Post subject: ***2005 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket***
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:47 pm
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Chicago Regional
At Indianapolis, Thursday-Saturday
No. 1 Illinois (32-1) vs. No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson (20-12)
No. 8 Texas (20-10) vs. No. 9 Nevada (24-6)
At Cleveland, Thursday-Saturday
No. 5 Alabama (24-7) vs. No. 12 Wisconsin-Milwaukee (24-5)
No. 4 Boston College (24-4) vs. No. 13 Pennsylvania (20-8)
At Oklahoma City, Friday-Sunday
No. 2 Oklahoma State (24-6) vs. No. 15 SE Louisiana (24-8)
No. 7 Southern Illinois (26-7) vs. No. 10 St. Mary's (25-8)
At Boise, Thursday-Saturday
No. 3 Arizona (27-6) vs. No. 14 Utah State (24-7)
No. 6 LSU (20-9) vs. No. 11 UAB (21-10)
Albuquerque Regional
At Boise, Thursday-Saturday
No. 1 Washington (27-5) vs. No. 16 Montana (18-12)
No. 8 Pacific (26-3) vs. No. 9 Pittsburgh (20-8)
At Nashville, Tenn., Friday-Sunday
No. 5 Georgia Tech (19-11) vs. No. 12 George Washington (22-7)
No. 4 Louisville (29-4) vs. No. 13 Louisiana-Lafayette (20-10)
At Cleveland, Friday-Sunday
No. 2 Wake Forest (26-5) vs. No. 15 Chattanooga (20-10)
No. 7 West Virginia (21-10) vs. No. 10 Creighton (23-10)
At Tucson, Ariz., Thursday-Saturday
No. 3 Gonzaga (25-4) vs. No. 14 Winthrop (27-5)
No. 6 Texas Tech (20-10) vs. No. 11 UCLA (18-10)
Syracuse Regional
At Charlotte, N.C., Friday-Sunday
No. 1 North Carolina (27-4) vs. Oakland (12-18)/Alabama A&M (18-13) play-in winner
No. 8 Minnesota (21-10) vs. No. 9 Iowa State (18-11)
At Nashville, Tenn., Friday-Sunday
No. 5 Villanova (22-7) vs. No. 12 New Mexico (26-6)
No. 4 Florida (23-7) vs. No. 13 Ohio (21-10)
At Worcester, Mass., Friday-Sunday
No. 2 Connecticut (22-7) vs. No. 15 Central Florida (24-8)
No. 7 Charlotte (21-7) vs. No. 10 North Carolina State (19-13)
At Oklahoma City, Friday-Sunday
No. 3 Kansas (23-6) vs. No. 14 Bucknell (22-9)
No. 6 Wisconsin (22-8) vs. No. 11 Northern Iowa (21-10)
Austin Regional
At Charlotte, N.C., Friday-Sunday
No. 1 Duke (25-5) vs. No. 16 Delaware State (19-13)
No. 8 Stanford (18-12) vs. No. 9 Mississippi State (22-10)
At Worcester, Mass., Friday-Sunday
No. 4 Syracuse (27-6) vs. No. 13 Vermont (24-6)
At Indianapolis, Thursday-Saturday
No. 2 Kentucky (25-5) vs. No. 15 Eastern Kentucky (22-8)
No. 7 Cincinnati (24-7) vs. No. 10 Iowa (21-11)
At Tucson, Ariz., Thursday-Saturday
No. 3 Oklahoma (24-7) vs. No. 14 Niagara (20-9)
No. 6 Utah (27-5) vs. No. 11 UTEP (27-7)
Thoughts?
I'd seen both Texas and ISU closer to 10 seeds, but I guess they're not too far off. The other Big XII entrants look about where I expected.
If that kid made his free throws saturday -- the COUNTRY BOY UofL Cardinal would have been an at large team.
Good thing MEMPHIS isnt in the tournamnet...
_________________ Johnny Ramone was young; he was about to turn 56. you see a number like that and you think, "I don't have to worry; I've got plenty of time." Then you get to a certain age and you think, "Well, maybe I don't have as much time as I thought."
EV
UL getting a 4 seed is a joke, the shouldve been as high as a 2.
for something different one year the seedings should be done solely based on the graduation rate & GPA of the basketball team.
_________________ Johnny Ramone was young; he was about to turn 56. you see a number like that and you think, "I don't have to worry; I've got plenty of time." Then you get to a certain age and you think, "Well, maybe I don't have as much time as I thought."
EV
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hammer wrote:
I don't see why Duke was a number one seed...
As much as I'm rooting for Kansas, they'll probably be eliminated early. As long as neither Duke nor Arizona win it all, I'll be fairly content.
you dont see why Duke was a number one seed?... well i could give you several reasons why they are... but i hate 'em, and i'll leave that to Peeps... washington is the sham as a 1... it shouldve been Wake's...
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hammer wrote:
I don't see why Duke was a number one seed...
Instead of who? Wake? Oklahoma State? Connecticut? Duke definitely deserved it more than those two teams. When you lose 5 games during the year and win the ACC tourney, you deserve a No. 1 seed.
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Chris_H_2 wrote:
hammer wrote:
I don't see why Duke was a number one seed...
Instead of who? Wake? Oklahoma State? Connecticut? Duke definitely deserved it more than those two teams. When you lose 5 games during the year and win the ACC tourney, you deserve a No. 1 seed.
i'm going to have to concur with Chris here before i get on to my Illini bashing in the days to come
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pearljamminagain wrote:
it shouldve been Wake's...
Not a chance. The committee had the Pac-10 rated higher than the ACC. Washington beat AZ twice and won its conference tourney. Wake got throttled by Illlinois and got bounced in its first ACC tourney game. Plus, the committee was not going to give 3 No. 1 seeds to the ACC.
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Chris_H_2 wrote:
pearljamminagain wrote:
it shouldve been Wake's...
Not a chance. The committee had the Pac-10 rated higher than the ACC. Washington beat AZ twice and won its conference tourney. Wake got throttled by Illlinois and got bounced in its first ACC tourney game. Plus, the committee was not going to give 3 No. 1 seeds to the ACC.
of course, every outlet i was watching beforehand (ESPN and CBS) had Illinois, Duke, Carolina, and Wake as their number one seeds... so i dont think it was out of the realm of possibilities... everybody wants a boohoo when they lose a player, but Wake loses Paul for a game and gets no slack for it... Wake deserved that seed (though Paul deserves a serious beating for the shot he took at Hodge's nuts)
and in regards to the bolded comment... were they handing out crack to the selection committee this year?
Not a chance. The committee had the Pac-10 rated higher than the ACC. Washington beat AZ twice and won its conference tourney. Wake got throttled by Illlinois and got bounced in its first ACC tourney game. Plus, the committee was not going to give 3 No. 1 seeds to the ACC.
definately no wake, but how in the hell does the committee have the pac 10 above the acc? i dont think the pac 10 is better than the SEC and the SEC had a down year for quality teams.
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