2017 Basketball recap

And now, my 2017 basketball recap:

 

2017 PROJECTION RESULTS:

Number of teams correctly placed in field: 68 of 68

Number of teams correctly seeded: 46

Number of teams seeded within 1 seed line: 61

Other notes: I placed 20 teams into their exact spot in the bracket (seed and region), and had 6 of the 32 first round matchups predicted correctly.

2017 rank: T-3rd out of 174 brackets in the Bracket Matrix

(For reference, Joe Lunardi of ESPN ranked T-134th and Jerry Palm of CBS ranked T-131st.)

I am currently ranked 18th out of 113 “Bracket Veterans” in the Bracketologist Rankings at the Bracket Project.

(For reference, Joe Lunardi of ESPN is ranked 40^th and Jerry Palm of CBS is ranked 82nd.)

2016 Basketball recap

Due to unknown circumstances, I never posted my 2016 basketball recap. So here it is:

 

2016 PROJECTION RESULTS:

Number of teams correctly placed in field: 65 of 68

Number of teams correctly seeded: 32

Number of teams seeded within 1 seed line: 62

2016 rank: T-84th out of 144 brackets in the Bracket Matrix

(For reference, Joe Lunardi of ESPN ranked 72nd and Jerry Palm of CBS ranked 54th.)

I am currently ranked 10th out of 88 “Bracket Veterans” in the Bracketologist Rankings at the Bracket Project.

(For reference, Joe Lunardi of ESPN is ranked 22^nd and Jerry Palm of CBS is ranked 61st.)

2017 Baseball projection recap

My 3rd attempt at NCAA Baseball bracketology:
Correct on all 8 national seeds.
Selected 61 of 64 teams. I had South Carolina, Ole Miss, and Miami (FL) in instead of Texas A&M, St. John’s, and UCLA.
Seeded 54 of those 61 teams correctly.
Placed 19 of 48 teams into the correct regional.

Baseball 2017

This is for fun as I do not follow college baseball.

Last 4 in: Miami (FL), Missouri St., Nebraska, Maryland
First 4 out: St. John’s, Texas A&M, McNeese St., UConn

National seeds:
1 Oregon State, 2 LSU, 3 North Carolina, 4 Florida, 5 Louisville, 6 Texas Tech, 7 TCU, 8 Stanford

Bracket
1 (1) Oregon State 4 Holy Cross 2 SE Louisiana 3 BYU

1 Wake Forest 4 Tennessee Tech 2 West Virginia 3 Maryland

1 (8) Stanford 4 Sacramento St. 2 Virginia 3 Cal St.-Fullerton
1 Long Beach State 4 San Diego State 2 Arizona 3 Iowa

1 (4) Florida 4 Central Connecticut St. 2 UCF 3 Miami (FL)
1 Florida State 4 Bethune-Cookman 2 South Florida 3 Auburn

1 (5) Louisville 4 Radford 2 Vanderbilt 3 Xavier
1 Kentucky 4 Ohio 2 Indiana 3 Oklahoma State

1 (3) North Carolina 4 UNC Greensboro 2 Michigan 3 Ole Miss
1 Arkansas 4 Oral Roberts 2 Oklahoma 3 Missouri State

1 (6) Texas Tech 4 Delaware 2 Florida Gulf Coast 3 Rice
1 Clemson 4 Davidson 2 South Carolina 3 Yale

1 (2) LSU 4 Texas Southern 2 Baylor 3 Nebraska
1 Southern Miss 4 Marist 2 Mississippi State 3 South Alabama

1 (7) TCU 4 UMBC 2 N.C. State 3 Dallas Baptist
1 Houston 4 Illinois-Chicago 2 Texas 3 Sam Houston State

Selection Sunday March 12 FINAL

**FINAL UPDATE**

Also considered: Syracuse, Illinois State

FIELD

CAPS = AQ (with **) or projected AQ (best RPI in conference used if projected)

