Bracketology: Early Saturday Update
March 13th, 2010
by Shawn Siegel
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Final Four 2010
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. Check-mark (
)
indicates automatic bid.
ONE
Kansas**
Kentucky**
Duke**
TWO
Purdue**
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
Temple**
SIX
SEVEN
UTEP**
EIGHT
NINE
Louisville
TEN
ELEVEN
Utah St**
TWELVE
THIRTEEN
Murray State
Oakland
FOURTEEN
Wofford
Akron
**Sam Houston St**
Montana
FIFTEEN
North Texas
UCSB**
Morgan St**
ETSU
SIXTEEN + ONE
Vermont**
Robert Morris
Lehigh
Winthrop
** = 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 - Vermont
A-10 - Temple
ACC - Duke
Atlantic
Sun - ETSU
Big 12 - Kansas
Big East -
West VirginiaBig Sky -
Montana
Big South -
Winthrop
Big Ten - Purdue
Big West - UCSB
CAA -
Old Dominion
Conference USA - UTEP
Horizon -
Butler
Ivy -
Cornell
MAAC -
Siena
MAC -
AkronMEAC - Morgan St
MVC -
Northern Iowa
MWC - San Diego St
Northeast -
Robert Morris
Ohio
Valley - Murray St
Pac-10 - California
Patriot -
Lehigh
SEC - Kentucky
Southern
- Wofford
Southland - Sam Houston St
SWAC - UAPB
Summit -
Oakland
Sun Belt -
North Texas
WAC - Utah St
WCC -
St. Mary's
*** = Locked Up Automatic Bid
Last In: Ole Miss, Florida, Virginia Tech, Washington
Last Out: Rhode Island, Minnesota, Mississippi St, Seton Hall
Further Four: Arizona St, Memphis, South Florida, UAB
Dropped Out Of Field (at-large): None
Also check out Saturday's NITology projections.
Comments
Also guys, see how my picks
Submitted by Shawn Siegel on Sat, 2010-03-13 10:48.
Also guys, see how my picks compare to a dozen other national experts like Gary Parrish, Gregg Doyel, etc on CBS's Selection Sunday Challenge. It's a fun game:
http://www.ncaa.com/games/selectionchallenge/2010-groups.html
How is it that Utah State
Submitted by Reno Fan (not verified) on Sat, 2010-03-13 10:01.
How is it that Utah State wins by thirty on Friday and gets downgraded?????
USU did nothing wrong, but
Submitted by Shawn Siegel on Sat, 2010-03-13 10:46.
USU did nothing wrong, but SDSU's win vaulted them 8 spots head of USU in the RPI and gave SDSU 3 Top 50 wins to USU's 2. SDSU also has a better strength of schedule.
No Rhode Island?? Think they
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2010-03-13 10:50.
No Rhode Island?? Think they have to beat Temple today to get in?
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THOUGHTS
-- Ole Miss, Florida, and Virginia Tech somehow remain in the field despite losing. I'm convinced Rhode Island, Minnesota, and Mississippi St will need one more win to surpass those teams. Even a strong showing (ie, OT or down to the wire) may be enough to push these schools over Ole Miss.. remember, the committee is watching. At this point, URI, Minnesota, and MSU are pretty much the lone bubble teams trying to get in.
-- So far, there hasn't been a conference champion that's stolen a bid out of the blue. Houston (CUSA over UTEP), New Mexico St (WAC over Utah St), Miami and NC State are all trying to be major spoilers. In the case of Utah St, remember that the committee once snubbed the Aggies after they went 25-2 and were in the Top 25 (so perhaps if they lost, they wouldn't necessarily be an at-large team.)
-- San Diego St jumps 3 seeds after their win over New Mexico. Their RPI jumps up to 24th.
-- Because UNM lost, they drop to a 3 seed and are replaced by Kansas St (who beat Baylor). Also, Tennessee moves up to a 4 in place of Maryland.
-- Washington & Illinois appear to be safe even if they lose their conference tourney games tomorrow.
Enjoy the hoops on Saturday!