Need help filling out a 2020 bracket, Uconn is in it.

[Scoe]

Ill do all the simulations, if I have a tournament comitte and the bracket is filled out. I want it done without any bias too and be realistic as possible I will list all the automatic bids, from the conference tournaments I simulated as well as well as the ones that were already completed. Its gonna be 68 teams as well.

AAC-Uconn
ACC-Duke
America East-Vermont
A10-Richmond
ASUN-Liberty
Big East-Creighton
Big Sky-Eastern Washington
Big South-Winthrop
BigTen- Illinois
Big 12-Baylor
Big West-Cal State Northridge
Colonial-Hofstra
USA-LaTech
Horizon-Northern Kentucky
Ivy-Yale
MAAC-Siena
MAC-Kent State
MEAC-NC Central
Missouri Valley-Bradley
Mountain West- Utah State
Northeast-Robert Morris
Ohio Valley-Belmont
Pac 12-UCLA
Patriot-BU
SEC-LSU
Southern-East Tennessee State
Southland-Nicholls State
Summit-North Dakota State
SunBelt- Texas State
SWAC-Prairie View (forgot about that tournament, screw it just give it to Praire View)
WAC-Kansas City
West Coast-Gonzaga

 

[navery12]

Do you want seeds or just the teams?

 

[Scoe]

Do you want seeds or just the teams?

Both would be awesome

 

[navery12]

I'm sure I missed some obvious team but here's the attempt, tried to incorporate some teams moving up like LSU/UCLA for winning your version of the conference tournament.

1- Baylor, Gonzaga, Kansas, Dayton

2- Creighton, Florida State, Villanova, SDSU

3- Duke, Seton Hall, Mich State, Kentucky

4- Louisville, Oregon, Maryland, Ohio State

5- Illinois, Wisconsin, BYU, Butler

6- LSU, Auburn, Virginia, Penn State

7- Iowa, Michigan, West Virginia, Houston

8- Providence, UCLA, St Mary's, Colorado

9- Arizona, Arizona State, USC, St Mary's

10- UConn, Utah State, Florida, Marquette

11- Rutgers, Indiana, Xavier, East Tennessee St, Richmond, Cincinnati

12- Yale, Liberty, Texas Tech, Belmont

13- , Vermont, Hofstra, Bradley, Texas State

14- Bradley, Nicholls State, LA Tech, Kent State

15- Winthrop, Northern Kentucky, North Dakota State, Eastern Washington

16- Boston, NC Central, Siena, Prairie View, Robert Morris, Cal State Northridge

 

[UKemba15]

I'm sure I missed some obvious team but here's the attempt, tried to incorporate some teams moving up like LSU/UCLA for winning your version of the conference tournament.

1- Baylor, Gonzaga, Kansas, Dayton

2- Creighton, Florida State, Villanova, SDSU

3- Duke, Seton Hall, Mich State, Kentucky

4- Louisville, Oregon, Maryland, Ohio State

5- Illinois, Wisconsin, BYU, Butler

6- LSU, Auburn, Virginia, Penn State

7- Iowa, Michigan, West Virginia, Houston

8- Providence, UCLA, St Mary's, Colorado

9- Arizona, Arizona State, USC, St Mary's

10- UConn, Utah State, Florida, Marquette

11- Rutgers, Indiana, Xavier, East Tennessee St, Richmond, Cincinnati

12- Yale, Liberty, Texas Tech, Belmont

13- , Vermont, Hofstra, Bradley, Texas State

14- Bradley, Nicholls State, LA Tech, Kent State

15- Winthrop, Northern Kentucky, North Dakota State, Eastern Washington

16- Boston, NC Central, Siena, Prairie View, Robert Morris, Cal State Northridge

You made quick work of that, and did a great job from what I can tell...that’s awesome.

 

[Scoe]

Nice work ill do the play in rounds right now.

 

[Scoe]

Start with the 16 seeds

16 Cal State Northridge vs 16 Robert Morris

Cal State Northridge wins 89-62

16 Boston University vs 16 NC Central

BU wins 77-68

11 Richmond vs 11 Cincinnati

Richmond wins 110-105 in double OT, Richmond ties it on a 3 with 3 seconds left in regulation, and Cumberland ties it on a 3 with 14 seconds left in the 1st OT, sorry Kobe

11 Rutgers vs 11 Indiana

Indiana wins 85-84

 

[Scoe]

Ill resume the actual (real) tournament tomorrow, thanks for putting the bracket together. Looks like we stole a bid from Cuse . I think you missed Kansas City in there whatever F them.

 

[HooperScooper]

I want it done without any bias too and be realistic as possible....

AAC-UConn

 

[Scoe]

I want it done without any bias too and be realistic as possible....

AAC-UConn

Won the AAC tournament, I simulated all the conference tournaments so not unrealistic, however Polley and Akok are healthy now but what if sports doesn't factor in injuries.