1 VILLANOVA**, Kansas, North Carolina, GONZAGA**
2 DUKE**, ARIZONA**, KENTUCKY**, Oregon
3 Ucla, Baylor, Louisville, Florida State
4 Florida, Butler, West Virginia, CINCINNATI
5 IOWA STATE**, Notre Dame, Purdue, Virginia
6 Smu, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Creighton
7 MICHIGAN, Maryland, Saint Mary’s, Miami (FL)
8 Oklahoma State , Arkansas , WICHITA STATE**, Northwestern
9 South Carolina, Virginia Tech , Seton Hall, Dayton
10 Vcu, Michigan State, Xavier, Marquette
11 Providence, RHODE ISLAND**, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE**, Vanderbilt/Wake Forest
12 Kansas State/Southern California, NEVADA**, UNC WILMINGTON**, PRINCETON**
13 VERMONT**, EAST TENNESSEE STATE**, BUCKNELL**, WINTHROP**
14 NEW MEXICO STATE**, FLORIDA GULF COAST**, IONA**, NORTHERN KENTUCKY**
15 KENT STATE**, TEXAS SOUTHERN**, NORTH DAKOTA**, TROY**
16 MOUNT ST. MARY’S**, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE**, JACKSONVILLE STATE**/NEW ORLEANS**, UC DAVIS**/NC CENTRAL**

BRACKET

(Final Four matchups: East vs. West / Midwest vs. South )

EAST – New York

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(Buffalo) THU/SAT

1 Villanova vs 16 UC Davis/NC Central 8 Northwestern vs 9 Virginia Tech

(Orlando) THU/SAT

4 Florida vs 13 East Tennessee State 5 Iowa State vs 12 UNC Wilmington

(Indianapolis) FRI/SUN

3 Louisville vs 14 Northern Kentucky 6 Wisconsin vs 11 Vanderbilt/Wake Forest

(Sacramento) FRI/SUN

2 Oregon vs 15 Texas Southern 7 Saint Mary’s vs 10 Michigan State

 

MIDWEST – Kansas City

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(Tulsa) FRI/SUN

1 Kansas vs 16 Jacksonville State/New Orleans 8 Wichita State vs 9 Seton Hall

(Milwaukee) THU/SAT

4 Cincinnati vs 13 Bucknell 5 Notre Dame vs 12 Nevada

(Sacramento) FRI/SUN

3 UCLA vs 14 New Mexico State 6 Creighton vs 11 Middle Tennessee State

(Greenville) FRI/SUN

2 Duke vs 15 Troy 7 Maryland vs 10 VCU

 

 

SOUTH – Memphis

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(Greenville) FRI/SUN

1 North Carolina vs 16 Mount St. Mary’s 8 Oklahoma State vs 9 South Carolina

(Milwaukee) THU/SAT

4 Butler vs 13 Winthrop 5 Purdue vs 12 Kansas State/ Southern California

(Tulsa) FRI/SUN

3 Baylor vs 14 Iona 6 SMU vs 11 Rhode Island

(Indianapolis) FRI/SUN

2 Kentucky vs 15 Kent State 7 Michigan vs 10 Xavier

 

WEST – San Jose

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(Salt Lake City) THU/SAT

1 Gonzaga vs 16 South Dakota State 8 Arkansas vs 9 Dayton

(Buffalo) THU/SAT

4 West Virginia vs 13 Vermont 5 Virginia vs 12 Princeton

(Orlando) THU/SAT

3 Florida State vs 14 Florida Gulf Coast 6 Minnesota vs 11 Providence

(Salt Lake City) THU/SAT

2 Arizona vs 15 North Dakota 7 Miami (FL) vs 10 Marquette

 

 

 

 

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Mar 9 2017

Through games of WED MAR 8

(next update: Sunday Mar 12)

FIELD

CAPS = AQ (with **) or projected AQ (best RPI in conference used if projected)

