--- In Bracketwatch@yahoogroups.com, "Howard Salwasser"
<pikachu732001@...> wrote:
>
> Well I missed two teams this year(1 less than a year ago), those
being
> Drexel and Syracuse who are out in favor of Arkansas and Illinois
(Both
> of whom were among the last six left out according to me.
>
> Got 47 of the 63 teams that I picked within one line of their
actual
> seed. Of those 27 were in their correct seed.
>
> Biggest Surprise(Positive in seed): Butler, Southern California,
> Virginia(up 3 lines)
> Biggest Surprise(Negative in seed): Marquette and Creighton(down 4
> lines)
>

I had Illinois and Arkansas in. The ones I missed were Stanford and
Texas Tech. I had Syracuse and Missouri State instead. I think
Stanford didn't belong. Lowest RPI in the at large field by a lot and
4-6 in their last 10. My last pick was a choice between Arkansas and
Drexel, and I probably overplayed the Arkansas run to the final (and
their RPI was in the 30's). Drexel's conference RPI was in the 80's.
I think they should've been in, but there were more deserving teams
than available spots (thanks a lot, A-10, WAC, and Horizon).

I also thought Butler and Virginia were way overseeded and Creighton
was way underseeded. I had Marquette a 6.

Schmolik