 

[Travelman6]

11 Richmond vs 11 Cincinnati

Richmond wins 110-105 in double OT, Richmond ties it on a 3 with 3 seconds left in regulation, and Cumberland ties it on a 3 with 14 seconds left in the 1st OT, sorry Kobe

11 Rutgers vs 11 Indiana

Indiana wins 85-84

Rutgers would not be able to face Indiana until the 3rd (round of 32) round as they are from the same conference.

Perhaps Rutgers/Cinci and Richmond/Indiana or Rutgers/Richmond and Cinci/Indiana.

 

[Scoe]

Rutgers would not be able to face Indiana until the 3rd (round of 32) round as they are from the same conference.

Perhaps Rutgers/Cinci and Richmond/Indiana or Rutgers/Richmond and Cinci/Indiana.

This is why I needed help on filling out the bracket a lot of variables involved ill redo the 11 seed match ups. Ill assume all teams in the same column are in that same region. Ok so ill do Richmond/Indiana, and Rutgers/Cincy.

 

[Scoe]

11 Richmond vs 11 Indiana

Indiana wins 84-68

11 Rutgers vs 11 Cincinnati

Rutgers wins 79-73, Cincinnati had a 42-32 lead

 

[Scoe]

I'm sure I missed some obvious team but here's the attempt, tried to incorporate some teams moving up like LSU/UCLA for winning your version of the conference tournament.

1- Baylor, Gonzaga, Kansas, Dayton

2- Creighton, Florida State, Villanova, SDSU

3- Duke, Seton Hall, Mich State, Kentucky

4- Louisville, Oregon, Maryland, Ohio State

5- Illinois, Wisconsin, BYU, Butler

6- LSU, Auburn, Virginia, Penn State

7- Iowa, Michigan, West Virginia, Houston

8- Providence, UCLA, St Mary's, Colorado

9- Arizona, Arizona State, USC, St Mary's

10- UConn, Utah State, Florida, Marquette

11- Rutgers, Indiana, Xavier, East Tennessee St, Richmond, Cincinnati

12- Yale, Liberty, Texas Tech, Belmont

13- , Vermont, Hofstra, Bradley, Texas State

I'm sure I missed some obvious team but here's the attempt, tried to incorporate some teams moving up like LSU/UCLA for winning your version of the conference tournament.

1- Baylor, Gonzaga, Kansas, Dayton

2- Creighton, Florida State, Villanova, SDSU

3- Duke, Seton Hall, Mich State, Kentucky

4- Louisville, Oregon, Maryland, Ohio State

5- Illinois, Wisconsin, BYU, Butler

6- LSU, Auburn, Virginia, Penn State

7- Iowa, Michigan, West Virginia, Houston

8- Providence, UCLA, St Mary's, Colorado

9- Arizona, Arizona State, USC, St Mary's

10- UConn, Utah State, Florida, Marquette

11- Rutgers, Indiana, Xavier, East Tennessee St, Richmond, Cincinnati

12- Yale, Liberty, Texas Tech, Belmont

13- , Vermont, Hofstra, Bradley, Texas State

14- Bradley, Nicholls State, LA Tech, Kent State

15- Winthrop, Northern Kentucky, North Dakota State, Eastern Washington

16- Boston, NC Central, Siena, Prairie View, Robert Morris, Cal State Northridge

14- Bradley, Nicholls State, LA Tech, Kent State

15- Winthrop, Northern Kentucky, North Dakota State, Eastern Washington

16- Boston, NC Central, Siena, Prairie View, Robert Morris, Cal State Northridge

Dayton gets the East, Baylor gets the South (which is Uconns region), Kansas Midwest, Gonzaga West.

 

[Scoe]

Ill go round by round so lets get started, what do you think of Uconns matchup against Iowa

 

[Scoe]

East Region

16 Cal State Northridge vs 1 Dayton
Dayton wins 93-86, Cal State Northridge was up 37-29 at halftime

9 Saint Marys vs 8 Colorado
Saint Marys wins 93-84, Jordan Ford with 34 pts, 5-6 from 3, 11-16 FG, St Marys shot a scorching 15-27 from 3, gonna be a dangerous matchup for Dayton

12 Belmont vs 5 Butler
Butler wins 85-68

13 Texas State vs 4 Ohio State
Ohio State wins 75-67

11 Indiana vs 6 Penn State, before I start that matchup I gotta ask can the team in the same conference face each other in the 1st round, I mean technically this is considered the 2nd round.

 

[navery12]

East Region

16 Cal State Northridge vs 1 Dayton
Dayton wins 93-86, Cal State Northridge was up 37-29 at halftime

9 Saint Marys vs 8 Colorado
Saint Marys wins 93-84, Jordan Ford with 34 pts, 5-6 from 3, 11-16 FG, St Marys shot a scorching 15-27 from 3, gonna be a dangerous matchup for Dayton

12 Belmont vs 5 Butler
Butler wins 85-68

13 Texas State vs 4 Ohio State
Ohio State wins 75-67

11 Indiana vs 6 Penn State, before I start that matchup I gotta ask can the team in the same conference face each other in the 1st round, I mean technically this is considered the 2nd round.

