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Bracketology: January 29th
January 29th, 2009
by Shawn Siegel
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2009 Final Four
Bracketology: January 29th
This week marks the tipping point when the weekly Bracketology slowly begins to morph into a Daily Field of 65. Expect updates every 2-3 days for the next 2 weeks before the daily updates begin. 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.)
Why should you care what I have to say? Did you know, last year I was considered to have one of the Top 2 or 3 brackets (depending on the scoring rubric) amongst 53 national experts including Joe Lunardi, Gary Parrish and the like).
Movement:
Last update was Jan 26. Arrows indicate movement by seed. Two arrows equals a change of two seeds, etc..
ONE
Duke*
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN
Utah* (new)
TWELVE
Boston College (new)
THIRTEEN
Northern Iowa*
Northeastern* (new)
Western Kentucky*
North Dakota St*
FOURTEEN
Texas A&M - CC*
Portland St*
Buffalo*
Vermont*
FIFTEEN
Long Beach St*
Cornell*
VMI*
American*
SIXTEEN + ONE
Austin Peay*
East Tennessee St*
Morgan State*
Robert Morris* / Alabama St*
* = Conference champion
Bold = Tournament Bid
League Winners (31)
- Winners are merely the first place team as of today. Ties are given to the higher RPI team.
America East - Vermont
A-10 - Xavier
ACC - Duke
Atlantic Sun - East Tennessee St
Big 12 - Oklahoma
Big East - Louisville**
Big Sky - Portland State
Big South - VMI
Big Ten - Michigan State
Big West - Long Beach State
CAA - Northeastern**
Conference USA - Memphis
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Cornell
MAAC - Siena
MAC - Buffalo
MEAC - Morgan State
MVC - Northern Iowa
MWC - Utah**
Northeast - Robert Morris
Ohio Valley - Austin Peay
Pac-10 - Washington
Patriot - American
SEC - Florida**
Southern - Davidson
Southland - Texas A&M-CC
SWAC - Alabama St
Summit - North Dakota St
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky
WAC - Utah St
WCC - Gonzaga
** = New RPI leaders this week
Last In: Michigan , USC, Boston College, Oklahoma State (last)
Last Out: BYU, Illinois State, Notre Dame,
At-Larges Dropped Out: Notre Dame, BYU, San Diego St
Comments
i would love it
Submitted by inflow on Thu, 2009-01-29 11:35.
if butler got a 3 seed. in reality we can only lose one or two more games this year, and they have to be on the road at decent teams like UWGB or UWM. and we HAVE to win the bracketbuster this year. otherwise we will get boned and have another bunk seed like 7
agreed
Submitted by Shawn Siegel on Thu, 2009-01-29 11:44.
this isnt a projection of how it will look, but how it is as of now. reality is, as you say, that even if butler continues to win, their RPI will drop as the season goes on, and one loss will be counted more heavily than a bcs's team loss. Odds of them actually being a 3 at the season's end aren't very high
I like that little green up
Submitted by David Meseke on Thu, 2009-01-29 23:05.
I like that little green up arrow next to Kansas......very nice
Northeastern Huskies getting
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2009-01-30 14:39.
Northeastern Huskies getting some love, very nice!
Cant ignore them when
Submitted by Shawn Siegel on Fri, 2009-01-30 14:57.
Cant ignore them when they're in first place
I sure hope all of that changes...
Submitted by Alex Mazzoli on Sat, 2009-01-31 01:59.
As it stands right now UNC would be a two seed to either UConn or OU, two teams I would rather avoid if possible. It would be a great match up with Oklahoma, but to have a front line like the Huskies have would probably mean a lot of trouble for the Heels if the trio of Lawson/Ellington/Green don't play a top notch game.
“If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.” - Dean Smith
"The name on the front of your jersey is a lot more important than the name on the back." -Roy Williams
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