Monday, March 4, 2013

Dead or Alive March 4

Well here we are, the eve of March Madness.  On Tuesday March 5th, the Conference Tourneys officially begin.  This marks the beginning of dreams being realized, and also dreams being dashed.  Check in daily for new updates on who is out of the hunt for the title, and who can still say they have a chance to hoist the trophy.  Each night I'll add the teams that have reached dead, lock, auto, or zombie status.  So this will be the last time you see these schools below.  There are 347 teams in Division I this year.  Below are the teams that are "dead", they have no chance.  There is a total of 43 of these schools, which leaves 304 still in it.  This list below will grow rapidly each day until Selection Sunday on March 17.  Is your team below?  If so, umm, find another team.

DEAD
America East - BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Atlantic 10 - DUQUESNE, FORDHAM, RHODE ISLAND
Atlantic Sun - NORTHERN KENTUCKY, KENNESAW STATE
Big East - UCONN
Big Sky - PORTLAND STATE, IDAHO STATE
Big West - UC RIVERSIDE  
Colonial - UNC WILMINGTON, TOWSON, OLD DOMINION, GEORGIA STATE
Conference USA - CENTRAL FLORIDA
Independent - CAL STATE-BAKERSFIELD, NEW ORLEANS
Great West - CHICAGO STATE, HOUSTON BAPTIST, NJIT, TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN, UTAH VALLEY
Ivy - BROWN, COLUMBIA, CORNELL, DARTMOUTH, PENNSYLVANIA, YALE
Mid-American - TOLEDO
Northeast - MONMOUTH, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON, SACRED HEART, ST. FRANCIS (PA)
Ohio Valley - JACKSONVILLE STATE, TENNESSEE TECH, AUSTIN PEAY, SIU-EDWARDSVILLE
Southland - TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI, LAMAR
SWAC - ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE, TEXAS SOUTHERN
Summit - NEBRASKA-OMAHA

TEAMS    347
DEAD        43
AUTO         0
LOCK         0
ZOMBIE     0
ALIVE      304

Big South and Horizon Conferences start their tourneys on Tuesday.  I'll take the 2 seeds to win these tourneys, High Point and Detroit.

Enjoy the next few weeks, no better time of the year.  Anything you would like to see added to the daily updates?  Any thoughts on the tourney this year?  Til next time, thanks for reading.

Curt

6 comments:

  1. What do you think about Boise State from the Mtn. West?

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  2. Think they need to win the next two. If they lose to UNLV they'll probably need to get to the MWC finals to get in. That under .500 road record doesn't look good. But the way other teams are falling, they're right there.

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  3. I'm going with the favorites, Valpo and CSU

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  4. The fact that Fordham is out is the only thing that scares me as a Temple fan for the game tomorrow. They have nothing to lose... nothing.

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  5. Believe me man, the Fordham game worries me more than the VCU game. Shows how this season has gone. Can't just watch one easy win. Oh well, it's been fun for the most part.

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  6. There are 347 teams in Division I this http://customcorntoss.com year. Below are the teams that are "dead", they have no chance.

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