Make your predictions. Which 64 teams dance?

[IdahoBoy]

The 31 automatics are:
America East - Albany
Atlantic 10 - Dayton
Atlantic Coast - Maryland
Atlantic Sun - Jacksonville
Big 12 - Nebraska
Big East - Notre Dame
Big Sky - Sacramento State
Big South - Winthrop
Big Ten - Penn State
Big West - UC Santa Barbara
Colonial Athletic Association - Towson
Conference USA - Louisville
Horizon League - Loyola
Ivy League - Yale
Metro Atlantic Athletic - Iona College
Mid-American - -Ohio
Mid-Continent- Valparaiso
Mid-Eastern Athletic - Florida A&M
Missouri Valley - Wichita State
Mountain West - Colorado State
Northeast - Long Island
Ohio Valley - Eastern Kentucky
Pac-10 - Washington
Patriot -American
Southeastern - Tennessee
Southern - College of Charleston
Southland - Texas State
Southwestern Athletic - Alabama A&M
Sun Belt - New Mexico State Univ.
West Coast - San Diego
Western Athletic - Hawaii


I predict the remaining teams to be:

Atlantic Coast - Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Miami
Big 12 - Texas, Kansas State, Missouri, Texas A&M, Kansas
Big East - Pittsburgh
Big Sky - Eastern Washington
Big Ten - Ohio State, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Purdue, Michigan
Big West - Long Beach State, Pacific, UC Irvine, CSUN, Idaho
Conference USA - Cincinatti
Missouri Valley - Nothern Iowa
Mountain West - Utah
Pac-10 - Stanford, USC, UCLA, California, Arizona
Southeastern - Florida
West Coast - St Marys, Loyola Marymount, Santa Clara
Western Athletic - Rice

[SaltNPepper]

I think this is 33 teams for the at-large bids.

Atlantic Coast - Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Duke
Big 12 - Texas, Kansas State, Missouri, Texas A&M, Kansas
Big East - Pittsburgh
Big Ten - Ohio State, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Purdue, Michigan
Big West - Long Beach State, Pacific
Mid-America - Western Michigan
Missouri Valley - SMS
Mountain West - Utah
Pac-10 - Stanford, USC, UCLA, California, Arizona
Southeastern - Florida, Georgia, Alabama
West Coast - St Marys, Loyola Marymount, Santa Clara
Western Athletic - Rice, Nevada

[whatevergoes]

I think salt/pepper is right one-- if Cinncinati makes it in then something is flawed

[Anonymous55]

Just a few differences from SNP's above - I think I choose Colorado, Irvine, and Ball St instead of Kansas, Pitt, and WMU, though it's awfully hard to predict what the committee will have in mind for those last few slots.

Atlantic Coast - Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Duke
Big 12 - Texas, Kansas State, Missouri, Texas A&M, Colorado
Big Ten - Ohio State, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Purdue, Michigan
Big West - Long Beach State, Pacific, UC-Irvine
Mid-America - Ball State
Missouri Valley - SMS
Mountain West - Utah
Pac-10 - Stanford, USC, UCLA, California, Arizona
Southeastern - Florida, Georgia, Alabama
West Coast - St Marys, Loyola Marymount, Santa Clara
Western Athletic - Rice, Nevada

[whatevergoes]

ball state really- you dn't know anything about the last 1/2 of season -- they went in the tank.. rpi should be based on current year schcedule strength, record, last 1/2 of season ... not just because

[BonJoeV]

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Big West - Long Beach State, Pacific, UC Irvine, CSUN, Idaho

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Don't you think you're taking this fanatic stuff a little TOO seriuosly? The Vandals ended their season with losses to Northridge, Pacific & Colorado State (20, 19 & 19). Get over it!

Idaho
CSUN
UC Irvine

[Deleted]

Cincinnati, dammit. One N, then 2 Ns.

And they don't have a chance.

Neither does UNI.

[Deleted]

I dunno about EWU. OTOH, they scheduled tough. OTOH, they lost them all.

[Gorf]

Marquette in as a 2nd team from C-USA.

[TheSantaBarbarian]

UC Irvine: What "The Committtee" is going to see over their last to matches is: 5-5 over their last 10 matches with a loss to #136 and 5 game wins vs. #'s 76,96, and 175. I think that is going to pop their bubble and leave the Big West with just UCSB, the beachless, and Pacific. If Irvine makes the right sacrifice to the Volleyball Gods, then the Big West get's in four. That is the max.

[ZookIsCooked]

You see UNC and Miami making it? Erm, I don't.

[TheSantaBarbarian]

ZookIsCooked said:

You see UNC and Miami making it? Erm, I don't.

Miami makes it, hosts, and UCSB gets sent there. ;D

[ZookIsCooked]

TheSantaBarbarian said:

Miami makes it, hosts, and UCSB gets sent there. ;D

Miami has been extremely average this year. I'd be shocked if they made it.

[2c]

OK, so I said Colorado's out but after looking at the list of finalists for the AtLarge... they all seemed to lose to Colorado.

Last 4 were hard and last 1 was a toss up.

SEC and ACC screwed up everything: teams finishing higher in conf but losing head-to-heads or losing some BAD matches...

Don't envy committee.

Atlantic Coast - Georgia Tech, Duke, (Just missed:(Miami, UNC)
Big 12 - Texas, Kansas State, Missouri, Texas A&M, Kansas, Colorado
Big East - Pitt (Just barely)
Big Sky - none
Big Ten - Ohio State, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Purdue, Michigan
Big West - Long Beach State, Pacific, UC Irvine, CSUN
Conference USA - Cincinnati
Mid-America - none
Missouri Valley - Nothern Iowa
Mountain West - Utah
Pac-10 - Stanford, USC, UCLA, California, Arizona
Southeastern - Florida, Georgia, (Just missed: Arkansas)
West Coast - St Marys, Loyola Marymount, Santa Clara
Western Athletic - Rice, Nevada

33-auto 33
31-@large
locks 21

11 below:
Kansas
Nevada
Purdue
UOP
UCI
Cinci
NIowa
CSUN
Duke
Georgia
Colorado


Last one from:
Pitt
Arkansas
Miami
UNC

Pitt gets nod as another BigEast rep.



Considered but.... no.

Marq
WMich
BYU

Alabama
SWMS
WKent

FSU
Virginia

EWU
Idaho
TCU
BallSt
IllState
LSU

[Deleted]

UNI and Cincinnati are not going. Marquette and SMS would go ahead of them.