1 KANSAS, VILLANOVA, North Carolina, GONZAGA**
2 OREGON, Baylor, LOUISVILLE, Ucla
3 Kentucky, Arizona, Florida State , Duke
4 FLORIDA, Butler, PURDUE, West Virginia
5 Virginia, CINCINNATI, Notre Dame, Minnesota
6 Maryland, Smu, Saint Mary’s, Iowa State
7 Wisconsin, Miami (FL), Creighton , Oklahoma State
8 South Carolina, DAYTON, WICHITA STATE**, Virginia Tech
9 Seton Hall, Michigan, Marquette, Northwestern
10 Vcu, Arkansas , Michigan State, Xavier
11 Providence, Southern California, Wake Forest/Vanderbilt, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE
12 Kansas State/Rhode Island, UNC WILMINGTON**, NEVADA, UT ARLINGTON
13 VERMONT, PRINCETON, EAST TENNESSEE STATE**, BUCKNELL**
14 AKRON, WINTHROP**, FLORIDA GULF COAST**, IONA**
15 NEW MEXICO STATE, NORTHERN KENTUCKY** , UC IRVINE , TEXAS SOUTHERN
16 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE**, EASTERN WASHINGTON, MOUNT ST. MARY’S**/JACKSONVILLE STATE**, TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI/NC CENTRAL

Also considered: Syracuse, Illinois State, Iowa, Illinois, California

BRACKET

// =  moved up from true seed; \\ = moved down from true seed

(Final Four matchups: Midwest vs. West /East vs. South )

MIDWEST – Kansas City

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(Tulsa) FRI/SUN

1 Kansas vs 16 South Dakota State 8 Wichita State vs 9 Northwestern

(Milwaukee) THU/SAT

4 Butler vs 13 Princeton 5 Minnesota vs 12 Nevada

(Salt Lake City) THU/SAT

3 Arizona vs 14 Iona 6 Saint Mary’s vs 11 Middle Tennessee State

(Indianapolis) FRI/SUN

2 Louisville vs 15 Northern Kentucky 7 Oklahoma State vs 10 Michigan State

 

EAST – New York

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(Buffalo) THU/SAT

1 Villanova vs 16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi/NC Central 8 Dayton vs 9 Michigan

(Orlando) THU/SAT

4 Florida vs 13 East Tennessee State 5 Virginia vs 12 UNC Wilmington

(Orlando) THU/SAT

3 Florida State vs 14 Winthrop 6 Iowa State vs 11 Providence

(Sacramento) FRI/SUN

2 UCLA vs 15 Texas Southern 7 Wisconsin vs 10 VCU

 

SOUTH – Memphis

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(Greenville) FRI/SUN

1 North Carolina vs 16 Mount St. Mary’s/Jacksonville State 8 South Carolina vs 9 Marquette

(Milwaukee) THU/SAT

4 Purdue vs 13 Bucknell 5 Cincinnati vs 12 Wake Forest/Vanderbilt (\\)

(Indianapolis) FRI/SUN

3 Kentucky vs 14 Akron 6 Maryland vs 11 Southern California

(Tulsa) FRI/SUN

2 Baylor vs 15 New Mexico State 7 Miami (FL) vs 10 Xavier

 

WEST – San Jose

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(Salt Lake City) THU/SAT

1 Gonzaga vs 16 Eastern Washington 8 Virginia Tech vs 9 Seton Hall

(Buffalo) THU/SAT

4 West Virginia vs 13 Vermont 5 Notre Dame vs 12 UT Arlington

(Greenville) FRI/SUN

3 Duke vs 14 Florida Gulf Coast 6 SMU vs 11 Kansas State/Rhode Island (//)

(Sacramento) FRI/SUN

2 Oregon vs 15 UC Irvine 7 Creighton vs 10 Arkansas

 

 

 

 

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Mar 5 2017

Through games of SAT MAR 4

(next update: Thursday morning Mar 9)

