-18
4) UCLA #6 PAC 12 15-17


Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference
UPDATED 9/17/17

#55 New Mexico #2 MWC
#56 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA
#57 Georgia #5 SEC
#58 George Washington #5 A-10
#59 Oklahoma State $7 Big XII
#60 Arizona State #7 PAC 12
#61 Long Beach State #1 Big West
#62 Providence #7 Big East
#63 UNLV #3 MWC
#64 Alabama #6 SEC
#65 Utah #8 PAC 12
#66 Baylor #7 Big XII
#67 Washington #9 Pac-12
#68 Buffalo #1 MAC
#69 Marquette #8 Big East
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon[/b]
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in [size=large]BOLD and in parenthesis .


1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12 (11) [#11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State,#9 Washington #8 Utah. #7 Arizona St]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State, #6 Alabama, #5 Georgia]
5). BIG XII (9) #9 Kansas St , #8 Baylor, #7 Oklahoma St]
6). Big East (8) [#8 Marquette, #7 Providence ]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure, #5 Geo Wash]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado, #3 UNLV, #2 New Mexico ]
10). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
11). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
12). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson, #1 UNC Wilmington) COMPLETED
13). Big West [b](4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine , #1 Long Beach St] COMPLETED
14). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron, #1 Buffalo} COMPLETED
15). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]COMPLETED
16). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

17). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
18). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
19). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
20). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
21). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
22). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
23). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
24). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
25). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
26). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
27). Big South (2) [#1 UNC Asheville] COMPLETED
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 55
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #1 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 California #2 PAC 12 23-11
27 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
28 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
29 Butler #4 BE 22-11
30 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
31 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
32 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
33 Texas #5 BIG XII 20-13
34 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
35 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
36 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
37 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
38 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
39 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
40 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
41 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
42 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
43 Texas Tech #6 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
44 USC #3 PAC 12 21-13
45 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
46 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
47 Dayton #3 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
48 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
49 Colorado #4 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
50 Oregon St. #5 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

51 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
52 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
53 UCLA #6 PAC 12 15-17
54 Davidson #4 A10 20-13
#55 New Mexico #2 MWC 17-15


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
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Post: #59
RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-banghead College Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1
On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown each AQ simply fills in the 32 AQ leagues. 21 of the 32 AQ spots have been filled.

Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

MY TOP 5 What?????
WAY TOO HIGH SHOCKED PICKS for the POLL.
Have NOT been picked yet!

I am surprised at the below list of teams, IMO, I see no reason to justify a selection as high as the poll suggest. WHY they have NOT BEEN SELECTED yet is MADNESS.

1) UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 FINALLY
2) Davidson #4 A10 20-13
3) Georgetown #7 BE 15-18
4) UCLA #6 PAC 12 15-17
5) North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17


Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference
UPDATED 9/19/17

#54 Iowa #8 Big 10
#55 New Mexico #2 MWC
#56 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA
#57 Georgia #5 SEC
#58 George Washington #5 A-10
#59 Oklahoma State $7 Big XII
#60 Arizona State #7 PAC 12
#61 Long Beach State #1 Big West
#62 Providence #7 Big East
#63 UNLV #3 MWC
#64 Alabama #6 SEC
#65 Utah #8 PAC 12
#66 Baylor #7 Big XII
#67 Washington #9 Pac-12
#68 Buffalo #1 MAC
#69 Marquette #8 Big East
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon[/b]
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in [size=large]BOLD and in parenthesis .


1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota, #8 Iowa]
3). PAC 12 (11) [#11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State,#9 Washington #8 Utah. #7 Arizona St]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State, #6 Alabama, #5 Georgia]
5). BIG XII (9) #9 Kansas St , #8 Baylor, #7 Oklahoma St]
6). Big East (8) [#8 Marquette, #7 Providence ]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure, #5 Geo Wash]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado, #3 UNLV, #2 New Mexico ]
10). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
11). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
12). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson, #1 UNC Wilmington) COMPLETED
13). Big West [b](4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine , #1 Long Beach St] COMPLETED
14). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron, #1 Buffalo} COMPLETED
15). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]COMPLETED
16). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

17). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
18). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
19). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
20). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
21). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
22). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
23). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
24). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
25). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
26). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
27). Big South (2) [#1 UNC Asheville] COMPLETED
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 53
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #1 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
23 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
24 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
25 California #2 PAC 12 23-11
26 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
27 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
28 Butler #4 BE 22-11
29 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
30 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
31 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
32 Texas #5 BIG XII 20-13
33 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
34 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
35 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
36 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
37 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
38 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
39 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
40 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
41 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
42 Texas Tech #6 BIG XII 19-13 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
43 USC #3 PAC 12 21-13
44 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
45 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
46 Dayton #3 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
47 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
48 Colorado #4 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
49 Oregon St. #5 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

