The tourney field has been announced and Michigan came in as an 11-seed (no play-in) in the bracket with the toughest 3-seed.

They draw David Roddy, #9 on Ken Pomeroy's player of the year list, and football's next opponent Colorado State, who are #31 on Kenpom (Michigan is 33), and #41 on Torvik, as their 6th seed, first round opponent. The Rams are mid-major version of last year's Ohio State, getting most of their offense from a pullup-loving point and a wing-shaped big. Roddy is their Liddell. He even moonlights at center, since their sonly 6'10" guy is a non-entity on offense. CSU trounced Saint Mary's earlier in the year but their next best wins are a 1-point victory over San Diego State at home and an OT win at Boise State. They had a couple of losses to UNLV, the other team that bounces between wins and losses every other game as much as Michigan, and were probably the last 6-seed.

If Michigan's every-other pattern holds that puts them in Round 2 with Tennessee, a 3-seed ranked higher than all but one of the two seeds. The Vols beat Arizona and UNC in the non-con and lost to Nova and Texas Tech, then went 14-4 in a brutal SEC and won their conference tourney. Their one loss since the end of January was a foul fest in Arkansas when the Vols shot 4/24 from three, and 3rd string C Jonas Aidoo played as many minutes as Uros Plavsic.

A second weekend could see Villanova (2-seed), Ohio State (the 7), Loyola-Chicago or Delaware. Arizona, Illinois, and poor under-seeded Houston (#4 on Kenpom) are on the other side of the bracket.

In other things of interest, Rutgers and Notre Dame will have a play-in game for the West's 11 seed. There is no content after the jump because I have to go jump on a podcast.