Bracketology: March 5th: Big Changes!
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 March 1st. Arrows indicate movement by seed. Two arrows equals a change of two seeds, etc..
Lot of jockeying since the late Sunday night update, including some rare movement in the top seeds. Oklahoma's loss pushes Michigan St into a #1 seed for the first time, though Duke is hot on the trail for that spot as well. Kansas' loss to Texas Tech pushes Louisville up the #2, while Missouri helped solidify their spot in the 3rd tier. On the back end, Saint Mary's moves into the field for the first time in a month, thanks to a disastrous home loss by Kentucky. New Mexico moves into the next in line batch for the first time this year.
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
LSU*
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
Utah*
NINE
TEN
Creighton*
ELEVEN
TWELVE
Texas A&M
Saint Mary's (new today)
THIRTEEN
VCU*
Western Kentucky*
Vermont*
FOURTEEN
Buffalo*
American*
Weber St*
North Dakota St*
FIFTEEN
Cornell*
Stephen F Austin*
Robert Morris*
Jacksonville*
SIXTEEN + ONE
Tennessee-Martin*
CS Northridge* (new today)
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: Cincinnati, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Michigan
Further Four: Florida, New Mexico, Virginia Tech, Maryland
Dropped Out Today (at-large): Kentucky (for Saint Mary's)
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