NCAAT Surprises?

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Well, how many Final Four selections have you already lost out of your Bracket?
Which upsets did you guess correctly?
What did you expect from the ACC in this year’s NCAAT?

Here’s how I rated the ACC going into the NCAAT:

Overall: No one was playing consistently enough to go very far this year. As we discussed the NCAAT last week at work, I told several friends that I expected alot of quick exits for the ACC this year.

UMd was on fire until the ACCT. I didn’t know what to make of their loss to Miami. But they drew Florida in the round of 16, so it was an easy decision….but they didn’t even make it to UF.

I didn’t really have any kind of read on BC…but since they drew Georgetown in the second round it didn’t really matter. They had the good grace to exit just as I predicted.

UVa lost to the three bottom teams in the ACC over the last three weeks of the regular season. That led me to conclude that they would exit rather quickly. Luckily for Wahoo fans, they were grossly over-seeded and managed to get one win to break a long dry spell. As I expected, they bowed out to UT.

I had both Duke and GT losing in the second round….and they didn’t even make it that far.

As far as UNC, I always pick to them to lose to the first ranked team that they face….and Texas managed to lose today. Oh well, as soon as they run into a set of Big 10 officials their run will probably be over. I am hoping for some dumb stares like the Duke players gave last year as LSU bounced them out.

Now for some of our readers, the following table will summarize the largest surprise of this tournament:

2007 NCAAT First Round Results

 

 

 

Conf

 

 

Seed

Team

Conf

Rank

Point Diff

13

Davidson

Southern

19

-12

 

13

Albany

Am. East

20

-27

 

13

New Mexico St

Western

9

-12

 

13

Holy Cross

Patriot

17

-10

 

14

Oral
Roberts

Mid Cont

22

-16

 

14

Penn

Ivy

18

-16

 

14

Wright St

Horizon

12

-19

 

14

Miami (OH)

MAC

14

-2

 

15

Belmont

Atl. Sun

27

-25

 

15

Weber St

Big Sky

24

-28

 

15

N. Texas

Sun Belt

21

-15

 

15

Tex A&M CC

Southland

26

-13

 

16

Cent
Conn St

NE

28

-21

 

16

E. Kentucky

Ohio Valley

25

-21

 

16

Niagra

MAAC

23

-40

 

16

Jackson St.

SWAC

32

-43

 

 

 

Average

-20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007 NIT First Round Results

 

 

 

Conf

 

 

Seed

Team

Conf

Rank

Point Diff

7

Toledo

MAC

14

-16

 

7

Marist

MAAC

23

 

3

7

Vermont

Am. East

20

-2

 

7

S. Alabama

Sun Belt

21

-6

 

8

Miss. Valley St.

SWAC

32

-19

 

8

Del St

MEAC

30

-24

 

8

Austin Peay

Ohio Valley

25

-24

 

8

E. Tenn St

Atl. Sun

27

-7

 

 

 

Average:

-12

 

The NCAA has managed to come up with a system that puts two teams from some of the weakest conferences into post-season tournaments. Brilliant…absolutely brilliant. Alot of people complain about cupcake games in Nov/Dec, but I hate the March cupcakes most of all.

For all you long-shot, dark-horse lovers out there…Have I told you about my plan for a I-AA division in basketball? They could use the NIT for their post-season tournament and let more real teams into the NCAAT. 😉

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06-07 Basketball General NCS Basketball

19 Responses to NCAAT Surprises?

  1. vtpackfan 03/18/2007 at 8:43 PM #

    The ACC could not get more teams into the sweet sixteen then the Horizon, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Conference USA.

  2. chris92heel 03/18/2007 at 9:11 PM #

    Again, I appreciate y’alls support as the Tar Heels carry the weight of the ACC on our shoulders.

    btw, as for the heels losing to the first ranked team we face, we have more wins vs the RPI top 50 than anyone in the country.

  3. choppack1 03/18/2007 at 9:37 PM #

    No huge shocks until today’s Wisconsin-UNLV game.

    Of course, it was earlier today when one of CBS’s talking head said that the Big 10 was doing very well thus far…Now they have one team left.

    Conference breakdowns:
    SEC – 3
    Pac 10 – 3
    Big East -2
    Big 12 – 2
    ACC – 1
    Big 10 – 1
    CUSA – 1
    Mountain West – 1 (unlv)
    SIU
    Butler

    Really, an embarassing NCAA post season for the ACC. But no one should be surprised, when you consider the ACC tournament, only 1 tourney bound team was playing well when they entered the tourney…the one still alive.

  4. thebigwood 03/18/2007 at 10:39 PM #

    Chris, I hope ya’ll win…I know it is weak but at least we could say we beat the national champs. And hopefully we can win the NIT and have all ACC champs like the SEC did last year…

  5. WolftownVA81 03/18/2007 at 11:29 PM #

    I for one will pull for the last ACC team still in the the NCAA – just wish it could have been UVA or VT. Besides, the better UNC does, the more it says for our win and a half over them. And, it they manage to win it all, they may come into next year’s season with a little over confidence which we could exploit. Nothing better than beating the previous year’s champion.

