Men's basketball: Bracketology, Part II

It's absolutely crazy that all four of us, independent of each other, slotted the same team into the 4 seed. Here's our first go, for purposes of comparison. Jared Book has added his voice to the echo chamber:

J. Book:
  1. Carleton (OUA champion/Host)
  2. UBC (Canada West)
  3. Western (OUA West)
  4. Ottawa (OUA third place)
  5. St. FX (Atlantic)
  6. Concordia (Québec)
  7. Calgary (Canada West)
  8. Cape Breton (Wild card)
A. Bucholtz:
  1. Carleton (OUA champion/host)
  2. UBC (Canada West champion)
  3. St. Francis Xavier (Atlantic champion)
  4. Ottawa (OUA third place)
  5. Calgary (Canada West)
  6. Western (OUA West)
  7. Concordia (Québec champion)
  8. Trinity Western (wild card)
R. Pettapiece:
  1. Carleton (OUA/host)
  2. UBC (Canada West champion)
  3. Calgary (Canada West No. 2)
  4. Ottawa (OUA third place)
  5. St. Francis Xavier (Atlantic champion)
  6. Western (OUA No. 2)
  7. Concordia (Québec champion)
  8. Trinity Western (wild card)
N. Sager:
  1. Carleton (OUA champion)
  2. UBC (Canada West champion)
  3. St. Francis Xavier (Atlantic champion)
  4. Ottawa (OUA third place)
  5. Calgary (Canada West automatic)
  6. Western (OUA West)
  7. Concordia (Québec champion)
  8. Trinity Western (wild card)
The possibility of four OUA teams getting in should not be dismissed. Windsor is certainly capable of winning the OUA West and the loser of an Ottawa-Western OUA play-in game would have a strong wild-card argument, barring an upset in the Atlantic, Can West or the Q.
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6 comments:

  1. Is the Quebec conference really that weak this season?

    Does Concordia even merit its top-ten ranking?

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  2. I would argue that Quebec Conference is quite strong this year, teams are very competitive and well matched. Quite often they split back to back series. They also had some success outsite their conference. Just to give you example: McGill beat this season #3 Ottawa, # 5 Western, #7 Concordia, and #13 Toronto. Three of those teams are National bound according to your predictions.

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  3. It's very interesting that three of us now have Trinity as the wild-card. I was higher on them before Allen got suspended, but they've played so well down the stretch that I still think there's a good chance they grab the final berth.

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  4. Typical Ontario bias, the same bias that leads to inanities such as Queen's being ranked No. 2 in the football polls. (Any CFL scout will tell you the Gaels would have lost to ANY Q playoff team last season - there's some Q bias right back at you.)

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  5. The three OUA teams in the national semi-finals last season, was that Ontario bias too?

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  6. No.

    There should be three OUAA team this year too.

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