2019 NCAA Tournament Bracket

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Chad

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Bracketology 2019: March Madness Predictions (Final Version)

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Jon Teitel

Selection Sunday has arrived! We now make our final NCAA tourney predictions. Last March HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel correctly picked 66 of the 68 teams that made the tourney, 65 of which were within 1 spot of their actual seed, including 42 right on the money. See below for his list of who will make the cut when they pick the field today and if you agree or disagree then feel free to tweet us. To see how we stack up with other websites (ranked 9th out of 127 entries over the past 5 years), check out: www.bracketmatrix.com

SEED: TEAM (CONFERENCE)
1: Virginia (ACC)
1: Duke (ACC): AUTO-BID
1: Gonzaga (WCC)
1: North Carolina (ACC)

2: Kentucky (SEC)
2: Tennessee (SEC)
2: Michigan State (Big 10): AUTO-BID
2: Michigan (Big 10)

3: Houston (AAC)
3: LSU (SEC)
3: Texas Tech (Big 12)
3: Florida State (ACC)

4: Kansas (Big 12)
4: Purdue (Big 10)
4: Wisconsin (Big 10)
4: Kansas State (Big 12)

5: Virginia Tech (ACC)
5: Auburn (SEC): AUTO-BID
5: Villanova (Big East): AUTO-BID
5: Iowa State (Big 12): AUTO-BID

6: Marquette (Big East)
6: Mississippi State (SEC)
6: Buffalo (MAC): AUTO-BID
6: Cincinnati (AAC): AUTO-BID

7: Maryland (Big 10)
7: Nevada (MWC)
7: Wofford (SoCon): AUTO-BID
7: Louisville (ACC)

8: Iowa (Big 10)
8: UCF (AAC)
8: Seton Hall (Big East)
8: Minnesota (Big 10)

9: Mississippi (SEC)
9: Syracuse (ACC)
9: Utah State (MWC): AUTO-BID
9: Baylor (Big 12)

10: Washington (Pac-12)
10: VCU (A-10)
10: Oklahoma (Big 12)
10: Florida (SEC)

11: TCU (Big 12)
11: Arizona State (Pac-12)
11: Ohio State (Big 10)
11: St. John’s (Big East)
11: Temple (AAC)
11: St. Mary’s (WCC): AUTO-BID

12: Oregon (Pac-12): AUTO-BID
12: Murray State (OVC): AUTO-BID
12: New Mexico State (WAC): AUTO-BID
12: Liberty (Atlantic Sun): AUTO-BID

13: UC Irvine (Big West): AUTO-BID
13: Northeastern (CAA): AUTO-BID
13: Vermont (America East): AUTO-BID
13: Old Dominion (C-USA): AUTO-BID

14: Yale (Ivy): AUTO-BID
14: St. Louis (A-10): AUTO-BID
14: Georgia State (Sun Belt): AUTO-BID
14: Northern Kentucky (Horizon): AUTO-BID

15: Montana (Big Sky): AUTO-BID
15: Colgate (Patriot): AUTO-BID
15: Bradley (MVC): AUTO-BID
15: Abilene Christian (Southland): AUTO-BID

16: Gardner-Webb (Big South): AUTO-BID
16: Iona (MAAC): AUTO-BID
16: North Dakota State (Summit): AUTO-BID
16: Fairleigh Dickinson (NEC): AUTO-BID
16: Prairie View (SWAC): AUTO-BID
16: NC Central (MEAC): AUTO-BID

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Hoops HD Mock Selection Committee Results (updating throughout the day)

Posted on March 17, 2019 by David Griggs

CLICK HERE to view Jon Teitel’s Bracket Projections from this morning where he guesses the real selection committee

We will soon begin building our bracket!  CLICK HERE to view it as we put it together.

 

MOCK COMMITTEE NOTES

CLICK HERE to view a screenshot of the board from last night, as well as a write up from last night’s meetings.  We have done a little more scrubbing, and now have Creighton in the field as the last team over Temple, who we had originally put in.

3:30pm, est – We have considered the Big Ten and American championship games, and have determined that for all four teams a win or a loss won’t change the complexion of any of the profiles.  Houston has beaten Cincinnati twice.  Beating them a third time would only be repeating what they’ve already done, and if they don’t win then they shouldn’t be punished since they’ve already done it twice.  Same with Michigan State and Michigan.

5:25pm, est – If we had it to do over again, we would probably move Cincinnati up to the #6 line.  A win away from home against a top ten team does change the complexion of their resume.  But, it’s too late for us to make the change, and even if it isn’t we aren’t too worried about it.