  6. Classof04 03/18/2007 at 11:52 PM #

    Bracket was totally nuked today.

    And,

    You people are insane. I will never cheer for UNC to win anything. If you’re the same people talking about our “rivalry” with them, then perhaps you should act like it.

  7. WAWolf 03/19/2007 at 12:06 AM #

    i correctly picked 14 out of the sweet sixteen, which is for me a personal record. wish i could take more credit for it, but there were so few upsets this year.

  8. class of 74 03/19/2007 at 7:10 AM #

    ^^Classof04
    When I was in school a Carolina fan was quoted in SI as saying he would pull for the Russsians over us for the NCAA title against UCLA and Marquette. And frankly that feeling ran both ways with both fan bases, but that was then, and acts such as Roy’s toward Sidney in the hospital this year have to mollify those feelings a little. At least it does with me and I come from a long line of ABC’ers.

    Are they my biggest rival, hell yes, and they always will be. But I consider them 1A, Duke is 1B and Maryland is 2. Maybe because I’m from Durham and Lefty had such good teams, and was a neighbor’s annual summer guest for many years and kidded me about my Pack Pride t-shirt. But I’m not 21 anymore and I’ve seen both sides now and it’s just a game. Maybe five years of Les and ten years of Herb are the reason. I’d pull for any ACC team once we were down to only one left regardless, even Roy’s bunch.

  9. VaWolf82 03/19/2007 at 7:18 AM #

    as for the heels losing to the first ranked team we face, we have more wins vs the RPI top 50 than anyone in the country.

    Facts have absolutely nothing to do with my bracket as far as UNC goes.

  10. PackMan97 03/19/2007 at 7:18 AM #

    I’d rather have ZERO ACC teams left than just one if that one team is the Tarheels.

  11. choppack1 03/19/2007 at 7:46 AM #

    Amen. Pulling against the Tarheels. I now understand what makes postmen lose it…In my office, there are light blue and white streamers everywhere, and light blue balloons.

  12. RickJ 03/19/2007 at 7:47 AM #

    Here’s a surprise – a team running the Princeton offense is going to make the Elite 8.

  13. highonlowe 03/19/2007 at 8:08 AM #

    Personally, I hope UNC makes it to the Final, then loses by 20. That result should be just enough to convince the egos to go pro but deny them a NC.

  14. packpigskinfan23 03/19/2007 at 8:32 AM #

    I picked texas to beat carolina in the Sixteen. I dont think USC has the talent to pull it off. I wish they did. oh well…. lets hope Georgetown can do it.

    I am sorry, I respect anyone who IS pulling for UNC… but I can NOT bear to hear about there National Championship and how they might do it again next year for a whole year. I cant do it. SERIOUSLY!!!! oh and then we will ALSO have to hear about they have won 2 in 3 years…..

    I would rather have rusty nails inserted into my eyeballs and my head stuck in a bubble with flies.

  15. TNCSU 03/19/2007 at 8:58 AM #

    As much as I don’t root for the Heels during the season, if they are the last ACC team in the tourney, I’ll root for them. Having a WIN over the National Champions can only HELP recruiting, and our players’ confidence — knowing they can compete with and BEAT anyone! Also, remember 1982 and 1983! Back to back and we just move the championship about 25 miles! I wouldn’t mind that type of history repeating itself at all. In addition, NCAA and NIT championships being 25 miles apart would be saying something, too. That is Tobacco Road basketball at its best! I’m alot more interested in beating WVU tomorrow night, though!

  16. noah 03/19/2007 at 9:00 AM #

    I never fill out brackets, but I probably would pick Carolina to win a national title, if I did. I’ve pretty much resigned myself to the fact that as long as Williams is there, they will have the #1 recruiting class in the country EVERY single year. And they will be a threat to win the national championship EVERY single year.

    The guy’s easily one of the ten best coaches I’ve ever seen. Damn him.

  17. chris92heel 03/19/2007 at 9:55 AM #

    “Facts have absolutely nothing to do with my bracket as far as UNC goes.”
    LOL. Me either. Thats why I won the office pool in 2005 and no other year.

  18. chris92heel 03/19/2007 at 10:03 AM #

    btw, a surprising statistic (at least to me), UNC had been to ‘only’ 5 sweet 16’s post-1993 before this year.

    Post 1993, UNC has been to 5 Final Fours, the most of anyone.

  19. redfred2 03/19/2007 at 4:43 PM #

    I have to admit it right here on SFN, I will have trouble pulling for Georgetown over UNC. I could easily pull for anyone else in the country…even Notre Dame…but not Georgetown??? I’d pull for the traveling “Sadam Hussein Trotters” before I would pull for the Hoyas over anyone.

    I’ll just chalk it up to ACC conference pride, and use that for my loop”hole”.

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