The panel has its own picks. Below the jump are brackets from CHOQ-FM's Alexandre Tourigny, Dale Stevens of the CUBDL and resident roundball aficionados Jared Book, Andrew Bucholtz and Rob Pettapiece:
Jared Book
- Carleton (OUA champion/host)
- Saskatchewan (Canada West champion)
- Cape Breton (AUS champion)
- UBC (wild card)
- Windsor (OUA runner-up)
- Calgary (Canada West runner-up)
- UQAM (QSSF champion)
- Lakehead (OUA third place)
- Carleton (OUA champion/host)
- Cape Breton (AUS champion)
- Saskatchewan (Canada West champion)
- Windsor (OUA runner-up)
- UBC (wild card)
- Lakehead (OUA third place)
- Calgary (Canada West runner-up)
- UQAM (QSSF champion)
- Carleton (OUA champion/host)
- Saskatchewan (Canada West champion)
- Cape Breton (AUS champion)
- Windsor (OUA runner-up)
- UBC (wild card)
- Calgary (Canada West runner-up)
- Lakehead (OUA third place)
- UQAM (QSSF champion)
- Carleton (OUA champion/host)
- Saskatchewan (Canada West champion)
- Cape Breton (AUS champion)
- UBC (wild card)
- Windsor (OUA runner-up)
- Calgary (Canada West runner-up)
- Lakehead (OUA third place)
- UQAM (QSSF champion)
- Carleton (OUA champion/host)
- Cape Breton (AUS champion)
- Saskatchewan (Canada West champion)
- Windsor (OUA runner-up)
- UBC (wild card)
- Lakehead (OUA third place)
- Calgary (Canada West runner-up)
- UQAM (QSSF champion)
- Carleton (OUA champion/host)
- Saskatchewan (Canada West champion)
- Cape Breton (AUS champion)
- UBC (wild card)
- Windsor (OUA runner-up)
- Calgary (Canada West runner-up)
- Lakehead (OUA third place)
- UQAM (QSSF champion)
By the way, who knew two Canada West Prairie teams and two OUA West teams would qualify for nationals? Praise be the cross-over playoff formats.
1.Carleton
ReplyDelete2.Cape Breton
3.UBC
4.Sask
5.Windsor
6.Calgary
7.Lakehead
8.UQAM
I dont think UBC should drop too much due to one loss. The body of work they've put in thus far is too good.
Although they didnt show it vs Carelton last night, Windsor is going to be a tough out.
1. Carleton
ReplyDelete2. Cape Breton
3. Saskatchewan
4. UBC
5. Windsor
6. Lakehead
7. Calgary
8. UQAM
Carleton is a safe bet for #1. I think CBU has every reason to be seeded #2, especially ahead of Saskatchewan.
This group is solidly 3-5, in some order:
Saskatchewan-UBC-Windsor
And this group is solidly 6-8, in some order:
Lakehead-Calgary-UQAM
Although there is room to rearrange each trio, I'm tempted to put them in exactly the order you see above. The 6-7-8 seedings will be determined largely by the need to avoid intra-conference matchups, so with the #3 seed almost undoubtedly going to a Canada West team, Calgary will not be #6.
I think it should go this way:
ReplyDelete1. Carleton 29-2
2. UBC 23-2
3. Cape Breton 27-3
4. Saskatchewan 27-6
5. Windsor 21-7
6. Calgary 21-6
7 Lakehead 23-7
8. UQAM 18-12
Now I know what you are thinking...UBC, the wildcard, as #2 seed?
Sure, why not?
Shit happens in a playoff game, but the reality is UBC was ranked #1 or #2 wire to wire.
So was Carleton and both teams had the fewest losses with just two each.
Cape Breton has the third best record overall of the eight teams and that should be reflected.
After that, you'll every other team except UQAM with roughly comparable records.
The trick is where to slot those four.
Seeded this way, no team from the same conference meets in the first round, which is what we all want, right guys?
Simply put, if Saskatchewan is ahead of either UBC or Cape Breton, the CIS is siding with the mentality that what you do on the conference weekend is all that matters. There is no way to argue Saskatchewan is the superior team to either UBC or Cape Breton based on what they did this season start to finsih. I'll concede that the easy choice between Sask and UBC is picking Sask (easier but not correct), as the CIS tends to flake out on these calls but what reasoning can one craft that Sask moves ahead of CBU? Its absurb to argue that a team that significantly trailed another the entire year in the CIS rankings (For example in poll 12 of 14, Sask was unranked while CBU was #3) jumps ahead of a team that a) they never beat b) that never lost in the playoffs. Even with their win over UBC, sask is still a six-loss team that has lost four teams with .500 or sub .500 overall records (TWU, Vic, Alberta, and UFV) in addition to losses to both UBC and Calgary.
ReplyDeleteI did put UBC No. 2 after the Canada West final four. Willing to change. It's not as if they lost in overtime in that playoff game.
ReplyDeleteSask can't jump all the way to number 3 based on one weekend. That wouldn't make sense.
ReplyDeleteChet
It's official:
ReplyDelete1. Carleton
2. Cape Breton
3. UBC
4. Windsor
5. Saskatchewan
6. Lakehead
7. Calgary
8. UQAM
Much, much better job done by the seeding committee this year, compared to last year's fiasco.
No games between teams from the same conference which was a big complaint last year.
The slottings make sense and the match ups are very interesting.
Your thoughts - If the exact same result happens next year do you think X gets the wild card over UBC as the tourney moves back to Halifax?
ReplyDeleteNever, UBC's tremendous season wouldnt get thrown out the window due to 1 loss. Unless you're the NCAA and are trying to gain more paying fans, based on proximity.
ReplyDeleteAnon 9:39....
ReplyDeleteNext year will be a completely different scenario to this year.
Since Carleton will not host the tournament like it has the last three years, there will
be no play in game for a third OUA rep.
Therefore, more than likely there will be only two guaranteed reps from Ontario.
That means there will be two at large wild cards instead of one.
If the situation this year happened next year, UBC would get a wild card for sure.
The other wild card would be likely be between Ottawa, Lakehead and X and X would have the inside track I would think.