2/27 Bracket Update

Bracket 2/27 Update
-Finally nice to see some teams actually try and play their way into the tournament… granted they are teams that most years would be dead but we are obligated to put 68 teams in so we will get them from somewhere but at least we got some kids who wanna dance

- ESPN and the national media are making a non-story a story about the SLU loss at URI… does it hurt the shot at white? Sure… but out? Come on guys… SLU is in… I mean we have Texas who doesn’t have a top 100 RPI winning record in (if your Joe Lunardi) and we are talking about the SLU being out? Wake up media.

- On a similar topic, Harvard had a tough home loss to Penn to fall into a statistical tie for the Ivy League conference title, if they both win out they will have a 1 game playoff for the title (no conf tourney in Ivy). If Harvard was to lose that game would they be out?
NO NO NO, they are 1-0 vs the RPI top 25, 1-1 vs RPI top 50, and 7-3 vs RPI top 100… Texas has 1 RPI top 25 win too, but also 6 losses… so 1-6 vs RPI top 25, 3-8 vs RPI top 50, and 4-9 vs RPI top 100… Harvard is 10-2 L12, Texas is 6-6… now granted I don’t have Texas in my field but the point is this… how are these resumes even close? They aren’t… Harvard is being underseeded because of their name… they might be in march too, but they aren’t in danger of not making it either

- Big East is not making things easy… ND had a tough loss at SJU just when they were about to be a top 4 line lock, their resume still looks a ton like 2011 Florida, if they can make a BET run I expect them to be a protected seed (and if you bet on that in January that’d make the Cardinals winning the WS bet in August look like the lock of the century) , USF keeps winning BE games making it harder and harder to not put them in despite an awful non-conf record, and just when you’re ready to take the Pirates out they win a big game vs Gtown

- The Big X has kinda just turned into a blob mess… the Wisco win at Ohio State was elite, but it makes the NCAA seeding a lot harder… we have Michigan State on the 1 line, and then what? We got Ohio State, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan all with similar resumes… seeding these 4 teams correctly will go a long way to having a top bracket

- Conf tournaments start this week so as we get mid-major winners they will be bolded, so you know they have locked in a bid

1: Kentucky, Syracuse, Kansas, Michigan State
2: Duke, UNC, Missouri, Marquette
3: Baylor, Georgetown, Michigan, Ohio State
4: Wisconsin, Louisville, Indiana, Florida
5: Notre Dame, Florida State, Wichita State, Temple
6: UNLV, Murray State, Vanderbilt, Creighton
7: New Mexico, Gonzaga, Purdue, St. Mary’s
8: SDSU, UVA, Memphis, St. Louis
9: Iowa State, Kansas State, Harvard, California
10: Southern Miss, UConn, Alabama, WVU
11: Cincinnati, Long Beach St., BYU, Washington
12: Northwestern, St. Joes, Iona, NC State
13: Miami-South Florida, Seton Hall-Xavier, Middle Tennessee, Oral Roberts
14: Drexel, Belmont, Davidson, Akron
15: Nevada, Weber State, Valpo, Bucknell
16: LIU-Brooklyn, UT-Arlington, NC-Asheville-Stony Brook, Miss Valley St.-Savannah State

Considered: Arizona, Texas, Washington, Dayton, UCF, Illinois, Oregon, Arkansas

Feb 22nd Bracket/Notes

Notes:
- Pac-12 is the 8th rated conference… last year’s 8th rated conference (C-USA) was a 2 bid league and the 2nd bid UAB was very questionable at that
- Georgetown’s seed is prolly a result of their record/computers on the Matrix as opposed to the resume… they better not lose down the stretch if they want to hold onto the 3 seed
- The bubble is horrible this year… I got teams with no top 50 wins that are probably safe in the field… this is pathetic… there are a lot of mid-majors with better wins that won’t get bids because they lost in conference… it’s a shame and a joke… Belmont/Iona/Middle Tennessee are all better than these… if the final at-large’s aren’t 13 seeds it’s a joke… first the 5 shouldn’t have the advantage over the 4, and these teams aren’t good enough to be 12’s…
- A-10 can play their way up to 4 bids, and 2 of those teams could be in white

As of 2/22 Noon (In S-Curve Order)
1 Seeds: Kentucky, Syracuse, Duke, Kansas
2 Seeds: Michigan State, Missouri, Ohio State, UNC
3 Seeds: Baylor, Marquette, Michigan, Georgetown
4 seeds: Indiana, Wisconsin, Louisville, Wichita State
5 seeds: Florida, FSU, UNLV, Temple
6 seeds: Notre Dame, Vandy, Murray State, Gonzaga
7 Seeds: SDSU, Creighton, St. Mary’s, New Mexico
8 Seeds: St. Louis, Southern Miss, UVA, Kansas State
9 Seeds: Harvard, Memphis, Cal, Iowa State
10 Seeds: WVU, UConn, BYU, Purdue
11 Seeds: Miss. St., Seton Hall, Alabama, Long Beach State
12 Seeds: Middle Tennessee, Cincinnati, Xavier, Northwestern
13 Seeds: Miami (FL)-Arizona, St. Joes-Washington, Iona, Oral Roberts
14 Seeds: Drexel, Akron, Nevada, Davidson
15 Seeds: Belmont, Weber State, Valpo, Bucknell
16-Seeds LIU-Brooklyn, UT-Arlington Vermont-Savannah State, NC Ashville-Miss Valley State

Week of Feb 13th Bracket- CJ

Notes:

After Team #10 on the curve, I considered 16 teams for the last spots on the 4 line... there is a huge gap in the resumes of the top 10 and everyone else

Putting Washington in the field makes me sick but I refuse to believe the Pac-12 will only get 1 bid (Even if thats all it deserves)

Bubble teams will have to start getting some wins... there are so many of them somone will have to play their way in if only by default

Bracket as of Noon on 2/13
(Teams Seeded in Curve-Order)

1 Seeds:
Kentucky
Syracuse
Missouri
Kansas

2 Seeds:
Ohio State
Duke
Baylor
North Carolina

3 Seeds:
Michigan State
Georgetown
UNLV
Marquette

4 Seeds:
Florida State
Florida
Wisconsin
Indiana

5 Seeds
Michigan
San Diego State
St. Mary's
Wichita State

6 Seeds
Notre Dame
Vanderbilt
Louisville
Temple

7 Seeds
Miss St.
Murray St.
Virginia
West Virginia

8 Seeds
Southern Miss
Iowa State
Gonzaga
Kansas State

9 Seeds
Harvard
Creighton
Memphis
Saint Louis

10 Seeds
Alabama
Uconn
New Mexico
Illinois

11 Seeds
BYU
California
Washington
Seton Hall

12 Seeds
Minnesota
Purdue
Cincy
NC State
Miami FL
Colorado St.

13 Seeds
Middle Tenn St.
Long Beach St.
Oral Roberts
Iona

14 Seeds
Cleveland State
Davidson
Akron
Nevada

15 Seeds
VCU
Belmont
Bucknell
Weber State

16 Seeds
Norfolk State
LIU-Brooklyn
Texas-Arlington
NC-Asheville
Miss Valley State
Stony Brook

Also Considered: Xavier, Northwestern, Texas, Dayton, Arizona, Ole Miss, Arkansas


Leave Comments below... brackets will be weekly til Conference Tournament time

-CJ