FIELD

CAPS = AQ (with **) or projected AQ (best RPI in conference used if projected)

1 KANSAS, VILLANOVA, North Carolina, GONZAGA
2 OREGON, Baylor, LOUISVILLE, Ucla
3 Kentucky, Arizona, Florida State , Duke
4 FLORIDA, Butler, West Virginia, Duke, Purdue
5 Virginia, MINNESOTA, CINCINNATI, Notre Dame
6 Maryland, Smu, Saint Mary’s, Iowa State
7 Wisconsin, Miami (FL), Oklahoma State , Creighton
8 South Carolina, Northwestern, DAYTON, Seton Hall
9 Virginia Tech , Marquette, Michigan, Vcu
10 Arkansas , Michigan State, Xavier, Providence
11 Wichita State,  Syracuse/Southern California, ILLINOIS STATE, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE
12 Wake Forest/Vanderbilt , UNC WILMINGTON, NEVADA, UT ARLINGTON
13 MONMOUTH, VERMONT, PRINCETON, EAST TENNESSEE STATE
14 BUCKNELL, AKRON, WINTHROP, FLORIDA GULF COAST
15 NEW MEXICO STATE, NORTHERN KENTUCKY , SOUTH DAKOTA , TEXAS SOUTHERN
16 UC IRVINE , MOUNT ST. MARY’S, EASTERN WASHINGTON/JACKSONVILLE STATE**, TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI/NC CENTRAL

Also considered: Kansas State, Iowa, Rhode Island, Illinois, California

BRACKET

(Final Four matchups: Midwest vs. West /East vs. South )

MIDWEST – Kansas City

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(Tulsa) FRI/SUN

1 Kansas vs 16 Eastern Washington/Jacksonville State 8 Northwestern vs 9 Virginia Tech

(Milwaukee) THU/SAT

4 Butler vs 13 Princeton 5 Notre Dame vs 12 UT Arlington

(Salt Lake City) THU/SAT

3 Arizona vs 14 Florida Gulf Coast 6 Saint Mary’s vs 11 Wichita State

(Indianapolis) FRI/SUN

2 Louisville vs 15 Northern Kentucky 7 Wisconsin vs 10 Xavier

 

EAST – New York

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(Buffalo) THU/SAT

1 Villanova vs 16 NC Central/Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 8 Dayton vs 9 Michigan

(Orlando) THU/SAT

4 Florida vs 13 East Tennessee State 5 Virginia vs 12 UNC Wilmington

(Orlando) THU/SAT

3 Florida State vs 14 Winthrop 6 SMU vs 11 Illinois State

(Sacramento) FRI/SUN

2 UCLA vs 15 Texas Southern 7 Oklahoma State vs 10 Michigan State

 

SOUTH – Memphis

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(Greenville) FRI/SUN

1 North Carolina vs 16 Mount St. Mary’s 8 South Carolina vs 9 Marquette

(Milwaukee) THU/SAT

4 Purdue vs 13 Monmouth 5 Cincinnati vs 12 Wake Forest/Vanderbilt

(Indianapolis) FRI/SUN

3 Kentucky vs 14 Akron 6 Maryland vs 11 Syracuse/Southern California

(Tulsa) FRI/SUN

2 Baylor vs 15 South Dakota 7 Miami (FL) vs 10 Providence

 

WEST – San Jose

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(Salt Lake City) THU/SAT

1 Gonzaga vs 16 UC Irvine 8 Seton Hall vs 9 VCU

(Buffalo) THU/SAT

4 West Virginia vs 13 Vermont 5 Minnesota vs 12 Nevada

(Greenville) FRI/SUN

3 Duke vs 14 Bucknell 6 Iowa State vs 11 Middle Tennessee State

(Sacramento) FRI/SUN

2 Oregon vs 15 New Mexico State 7 Creighton vs 10 Arkansas

 

 

 

 

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