The 2012 regular season is over with.
Werner Kiefer of Colorado is now the new single-game point’s record holder scoring 54. West Alabama’s Dennis Galbraith holds the record for most blocks in a game now with 14.
Once again there were some conference tournament upsets. George Mason will be going to the tournament again this season. They beat out Georgetown in the championship game. They beat Maryland on their way to Georgetown. It’s the third year Georgetown will be out of the tournament. Duke will also be out of the tournament for a third year in a row. Once again Davidson beat them in the semi-finals. Michigan State ranked #2 in the polls will miss the tournament. They lost to 3 seeded Cornerstone (MI) in the championship. Indiana finally got over the hump by beating Purdue in the conference final. For the last two seasons they had lost to Purdue in the finals. Last year’s NIT champion Marquette will get a chance to repeat in the NIT after they lost to Wisconsin in the finals. In a low scoring game 5th seeded Hastings (NE) beat 2nd seeded Creighton 43-30 to go to the dance. Kansas will miss the tournament for the second year in a row after losing to Air Force in the semi-final round of their conference tournament. Lastly the biggest surprise to make it to the tournament is Cal Tech. As an 8th and final seed in their conference tournament they ran the gauntlet and beat 2nd seeded UC Riverside in the finals. Cal Tech is highly prestigious college, but known for having a losing basketball team. In 2007 they broke a 207 game D3 losing streak. They still have a conference losing streak that spans 24 seasons.
Some highly ranked teams will miss the tournament this year. Michigan State, and Florida State most notable.
This was the first time during this simulation that there were no undefeated teams during the regular season.
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Top 25
# Team FPV Record Points Prv
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1. Kentucky (72) 30-1 1800 1
2. Michigan State 30-1 1728 2
3. Connecticut 30-2 1656 4
4. Syracuse (NY) 30-1 1584 3
5. Cincinnati (OH) 29-2 1512 5
6. Wisconsin 29-2 1415 7
7. West Virginia 30-1 1362 9
8. Florida State 29-2 1327 8
9. North Carolina 28-3 1224 6
10. Indiana 28-4 1080 12
11. Ohio State 29-3 1077 14
12. Iowa 30-2 1059 13
13. Tennessee 28-3 949 17
14. Maryland 25-5 850 18
15. Illinois 27-5 751 20
16. Pittsburgh (PA) 28-3 660 21
17. Stanford (CA) 28-3 659 11
18. UC Los Angeles (CA) 27-4 600 10
19. Washington State 27-3 458 16
20. Oklahoma 28-3 448 22
21. Kansas 26-5 435 15
22. Wake Forest (NC) 28-3 267 23
23. St. John's (NY) 28-3 211 NR
24. Gonzaga (WA) 27-5 194 25
25. Arizona 26-5 93 24
Others Receiving Votes:
Temple (PA) 27-4 1