Bracketology: Siegel's 2011 Debut
The
weekly 2011 Bracketology field is based on how the tourney projects as of now.
The field below is not necessarily who I think deserves to be in, but simply a
prediction of what the committee would do as things stand. In late February, I
release Bracketology updates more frequently as the season approaches crunch time.
Why should you care what I have to say? In 2007 & 2008 & 2010, my NCAA Tournament projections ranked in the Top 3 amongst 50+ national experts including Joe Lunardi, Gary Parrish and the like. Over the last 3 years, I've ranked 3rd overall amongst bracketologists by the Bracket Project. (For whatever reason, my 2009 final bracket was rather weak.. not sure what happened. Can't win 'em all.)
Notes:
Arrows
indicate how many seeds (not spots) a team has moved up or
down in the past week. Teams in Green are new to
the field this week. For now, conference champions are the highest RPI team
until more games have been played.
| ONE |
Duke**
Kansas**
| TWO |
Purdue**
| THREE |
BYU**
Kentucky**
| FOUR |
| FIVE |
Georgetown **
| SIX |
Temple**
| SEVEN |
UCF**
| EIGHT |
Butler**
Gonzaga**
|
NINE |
|
TEN |
| ELEVEN |
Old Dominion**
Clemson
Florida St
Wichita St**
| TWELVE + 1 |
Utah St**
Richmond
St. John's
Virginia Tech / Missouri St
| THIRTEEN + 1 |
Tennessee / Cleveland St
Princeton**
Charleston**
Coastal Carolina**
| FOURTEEN |
Jacksonville**
North Texas**
Oakland**
Vermont**
| FIFTEEN |
Kent St**
Iona**
Hampton**
Long Beach St**
| SIXTEEN + 2 |
Montana**
Austin Peay**
Nicholls St** / Jackson St**
Bucknell** / Robert Morris**
** = Automatic Bid
| League Leaders/Winners (31) |
For now, champions are the highest RPI team until more conference games have been played.
America East - Vermont
A-10 - Temple
ACC - Duke
Atlantic Sun - Jacksonville
Big 12 - Kansas
Big East - Georgetown
Big Sky - Montana
Big South - Coastal Carolina
Big Ten - Purdue
Big West - Long Beach St
CAA - Old Dominion
Conference USA - UCF
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Princeton
MAAC - Iona
MAC - Kent St
MEAC - Hampton
MVC - Wichita St
MWC - BYU
Northeast - Robert Morris
Ohio Valley - Austin Peay
Pac-10 - Washington
Patriot - Bucknell
SEC - Kentucky
Southern - Charleston
Southland - Nicholls St
SWAC - Jackson St
Summit - Oakland
Sun Belt - North Texas
WAC - Utah St
WCC - Gonzaga
Last In: Tennessee, Cleveland St, Missouri St, Virginia Tech
Last Out: Washington St, Portland, Dayton, Arkansas
Further Four: UAB, Colorado, South Carolina, Ole Miss
Dropped Out Of Field (at-large):
- Shawn Siegel's blog
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Shawn Siegel created CollegeHoops.net (formerly collegehoopsnet.com) back in the summer of 2002, and it has since grown into the web's largest independent college basketball site, visited by over 1,000,000 visitors per year. Shawn is responsible for the CHN Top 50,Bracketology projections (he is ranked the #1 Bracketologist over the last 4 years), as well the NBA Mock Draft.
Shawn's college basketball and NBA Draft commentary has been quoted in dozens of national newspapers, and he's been a featured guest on numerous radio programs.
After graduating from Washington University and Washington University Law School before, Shawn passed the New Jersey Bar exam but no longer practices Law. For more on his background, visit his
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