ESPN Bracketology

[the valley boys]

ESPN Bracketology has updated their list today.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... /year/2013

Creighton with a 5 seed
Illinois State with an 11 seed
Northern Iowa was a 13 seed and last team to make the field.

That would be great if that held all season.

[Jet915]

Nice to see some respect from Joe. Hopefully this holds true.

[Jays26]

Hope he is off on the site tho.

[Ali]

If we are the last team in, I'll take it!

[DoubleJayAlum]

Nice to see some respect from Joe. Hopefully this holds true.

The seed might be, but the opponent certainly won't be. The Jays play Cal in the regular season, so we can't play them in the first round of the NCAA tourney.

[havoc]

Nice to see some respect from Joe. Hopefully this holds true.

The seed might be, but the opponent certainly won't be. The Jays play Cal in the regular season, so we can't play them in the first round of the NCAA tourney.

You wouldn't be playing then in the first round; you would be playing them in the second round.

Also, I'm pretty sure it is not a hard rule that you can't have rematches until the round of 16. They try to avoid it if possible, but there's still a chance Creighton could play Cal in the second round, however small it may be.

[DoubleJayAlum]

Nice to see some respect from Joe. Hopefully this holds true.

The seed might be, but the opponent certainly won't be. The Jays play Cal in the regular season, so we can't play them in the first round of the NCAA tourney.

You wouldn't be playing then in the first round; you would be playing them in the second round.

Also, I'm pretty sure it is not a hard rule that you can't have rematches until the round of 16. They try to avoid it if possible, but there's still a chance Creighton could play Cal in the second round, however small it may be.

Okay, the Second Round. I still haven't adjusted to the play-in games being classified as the "First Round."

I felt pretty confident that you couldn't have rematches in the first (now known as the "second") round. Unless they did away with that rule when they started calling the play-in games the first round, I think it is still in place. Do you know of any examples where, in the round of 64, there have been rematches with regular season opponents?

I had always thought the NCAA tourney rules were as follows:
1) A team cannot play games on its home floor for the first two rounds of the tourney.
2) BYU cannot be scheduled to play on Sunday.
3) No rematches of regular season opponents in the round of 64.
4) Top four seeds get preference to playing at sites closest to their home (but recall rule #1)

[havoc]

Okay, the Second Round. I still haven't adjusted to the play-in games being classified as the "First Round."

I felt pretty confident that you couldn't have rematches in the first (now known as the "second") round. Unless they did away with that rule when they started calling the play-in games the first round, I think it is still in place. Do you know of any examples where, in the round of 64, there have been rematches with regular season opponents?

I had always thought the NCAA tourney rules were as follows:
1) A team cannot play games on its home floor for the first two rounds of the tourney.
2) BYU cannot be scheduled to play on Sunday.
3) No rematches of regular season opponents in the round of 64.
4) Top four seeds get preference to playing at sites closest to their home (but recall rule #1)

I don't have any specific examples, but from the NCAA's webpage.

If possible, rematches of regular-season games should be avoided in the second and third rounds

http://www.ncaa.com/content/di-principl ... selection/

There are numerous "if possible" considerations they use.

[DoubleJayAlum]

Thanks for the link!

[Red]

Knowing how close we were to winning Arch Madness I hope our guys get to dance this March.