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Bracketology: Richmond, Illinois Make Big Moves
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February 12th, 2010
by Shawn Siegel
Final Four 2010
The Bracketology field is based on how the tourney looks "as of this moment." 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. For the next few weeks, I'll be posting Bracketology updates every Tuesday & Friday. In late February, I release Bracketology updates daily as the season enters crunch time.
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 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**
TWO
Duke**
THREE
FOUR
Gonzaga**
FIVE
Butler**
SIX
SEVEN
Richmond**
EIGHT
NINE
Cornell**
Illinois
TEN
Siena**
ELEVEN
Florida
UTEP**
TWELVE
Dayton
Oklahoma St
Old Dominion
THIRTEEN
Utah St**
Northeastern**
Murray State**
Kent St**
FOURTEEN
Charleston**
Oakland**
Weber St**
Pacific**
FIFTEEN
Sam Houston St**
Coastal Carolina**
Morgan St**
Middle Tennessee St**
SIXTEEN + ONE
Stony Brook**
Jacksonville**
Robert Morris**
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 -
RichmondACC - Duke
Atlantic Sun - Jacksonville
Big 12 - Kansas
Big East - Syracuse
Big Sky - Weber St
Big South - Coastal Carolina
Big Ten - Michigan St
Big West - Pacific
CAA - Northeastern
Conference USA - UTEP
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Cornell
MAAC - Siena
MAC - Kent St
MEAC - Morgan St
MVC - Northern Iowa
MWC - New Mexico
Northeast - Robert Morris
Ohio Valley - Murray St
Pac-10 - California
Patriot - Lehigh
SEC - Kentucky
Southern - Charleston
Southland - Sam Houston St
SWAC - Jackson St
Summit - Oakland
Sun Belt - Middle Tennessee St
WAC - Utah St
WCC - Gonzaga
*** = Locked Up Automatic Bid
Last In: Louisville, Old Dominion, Oklahoma St, Dayton
Last Out: Virginia Tech, Marquette, Cincinnati,
Mississippi St,Further Four: South Florida, Notre Dame, Virginia, Wichita St
Dropped Out Of Field (at-large): Wichita St
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Shawn Siegel created CollegeHoops.net (formerly collegehoopsnet.com) back in the summer of 2002, and it has since grown into the web's largest independent college basketball site, visited by over 1,000,000 visitors per year. Shawn is responsible for the CHN Top 50,Bracketology projections (he is ranked the #1 Bracketologist over the last 4 years), as well the NBA Mock Draft.
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Thoughts
-- Wichita St falls out of the field after a weak road loss at Evansville. For Evansville, it was their first league win of the season. The Shockers are replaced by Dayton, who are up to 32nd in the RPI.
-- Soaring Illinois moves up 3 more seeds, as does Richmond. Richmond, up to 26th in the RPI, has won 5 straight including a big road win at Rhode Island. The Spiders have 3 easy games before a rough finish against Xavier, Dayton, and Charlotte.
-- Louisville barely hangs in after a bad loss to St. John's. Louisville gets the nod over fellow Big Easters Marquette and Notre Dame, etc, because Louisville is still 6-5 in conference (same as Marquette, better then the rest) and has a higher RPI then the rest.
-- Utah St is on a roll in the WAC, and up to 48th in the RPI. While the Aggies perhaps are not considered by many as an at-large team, they're close to moving up to a 12th seed. They've won 9 in a row.
-- Due to losses by Wisconsin and MSU, West Virginia moves up to a 3 seed despite being idle since the latest update. WVU is 5th in the RPI, but has a tough pair of road games coming up against Pitt and Providence.
What do you think about this week's field?