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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeXtreme, post: 1363570, member: 41"] [I]Just four full weeks of the season remain before the 18-team NCAA Division I men's tournament bracket will be announced May 3, so it's definitely time for Bracketology. This is a snapshot of how we see the tournament shaping up if the season ended today. Conference leaders, as of the moment, are considered as such. But of course the 10 NCAA tournament automatic qualifying bids to league champions will be handed out weeks from now. Eight at-large spots remain. There's a lot of uncertainty as usual in predicting the tournament field but teams to date have built enough of a resume to get a good sense of how the selections may play out. Here's the first crack, followed by an explanation of the selection criteria and analysis of the teams, both in the tournament and on the bubble. It should be noted that Eastern Michigan athletic director Heather Lyke is the new Division I men's championships committee chair, taking over for former chair Jim Siedliski. Fairfield athletic director Gene Doris is vice chair of the committee.[/I] [SIZE=5][B]Tournament Projection[/B][/SIZE] [I][B]Denver quarterfinal[/B] 1) Notre Dame (ACC) vs. Marist (MAAC)/Hobart (NEC) winner 8) Cornell (Ivy) vs. Ohio State (At-large) [I][B]Denver quarterfinal[/B] 5) Maryland (Big Ten) vs. Albany (America East) 4) Denver (Big East) vs. Princeton (At-large) [B][I]Annapolis, Md., quarterfinal[/I][/B] 3) North Carolina (At-large) vs. Towson (CAA) 6) Duke (At-large) vs. Georgetown (At-large) [B][I]Annapolis, Md., quarterfinal[/I][/B] 7) Virginia (At-large) vs. Yale (At-large) 2) Syracuse (At-large) vs. Navy (Patriot League)/Richmond (Southern) winner [/I][/I] [B][URL]http://laxmagazine.com/college_men/DI/2014-15/news/040715_ncaa_division_i_mens_lacrosse_bracketology_first_edition[/URL][/B] [/QUOTE]

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