Monday, March 5, 2007

2004 NCAA Tourney Breakdown

Before we go any further, does anyone else remember BYU's old logo?


Deepthroat Jones calls Provo home.

2004

Atlanta
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 Duke ACC 27-5 At-Large
#2 Mississippi State SEC 25-3 At-Large
#3 Texas Big 12 23-7 At-Large
#4 Cincinnati C-USA 24-6 Tournament Champions
#5 Illinois Big 10 24-6 At-Large
#6 North Carolina ACC 18-10 At-Large
#7 Xavier A-10 23-10 Tournament Champions
#8 Seton Hall Big East 19-9 At-Large
#9 Arizona Pac-10 20-9 At-Large
#10 Louisville C-USA 20-9 At-Large
#11 Air Force MWC 22-6 At-Large
#12 Murray State OVC 25-5 Tournament Champions
#13 East Tennessee State Southern 24-5 Tournament Champions
#14 Princeton Ivy 19-7 Regular Season Champions
#15 Monmouth Northeast 21-11 Tournament Champions
#16 Alabama State SWAC 16-14 Tournament Champions
Phoenix
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 Stanford Pac-10 29-1 Tournament Champions
#2 Connecticut Big East 27-6 Tournament Champions
#3 North Carolina State ACC 20-9 At-Large
#4 Maryland ACC 19-11 Tournament Champions
#5 Syracuse Big East 21-7 At-Large
#6 Vanderbilt SEC 21-9 At-Large
#7 DePaul C-USA 21-9 At-Large
#8 Alabama SEC 17-12 At-Large
#9 Southern Illinois MVC 25-4 At-Large
#10 Dayton A-10 24-8 At-Large
#11 Western Michigan MAC 26-4 Tournament Champions
#12 BYU MWC 19-8 At-Large
#13 UTEP WAC 22-7 At-Large
#14 Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 18-8 Tournament Champions
#15 Vermont America East 22-8 Tournament Champions
#16 UT-San Antonio Southland 16-12 Tournament Champions
East Rutherford
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 Saint Joseph's A-10 27-1 At-Large
#2 Oklahoma State Big 12 26-3 Tournament Champions
#3 Pittsburgh Big East 28-4 At-Large
#4 Wake Forest ACC 19-9 At-Large
#5 Florida SEC 20-10 At-Large
#6 Wisconsin Big 10 24-6 Tournament Champions
#7 Memphis C-USA 21-7 At-Large
#8 Texas Tech Big 12 22-10 At-Large
#9 Charlotte C-USA 21-8 At-Large
#10 South Carolina SEC 23-10 At-Large
#11 Richmond A-10 20-12 At-Large
#12 Manhattan MAAC 24-5 Tournament Champions
#13 VCU CAA 23-7 Tournament Champions
#14 Central Florida Atlantic Sun 24-5 Tournament Champions
#15 Eastern Washington Big Sky 16-12 Tournament Champions
#16 Liberty Big South 17-14 Tournament Champions
St. Louis
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 Kentucky SEC 26-4 Tournament Champions
#2 Gonzaga WCC 27-2 Tournament Champions
#3 Georgia Tech ACC 23-9 At-Large
#4 Kansas Big 12 20-8 At-Large
#5 Providence Big East 20-8 At-Large
#6 Boston College Big East 23-9 At-Large
#7 Michigan State Big 10 18-11 At-Large
#8 Washington Pac-10 19-11 At-Large
#9 UAB C-USA 20-9 At-Large
#10 Nevada WAC 22-8 Tournament Champions
#11 Utah MWC 23-8 Tournament Champions
#12 Pacific Big West 23-7 Tournament Champions
#13 UI-Chicago Horizon 24-7 Tournament Champions
#14 Northern Iowa MVC 20-9 Tournament Champions
#15 Valparaiso MCC 17-12 Tournament Champions
Play-in Florida A&M MEAC 14-16 Tournament Champions
Play-in Lehigh Patriot 18-10 Tournament Champions

I don't know what happened to the nice pretty colors and formatting for this year's tourney table, but the good news is that all the lame wikipedia links (because you really needed to know the history of the Ohio Valley Conference) have been replaced with the RPI data from that season. Who loves ya, baby??

(Note: A huge tip of the hat to the thoroughly indispensable kenpom.com for easily the biggest clearinghouse of RPI data in all of the internets.)

Last teams in: UTEP (13-seed), BYU (12-seed)
Worst RPI's in: Washington (#60--uh, what??), Air Force (#70--WHAT???!!)
Best RPI's out: LSU (#38), Utah State (#43), Georgia (#48)

The only team of the best RPI's out with a halfway legitimate gripe is the 24-3 USU Aggies--they were done in by losing in the first round of the Big West to Cal State-Northridge, who is awful. LSU limped into the tourney with a 4-6 in their last 10, and Georgia was a middling 16-13 on the year.

Conference RPI Standings (number of bids received)
1. ACC (6)
2. SEC (6)
3. Big East (6)
4. Big XII (4)
5. Conference USA (6)
6. Big 10 (3)
7. Mountain West (3)
8. Atlantic 10 (4)
9. Pac-10 (3)
10. WAC (2)

Mid-Major Involvement
For purposes of consistency, regardless of the conference ranks, we'll regard the ACC, Big 10, Big XII, Pac-10, Big East, and SEC as the "power conferences." Although the Missouri Valley usually rates very well in comparison to those teams, until Bradley gets to the Final Four or something, they're still a mid-major.

Power Conference Automatic Bids: 6
Mid-Major Automatic Bids: 24
Power Conference At-Large Bids: 22
Mid-Major At-Large Bids: 13

TEAM MOST LIKE IOWA

ATLANTIC 10:
2W. George Washington (18-11, 11-5) (RPI: 74)

You probably know the drill by now: Horrid non-conference affair (G-Dub's non-conf RPI: 142; actually lost to Appalachian State), followed by a very good showing in a mediocre conference. Their fate was sealed when Xavier buried them in the second round of the A-10 tourney.

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