Sunday, February 28, 2010

Men's seed race 2/28/2010

Scores from 2/27/2009:


Milwaukee 78 UIC 74
Cleveland State 68 Wright State 63
Detroit 62 Youngstown State 54
Green Bay 87 Loyola 71

Seed Team Conf 1st round matchup
---- ---------- ---- -----------------
#1 Butler 18-0 Has clinched #1 seed and double-bye
#2 Wright State 12-6 Has clinched #2 seed and double-bye
#3 Green Bay 11-7 Clinched: will host #10 Youngstown State
#4 Milwaukee 10-8 Would host #9 UIC
#5 Cleveland State 10-8 Would host #8 Loyola
#6 Valparaiso 10-8 Would host #7 Detroit
#7 Detroit 9-9 clinched
#8 Loyola 5-13 clinched
#9 UIC 3-15 clinched
#10 Youngstown State 2-16 clinched

Milwaukee, CSU, and Valpo tie at 10-8. Their head-to-head records: Milwaukee 2-2, CSU 2-2, and Valpo 2-2. Against common opponents, they each are 0-2 against #1 Butler. Milwaukee and CSU are 1-1 against #2 WSU, but Valpo is 0-2, so Valpo slides to the 6 seed. Since both teams split with Valpo, the remaining head-to-head remains tied, and we have to look at their records against #7 Detroit. Milwaukee is 1-1 while CSU is 0-2, so Milwaukee gets the 4 seed, and CSU gets the 5 seed.

So, on Tuesday:

#3 Green Bay hosts #10 YSU
#4 Milwaukee hosts #9 UIC
#5 CSU hosts #8 Loyola
#6 Valpo hosts #7 Detroit

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