50 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
51 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
52 UCLA #6 PAC 12 15-17
53 Davidson #4 A10 20-13
54 Iowa BIG 10 22-11


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
(This post was last modified: 09-19-2016 12:07 AM by ODU Oldtimer.)
09-18-2016 11:51 PM
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Post: #60
RE: Madness College Basketball Poll. ODU rank #1 CUSA TOP #76
03-banghead College Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1
On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown each AQ simply fills in the 32 AQ leagues. 21 of the 32 AQ spots have been filled.

Bracketolgy Link... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology

MY TOP 5 What?????
WAY TOO HIGH SHOCKED PICKS for the POLL.
Have NOT been picked yet!

I am surprised at the below list of teams, IMO, I see no reason to justify a selection as high as the poll suggest. WHY they have NOT BEEN SELECTED yet is MADNESS.

1) UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 FINALLY
2) Davidson #4 A10 20-13
3) Georgetown #7 BE 15-18
4) UCLA #6 PAC 12 15-17
5) North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17


Link for Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
Link... http://kenpom.com/index.php

Link for Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
Link... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

KEY
NCAA AQ #1 selection each conference
UPDATED 9/19/17

#53 Texas Tech #6 Big XII
#54 Iowa #8 Big 10
#55 New Mexico #2 MWC
#56 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA
#57 Georgia #5 SEC
#58 George Washington #5 A-10
#59 Oklahoma State $7 Big XII
#60 Arizona State #7 PAC 12
#61 Long Beach State #1 Big West
#62 Providence #7 Big East
#63 UNLV #3 MWC
#64 Alabama #6 SEC
#65 Utah #8 PAC 12
#66 Baylor #7 Big XII
#67 Washington #9 Pac-12
#68 Buffalo #1 MAC
#69 Marquette #8 Big East
#70 Valparaiso #1 Horizon[/b]
#71 Kansas State #9 Big 12
#72 Princeton #1 Ivy League
#73 Towson #2 CAA
#74 Mississippi State #7 SEC
#75 Illinois State #2 Missouri Valley
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon

#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
##114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten

Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in [size=large]BOLD and in parenthesis .


1). ACC (13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten (12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota, #8 Iowa]
3). PAC 12 (11) [#11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State,#9 Washington #8 Utah. #7 Arizona St]
4). SEC (11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn, #7 Mississippi State, #6 Alabama, #5 Georgia]
5). BIG XII (9) #9 Kansas St , #8 Baylor, #7 Oklahoma St, #6 Texas Tech ]
6). Big East (8) [#8 Marquette, #7 Providence ]
7). Atlantic 10 (8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure, #5 Geo Wash]
8). American (6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC (6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado, #3 UNLV, #2 New Mexico ]
10). Missouri Valley (5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa, #2 Illinois State)
11). West Coast (4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
12). CAA (5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston, #2 Towson, #1 UNC Wilmington) COMPLETED
13). Big West [b](4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine , #1 Long Beach St] COMPLETED
14). MAC (5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron, #1 Buffalo} COMPLETED
15). Horizon (2) [#2 Green Bay, #1 Valparaiso]COMPLETED
16). Ivy League (3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard , #1 Princeton] COMPLETED

17). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
18). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
19). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
20). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
21). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
22). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
23). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
24). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
25). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
26). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
27). Big South (2) [#1 UNC Asheville] COMPLETED
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)

Link.... http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 52
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ

7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #1 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
23 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
24 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
25 California #2 PAC 12 23-11
26 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
27 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
28 Butler #4 BE 22-11
29 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
30 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
31 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
32 Texas #5 BIG XII 20-13
33 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
34 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
35 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
36 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
37 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
38 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
39 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
40 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
41 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14 --------- At Large Bid Start Rank
42 USC #3 PAC 12 21-13
43 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
44 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range[/color]
45 Dayton #3 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
46 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
47 Colorado #4 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
48 Oregon St. #5 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite

49 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17
50 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14
51 UCLA #6 PAC 12 15-17
52 Davidson #4 A10 20-13
53 Texas Tech #6 BIG XII 19-13


THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL[/b]
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
RED Teams selected after my prediction
09-19-2016 09:18 PM
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