Bracketology 08-09: Week Five
December 30th, 2008
by Shawn Siegel
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Bracketology: December 30th
Our weekly and eventual Daily Field of 65 continues into New Year's week. The Bracketology field is based on how the tourney looks "as of this moment." Arrows indicate a team that moved up or down based on last week's performance. (Just because a team won or lost doesn't necessarily mean they'll move substantially though.)
Important: Up until the beginning of conference play, the #1 RPI team in the conference is listed as the projected champ! (The purpose is to prevent the bracketology series from merely being my own subjective views about who will eventually make it down the line.)
Note on Today's Movement:
Arrows indicate movement by seed. Two arrows equals a change of two seeds, etc..
ONE
Duke*
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
West Virginia
BYU*
NINE
Stanford* (new)
TEN
ELEVEN
TWELVE
Illinois State (new)
Evansville*
UAB*
Utah State*
THIRTEEN
VCU* (new)
Siena*
Miami (OH)*
Western Kentucky*
FOURTEEN
Liberty*
Stephen F Austin*
Portland State* (new)
Pacific*
FIFTEEN
East Tennessee St*
Cornell*
Vermont*
American*
SIXTEEN + ONE
Jacksonville State*
Oakland*
Mt. St. Mary's*
Morgan State* / UAPB*
* = Conference champion
Bold = Tournament Bid
League Winners (31)
America East - Vermont
A-10 - Xavier
ACC - Duke
Atlantic Sun - East Tennessee St
Big 12 - Oklahoma
Big East - Pittsburgh
Big Sky - Portland State**
Big South - Liberty
Big Ten - Northwestern
Big West - Pacific
CAA - VCU**
Conference USA - UAB
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Cornell
MAAC - Siena
MAC - Miami
MEAC - Morgan State
MVC - Evansville
MWC - BYU**
Northeast - Mt. St. Mary's
Ohio Valley - Jacksonville State
Pac-10 - Stanford**
Patriot - American
SEC - Tennessee
Southern - Davidson
Southland - Stephen F Austin
SWAC - UAPB
Summit - Oakland
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky
WAC - Utah State
WCC - St. Mary's**
** = New RPI leaders this week
Last In: Illinois State, Wisconsin, Missouri, Maryland
Last Out: Oklahoma State, UNLV, Kansas, LSU
Dropped Out (at-large): Kansas , New (at-large): Illinois State
- Check out last week's Daily Bracketology to compare the subtle changes.
- Finally, sign up for the CHN Pickem Game and strut your stuff!
Comments
read the intro about the
Submitted by Shawn Siegel on Tue, 2008-12-30 16:25.
read the intro about the conference champs. everyone makes the same comment each week :)
UK will be in the field come
Submitted by some person (not verified) on Thu, 2009-01-01 13:34.
UK will be in the field come March. Bye.
The MWC will get 2-3 teams in this year, as always
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2009-01-01 19:55.
With Utah beating Gonzaga, and UNLV beating Louisville last night, the Mountain West looks poised to get at least two teams in. BYU has a chance to prove itself as one of the nation's elite Saturday versus Wake Forest. Second and Third Place will be a battle between San Diego State, New Mexico, Utah, and UNLV. I say BYU and UNLV will be in for sure, while the others have a lot of work left to do.
Wake is definetly good, but
Submitted by KingoFun on Thu, 2009-01-01 22:44.
Wake is definetly good, but a 2 seed? I am a Deacs fan, but I am expecting a 3 seed
The Deacs are back!
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