Daily Bracketology: Friday's Field of 65

Daily Bracketology

 

I'm going to be projecting the Tournament field on a close to daily basis for the rest of the year (and no Saturday's since there's little action Friday). This is a field based on how the tourney looks as of this moment. Note that for one-bid leagues, I simply include the conference leader at the time of publishing. In case of ties, I use my projected winner.

 

Arrows indicate team that moved up or down based on last night's performance.

 

Note on Today's Movement: A win by USC and WSU's loss to UCLA shakes up the positions of the Pac-10 teams. USC moves up to a 6 seed, directly ahead of WSU who falls down from a 5.  The big winner of the day is UMASS, who by virtue of beating Rhode Island and getting back to .500 in league play, reenters the field replacing NC State who is now the 1st team out.  Belmont moved into a tie w/ Jacksonville in the A-Sun and is my projected winner.

 

ONE

Memphis*

Kansas*

Duke*

UCLA*

 

TWO

Tennessee*

Georgetown*

North Carolina

Wisconsin*

 

THREE

Stanford

Xavier*

Butler*

Michigan State

 

FOUR

Indiana

Texas

Drake*

Marquette

 

FIVE

UCONN

Kansas State

Texas A&M

Notre Dame

 

SIX

USC

Washington State

Louisville

Saint Mary's

 

SEVEN

Pittsburgh

Arizona

Clemson

Purdue

 

EIGHT

Mississippi

Arkansas

Vanderbilt

Gonzaga*

 

NINE

Mississippi State

Florida

Baylor

Rhode Island

 

TEN

Dayton

BYU*

Ohio State

Oklahoma

 

ELEVEN

Maryland

VCU*

West Virginia

UNLV

 

TWELVE

South Alabama*

Saint Joseph's

Kent State*

Syracuse

 

THIRTEEN

UMASS

Davidson*

Utah State*

Rider*

 

FOURTEEN

UNC-Asheville*

CS Northridge*

Lamar*

Oral Roberts*

 

FIFTEEN

Lafayette*

UMBC*

Cornell*

Portland State*

 

SIXTEEN + ONE

Sacred Heart*

Belmont*

Hampton*

Austin Peay*/Alabama State*

 

* = Conference champion

 

League Winners (31)

America East - UMBC

A-10 - Xavier

ACC - Duke

Atlantic Sun - Belmont

Big 12 - Kansas

Big East - Georgetown

Big Sky - Portland State

Big South - UNC-Asheville

Big Ten - Wisconsin

Big West - CS Northridge

CAA - VCU

Conference USA - Memphis

Horizon - Butler

Ivy - Cornell

MAAC - Rider

MAC - Kent State

MEAC - Hampton

MVC - Drake

MWC - BYU

Northeast - Sacred Heart

Ohio Valley - Austin Peay

Pac-10 - UCLA

Patriot - Lafayette

SEC - Tennessee

Southern - Davidson

Southland - Lamar

SWAC - Alabama State

Summit - Oral Roberts

Sun Belt - South Alabama

WAC - Utah State

WCC - Gonzaga

 

Last In:  UNLV, Saint Joseph's, Syracuse, UMASS

Last Out: NC State, George Mason, Virginia Tech, Illinois State

 

- Check out yesterday's Daily Bracketology to compare the subtle changes.