Bracketology: ND In, URI Out, Duke a #1
The Bracketology field is based on how the tourney looks "as of today." The field below is not based on who I think deserves to be in, but a prediction of what the committee would do as things stand. This week, I'll be posting Bracketology updates on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Next week I'll do daily updates.
Why should you care what I have to say? In 2007 & 2008, I was considered to have one of the Top 2 or 3 brackets amongst 53 national experts including Joe Lunardi, Gary Parrish and the like. (Admittedly my 2009 final bracket was rather weak.. not sure what happened. Can't win 'em all.)
Notes:
Arrows (
)
indicate movement by seed.
Green font indicates new to the field this week. Conference champions are not my end
of season predictions, but current leaders. (Ties atop conference standings go
to the higher RPI team).
ONE
Kansas**
Syracuse**
Kentucky**
Duke**
TWO
Ohio St**
West Virginia
THREE
FOUR
Butler**
FIVE
Gonzaga**
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
UTEP**
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN
Utah St**
TWELVE
Siena**
Cornell**
THIRTEEN
Notre Dame
Kent St**
Murray State**
FOURTEEN
Wofford**
Oakland**
Weber St**
Sam Houston St**
FIFTEEN
Coastal Carolina**
Morgan St**
UCSB**
Troy**
SIXTEEN + ONE
Stony Brook**
Belmont**
Quinnipiac**
Lehigh**
/ Jackson St**
** = Automatic Bid
League Leaders/Winners (31)
- Leaders throughout the season are merely the first place team in the standings as of the update, and not projected winners. Ties go to the higher RPI team. New teams this week in green.
America East - Stony Brook
A-10 - Xavier
ACC - Duke
Atlantic Sun - Belmont
Big 12 - Kansas
Big East - Syracuse
Big Sky - Weber St
Big South - Coastal Carolina
Big Ten - Ohio St
Big West - UCSB
CAA - Old Dominion
Conference USA - UTEP
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Cornell
MAAC - Siena
MAC - Kent St
MEAC - Morgan St
MVC - Northern Iowa
MWC - New Mexico
Northeast - Quinnipiac
Ohio Valley - Murray St
Pac-10 - California
Patriot - Lehigh
SEC - Kentucky
Southern - Wofford
Southland - Sam Houston St
SWAC - Jackson St
Summit - Oakland
Sun Belt - Troy
WAC - Utah St
WCC - Gonzaga
*** = Locked Up Automatic Bid
Last In: Notre Dame, UCONN, Mississippi St, St. Mary's
Last Out: Rhode Island, Minnesota, Dayton, Ole Miss
Further Four:
San Diego St, Arizona St, Charlotte, Washington
Dropped Out Of Field (at-large): Rhode Island
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