Bracketology Friday: Rhode Island's Back
March 5th, 2010
by Shawn Siegel
Final Four 2010
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. I'll next post a Bracketology update again on Monday. Look below for commentary on today's changes.
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**
Temple**
FIVE
SIX
Gonzaga**
SEVEN
EIGHT
UTEP**
NINE
TEN
Utah St**
ELEVEN
TWELVE
Rhode Island
Siena**
Cornell**
THIRTEEN
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 - Temple
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: San Diego St, Ole Miss, Memphis, Mississippi St
Further Four: Dayton, Arizona St, Washington, Wichita St
Dropped Out Of Field (at-large): Mississippi St
Post your thoughts on this week's field below:
Comments
Too hard to find chart with red/green arrows
Submitted by Jim Howe (not verified) on Sat, 2010-03-06 15:22.
Shawn: When I come on to your site it is too hard to find my favorite part...your awesome seeding chart with the red and green arrows.I want to tell my co-workers to check it out, but I don't know how to tell them to navigate to your chart. Admittedly I am a dope on the computer, but I wanted you to know that there are dingdongs like me out there who like your site but can't figure it out.
Jim in FL....Go Canes
there should be multiple
Submitted by Shawn Siegel on Sat, 2010-03-06 18:23.
there should be multiple bracketology links on the front page. and you can find a big box of the latest bracketology related content on the NCAA Tournament page.
Mississippi State Mistake
Submitted by Kentuckyforev18 on Fri, 2010-03-05 18:54.
Just so you know you have Mississippi State listed in the Last In list as well as the Last Out list.
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THOUGHTS
-- Rhode Island moves back in place of Mississippi St, who lost to Auburn the other night. MSU has just 1 Top 50 on the season. URI's RPI is up to 30th after their latest win over Charlotte, and that's simply too high not to take.
-- The lone conference leader switch is Temple over Xavier. This is due to Temple re-passing the Muskies in the RPI. Xavier played lowly Fordham, and that hurt their SOS.
-- A similar situation up top where Villanova passed Purdue for a #2 seed despite both teams winning. Purdue dropped to 13th in the RPI playing Indiana, while Nova won at Cincy and is 7th in the computer ranking.
-- UAB lost to Memphis, and tumbles 3 spots. I have them in the field for now, although others have them out. To me, their overall resume still shapes up nicely compared to other bubble teams like SDSU, Ole Miss (and now Memphis). However, the CUSA Tourney will go a large way in determining UAB & Memphis' fate. I still think the CUSA will get 2 teams in the field this year.
-- One other mid-level change to note is FSU moving up to an 8 after beating Wake. Wake remains a #9 seed, although their neck and neck with Louisville there.
What do you think about this week's field?