My Projected Field of 65

My Projected Field of 65 [B]One Bid Leagues: (21 bids)[/B] America East: Vermont Atlantic Sun: East Tennessee St Big Sky: Montana Big South: Winthrop Big West: Tonight's winner Colonial: Old Dominion Horizon: Butler Ivy: Cornell MAAC: Siena MAC: Ohio U MEAC: Morgan St Missouri Valley: Northern Iowa Northeast: Robert Morris Ohio Valley: Murray St Patriot: Lehigh Southern: Wofford Southland: Sam Houston Summit: Oakland Sun Belt: North Texas SWAC: Tonight’s winner WAC: Tonight’s winner [B]Multi-bid leagues:[/B] ACC: Duke, Maryland, Wake Forest, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Clemson (6) Atlantic-10: Temple, Richmond, Xavier (3) Big 12: Kansas, Kansas St, Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor, Oklahoma St, Missouri (7) Big East: Syracuse, W Virginia, ‘Nova, Pitt, Marquette, Louisville, Georgetown, Notre Dame (8) Big 10: Purdue, Ohio St, Michigan St, Illinois, Wisconsin (5) C-USA: Houston, UTEP (2) Mountain West: New Mexico, BYU, UNLV, San Diego St (4) PAC-10: Washington, Cal (2) SEC: Kentucky, Vandy, Tennessee (3) West Coast: St Mary’s, Gonzaga (2) 63 of the 65 bids are locks. There aren’t many questions heading into Saturday Night. If Utah State loses to New Mexico State tonight, they could potentially get an at large bid. If the Aggies win, as they are favored to do, that bid probably goes to Minnesota. If the Gophers lose tomorrow and the committee decides to bounce them, I think the committee chooses between Virginia Tech, Mississippi and Florida. I guess there’s some chance that Mississippi State gets bounced if they don’t beat Kentucky, so I have to include them on the list of ‘bubble’ teams here. If Minnesota and Mississippi State both win tomorrow, there is no bubble at all. Bubble Teams as of Saturday Night: Utah St (if they lose tonight), Mississippi State (if they lose tomorrow), Minnesota (if they lose tomorrow), Virginia Tech, Ole Miss and Florida.

Good job Ted but in 2010 the bubble teams are all well known and highly discussed. Joe Lunardi deserves a lot of the credit. You just copied him. LOL. Good job and Vtech is in trouble.

come on Teddy did a GREAT job, TC should be on the committe (conflict of interest? LOL)probably wher JLun gets his info..i really dont think they will give MWC 4 teams and NO ONE had washington winning the pac 10. they have a better record than CAL and beat them 2x, won the PAC, and deserve a better seed than Cal. and if UTah state Loses they dont DESERVE to get in...no TWO teams from the WAC.. aggies u blew it again

Lunardi has Utah State IN. Va Tech and Minnesota L2 IN Mississippi State, Florida and Illinois Last Out. Miss State could knock out Va Tech or Utah State tomorrow.

10 PM Update: After New Mexico State’s win in the WAC Championship Game, things are even clearer now. That being said, I made one mistake on my ‘lock’ grouping, which is simply unacceptable. Let me clarify: Illinois is not a lock. They are on the bubble. So are Minnesota and Mississippi State if they lose their respective championship games. If those two win, there is only one slot remaining. Utah State is now on the bubble. Maybe Florida, Ole Miss and Virginia Tech are still on the bubble as well – maybe. I think that the Illini or the Aggies would get a bid ahead of them, but I’ve been wrong on these last one or two teams more than once – the committee tends to make some pretty bizarre decisions when it comes to the very last one or two teams into the Big Dance just about every year. That being said, my prediction is that some combination of the Illini, Gophers, Bulldogs and Aggies quartet will get the final three at large bids; the fourth will be NIT bound, along with the Gators, Rebels and Hokies.

not bad Teddy. Vtech has a solid record and solid conference record but played nobody outside of conference and the committee said FUCK you to them. 10-6 in the ACC and 23-8 overall has to be in. Utah st is a very good team too. They should be in as well.

BTW, Lunardi's only wrong pick was Florida. That is it. He is the best and has changed this entire evaluation process despite Teddy not liking him.

I know this is an older post, but I just ran across it. Joe Lunardi is laughable. Anyone that wanted to or had the time could do what he does. His job literally is made easier for him as the season winds down and the number of teams to choose from dwindles as well. How this guy has a gig is beyond me saying he missed one team is very similar to the baseball stat of a team leading going into the ninth inning is 61-1, when the entire MLB average is 59-3 for example. Anyways, here is hoping Murray State pulls thru along with Ohio U., UNI and Washington tonight.