Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
With 13 (did they go to 14 this year?) automatic qualifiers which teams will get an at large bid and who will be left out?

America East: Stony Brook

Atlantic Ten: UMass / Richmond?

ACC: Maryland (only kidding) BC / Virginia / UNC?

Atlantic Sun: Jacksonville

Big East: Florida

Big South: High Point

Big Ten: Maryland

Colonial: JMU / Towson?

Ivy: Penn / Princeton?

Metro: Fairfield

Northeast: Bryant

Pac 12: Southern Cal

Patriot: Navy / Loyola?

Southern: ??

At large:

Virginia
UNC
DUKE
Syracuse
Notre Dame
Georgetown
Northwestern
Hopkins
Penn State
James Madison / Towson?
Princeton / Penn? Maybe Dartmouth, Brown or Yale?
Stanford
Colorado
Navy / Loyola?

Any other teams have a chance?

Some good teams will be left out this year and getting to the final 8 will be tougher than usual.


Bold prediction that teams on that list that won't make it are: Duke, Penn St, Stanford, Princeton, Colorado


All the teams you just mentioned are trending up the polls, except Penn State and Duke. Polls all had Penn State about #4 to start the year, that’s a big tumble if they don’t make the playoffs. At the rate they are going, they will likely fall of top 20 this week, just as Duke has done.


Polls have nothing to do with selection.

I'm betting Princeton and Duke get in. Either Colorado or Stanford but maybe not both.

Penn State will have a tough time. There schedule gets tougher as the season goes on.



What if Penn State wins those tough games?


Something is amiss in Happy Valley. The Nittany Lions are 3-3 on the year and 6-6 in their last 12 going back to May of 17'. They were lucky to squeak by Princeton to get to the Final Four only to be blown out by Maryland 20 - 10. The Lions have been struggling.

They have a slight break with Rutgers, Albany and Drexel (no guarantees) before they run the gauntlet.

Princeton
Hopkins
Ohio State
Virginia
Northwestern
Maryland
Stony Brook
Michigan

Last four games take place over a two week stretch with two away games (Maryland & Stony Brook) . Depending on how things go even Michigan is no gimmie.

The good news is: Penn State has one of the toughest schedules around so they will have their chance to earn their way into the Tournament.

Not sure what their chances are.

Good Luck @WeAre...