Thursday, March 13, 2008

Conference tournament predictions: Status report

Since this is the last day that conference tournaments begin, it's a good time to see how correct my projections have been to this point.

Tournaments completed by Wednesday 3/12

ATLANTIC SUN
Predicted champ: Belmont
Actual champ: Belmont
Record: 6-1

BIG SKY
Predicted champ: Portland State
Actual champ: Portland State
Record: 4-1

BIG SOUTH
Predicted champ: Winthrop
Actual champ: Winthrop
Record: 7-0

CAA
Predicted champ: George Mason
Actual champ: George Mason
Record: 8-3

HORIZON
Predicted champ: Butler
Actual champ: Butler
Record: 8-1

MAAC
Predicted champ: Siena
Actual champ: Siena
Record: 7-2

MISSOURI VALLEY
Predicted champ: Drake
Actual champ: Drake
Record: 8-1

NORTHEAST
Predicted champ: Robert Morris
Actual champ: Mount St. Mary's
Record: 4-3

OHIO VALLEY
Predicted champ: Austin Peay
Actual champ: Austin Peay
Record: 6-1

SOUTHERN
Predicted champ: Davidson
Actual champ: Davidson
Record: 7-3

SUMMIT
Predicted champ: Oral Roberts
Actual champ: Oral Roberts
Record: 6-1

SUN BELT
Predicted champ: Western Kentucky
Actual champ: Western Kentucky
Record: 6-1*
*Posted predictions after opening round

WEST COAST
Predicted champ: Gonzaga
Actual champ: San Diego*
Record: 5-2
*Tournament was played on San Diego's home court, despite them being the 3 seed. Congrats to the Toreros, but you can't convince that they would have beaten Gonzaga and Saint Mary's back to back anywhere else.

OVERALL
Champions: 11-2
All games: 82-20

So yeah, either the tournaments are very predictable or I'm starting to know way too much about college basketball. We'll see what happens through the big conference tournaments this weekend.

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