Friday, January 20, 2012

Random Nerd Bracketology -- January 18, 2012

I've decided to make my latest hobby public.

Every week for the last few seasons, I have put together a mock NCAA men's basketball bracket. There's a site called Bracket Project that compares hobbyists like me with the pros. Had I been in the contest last year, I would have finished tied for seventh.

So here goes. I'm supposed to update it every week. We'll see how well that works out.

The date on this bracket was January 18th, 2012:

1 Syracuse Ohio State Baylor Kentucky
16 MVSU/Texas-Arlington Stony Brook/UNC-Asheville Norfolk State Lehigh
8 San Diego State Wichita State Vanderbilt Murray State
9 Stanford Louisville BYU Memphis
4 Alabama UNLV Marquette Connecticut
13 Purdue/Marshall Oral Roberts Iona Long Beach State
5 Illinois California Virginia Wisconsin
12 Harvard MTSU Minnesota Iowa State/Dayton
2 Missouri Kansas Michigan State Duke
15 Cleveland State Wagner New Mexico State Weber State
7 Gonzaga Florida New Mexico West Virginia
10 St. Louis Northwestern Florida State Mississippi State
3 North Carolina Georgetown Seton Hall Indiana
14 Ohio U Belmont VCU Davidson
6 Michigan St. Mary's Creighton Kansas State
11 Southern Miss Temple Texas Xavier

If you want to mock this, go ahead. I'm not bothering with trying to guess game sites or game days. There are plenty of people who do that, and quite frankly I don't find that part nearly as interesting as guessing ins/outs and seed lines.

Top 10 OUT: Northern Iowa, Oklahoma, Colorado State, St. Joseph's, Cincinnati, N. C. State, LaSalle, Arkansas, Miami (FL), Virginia Tech

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