Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!gatech!msdc!mannie From: mannie@msdc.UUCP (Mannie Lowe) Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops Subject: NCAA Tournament Selection prediction Message-ID: <124@msdc.msdc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 16:54:41 EST Article-I.D.: msdc.124 Posted: Thu Feb 27 16:54:41 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Feb-86 22:57:18 EST Distribution: na Organization: Medical Systems Development Corp. Lines: 86 Here are my predictions of who will be chosen by the NCAA Selection Committee to play in the 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament (how's that for a nice long title). (NOTE: Records are as of Tuesday, Feb 25 and come from USAToday of the 26th. I apologize for getting a couple of teams out of there conference order) 1. Duke 27-2 ACC 33. Cleveland St 23-3 MidCont 2. N. Carolina 25-3 ACC 34. N.C. A&T 19-7 MEAC 3. Georgia Tech 21-4 ACC 35. Xavier 22-4 Midwestern 4. Virginia 21-4 ACC 36. Bradley 28-1 Mo Valley 5. N.C. State 18-9 ACC 37. Tulsa 19-8 Mo Valley 6. St. Josephs 22-5 Atl10 38. Akron 20-7 Ohio Val 7. W. Virginia 20-9 Atl10 39. Mid Tenn St 20-9 Ohio Val 8. Temple 23-4 Atl10 40. Nevada-LasVegas 27-3 PCAA 9. Syracuse 22-3 BEast 41. Arizona 20-7 Pac10 10. St. Johns 25-4 BEast 42. Washington 17-9 Pac10 11. Georgetown 20-6 BEast 43. Tenn-Chattanooga 19-8 Southern 12. Kansas 27-3 Big8 44. Marshall 19-10 Southern 13. Oklahoma 23-6 Big8 45. McNeese St 18-8 Southland 14. Montana 19-8 BigSky 46. Kentucky 24-3 SEC 15. N. Arizona 18-7 BigSky 47. Alabama 19-6 SEC 16. Michigan 23-4 Big10 48. L.S.U. 21-8 SEC 17. Indiana 18-6 Big10 49. Auburn 17-9 SEC 18. Purdue 21-7 Big10 50. T.C.U. 20-5 SWC 19. Michigan St 18-6 Big10 51. Texas 17-9 SWC 20. Navy 23-4 Colonial 52. Southern 18-6 Southwstrn 21. Richmond 22-4 Colonial 53. Old Dominion 21-6 SunBelt 22. Drexel 16-11 EastCst 54. W. Kentucky 21-6 SunBelt 23. F.Dickenson 17-7 ECACMet 55. Ala-Birmingham 22-9 SunBelt 24. Northeastern 21-4 ECACNAtl 56. Villanova 19-12 BEast 25. Canisius 19-7 ECACNAtl 57. Arkansas-L.R. 19-10 TAAC 26. Cornell 14-10 Ivy 58. Pepperdine 22-4 WAC 27. Memphis St 24-3 Metro 59. Texas-El Paso 22-5 WAC 28. Louisville 22-7 Metro 60. Notre Dame 19-5 Ind. 29. Virginia Tech 21-7 Metro 61. Chicago St 21-6 Ind. 30. Fairfield 21-6 MetAtl 62. Utah 18-8 WAC 31. Miami, Ohio 21-5 MidAmer 63. Pan American 19-7 Ind. 32. Ohio Univ 19-6 MidAmer 64. E Washington 19-8 Ind. On the Fence ------------ Maryland (15-12 ACC); Clemson (17-11 ACC); Pittsburgh (15-11 BEast); Iowa St (17-8 Big8); Missouri (19-12 Big8); Illinois (18-8 Big8); Iowa (18-9 Big10); Cal-Irvine (15-10 PCAA); New Mexico St (16-9 PCAA); Davidson (17-10 Southern); Florida (14-11 SEC); Georgia (14-11 SEC); Texas A&M (16-10 SWC); SMU (16-9 SWC); Loyola Marymount (17-8 WCAC); Marquette (16-8 Ind); New Orleans (16-8 Ind); Wyoming (17-9 WAC); N.E. Louisiana (17-9 Southland); Jacksonville (18-9 SunBelt) Number one seeds (I really selected them before Dick Vitale did) ---------------- East - North Carolina Southeast - Duke Mid West - Kansas West - Georgia Tech I really hope that I picked at least 80% (51 teams) correctly. Let us know what you think about it. Just for argument sake, here are the number of teams selected from each conference. The number in parenthesis is the number of teams on the fence. ACC 5 (2) PCAA 1 (2) BEast 4 (1) Southld 1 (1) Big 10 4 (2) WCAC 1 (1) SEC 4 (2) ECAC Met 1 (0) Ind 4 (2) Ivy 1 (0) Sun Belt 3 (1) Met Atl 1 (0) Atl 10 3 (0) Mid Cont 1 (0) Metro 3 (0) MEAC 1 (0) Big 8 2 (2) Midwestern 1 (0) SWC 2 (2) Southwstrn 1 (0) Southern 2 (1) TAAC 1 (0) WAC 2 (1) EastCst 1 (0) Big Sky 2 (0) Colonial 2 (0) ECACNAtl 2 (0) MidAmer 2 (0) Mo Val 2 (0) Ohio Val 2 (0) Pac 10 2 (0) So there you have it. What do y'all think?? Mannie Lowe Medical Systems Development Corp {gatech,ihnp4,mcnc,akgua}!msdc!mannie