Schaddy's Bracketology '06-'07 (1st Edition)

[imgl]http://www.justbball.com/images/avatars/schaddy.jpg[/imgl]The National Selection Committee has no influence here - it?s JBB Bracketology. Andrew ?Schaddy? Schad takes a look at how the brackets should shake out if the NCAA Tournament began today. It?s probably not the way the Committee might vote, but that might not be a bad thing. Look for future editions of JBB Bracketology in the coming weeks.


Read on: Bracketology '06-'07 (1st Edition)

 

Good preview considering how early it has been so far. Am I blind or did I not see Oregon on there?

 

EDIT: Nevermind, I found out

 

<div class="quote_poster">J_Ray Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Good preview considering how early it has been so far. Am I blind or did I not see Oregon on there?</div>

You are blind. He gave them a two seed, very deservingly, but in my mind, very impractical. There's no way the selection committee will give a team like the Ducks that much respect unless they win the Pac-10. By that same standard, UConn will get much higher than a seven seed at this pace, because the selection committee loves big name teams like the Huskies, and with their record, they'll ignore their cupcake scheduling. It's always been that way.

Boston College should also be much, much higher. They dropped two early ones, and that's caused everyone to forget about them, but they've won every game since, knocking off Michigan State, UMass, and Maryland in the process; not to mention that Jared Dudley's probably one of the frontrunners for Player of the Year at this point with an extremely well-rounded overall statistical performance on the season (19.3 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 3.8 apg, 1.6 spg, 61% FG, 43% 3 pt). Also, what's up with Virginia being so high? I guess this was written before their last two beatings. Saint Louis is a bit of a head-scratcher as well. If they win the A-10, I'd be shocked.

Good overall look at the bracket situation though.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Voodoo Child Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">You are blind. He gave them a two seed, very deservingly, but in my mind, very impractical. There's no way the selection committee will give a team like the Ducks that much respect unless they win the Pac-10. By that same standard, UConn will get much higher than a seven seed at this pace, because the selection committee loves big name teams like the Huskies, and with their record, they'll ignore their cupcake scheduling. It's always been that way. </div>

Oh, I see them now, I missed a lot of the ones that were blended in with other teams.

 

Is this if the season ended now or what you believe the seeds will be at the end of the season? Also i didnt see Kentucky on there maybe im blind or something if not is there a reason for not having them on there.

 

<div class="quote_poster">fitch4delk00 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Is this if the season ended now or what you believe the seeds will be at the end of the season? Also i didnt see Kentucky on there maybe im blind or something if not is there a reason for not having them on there.</div>

I can't speak for Schaddy, but I'm pretty sure this is if the season would end today. That's what most bracketologies are. Secondly, I would personally have Kentucky sliding in as a lower seed, but I can definitely understand not having them in there. They've got three early losses while a lot of teams only have one, two, or are undefeated, and they've only really been tested three times, and those were the three times they lost, two of which were by margins of more than ten points. Right now their only resume boosters are wins against DePaul, Indiana, and Louisville: all solid teams, but none of which have lived up to the expectations set before them in the preseason, and none of which tournament-caliber teams.

 

Yeah, I meant to leave Kentucky off. Obviously they're someone to keep an eye on, as they'll probably pick up a bunch of quality wins once SEC play begins.

As to the Xavier argument, see my post from the Front Page link LOL. I might be a bit biased towards SLU because of Soderberg's half-season as a Badger coach , during which time I didn't really like him (in short, I don't think I'm all that biased LOL), but I just like that team. They've got talent at every position, and I think Lisch and Liddell are really an underrated backcourt tandem. But like I said in the post, I've got my eye on the A 10 and Xavier.

With regards to VC's post, I think Oregon's capable of winning the Pac 10; maybe they'll get the seed they deserve after all Virginia and BC are interesting teams - I spent some time thinking on each. BC is a veteran team, but for some reason I don't like them as much as some people. In hindsight, I agree they're a bit low, but IMO they aren't super low. But we'll see - they are certainly capable of major damage, and it's very possible they'll be much higher in my next ranking. Virginia, well, that was one team I was sorta gambling on to continue playing better than most people expected. Obviously, I'm glad I haven't been to Vegas lately

Shape - I definitely think Cal can still be a tourney team. Even without Harden, they'll be able to hang with people up front due to Anderson's solid play, and many Pac 10 teams like USC, Arizona State, Oregon, etc, aren't really strong up front. If Harden can come back late in the season, they could also make a run in the Pac 10 tourney. They're for sure one of about 10 teams who I left off but are interchangable with WVU, Villanova or Drexel. Drexel's spot, especially, could go to another team next edition. They were hot at the time of the rankings; I get to have a couple of gamble picks, don't I? LOL

Thanks for the comments guys, good to see everyone else is already thinking about the Brackets, too

 

<div class="quote_poster">Schaddy Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Shape - I definitely think Cal can still be a tourney team. Even without Harden, they'll be able to hang with people up front due to Anderson's solid play, and many Pac 10 teams like USC, Arizona State, Oregon, etc, aren't really strong up front. If Harden can come back late in the season, they could also make a run in the Pac 10 tourney. They're for sure one of about 10 teams who I left off but are interchangable with WVU, Villanova or Drexel. Drexel's spot, especially, could go to another team next edition. They were hot at the time of the rankings; I get to have a couple of gamble picks, don't I? LOL </div>

Cal doesn't have that much experience or depth, to tell the truth I don't think they can hang with the top half of the Pac-10. There guard play is young and inexperienced except for Ubaka who's a question mark to show up every night IMO. I think Wazzou, UW, Zona, UCLA, and Oregon should all sweep them this year, while I think USC might beat them when they get Pruitt back. Cal might be fighting for that last Pac-10 Tourney spot when it's all said and done now. You guys don't realize how valuable Hardin is to them. He's the motor that gets board, draws attention for people to box him out, gets extra possessions by keeping ball alive, the lone defensive post presence, and can sometimes have that big game offensively. People will now double Anderson when he gets the ball in the post because of the lack of threat on the boards now. I just don't see this team coming close to making it into the Big Dance unless Hardin comes back and helps them pull off a miracle in the Pac-10 Tourney. Remember there's a thing called East Coast Biased too, the committee will take an ACC team with same resume over them, or even a mid-major due to all the love for Mid-Majors after GMU last year.