Sunday, February 1, 2009

Men's seed race 2/1/2009

Scores from 1/30-31/2009:


Butler 59 Valparaiso 51
Detroit 68 Youngstown State 64
Cleveland State 59 Wright State 50
Green Bay 87 Loyola 68
Milwaukee 63 UIC 62

Seed Team Conf 1st round matchup
---- ---------- ---- -----------------
#1 Butler 10-0 Would receive double-bye
#2 Green Bay 9-2 Would receive double-bye
#3 Milwuakee 9-3 Would host #10 Detroit
#4 Wright State 7-4 Would host #9 Valparaiso
#5 Cleveland State 6-5 Would host #8 UIC
#6 Loyola 4-7 Would host #7 Youngstown State
#7 Youngstown State 3-8
#8 UIC 3-8
#9 Valparaiso 3-8
#10 Detroit 1-10

Youngstown State, UIC, and Valparaiso are each 1-1 in head-to-head competition. At the moment, Youngstown State and UIC are 0-1 against Butler while Valparaiso is 0-2, so although UIC is not likely beat Butler at Hinkle, and Youngstown State is not likely to beat them anywhere, technically at the moment Valparaiso would still be the #9 seed. Since Youngstown state is 1-0 against UIC, Youngstown State would be the #7 seed and UIC would be the #8 seed.

If we were to consider all 3 teams still tied after matching up with Butler, we'd also have to pass by Green Bay, who is also undefeated against all 3 teams. That would bring us to Milwaukee: Valparaiso is 1-1, UIC is 0-2, and Youngstown State is 0-1. That would put Valparaiso at #7, and to remain consistent, leave UIC and Youngstown State still tied, but since Youngstown State is 1-0 against UIC, they would be #8 and UIC would be #9.

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