re: Bracketology - UPDATED 3/15

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itt...wow, what a statement. I still think they stay #1 in west and U Conn in east...but the Big East race just got very interesting. Marquette and L'ville are gearing up.

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pisces, im about to bump my big east breakdown


check it out and comment on it

Purdue with a strong win tonight...MSU has shown to weaken wehn away from East Lansing. Clearly a beatable team they are, but do they still stay at the 2 I have them at? They're probably going to be the Big 10 Champs - reg season - and that tough of a conference deserves a 2 as a tourney rep.

Meanwhile, UK is in danger. It's looking more and more like either them or UF is going to the NIT.

Clemson...big bounce back.

With this bracket, I think LSU would have a good shot at the sweet 16. But then we get Blake Griffin

Pisces by the way...thanks alot for doing this, I really enjoy reading it every couple of days.

Field of 65 after Wednesday, February 18

NOTES:
-UNLV drops out after loss to Wyoming
-Virginia Tech on bubble
-Penn State slips back in
-Miami moves further out
-Creighton replaces Northern Iowa for MVC bid
-BYU moves into safe zone

America East (1): (Vermont)
Atlantic 10 (2): (Xavier), Dayton
ACC (7): (North Carolina), Duke, Clemson, Wake Forest, Florida State, Boston College, Virginia Tech
Atlantic Sun (1): (Jacksonville)
Big 12 (5): (Oklahoma), Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Kansas State
Big East (8): (Pittsburgh), Connecticut, Louisville, Marquette, Villanova, Syracuse, West Virginia, Providence
Big Sky (1): (Weber State)
Big South (1): (Radford)
Big Ten (7): (Michigan State), Illinois, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Penn State
Big West (1): (Long Beach State)
CAA (1): (George Mason)
Conference USA (1): (Memphis)
Horizon (1): (Butler)
Ivy (1): (Cornell)
MAAC (1): (Siena)
MAC (1): (Buffalo)
MEAC (1): (Morgan State)
Missouri Valley (1): (Creighton)
Mountain West (3): (Utah), San Diego State, BYU
NEC (1): (Robert Morris)
OVC (1): (Morehead State)
Pac-10 (5): (UCLA), Washington, Arizona State, California, Arizona
Patriot (1): (American)
SEC (5): (LSU), Florida, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee
Southern (1): (Davidson)
Southland (1): (Sam Houston State)
Summit (1): (North Dakota State)
Sun Belt (1): (Western Kentucky)
SWAC (1): (Alabama State)
West Coast (1): (Gonzaga)
WAC (1): (Utah State)

Last Five In:
Virginia Tech
Kansas State
Kentucky
Penn State
Providence

First Five Out:
St. Marys'
Cincinnati
UAB
Michigan
UNLV

Next Five Out:
USC
Temple
New Mexico
Miami
Georgetown

Potential Bid-Hawks

Conference USA: Tulsa, UAB
Horizon: Green Bay
MAAC: Niagara (if Siena is worthy of an at-large)
Southern: Citadel, Charleston
WAC: Boise State, Nevada
West Coast: St. Mary's, Portland

pisces, better get ready to put tha CAHDS on the one line after we win out

Game Notes 2/19

Penn State deserves in. As good, however, as people perceive the Big 10 to be...my current thoughts tell me it's a league that is good against itself...but come tourney time, very few Big 10 teams will advance past the 2nd round. Tonight's Penn State/Illinois game is a prime example of why this theory holds true. Congrats to PSU, though...this was a gut check. Illinois did not need to lose at home.

Texas A&M has won me back over. I project them at 23-11 on Selection Sunday. They have quality wins and ZERO bad losses. They should finish 7-9/8-8 in conf play. I thought they were toast, but now I am a believer. Probably the last team taken, right after Florida, Kentucky, and Penn State.

Providence needed that win tonight, even though it was as probable as John Brady being the next coach at UCLA. It would have made them a lock. Louisville, Pitt, U Conn...they're the teams you gotta beat and the Fryars - well - they don't beat those teams for a reason. Say hello to one of the best teams in the Not Invited Tournament.

South Carolina didn't need that loss to State, but it was a road game vs. a quality opponent...so not too much damage done. Just don't lose at home. Meanwhile, Miss State fans on their msg boards think this win keeps them alive. Don't kid yourself. This league will be lucky to get 5 in.

Is Auburn, meanwhile, a team to look out for? If the can beat LSU on Saturday and run the table or win 5/6, then do some damage in the SEC...then yes they are. They're playing as good as any team in the SEC. If not a bubble team, they will certainly be a bubble burster. Not a team you wanna play right now if you're sitting on a bubble.

Tennessee is at it again. They go down to a more inferior SEC west team on the road. UT is doing quite well against the east, but man...talk about bad luck vs. the west @ 1-3. Thankfully for Pearl's bunch, they have a #1 SOS and an rpi around 20. In other words, 18 wins gets the Vols in, while it'd take LSU 23. Vols getting a single digit seed, however, is not looking good.

Florida beat Bama tonight and that was expected. If they would have lost that game, the SEC tourney was their last hope.

Miami, at 15-10, lost another much needed game over the Noles. Even though it was on the road, the Canes should have found a way to win that game. The U just isn't doing the things they need to do to parrallel those huge top 10 wins on their resume. My prediction is that these guys win the NIT. They're going to be scary next season. Florida State, meanwhile...ticket punched.

Georgetown is still slimly alive with a win over horrible USF. A win is better than a loss, though. The Hoyas have to win every single game and then get into at least the Big East Tournament semis to get a bid.

West Virginia did what they had to do and in the process, added another quality to win to their resume. Notre Dame needed it just as badly. The Irish are offcially doomed...no metter what. The only good team that the Irish matched well with was Louisville. Another scary team next year of LH comes back.

The Butler did it! They lost to another team from Wisconsin. Green Bay and Milwaukee, both, must feel pretty confident come the Horizon Tourney. Speaking of the Phoenix of Green Bay, are they now an at-large possibilty of they don't win the conference tourney? One would have to think the odds aren't so favorable, but they've got 20 wins in a semi-respectable league.


The Buckeys...tisk tisk and shame shame. Ohio State lost to Northwestern, who might as well be nicknamed the Spoilers. Illinois better be glad they won in Chicago last week. All of a sudden, the Buckeyes are back on the bubble and are clearly behind 4 other fellow Big 10 tourney
bound foes.

Nebraska is hanging in there. Their big night will be when they play A&M at home. Winner of that game perhaps sneaks in on Selection Sunday.


Utah won on the road at Colorado State. With that win, the Utes have sewn up a bid, no matter. Even though CSU is a bad team and the Utes didn't play so well (took overtime to win), 7-2 in this league is a feat.

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I did a more thorough breakdown of the bubble somewhere on this board if you are interested/bored/pumped that conference tourneys are TWO WEEKS AWAY!!!

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Let's see it....as well as your bracket!

Hey buddy...I'm in grad school and I still got time to devote to mine. Get it done!