Auto-Bid Madness: 2019

[cyclones500]

Rabbits are out.

 

[jsb]

Rabbits are out.

They probably don't get an auto bid, do they?

 

[cyclones500]

They probably don't get an auto bid, do they?

Correct. ...

Edited response -- you might've asked "no chance for at-large." ... Also correct, SDSU too far down the pecking order.

 

[cyclones500]

Murray State first one to punch its ticket. We were divided about 50-50 in the challenge.

 

[Doc]

Murray State first one to punch its ticket. We were divided about 50-50 in the challenge.

Ja Morant needed to be in the tourney:

 

[ImJustKCClone]

so it'll be Drake or UNI vs Bradley for the MVC tomorrow

Dang it! That's my first out.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Murray State first one to punch its ticket. We were divided about 50-50 in the challenge.

And #2 goes down.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Rabbits are out.

Dagnabbit that's three.

#WHYDOIDOTHISEVERYYEAR

 

[cyclones500]

Dagnabbit that's three.

I'm right there in the boat with you.

At least nobody gained or lost w/ SDSU ... everybody picked that one.

 

[Cy$]

Auto Bids:
Murray St. (OVC) Projected 12 seed

Mid-major at-large:
Belmont (OVC) likely out

Sunday - 4) Gardner-Webb vs 2) Radford at 12 pm (Big South)
Sunday - 5) Bradley vs 6) UNI at 1 pm (MVC)
Sunday - 1) Lipscomb vs 2) Liberty at 2 pm (A-Sun)
Monday - Wofford/ETSU vs Furman/Greensboro (Southern)
Monday - Iona/Siena/Rider vs Monmouth/Canisius (MAAC)
Tuesday - (Colonial)
Tuesday - Wright St/Green Bay vs Oakland/N. Kentucky (Horizon)
Tuesday - 1) St. Francis (PA) vs 2) Fairleigh Dickinson (NEC)
Tuesday - (Summit) Note: Favorites South Dakota St. are out
Tuesday - (WCC)
Wednesday - Colgate/Navy vs Lehigh/Bucknell (Patriot)

 

[cyclones500]

Big South: Gardner-Webb wins.

To save you time, none of us got any points in that league.

 

[Cy$]

Auto Bids:
Murray St. (OVC) Projected 12 seed
Gardner-Webb (Big South) Projected 15 or 16 seed
Bradley (MVC) Projected 15 or 16 seed
Liberty (A-Sun) Projected 13 or 14 seed
Wofford (Southern) Projected 7 seed

Mid-major at-large:
Belmont (OVC) likely out
Lipscomb (A-Sun) likely out

Monday - 1) Iona vs 6) Monmouth (MAAC)
Tuesday - 1) Hofstra vs Northeastern/Charleston (Colonial)
Tuesday - 1) Wright St vs Oakland/N. Kentucky (Horizon)
Tuesday - 1) St. Francis (PA) vs 2) Fairleigh Dickinson (NEC)
Tuesday - 4) North Dakota St. vs IPFW/Omaha (Summit)
Tuesday - Gonzaga/Pepperdine vs St.Mary's/San Diego(WCC)
Wednesday - 1) Colgate vs 2) Bucknell at 6:30 pm(Patriot)

I'll try posting an update once a day then update the post as time goes on.

 

[MLawrence]

Liberty vs Lipscomb on ESPN for the ASUN championship is a pretty entertaining game right now.

 

[Cy$]

Lipscomb fan: "I hope you lose by 400 to a 1 seed"

 

[Cy$]

wofford about to win, good news for bubble teams

 

[cyclones500]

My first goal is to get at least one pick correct.

 

[Cy$]

Auto Bids (12):
Wofford (Southern) Projected 7 seed
St. Mary's (WCC) Projected 12 seed
Murray St. (OVC) Projected 12 seed
Liberty (A-Sun) Projected 13 seed
Northeastern (Colonial) Projected 14 seed
Northern Kentucky (Horizon) Projected 14 or 15 seed
Colgate (Patriot) Projected 15 seed
Gardner-Webb (Big South) Projected 15 or 16 seed
Bradley (MVC) Projected 15 or 16 seed
Iona (MAAC) Projected 16 seed
Fairleigh Dickinson (NEC) Projected 16 seed
North Dakota St. (Summit) Projected 16 seed

Other Locks (6):
ACC: Va Tech, Louisville
Big 10: Maryland
Big 12: Baylor, Texas Tech
WCC: Gonzaga

Bubble Teams (12):
A-Sun: Lipscomb (likely out)
ACC: Clemson, NC St., Syracuse
Big 10: Indiana
Big 12: Oklahoma, TCU, Texas
Big East: St. John's
OVC: Belmont (First 4 Out)
SEC: Ole Miss
Southern: UNC Greensboro (Next 4 Out)

Saturday - 1) Vermont vs 3) UMBC at 10:00 am on ESPN 2 (Am. East)
Saturday - Norfolk/Howard vs NC Central/NC A&T at 12 pm on ESPN 2 (MEAC)
Saturday - Kansas St./Iowa St. vs. Kansas/West Virginia at 5 pm on ESPN (Big 12)
Saturday - Nevada/San Diego St. vs. Utah St./Fresno St. at 5 pm on CBS (MWC)
Saturday - Prairie View/Grambling vs Alabama St./Texas Southern at 5 pm on ESPNU (SWAC)
Saturday - Villanova/Xavier vs. Marquette/Seton Hall at 5:30 pm on FOX (Big East)
Saturday - Buffalo/C. Michigan vs. Northern Illinois/Bowling Green at 6:30 pm on ESPN2 (MAC)
Saturday - Montana/Weber St. vs. Southern Utah/E. Washington at 7 pm on ESPNU (Big Sky)
Saturday - Virginia/Florida St. vs. UNC/Duke at 7:30 pm on ESPN (ACC)
Saturday - Old Dominion/UAB vs. W. Kentucky/S. Miss at 7:30 pm on CBS Sports (C-USA)
Saturday - Sam Houston St./New Orleans vs. Abilene/SE Louisiana at 8:30 pm on ESPN2 (Southland)
Saturday - New Mexico St./Rio Grande vs. Grand Canyon/Utah Valley at 9 pm on ESPNU (WAC)
Saturday - Washington/Colorado vs. Arizona St./Oregon at 9:30 pm on ESPN (Pac-12)
Saturday - UC Irvine/Long Beach vs. Fullerton/Santa Barbara at 10:30 pm on ESPN2 (Big West)
Sunday - Harvard/Penn vs. Yale/Princeton at 11 am on ESPN2 (Ivy)
Sunday - at 12 pm on CBS (A-10)
Sunday - at 12 pm on ESPN (SEC)
Sunday - at 1 pm on ESPN2 (Sun Belt)
Sunday - at 2:15 pm on ESPN (American)
Sunday - at 2:30 pm on CBS (Big 10)

 

[cyclones500]

Saint Mary's stole a bid.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

My first goal is to get at least one pick correct.

Welp - you succeeded. N Kentucky. Now, about those other 10 games........

 

[Doc]

Saint Mary's stole a bid.

Now...I don't want to start any conspiracy theories, but would I be surprised if Gonzaga took it easy on them? Not at all.

Gonzaga is still a one seed and I'm not sure they lost anything by losing. The Gaels are a team that has been on the wrong side of the bubble too many times, and Gonzaga would surely feel some camaraderie with them being in a mid-major conference with them so long.