BUFFETOLOGY

Welcome to 2012's Inaugural BUFFETOLOGY. Unlike in years past, we would post an entire bracket, but truthfully, while this may seem like a short cut, I would rather the readers get an idea of where teams specifically rank, whereas when the Buffet brackets, we have to swap out teams/seeding in order to comply with bracketing rules. As we get a bit closer, and things start taking more concrete shape, we will start putting teams in the bracket. What you'll see here is the S-curve, broken out by seeding, ranking the Teams 1-82. Yes, we have not suffered a knock on the skull, we are aware only 68 teams make the tourney. Those 68 teams are listed with the seed next to their group of 4 (or 6, if a seed has Play-in game teams), and then the next 14 teams who are on the verge of getting in are listed next, ranked in order that they fall in line to get in.

One more thing, those teams who place is precarious, whether in or out, have been designated as "In the back of the Waiting Line"...

And now, BUFFETOLOGY:

1	Kentucky	1	Auto
	Syracuse	2	Auto
	Duke	3	Auto
	Missouri	4	Auto
2	Mich St	5	Auto
	Kansas	6	At-Large
	Ohio St	7	At-Large
	North Carolina	8	At-Large
3	Georgetown	9	At-large
	Marquette	10	At-large
	Michigan	11	At-large
	Baylor	12	At-large
4	Wisconsin	13	At-large
	Florida St	14	At-large
	Florida	15	At-large
	Louisville	16	At-large
5	Temple	17	Auto
	Wichita St	18	Auto
	Indiana	19	At-large
	Murray St	20	Auto
6	Notre Dame	21	At-large
	New Mexico	22	Auto
	UNLV	23	At-large
	Vanderbilt	24	At-large
7	Gonzaga	25	At-large
	Saint Mary's	26	Auto
	Creighton	27	At-large
	Virginia	28	At-large
8	Southern Miss	29	Auto
	San Diego St	30	At-large
	Memphis	31	At-large
	Saint Louis	32	At-large
9	Kansas St	33	At-large
	Mississippi St	34	At-large
	California	35	Auto
	West Virginia	36	At-large
10	Iowa St	37	At-large
	Harvard	38	Auto
	Connecticut	39	At-large
	BYU	40	At-large
11	Purdue	41	At-large		Back of the Waiting Line
	Alabama	42	At-large		Back of the Waiting Line
	Long Beach	43	Auto
	Xavier	44	At-large		Back of the Waiting Line
12	Washington	45	At-large		Back of the Waiting Line
	Miami FL	46	At-large		Back of the Waiting Line
	Arizona	47	At-large		Back of the Waiting Line
	Seton Hall	48	At-large/Play-in		Back of the Waiting Line
	Texas	49	At-large/Play-in		Back of the Waiting Line
13	Iona	62	Auto
	Middle Tennessee	64	Auto
	Drexel	50	Auto
	Northwestern	51	At-large/Play-in		Back of the Waiting Line
	Cincinnati	52	At-large/Play-in		Back of the Waiting Line
14	Oral Roberts	65	Auto
	Nevada	66	Auto
	Akron	71	Auto
	Davidson	72	Auto
15	Belmont	73	Auto
	Bucknell	74	Auto
	Weber St	75	Auto
	Valparaiso	76	Auto
16	Mississippi Valley St	77	Auto
	Long Island	78	Auto
	Vermont	79	Auto/Play-in
	Texas-Arlington	80	Auto/Play-in
	UNC-Asheville	81	Auto/Play-in
	Savannah St	82	Auto/Play-in

First Four Out:		North Carolina St	53	Back of the Waiting Line
		Minnesota	54	Back of the Waiting Line
		UCF	55	Back of the Waiting Line
		Illinois	56	Back of the Waiting Line
Next Four Out:		Colorado St	57	Back of the Waiting Line
		Oregon	58	Back of the Waiting Line
		VCU	59	Back of the Waiting Line
		South Florida	60	Back of the Waiting Line
Last 6 Considered:		Saint Joseph's	61	Back of the Waiting Line
		George Mason	63	Back of the Waiting Line
		Dayton	67	Back of the Waiting Line
		Mississippi	68	Back of the Waiting Line
		Marshall	69	Back of the Waiting Line
		Wyoming	70	Back of the Waiting Line