McD's Brack-O-Matic ©

2005-2006 NCAA Division I
Men's Basketball Tournament Teams
v1.0.5 (updated 4/2/2006 10:00 AM EST)


Seed ATLANTA   WASHINGTON DC   OAKLAND   MINNEAPOLIS Seed
 
 
 
Team A U R S G M O   Team A U R S G M O   Team A U R S G M O   Team A U R S G M O
 
 
 
1 Duke*+ 3 1 1 1 2 2 4:1   UConn+ 1 2 3 2 1 1 4:1   Villanova+ 2 4 2 3 3 3 7:1   Memphis*+ 5 3 4 5 4 4 8:1 1
2 Texas+ 8 9 8 4 6 6 8:1   Tennessee 14 19 6 13 18 18 75:1   Ohio St.+ 7 6 5 9 5 7 25:1   UCLA*+ 13 8 10 15 15 16 15:1 2
3 Iowa* 20 15 7 14 12 12 30:1   UNC 10 12 12 6 9 13 10:1   Florida* 16 10 15 8 8 10 12:1   Gonzaga*+ 4 5 9 18 13 5 25:1 3
4 LSU+ 18 18 13 12 14 17 20:1   Illinois 9 14 14 7 7 8 30:1   Boston College 11 7 22 16 17 14 12:1   Kansas*+ 17 13 20 10 11 15 50:1 4
 
 
 
5 Syracuse* - 22 17 27 23 19 60:1   Washington 12 17 35 20 26 29 18:1   Nevada*+ 21 21 19 28 24 28 100:1   Pittsburgh 15 16 11 11 10 9 40:1 5
6 W Virginia 19 23 38 22 20 21 22:1   Michigan St. 28 28 18 26 21 22 50:1   Oklahoma 22 20 16 36 30 24 60:1   Indiana - 41t 34 24 25 25 250:1 6
7 California 35t 29t 52 52 51 49 150:1   Wichita St.+ 34 34t 27 34 32 36 500:1   Georgetown 23 24 36 17 19 20 60:1   Marquette 29 33 31 31 27 30 125:1 7
8 G Washington+ 6 11 37 21 16 11 175:1   Kentucky - - 41 33 33 31 150:1   Arizona - - 23 42 47 46 150:1   Arkansas 26 36t 45 19 22 23 200:1 8
 
 
 
9 NC Wilmington*+ 41t 29t 28 49 42 61 1M:1   UAB 24 25 32 45 40 33 1T:1   Wisconsin 38 - 24 35 37 37 75:1   Bucknell*+ 27 26 42 43 31 38 100T:1 9
10 NC State 25 27 51 23 28 26 125:1   Seton Hall - - 58 59 50 41 300:1   N Iowa - - 25 32 35 40 1M:1   Alabama - - 57 57 55 44 400:1 10
11 S Illinois* 30 32 29 44 45 58 3M:1   G Mason+ 39 - 26 38 41 56 4M:1   Wisc. Mil.*+ - - 53 68 71 83 2M:1   San Diego St.*+ 32 31 56 63 61 67 250T:1 11
12 Texas A&M 31 - 44 40 34 27 3T:1   Utah St. - - 46 69 65 68 5T:1   Montana* - - 61 92 88 105 5M:1   Kent St.*+ - 36t 48 66 56 70 10T:1 12
 
 
 
13 Iona* - - 64 60 64 79 25M:1   Air Force 37 - 50 54 59 54 100M:1   Pacific*+ - - 88 79 84 101 50M:1   Bradley - - 33 37 44 52 10M:1 13
14 Northwestern St.*+ - - 60 86 72 76 2B:1   Murray St.*+ - - 65 93 87 95 500M:1   S Alabama*+ - 40 66 90 78 94 15M:1   Xavier* - - 80 56 67 74 500M:1 14
15 Pennsylvania*+ - - 98 95 117 129 1B:1   Winthrop*+ - - 73 73 90 119 5B:1   Davidson* - - 94 123 131 143 25B:1   Belmont*+ - - 115 178 183 221 10B:1 15
16 Southern*+ - - 132 206 198 247 5TR:1   Albany*+ - - 119 155 162 187 1ST:1   Monmouth* - - 144 188 179 207 1TR:1   Oral Roberts*+ - - 131 122 130 147 5ST:1 16
or Hampton* - - 284 272 273 357 1TR:1
 
 
 

Updates

* = Automatic Bid
+ = Regular Season Conference Champion

Odds: T=Thousand, M=Million, B=Billion, TR=Trillion, ST=Sextillion

Teams shown with a colored background have been eliminated from the tournament.

Lost in play-in game
Lost in 1st round
Lost in 2nd round
Lost in Sweet 16
Lost in Regional Final
Lost in Final Four
Lost in Championship game

A = AP Poll / U = USA Today/CNN Poll
R = RPI Ranking / S = Sagarin's Ranking / G = Mike Greenfields Rankings / M = Kenneth Massey's Rankings
O = Danny Sheridan's Odds
(all are current through the games of March 12, 2006)

For those looking for some additional guidance, here are some stats based on the 21 years worth of games since they changed to a 64-team field:

1st Round

1 vs. 16 | 84-0, 1.000
A #16 has never beat a #1. It might happen some day but it's not worth trying to guess when. Pick all the #1 seeds.
2 vs. 15 | 80-4, 0.952
Again, not worth trying to guess when a #15 will next upset a #2.
3 vs. 14 | 70-14, 0.833
While #3 seeds do occasionally get upset by #14 seeds they also win a good share of the championships. So guessing wrong on an upset pick here might cost you points in more than one round. Stick with the #3s.
4 vs. 13 | 67-17, 0.798
Again, still not worth trying to pick upsets in this round.
5 vs. 12 | 57-27, 0.679
More recently, #5 seeds are 11-9 vs. #12 over the last 5 years. So, look for one or maybe two upsets in this round. Focus on #12 seeds that were in the NCAA tournament last year.
6 vs. 11 | 59-25, 0.702
Again, pick one #11 seed or two if you feel strongly about the second one.
7 vs. 10 | 51-33, 0.607
Here I'd suggest picking two #10s to upset #7s unless you can only find one that you like.
8 vs. 9 | 38-46, 0.452
Pick two #8s and two #9s. Since the winner of this bracket will face #1 in the next round you won't get hurt too bad by a bad pick here.

2nd Round

#1/#8/#9/#16 Group
#1 seeds advance 86% of the time.
#4/#5/#12/#13 Group
Favorites win 60% of the time. Only three #13 seeds have won in the 2nd round so avoid them.
#3/#6/#11/#14 Group
#3 beats #6 about 50% of the time, and beats #11 about 70% of the time.
#2/#7/#10/#15 Group
#2 beats #7 about 70% of the time, but only beats #10 about 50% of the time.
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