Teams from the same conference shall not meet prior to the regional final if they played each other three or more times during the regular season and conference tournament.

Teams from the same conference shall not meet prior to the regional semifinals if they played each other twice during the regular season and conference tournament.

Teams from the same conference may play each other as early as the second round if they played no more than once during the regular season and conference tournament.

 

[Scoe]

Just checked Indiana and Penn State played each other once so play on.

 

[Scoe]

11 Indiana vs 6 Penn State
Indiana wins 93-69, Penn State shot a woeful 36 percent from the field, 5-25 from 3. Penn State clearly not ready for primetime vs a hungry Archie Miller led IU team.

10 Marquette vs 7 Houston
Marquette wins 84-78

15 Eastern Washington vs 2 SDSU
SDSU wins 88-85, Eastern Washington was up 43-36 at halftime

 

[Scoe]

Midwest region

16 Prairie View vs 1 Kansas
Prairie View wins 91-83, Kansas vs up 48-40 at halftime.

9 USC vs 8 St Marys?
got St Marys twice on here so USC moves on by default

12 Texas Tech vs 5 BYU
BYU wins 90-64, shot 55 percent from field and 15-23 from 3, they were highly motivated by being on upset alert

13 Bradley vs 4 Maryland
Maryland wins 70-61

11 East Tennesse State vs 6 Virginia
Virginia wins 75-70, ETSU had a 38-34 lead

14 La Tech vs 3 Michigan State
Michigan State wins 82-59

10 Florida vs 7 West Virginia
Florida wins 75-67

15 North Dakota State vs 2 Villanova
Villanova wins 87-76, NDSU shot 14-30 from 3, Nova shot 15-30 from 3.

 

[Scoe]

Thats half of the 1st round ill continue the rest tomorrow.

 

[HooperScooper]

Not to derail your excellent thread, but ESPN did the same thing so wanted to post it here. Just interesting to see both simulations. Some crazy outcomes in the ESPN one. Yale in the Elite 8? I doubt I'll see an Ivy League team get to the Elite 8 for the rest of my life. The last Ivy team to get that far was Penn, who went to the Final Four in 1979.

BPI's NCAA tournament bracket simulation will surprise you

Using a single-simulation method, we picked the whole tournament using BPI-weighted coin flips. The final results will surprise you.

www.espn.com

 

[Scoe]

Not to derail your excellent thread, but ESPN did the same thing so wanted to post it here. Just interesting to see both simulations. Some crazy outcomes in the ESPN one. Yale in the Elite 8? I doubt I'll see an Ivy League team get to the Elite 8 for the rest of my life. The last Ivy team to get that far was Penn, who went to the Final Four in 1979.

BPI's NCAA tournament bracket simulation will surprise you

Using a single-simulation method, we picked the whole tournament using BPI-weighted coin flips. The final results will surprise you.

www.espn.com

Very interesting, ill continue with rest of the 1st round in each bracket.

 

[Scoe]

2020 West Region

16 Siena vs 1 Gonzaga
Gonzaga wins 90-78

9 Arizona State vs 8 UCLA (Yes I know same conference played each other twice I'm moving on making up my own rules)

Arizona State wins 81-71, Dan Hurley going nuts at the hotel

12 Liberty vs 5 Wisconsin
Wisconsin wins 69-59

13 Hofstra vs 4 Oregon
Oregon wins 92-81, Oregon was 15-27 from 3

11 Xavier vs 6 Auburn
Auburn wins 82-77

14 Nicholls State vs 3 Seton Hall
Seton Hall wins 82-73, Nicholls State put a little bit of scare upon the Pirates

10 Utah State vs 7 Michigan
Utah State wins 75-66

15 Northern Kentucky vs 2 Florida State
Florida State wins 80-71

 

[Scoe]

2020 South Region (Uconn's bracket)

16 Boston University vs 1 Baylor
Baylor wins 82-67

9 Arizona vs 8 Providence
Arizona wins 84-59

12 Yale vs 5 Illinois
Yale wins 81-59, Yale won the 2nd half 47-25, Cockburn with only 4 pts on 2-9 shooting no ft attempts

13 Vermont vs 4 Louisville
Louisville wins 82-68, Vermont was up 44-41 at halftime

11 Rutgers vs 6 LSU
Rutgers wins 89-87

14 Bradley vs 3 Duke
Duke wins 104-99

10 Uconn vs 7 Iowa
Uconn wins 95-61

. Vital 17 pts 7 reb 5 assists 3-6 from 3, Akok 12 pts 8 reb 5 blocks, Whaley 21 pts 12 reb 7-12 fg 7-7 from ft line, Gilbert 8, 7 and 6. Bouknight 18 pts 7-11 fg, 2-2 from 3. Carlton 6 pts, 7 reb, 2 blocks. Polley 10 pts 2-2 from 3, 3-3 fg in 12 minutes. I gotta find a way to get Polley more playing time, its hard with the depth we have on this team all of the sudden.

15 Winthrop vs 2 Creighton
Creighton wins 92-78