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Bracketology: March 1st
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March 1st, 2009
by Shawn Siegel
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2009 Final Four
The Bracketology field is based on how the tourney looks "as of this moment." Arrows indicate the amount of seeds a team moved since the last update. (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:
Previous update was February 25th. Arrows indicate movement by seed. Two arrows equals a change of two seeds, etc..
Apologies for lack of usual update on Friday. Oklahoma St and Providence move into the field, replacing Temple (who choked after finally moving back into the bubble discussion) and Florida. No changes in the top seeds, though UCONN is now the #1 seed (replacing Pittsburgh). Washington moves up to a four for the first time, while fellow Pac-10 team Arizona drops a pair. Missouri, despite getting ripped by Kansas, actually improves a seed thanks to a pair of Clemson losses.
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
LSU*
SIX
SEVEN
Utah*
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
Providence (new today)
ELEVEN
Creighton*
TWELVE
Texas A&M
Oklahoma St (new today)
THIRTEEN
VCU*
Western Kentucky*
Vermont*
FOURTEEN
Buffalo*
Weber St*
North Dakota St*
American*
FIFTEEN
Jacksonville*
Cornell*
Stephen F Austin*
Robert Morris*
SIXTEEN + ONE
CS Northridge* (new today)
Tennessee-Martin*
Morgan State*
Radford* / Alabama St*
* = Conference champion
Bold = Tournament Bid
League Winners (31)
- Winners are merely the first place team in the standings as of today. Ties are given to the higher RPI team.
America East - Vermont
A-10 - Xavier
ACC - North Carolina
Atlantic Sun - Jacksonville
Big 12 - Kansas
Big East - UCONN
Big Sky - Weber St
Big South - Radford
Big Ten - Michigan State
Big West - CS Northridge**
CAA - VCU
Conference USA - Memphis
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Cornell
MAAC - Siena
MAC - Buffalo
MEAC - Morgan State
MVC - Creighton
MWC - Utah
Northeast - Robert Morris
Ohio Valley - Tennessee-Martin
Pac-10 - Washington
Patriot - American
SEC - LSU
Southern - Davidson
Southland - Stephen F. Austin
SWAC - Alabama St
Summit - North Dakota St
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky
WAC - Utah St
WCC - Gonzaga
** = New conference leaders
Last In: Texas A&M, Kentucky, San Diego St, Oklahoma St (last)
Last Out: Florida, Miami, Saint Mary's, UAB
Further Four: Cincinnati, Kansas St, Rhode Island, Michigan
Dropped Out Today (at-large): Temple, Florida (for Providence, Oklahoma St)
Comments
kentucky
Submitted by tru kentucky fan (not verified) on Mon, 2009-03-02 06:43.
people seem to forget that this is still kentucky time is rough right now but things can change quick. kentucky as a 12 seed is very dangerous be honest who wants to see a player like jodie meeks and patrick patterson in the first round. this is not a good time for me to say this but i have a good feeling about kentucky they can cause problems
kentucky
Submitted by tru kentucky fan (not verified) on Mon, 2009-03-02 06:43.
people seem to forget that this is still kentucky time is rough right now but things can change quick. kentucky as a 12 seed is very dangerous be honest who wants to see a player like jodie meeks and patrick patterson in the first round. this is not a good time for me to say this but i have a good feeling about kentucky they can cause problems
Sand Diego St??
Submitted by NickP (not verified) on Mon, 2009-03-02 09:03.
I really don't understand some of these selections. Can you explain why SD St deserves a bid when they are 1-5 vs the top 50?
Louisville a 3-seed?
Submitted by uoflcard (not verified) on Tue, 2009-03-03 13:26.
No way is UofL behind Michigan St. or Duke right now. We had some mediocre losses early in the season, but we have long since put them behind us. We're on the verge of a 16-2 Big East record, 8-1 on the road. The Selection Committee salivates over great road records and great records at the end of the season. It all adds up to us being a strong 2-seed right now with our destiny as a 1-seed in our hands, as well. If we win the Big East regular season and tournament championships, we are an automatic #1 seed, possibly #1 overall. That is a tall order, though. But the point is we're a solid 2-seed at the moment.
How is Providence a 10 seed,
Submitted by Jeremy (not verified) on Wed, 2009-03-04 11:48.
How is Providence a 10 seed, Dayton an 8 seed, but URI isn't even in the tourney? They led Duke for All but 5 minutes AT CAMERON, Lost to Providence by 1 when Baron was sick, and beat Dayton. They've also won 6 straight and 10 of their last 11, and are second in the A10.
HOW DO THEY NOT GET A SNIFF?!?!
North Dakota State University
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2009-03-05 15:45.
Watch Out!!! They are hot!
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