Bracketology: March 14
2009 Final Four
The Bracketology field is based on how the tourney looks "as of this moment." Arrows indicate the amount of seeds a team moved since the last update. (Just because a team won or lost doesn't necessarily mean they'll move substantially though.)
Why should you care what I have to say? Did you know, last year I was considered to have one of the Top 2 or 3 brackets (depending on the scoring rubric) amongst 53 national experts including Joe Lunardi, Gary Parrish and the like).
Movement:
Previous update was March 13th (9 PM). Arrows indicate movement by seed. Two arrows equals a change of two seeds, etc..
Update as of 3/14, 11:30 AM
Temple & Duquesne will meet in the A-10 finals, meaning that the bubble has burst for.. Saint Mary's. Baylor, USC, and Nevada, and less-likely Tulsa, could all knock bubble teams out with tourney wins today. You have to figure at least one of those teams will win today.. sorry Creighton. Utah & BYU swap places in the 7-8 range, with the Utes advancing to the MWC finals. UCLA's loss to USC allows Gonzaga to to jump into a four spot. Siena and BC switch spots in the 9-10 zone, not because of BC's close loss to Duke, but simply RPI changes. Another win by SDSU moves them closer into lock position.
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
LSU*
SEVEN
Utah*
EIGHT
NINE
Siena***
TEN
Texas A&M
ELEVEN
TWELVE
Creighton
Temple* (new today)
Western Kentucky***
Northern Iowa***
THIRTEEN
VCU***
Cleveland St***
American*
North Dakota St***
FOURTEEN
Binghamton*
Buffalo*
Portland St***
Robert Morris***
FIFTEEN
Stephen F Austin*
Cornell***
ETSU***
Morgan State*
SIXTEEN + ONE
Radford***
Morehead St***
CS Northridge*
Chattanooga*** (new today) / Alabama St*
* = Conference Leader
*** = Automatic Bid
Bold = Tournament Bid
League Leaders/Winners (31)
- Leaders are merely the first place team in the standings as of today. Ties are given to the higher RPI team.
America East - Binghamton
A-10 - Temple
ACC - North Carolina
Atlantic Sun - ETSU***
Big 12 - Kansas
Big East - Louisville
Big Sky - Portland St***
Big South - Radford***
Big Ten - Michigan State
Big West - CS Northridge
CAA - VCU***
Conference USA - Memphis
Horizon - Cleveland St***
Ivy - Cornell***
MAAC - Siena***
MAC - Buffalo
MEAC - Morgan State
MVC - Northern Iowa***
MWC - Utah
Northeast - Robert Morris***
Ohio Valley - Morehead State***
Pac-10 - Arizona St
Patriot - American
SEC - LSU
Southern - Chattanooga***
Southland - Stephen F. Austin
SWAC - Alabama St
Summit - North Dakota St***
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky***
WAC - Utah St
WCC - Gonzaga***
*** = Locked Up Automatic Bid
Last In: Minnesota, South Carolina, Penn St, Creighton (last)
Last Out: Saint Mary's, Maryland, New Mexico, Providence
Further Four: Auburn, Arizona, UNLV, Florida
Dropped Out Today (at-large): Saint Mary's (for Temple/Duquesne A-10 Winner)
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