Bracketology: Virginia Tech, UAB Join Field
The weekly Bracketology field is based on how the tourney looks "as of this moment." . In late February, I release Bracketology updates daily as the season approaches crunch time.
Why should you care what I have to say? Did you know 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 the current RPI leader at the time of the posting (this switches to conference record once all leagues have started.)
ONE
Kentucky**
Purdue**
TWO
Duke**
THREE
UCONN**
FOUR
FIVE
Temple**
SIX
Texas Tech
UNLV
Florida State
SEVEN
Butler**
EIGHT
Northwestern
NINE
Missouri State**
St. John's
TEN
Charlotte
St. Mary's**
Tulsa
ELEVEN
Baylor
UAB
Virginia Tech
TWELVE
Mississippi St
Cornell**
Southern Miss**
William & Mary**
THIRTEEN
Louisiana Tech**
Western Carolina**
Siena**
Western Kentucky**
FOURTEEN
Bufflo**
Montana**
IUPUI**
Long Beach St**
FIFTEEN
UTSA**
Belmont**
Austin Peay*
Radford**
SIXTEEN + ONE
Army**
Morgan St**
Vermont**
Sacred Heart** / Texas Southern**
** = 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. Up until conference play begins, 1st place is given to the highest RPI team. New teams this week in green.
America East - Vermont
A-10 - Temple
ACC -
DukeAtlantic Sun - Belmont
Big 12 - Kansas St
Big East - Connecticut
Big Sky - Montana
Big South - Radford
Big Ten - Purdue
Big West - Long Beach St
CAA - William & Mary
Conference USA - Southern Miss
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Cornell
MAAC - Siena
MAC - Buffalo
MEAC - Morgan St
MVC - Missouri St
MWC - New Mexico
Northeast - Sacred Heart
Ohio Valley - Austin Peay
Pac-10 - California
Patriot - Army
SEC - Kentucky
Southern - Western Carolina
Southland - UTSA
SWAC - Texas Southern
Summit - IUPUI
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky
WAC - Louisiana Tech
WCC - St. Mary's
*** = Locked Up Automatic Bid
Last In: Cincinnati, UAB, Virginia Tech, Mississippi St
Last Out: Memphis, Wake Forest, Wichita St, Richmond
Further Four: Vanderbilt, Seton Hall, Rhode Island, Pittsburgh
Dropped Out Of Field (at-large):
Illinois, Memphis, Seton Hall, Vanderbilt
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