Looking Back to the Predictions

Lets take a look back to the ACC and SEC predictions I made at the beginning of the season and see how they fared.

ACC Basketball Predictions

Here is how the ACC Finished vs how I predicted:

Duke	14-2	13-3
North Carolina	12-4	10-6
Boston College	11-5	11-5
NC State	10-6	10-6
Florida State	9-7	4-12
Maryland	8-8	8-8
Virginia	7-9	3-13
Miami	7-9	8-8
Clemson	7-9	5-11
Virginia Tech	4-12	7-9
Georgia Tech	4-12	6-10
Wake Forest	3-13	11-5

Major suprises were how badly Wake Forest did this year and how well UNC did losing their top 6 players from last season. 4 out of the top 5 came in as expected. FSU did much better than I thought (and deserved a bid too) as did Virginia. VT and GT disappointed this season; I think the Hokies were not going to sneak up on anyone this season.

I thought the ACC would be stronger top to bottom than it was and get 7 teams in- they got 4. I thought they would have had 4 Sweet 16 Teams, but only got 2 (thanks to George Mason). Roy Williams and Tyler Hansborough were Coach and Rookie of the year like I thought and JJ Reddick was the Player of the Year (no shocker).

SEC Basketball Predictions

East	Actual	Predicted
Tennessee	12-4	5-11
Florida	10-6	12-4
Kentucky	9-7	11-5
Vanderbilt	7-9	8-8
South Carolina	6-10	7-9
Georgia	5-11	6-10
West	Actual	Predicted
LSU	14-2	11-5
Arkansas	10-6	9-7
Alabama	10-6	9-7
Mississippi St.	5-11	9-7
Mississippi	4-12	5-11
Auburn	4-12	4-12

Tennessee is by far and away the biggest surprise in the SEC and maybe even the nation. Florida struggled a little more in conference than I thought they would, but the SEC was stronger than predictioned. Kentucky also struggled a bit more than expected. The rest of East performed close to predicted. In the West, LSU really ran through this Division to a 14-2 record. Miss St was a disappointment, but everyone else pretty much fell in line.

I thought the SEC would get in 5 teams, but it turned out to be 6. They have 2 Sweet 16 Teams though I thought Kentucky would be in instead of LSU.

Player of the Year was Glen Davis of LSU, Newcomer was Tyrus Thomas also of LSU, and Coach of the Year (well-deserved) was Bruce Pearl. I thought Ronnie Brewer would be Player of the Year (was 1st Team All-SEC), Richard Hendrix would be Newcomer of the Year, and Billy Donoavan as Coach of the Year.