 

MOCK COMMITTEE BRACKET.  It’s not what we think the committee WILL do (Jon Teitel does that), but it’s what we think they SHOULD do

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Bracketology 2019: March Madness Predictions (Version 10.7)

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Jon Teitel

CLICK HERE for Day 13 of our Championship Week Video Notebook

Selection Sunday has arrived! We continue to make our NCAA tourney predictions. Last March HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel correctly picked 66 of the 68 teams that made the tourney, 65 of which were within 1 spot of their actual seed, including 42 right on the money. He will spend the upcoming hours predicting which 68 teams will hear their names called tonight. See below for his list of who would make the cut if they picked the field today and if you agree or disagree then feel free to tweet us. To see how we stack up with other websites (ranked 9th out of 127 entries over the past 5 years), check out: www.bracketmatrix.com

SEED: TEAM (CONFERENCE)
1: Virginia (ACC)
1: Duke (ACC): AUTO-BID
1: Gonzaga (WCC)
1: North Carolina (ACC)

2: Kentucky (SEC)
2: Tennessee (SEC)
2: Michigan State (Big 10)
2: Michigan (Big 10)

3: Houston (AAC)
3: LSU (SEC)
3: Texas Tech (Big 12)
3: Florida State (ACC)

4: Kansas (Big 12)
4: Purdue (Big 10)
4: Wisconsin (Big 10)
4: Kansas State (Big 12)

5: Virginia Tech (ACC)
5: Auburn (SEC)
5: Villanova (Big East): AUTO-BID
5: Marquette (Big East)

6: Mississippi State (SEC)
6: Iowa State (Big 12): AUTO-BID
6: Buffalo (MAC): AUTO-BID
6: Maryland (Big 10)

7: Cincinnati (AAC)
7: Nevada (MWC)
7: Wofford (SoCon): AUTO-BID
7: Louisville (ACC)

8: Iowa (Big 10)
8: UCF (AAC)
8: Seton Hall (Big East)
8: Washington (Pac-12)

9: Minnesota (Big 10)
9: Mississippi (SEC)
9: Syracuse (ACC)
9: Utah State (MWC): AUTO-BID

10: Baylor (Big 12)
10: VCU (A-10)
10: Oklahoma (Big 12)
10: Florida (SEC)

11: TCU (Big 12)
11: Arizona State (Pac-12)
11: Ohio State (Big 10)
11: St. John’s (Big East)
11: Temple (AAC)
11: Oregon (Pac-12): AUTO-BID

12: St. Mary’s (WCC): AUTO-BID
12: Murray State (OVC): AUTO-BID
12: New Mexico State (WAC): AUTO-BID
12: Liberty (Atlantic Sun): AUTO-BID

13: UC Irvine (Big West): AUTO-BID
13: Northeastern (CAA): AUTO-BID
13: Vermont (America East): AUTO-BID
13: Old Dominion (C-USA): AUTO-BID

14: Yale (Ivy)
14: St. Bonaventure (A-10)
14: Georgia State (Sun Belt)
14: Northern Kentucky (Horizon): AUTO-BID

15: Montana (Big Sky): AUTO-BID
15: Colgate (Patriot): AUTO-BID
15: Bradley (MVC): AUTO-BID
15: Abilene Christian (Southland): AUTO-BID

16: Gardner-Webb (Big South): AUTO-BID
16: Iona (MAAC): AUTO-BID
16: North Dakota State (Summit): AUTO-BID
16: Fairleigh Dickinson (NEC): AUTO-BID
16: Prairie View (SWAC): AUTO-BID
16: Norfolk State (MEAC): AUTO-BID

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Championship Week Video Notebook: Day 13

Posted on March 17, 2019 by David Griggs

CLICK HERE for the Hoops HD Mock Selection Committee Update

CLICK HERE to view our Survival Board

CLICK HERE for our Bracketology Tab, most notably for Jon Teitel’s latest Bracket Projections.  He is an expert at guessing the selection committee and is one of the most accurate people in the world at doing it.

CLICK HERE for all the Conference Tournament Brackets and Info

It is the night before Selection Sunday, and we break down all of Saturday’s action, update the Survival Board, and give an update on the results of our Mock Committee.  We don’t know what the actual committee is doing.  We only know what they SHOULD be doing.

And for all you radio lovers, below is an audio only version of the show…

BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP

SEC CHAMPIONSHIP

AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP

ATLANTIC TEN CHAMPIONSHIP

SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP

IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

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The 2019 Hoops HD Selection Committee: Saturday, March 16th

Posted on March 17, 2019 by John Stalica

Tonight, our Hoops HD Selection Committee met via Zoom conference call to finish filling out our NCAA Tournament field – the next set of tasks included building the master seed list and doing an initial scrub of the seed list.

The first order of business was filling out open spots in the field – Washington, St. John’s, Ohio State, Belmont, Temple and Indiana were voted into the field. Indiana went back onto the Under Consideration board once Oregon stole a bid after beating Washington to win the Pac 12 Tournament. The teams Under Consideration were also scrubbed down to ten teams (and Handy Handerahan was also added onto the board by a drunk puppet) – Memphis, Davidson and Oregon (assuming a loss to Washington at the time) were removed at the time.

After those teams were voted into the field, we resumed building the seed list two lines at a time. Contingency teams from the Atlantic 10, Sun Belt, Ivy League, Big West, Pac-12 and WAC were added to the field since there were still championship games in progress on Saturday night. Our seed list was down to 71 teams at the end of the night after the Big West went final. After the seed list was built, the committee did a scrub of the entire seed list. Motions would need a second from a committee member to be considered and could pass by a simple majority vote.

This is the updated board:

Tomorrow will be the final day of the Hoops HD Selection Committee – additional motions in regards to teams in the field can be considered, and a further scrub of the seed list will be in order. Contingency brackets won’t be needed this season thanks to Houston/Cincinnati and Michigan/Michigan State matchups in the final conference championship games, so the final bracketing should take place mid-afternoon. Stay tuned to Hoops HD tomorrow afternoon for our final bracket!

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