Bracketology Week Four: Kentucky #1 Seed
The weekly Bracketology field is based on how the tourney looks "as of this moment." My weekly Bracketology updates are usually released later on Mondays. In late February into March, 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
Texas**
TWO
Purdue**
Duke**
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
UNLV**
SIX
SEVEN
Texas Tech
EIGHT
Florida State
NINE
New Mexico
TEN
Illinois
Tulsa**
Northwestern
St. John's
ELEVEN
Temple**
Missouri State**
St. Mary's**
TWELVE
William & Mary**
Cornell**
Niagara**
THIRTEEN
San Jose St**
Loyola (Ill)**
Western Kentucky**
Eastern Michigan**
FOURTEEN
Western Carolina**
Long Beach St**
Northern Colorado**
UTSA**
FIFTEEN
IUPUI**
Belmont**
Coastal Carolina**
Murray State**
SIXTEEN + ONE
Army**
Morgan St**
Stony Brook**
LIU** / 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 - Stony Brook
A-10 - Temple
ACC -
DukeAtlantic Sun - Belmont
Big 12 - Texas
Big East - West Virginia
Big Sky - Northern Colorado
Big South -
Coastal CarolinaBig Ten -
PurdueBig West - Long Beach St
CAA - William & Mary
Conference USA - Tulsa
Horizon - Loyola (Ill)
Ivy - Cornell
MAAC - Niagara
MAC - Eastern Michigan
MEAC - Morgan St
MVC - Missouri St
MWC - UNLV
Northeast - LIU
Ohio Valley -
Murray StatePac-10 - Washington
Patriot - Army
SEC - Vanderbilt
Southern - Western Carolina
Southland - UTSA
SWAC - Texas Southern
Summit - IUPUI
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky
WAC - San Jose St
WCC - St. Mary's
*** = Locked Up Automatic Bid
Last In:
Northwestern, St. John's, BYU, California
Last Out: Pittsburgh, Richmond, Baylor, South Carolina
Further Four: Charlotte,
Louisville, Wake Forest, Minnesota
Dropped Out Of Field (at-large): Louisville, Marquette, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota
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