Mock version of Selection Sunday held today

• sportswizuhrd

  The committee(I believe they were in charge of it) invited writers from across the nation for a Mock Selection Sunday to give them a feel of the process. Various writers/bloggers that I follow on twitter have tweeted about today and it has been insightful and a great read. I have read closely what The Hoops Report writer Ryan Feldman has wrote(no reason, just that he posted a ton of info) about what they went through. The writers were thrown into random pairs to make a mock committee. Here is some of the stuff they came up with.
  
  Teams considered locks for bids: Arizona, BYU, UConn, Duke, Florida, Georgetown, Kansas,Kentucky, Louisville, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Pitt, Purdue, San Diego State, Syracuse, Texas, Vandy, Nova, Wisconsin, Xavier
  
  Teams under consideration for bids: Alabama ,Baylor, Boston College, Butler, Cincinnati, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Colorado,Colorado State, Dayton, Duquesne, Florida State, George Mason, Georgia, Gonzaga, Harvard, Illinois, Kansas State, Marquette, Maryland, Memphis,Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Missouri State, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma State, Old Dominion, Richmond, Southern Miss, St. John's,St. Mary's, Temple, Tennessee, Texas A&M, UAB ,UCLA, UNLV, UTEP, Utah State, Virginia Tech, Washington, Washington State.
  
  All pairs voted on a top 8 consensus and it was Duke, BYU, SDSU, Kansas, OSU, Texas, Notre Dame and Pitt(in no order). A top 8 consensus from all the pairs were taken and Feldman and his partner (writer for Dayton newspaper Doug Harris) voted: Ohio State, Kansas, Pitt, Texas, Duke, BYU, SDSU, Notre Dame.
  
  In the mock bracket all four number ones were unanimous OSU,Kansas, and Texas all went as top seeds.
  
  Here is Feldman/Harris' mock bracket(I would go with this or any of the other mock's from today over Lunardi's)
  
  San Antonio-Kansas(1)/'Nova(4),Purdue(3)/G'Town(2)
  Newark-Pitt/UNC,UConn/San Diego St.
  New Orleans-OSU/Vandy,ND/Duke
  Anaheim-Texas/Wisconsin,Florida/BYU
  
  http://thehoopsreport.com/bracket.aspx
  
  Here is his twitter account. Its a good read if you have the time. I hope someone writes a story about it so it better structure and explaining, but very good on the fly nontheless.
  
  http://twitter.com/theHoopsReport
• CinciX12

  

  Well, they put Butler in. That is kind of admitting you don't know how to do your job.
• karen lotz

  

  CinciX12;682876 wrote:Well, they put Butler in. That is kind of admitting you don't know how to do your job.

  
  
  Is there another team from the Horizon League in the bracket? Maybe they are assuming they will win the auto bid?
• CinciX12

  

  Even if they do have them as an auto bid, there isn't any solid evidence they are capable of winning that this year.
• karen lotz

  

  One game out of first with their recent success? Definitely not impossible to assume.
• ytownfootball

  

  You have to AQ someone from the Horizon, given their recent success and coaching ability it may as well be them I guess.
• Writerbuckeye

  

  Love how they basically fast tracked UConn to the Elite 8, and then let them be in the regional closest to home, despite being a 3 seed.
• sleeper

  

  OSU will be the number 1 overall seed. They are the best team in the nation.
• stlouiedipalma

  Writerbuckeye;682993 wrote:Love how they basically fast tracked UConn to the Elite 8, and then let them be in the regional closest to home, despite being a 3 seed.

  
  The Big East is tough, but that's going a bit far.
• khujo

  karen lotz;682894 wrote:Is there another team from the Horizon League in the bracket? Maybe they are assuming they will win the auto bid?

  
  Yes, they have Valpo as a 13.
  
  Whether you think Butler should be in or not, I don't know how you give them a 10.
• sportswizuhrd

  CinciX12;682876 wrote:Well, they put Butler in. That is kind of admitting you don't know how to do your job.

  Room for of writers and they dont know how to do their job? Funny. I am surprised that Butler is in consideration but West Virginia is not.
• FALLSGUY

  There are at least 3 if not 4 teams in the Horizon that could get the auto: CSU,Valpo,Butler and Wisky-Milwaukee. Butler is running on its rep. They have actually underachieved.