Bracketology: Let the great experiment uninformed guesswork begin!

The men's Final 8 is only 12 days away, so it's time to bust out the Bracketology again. Our panel this week consists of nine CIS basketball followers (both within and beyond the CIS Blog borders) and here are their guesses at the Final 8 seedings:

No two ballots are exactly alike, though Wayne Thomas and I came close, with different flips of the coin producing a different Canada West third-place finisher in our imaginary universes.

And even if we have small differences, there are obvious similarities: Carleton's No. 1 on everyone's ballot, and Lakehead and Saskatchewan are Nos. 2 and 3 on all but one. Nobody's expecting a Mac or Ryerson upset in the OUA semifinals, everyone feels Concordia is an inevitable RSEQ champion, and only Peter James expects someone other than St. F-X to win the AUS. Overall we have only 11 different teams on our nine ballots.

Most people gave the wild card spot to the bronze medallist from out west (Victoria, UFV, or Alberta, depending on the panelist). Greg Colgan and Andrew Bucholtz put McMaster in there instead.
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10 comments:

  1. Andrew was probably thinking of Mac's volleyball team. :)

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  2. Lakehead #6? How does Cam justify that one if their only two losses all season are to Carleton?

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  3. does saskatchewan automatically go to nationals since they are hosting canada west final four

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  4. i dont think saskatchewan can beat alberta in canada west semi finals on friday

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  5. what do others think about canada west final four

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  6. @Jason: I don't agree with Cam's ranking of Lakehead (as my ballot implies) but they did also lose to Laurier. But it's not like that's enough to justify a 6 seed (as I see it, anyway).

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  7. hey Rob, any thoughts on the alberta sask game this fri? im a little nervous that saskatchewan might loose

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  8. That's true; I did forget the loss to Laurier. OTOH, it was by three points on the road and Laurier was #7 at the time so, much like you, I don't think it comes anywhere close to justifying a #6 seed. I agree that Canada West was a highly competitive conference but the OUA West was perhaps the deepest single division in the CIS and Laurier's 13-1 record in division play is more impressive than some of the Canada West teams he's seeded ahead of them. (Though I will give him Saskatchewan if they win CW.)

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  9. can huskies still get wildcard in canada west

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  10. any idea who will get wildcard. im thinking its either lakehead or sask. but since lakehead lost to ryerson and they are unranked it has to go to sask

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