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Bracketology: Week Six
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January 5th, 2009
by Shawn Siegel
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2009 Final Four
Bracketology: January 5th
Our weekly and eventual Daily Field of 65 continues into Christmas week. The Bracketology field is based on how the tourney looks "as of this moment." Arrows indicate a team that moved up or down based on last week's performance. (Just because a team won or lost doesn't necessarily mean they'll move substantially though.)
Important: Up until the beginning of conference play, the #1 RPI team in the conference is listed as the projected champ! (The purpose is to prevent the bracketology series from merely being my own subjective views about who will eventually make it down the line)
Note on Today's Movement:
Arrows indicate movement by seed. Two arrows equals a change of two seeds, etc..
ONE
Duke*
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
Boston College (new)
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
UNLV (new)
ELEVEN
Kansas (new)
TWELVE
Utah* (new)
Evansville*
Boise State* (new)
THIRTEEN
Siena*
Northeastern* (new)
Miami (OH)*
Western Kentucky*
FOURTEEN
VMI* (new)
Stephen F Austin*
Portland State*
Pacific*
FIFTEEN
Mercer* (new)
Cornell*
Vermont*
American*
SIXTEEN + ONE
Jacksonville State*
Oakland*
Robert Morris* (new)
Morgan State* / UAPB*
* = Conference champion
Bold = Tournament Bid
League Winners (31)
America East - Vermont
A-10 - Xavier
ACC - Duke
Atlantic Sun - Mercer**
Big 12 - Oklahoma
Big East - Pittsburgh
Big Sky - Portland State
Big South - VMI**
Big Ten - Michigan State**
Big West - Pacific
CAA - Northeastern**
Conference USA - Memphis**
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Cornell
MAAC - Siena
MAC - Miami
MEAC - Morgan State
MVC - Evansville
MWC - Utah**
Northeast - Robert Morris**
Ohio Valley - Jacksonville State
Pac-10 - California**
Patriot - American
SEC - Tennessee
Southern - Davidson
Southland - Stephen F Austin
SWAC - UAPB
Summit - Oakland
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky
WAC - Boise State**
WCC - St. Mary's
** = New RPI leaders this week
Last In: BYU, Kansas, Missouri, Stanford
Last Out: Arkansas, Florida, Oklahoma State, LSU
Dropped Out (at-large): Arizona, New (at-large): Boston College, UNLV, Kansas
Comments
Cal wins the Pac 10 over
Submitted by Dan Daitchman on Tue, 2009-01-06 12:30.
Cal wins the Pac 10 over UCLA? How come?
Every Week
Submitted by CU101 on Tue, 2009-01-06 12:41.
To save Shawn the bother because someone makes the same post every week, look at the top, up until conference play gets going in full, the projected conference winners are taken from the #1 RPI team in the league at the time
But conference play is going
Submitted by Dan Daitchman on Tue, 2009-01-06 15:03.
But conference play is going in full. What determines when the #1 RPI isn't used anymore? End of January? Mid February?
Dan, 8 or 9 leagues haven't
Submitted by Shawn Siegel on Tue, 2009-01-06 15:16.
Dan,
8 or 9 leagues haven't even started league play yet.
Huh?
Submitted by scott (not verified) on Tue, 2009-01-06 15:49.
If this is "as of this moment" like you say, then why are both Notre Dame and G'town higher seeds than Syracuse, who has a better BE record, and higher ranking (ND-both polls, GU -coaches). Me thinks you look ahead, which would contradict how you do this thing.
Good post
Submitted by Shawn Siegel on Tue, 2009-01-06 16:07.
some fair points. G'Town is ranked higher than Cuse and has a better RPI. With regards to ND, I'm fairly certain the committee would see through Syracuse's big record, and realize they're lone win so far over a lock tourney team is Memphis. (who Gtown also beat). GTown though has the win over UCONN, and ND's now beaten Texas & GTown as of now.. 2 highly regarded squads.
OK...
Submitted by scott (not verified) on Tue, 2009-01-06 16:13.
I beleve Kansas will be a lock. who they basically beat at Kansas, as well as Florida (which I also think will make the tourney) and while G'town and SU both beat Memphis, SU did it on the road where G'town did it at home - in overtime. Then again, I am just nit-picking.
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what did Florida do to drop out? and weren't they in the field last week even though you dont have them listed.