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DEL.ICIO.USTony Barnhart’s daily picks
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In today’s projected NCAA field, the AJC’s Tony Barnhart first offers his conference-by-conference breakdown, then his 65 daily picks.
Following both of Tony’s forecasts, log your own opinion in our daily blog.
BY CONFERENCE
NOTE: At this moment there are 23 conferences that will receive only one bid each to the NCAA tournament. We project the remaining 42 spots in the field will be distributed as follows:
ACC (7 teams):
• In: Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech.
• Bubble: Georgia Tech, Maryland.
• Comment: Duke (18-6) has lost three straight and is danger of being a No. 4 or No. 5 seed.
BIG EAST (6):
• In: Georgetown, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Villanova, West Virginia.
• Bubble: Louisville, Providence, Syracuse.
• Comment: West Virginia’s 60-47 loss at home to Pittsburgh puts the Mountaineers (18-5) dangerously close to the bubble.
BIG TEN (5):
• In: Indiana, Illinois, Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin.
• Bubble: Purdue.
• Comment: Purdue (16-8) gave itself a chance to get off the bubble by destroying Michigan State (17-8) 62-38 Wednesday night.
BIG 12 (5):
• In: Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M.
• Bubble: Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas Tech.
• Comment: Oklahoma (14-8) gave the selection committee something to think about after beating Oklahoma State (18-5) Wednesday night. Kansas State (17-7) should still get in but getting smacked by Kansas (97-70) won’t help its seed.
MISSOURI VALLEY (3)
• In: Creighton, Missouri State, Southern Illinois.
• Bubble: Wichita State, Bradley, Northern Iowa.
• Comment: Southern Illinois (20-5) beat Bradley 60-50 and is making a strong case for a No. 4 or even a No. 3 seed.
MOUNTAIN WEST (3)
• In: Air Force, BYU, UNLV.
• Bubble: None.
• Comment: UNLV (20-5) beat TCU 82-67 and has won six of its last seven.
PAC-10 (6)
• In: Arizona, Oregon, Southern Cal, Stanford, UCLA, Washington State.
• Bubble: California.
• Comment: UCLA (21-2), which beat Southern Cal 70-65 Wednesday night, hasa chance to become the No. 1 overall seed of the tournament.
SEC (7)
• In: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt.
• Bubble: LSU, Auburn.
• Comment: Georgia (13-9) has one foot on the bubble after Wednesday’s 71-61 loss to Florida.
TONY RANKS THE NCAA FIELD
If he made his bracket today, AJC’s Tony Barnhart would pick these teams to make it to the Big Dance:
1: Florida (SEC champ)
2: North Carolina (ACC champ)
3: UCLA (Pac-10 champ)
4: Pittsburgh (Big East champ)
5: Wisconsin (Big Ten champ)
6: Texas A&M (Big 12 champ)
7: Ohio State (at-large)
8: Kansas (at-large)
9: Kentucky (at-large)
10: Butler (Horizon champ)
11: Memphis (C-USA champ)
12: Southern Illinois (Missouri Valley champ)
13: Oregon (at-large)
14: Marquette (at-large)
15: Nevada: (WAC champ)
16: Duke (at-large)
17: Indiana (at-large)
18: Arizona (at-large)
19: Notre Dame (at large)
20: Air Force (at-large)
21: Stanford (at-large)
22: Washington State (at-large)
23: Oklahoma State (at-large)
24: Virginia Tech (at-large)
25: Southern Cal (at-large)
26: Boston College (at-large)
27: Villanova (at-large)
28: Vanderbilt (at-large)
29: Virginia (at-large)
30: Kansas State (at-large)
31: BYU (at-large)
32: Alabama (at-large)
33: Texas (at-large)
34: Georgetown (at-large)
35: Tennessee (at-large
36: Michigan State (at-large)
37: Arkansas (at-large)
38: Clemson (at-large)
39: Gonzaga (at-large)
40: UNLV (at-large)
41: Creighton (at-large)
42: Georgia (at-large)
43: Florida State (at-large)
44: West Virginia (at-large)
45: VCU (Colonial champ)
46: Davidson (Southern champ)
47: Illinois (at-large)
48: Missouri State (at-large)
49: UMass (Atlantic 10 champ)
50: Texas A&M-CC (Southland champ)
51: Vermont (America East champ)
52: Yale (Ivy champ)
53: Winthrop (Big South champ)
54: East Tennessee State (Atlantic Sun champ)
55: Holy Cross (Patriot champ)
56: South Alabama (Sun Belt champ)
57: Toledo (MAC champ)
58: Delaware State (MEAC champ)
59: Oakland (Mid-Continent champ)
60: Austin Peay (Ohio Valley champ)
61: Long Beach State (Big West champ)
62: Jackson State (SWAC champ)
63: Weber State (Big Sky champ)
64: Loyola of Maryland (MAAC champ)
65: Central Connecticut State (Northeast champ)
• What do you think of Tony’s conference choices, along with his comments?
• And how does his overall 65 picks differ from yours?
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By RamblinRed
February 8, 2007 04:13 PM | Link to this
Both GT and UGa are in identical spots imo right now. Both will have to go 5-2 the rest of the way for a bid.
For GT 5-2 would insure at least a 8-8 comf mark and then their strong OOC wins would help.
For UGA, the win against Kenn St will drop the RPI 5-6 spots due to where Kenn St is. Valdosta ST does not count toward NCAA consideration so right now they sit 12-9 in the NCAA Committee’s eyes. NCAA isn’t going to take a team with only 16 wins imo so UGA needs 5 to get to 17.
By phipps
February 9, 2007 07:30 AM | Link to this
Tony. Glad you are still a Georgia Fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Where did you get off the bus?
By GT Jake
February 9, 2007 09:14 AM | Link to this
Still hanging in there with UGA, huh? I bet you think the Hawks still have a good shot at making the playoffs too…
By WW
February 9, 2007 11:44 AM | Link to this
Key Losses: GT, Clem, UF (2x), Wisc, Western Kentucky, Ala, Tenn, Vandy
Key Wins: Vandy, Kentucky, Gonzaga, LSU (which is looking less impressive)
This clearly shows the biased opinions of a UGA grad. The heck with this basketball section because it is a joke.
Go Jackets!!!
By Brian Jones
February 9, 2007 03:40 PM | Link to this
wow one foot on the bubble at 13-9 and tech is on the bubble at 15-8 with wins over duke who sucks clemson memphis and ga has wins over teams who are no longer rated give me a break will y all pleae get someone to cover sports that has a clue barnhart needs to be more worried about losing that belly and third chin then writing about something he has no clue about I think i will speak for all of us in this town even uga fans we have some complete idiots covering our sports terrence moore should be jobless