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Bracketology Week Four: Kentucky #1 Seed
December 7th, 2009
by Shawn Siegel
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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
Comments
Vandy? I am a bit of a UK
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2009-12-07 23:32.
Vandy? I am a bit of a UK hater, but come on. They are going to breeze to the SEC title.
Actually, I just read how
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2009-12-07 23:36.
Actually, I just read how you determine the conference champ at the moment. So nevermind on that comment above, sorry.
no worries. common mistake.
Submitted by Shawn Siegel on Tue, 2009-12-08 00:50.
no worries. common mistake.
Niagara Seriously??
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2009-12-08 09:39.
Do you really think Niagara is winning the MAAC? Thats nonsense...Siena slipped up like usual in the first couple weeks but they will be dominant come Feb into March...Horrible pick
read the above comments and
Submitted by Shawn Siegel on Tue, 2009-12-08 10:02.
read the above comments and how the conference champions are decided at this point..
If the SEZ gets 5 in to the
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2009-12-08 12:38.
If the SEZ gets 5 in to the ACC's 6, I smell a rat. There is NO WAY the SEZ is that close to the ACC. No way!! Look at the head to head so far!!
at this point, who do you
Submitted by Shawn Siegel on Tue, 2009-12-08 13:03.
at this point, who do you think also belongs in? south carolina arguably? alabama? mississippi st?
I love them all.
Submitted by Marionus (not verified) on Tue, 2009-12-08 20:22.
I like your due diligence and effort at following this outstanding sport.
However, after soon to be 80 years of playing, coaching, and mostly being an endearing fan. I have come to sometimes find that winning and losing sometimes fails to point out qualities in either team.
The most recent example being the UNC vs. Kentucky game. Although the team I have always embraced, I still enjoy them all. Both are super programs, and extremely talented teams, and deserving of all the accolade's they are given. Which does not say as much as it seems,because I feel that about every team. Knowing first hand how much extra burden all of these young men and women take on in a very arduous time in their lives. All to bring us the enjoyment of this valued game.
Sometimes both teams will exhibit a weaknesses, rather than a strength to draw upon. In this case Ky's inability to hang on with a clear home advantage, and UNC's inability to stop the run-out, only to be later inverted. The one good thing is the fans for both, get to believe there is a plus to be had. The abilities vs inabilities here might also reflect that the reason one could, has more to do with the reason that the other couldn't. Although the coaches might not say so publicly, I'm sure that is what they are pointing out to their teams today. The one that adjusts the best, will be the ultimate winner in the end. No offence, just a learned evaluation, for I love them all.
oophs
Submitted by Marionus (not verified) on Tue, 2009-12-08 20:26.
Sorry Shawn, I accidently clicked over the 1 star, please delete it if you can.
St. Marys winning WCC?
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2009-12-08 21:53.
St. Marys winning the WCC?? I understand I'm a little biased being a Gonzaga Grad, but come on! Admittedly the Zags are very young this year, but after winning Maui, and beating an up and coming WSU team how can you say St. Marys will take the WCC when their best game could arguably be a 2 point loss to Vandy (who went 1-2 in Maui)? I could maybe understand Portland, even given their recent struggles
"Conference champions are
Submitted by Jeff H (not verified) on Tue, 2009-12-08 22:34.
"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.)"
Why don't you trying reading the article before you start complaining next time. From one Gonzaga fan to another.
Ahhhh...thanks for pointing
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 2009-12-09 00:29.
Ahhhh...thanks for pointing that out. I retract my complaints and apologize for my whining
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