NCAA Hoops Tournament - 256 Teams

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I'm sure this will get moved shortly, but I think it's interesting and wanted to post it here for those who are curious...

Through the magic of TournamentPilot.com and WhatIfSports.com, I'm simulating the 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament... only I've admitted the top 256 teams according to Jeff Sagarin's USA Today rankings.  The parameters are:

1.  Top 256 Sagarin-ranked teams are admitted.

2.  Pairings are 100% random and NOT based on seeding.

3.  In the tournament bracket, the top team is always the "away" team.

4.  All games are simulated as played on a neutral site.

Click the following link to view the tournament bracket:

http://www.tournamentpilot.com/tourney.php?tid=137

I'll be simulating games in batches of 8 and updating the tournament bracket periodically over the next two days.  Stop in and see who the REAL national champ should have been!  

Matt

[tampajo]

USF is only 186? This must be an old program....

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The first round is over and the Field of 256 has been whittled down to the Great 128.  Check out the results of the first round here:

http://www.tournamentpilot.com/tourney.php?tid=137

[USFMikeB]

Wierd seeding...

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Done totally at random by a computer.

Hey, the "National Champion" should be able to beat any team they're matched up against, so seedings are theoretically irrelevant, right?  

[Apis Bull]

You already have just about every team playing a tournament at the end of the season to win the NC.  Most conferences' tournaments include the whole conference.  Win your conference tourny and your in.  The only exception I can think of is the Big East, where not all teams make the tourny.

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The Great 128 has been whittled down to the Core 64.  Check out the latest results here:

http://www.tournamentpilot.com/tourney.php?tid=137

Highest Seed Remaining:  Duke #1/256

Lowest Seed Remaining:  Tulsa #229/256

[Economics_Nerd82]

USF didn't even make it out of the first round... total saddness

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The Core 64 is now down to the Round of 32.  Check out the latest results here:

http://www.tournamentpilot.com/tourney.php?tid=137

Highest Remaining Seed:  Duke #1/256

Lowest Remaining Seed:  UTEP #100/256

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Sweet 16 has been decided.  They are:

West Bracket

36 Michigan State

4  Memphis

21 Kansas

56 Saint Joseph's

17 Ohio State

6  Texas

11 Washington

13 UNC

East Bracket

9  Illinois

7  LSU

44 Notre Dame

1  Duke

2  Florida

5  Villanova

3  Connecticut

54 UAB