Things have changed considerably in the past week. Bracketbuster weekend is over which has made the picture a bit more clear for us. Unfortunately for the Siena's, Northeastern's, and Louisiana Tech's of the world, they must win their conference tourney's. I've added a First Four Out category just for a bit of motivation for those institutions. Here are the bracket rankings:
Rank | Seed | Team |
1 | 1 | Kansas |
2 | 1 | Kentucky |
3 | 1 | Syracuse |
4 | 1 | Purdue |
5 | 2 | Duke |
6 | 2 | Kansas State |
7 | 2 | Villanova |
8 | 2 | West Virginia |
9 | 3 | New Mexico |
10 | 3 | Ohio State |
11 | 3 | Georgetown |
12 | 3 | Pittsburgh |
13 | 4 | Vanderbilt |
14 | 4 | Michigan State |
15 | 4 | Wisconsin |
16 | 4 | Brigham Young |
17 | 5 | Butler |
18 | 5 | Temple |
19 | 5 | Tennessee |
20 | 5 | Gonzaga |
21 | 6 | Texas A&M |
22 | 6 | Northern Iowa |
23 | 6 | Wake Forest |
24 | 6 | Texas |
25 | 7 | Richmond |
26 | 7 | Xavier |
27 | 7 | Baylor |
28 | 7 | Maryland |
29 | 8 | UNLV |
30 | 8 | Missouri |
31 | 8 | Clemson |
32 | 8 | UAB |
33 | 9 | Rhode Island |
34 | 9 | Saint Mary's |
35 | 9 | Virginia Tech |
36 | 9 | Utah State |
37 | 10 | Florida State |
38 | 10 | Oklahoma State |
39 | 10 | Georgia Tech |
40 | 10 | UTEP |
41 | 11 | California |
42 | 11 | Old Dominion |
43 | 11 | Louisville |
44 | 11 | Cornell |
45 | 12 | Siena |
46 | 12 | Florida |
47 | 12 | Connecticut |
48 | 12 | Illinois |
49 | 13 | Rhode Island |
50 | 13 | Saint Mary's |
51 | 13 | Marquette |
52 | 13 | Northeastern |
53 | 14 | Kent State |
54 | 14 | Murray State |
55 | 14 | Oakland |
56 | 14 | Weber State |
57 | 15 | Sam Houston State |
58 | 15 | Wofford |
59 | 15 | UC Santa Barbara |
60 | 15 | Morgan State |
61 | 16 | Jacksonville |
62 | 16 | Coastal Carolina |
63 | 16 | North Texas |
64 | 16 | Stony Brook |
65 | 16 | Robert Morris |
Last Four In: Marquette, Saint Mary's, Rhode Island, Illinois
Last Four Out: San Diego State, Dayton, Wichita State, William & Mary
Next Four Out: Charlotte, Arizona State, Memphis, Mississippi State
First Four Out: Alcorn State, Marist, Bryant University, Chicago State
Ummm I don't see Iowa anywhere on this list??? WTF?!?!?! And if I may be so bold as to say it's pretty obvious that the 65th team is Lipscomb and the 64th team should be Jackson St. Just saying...
ReplyDeleteForever yours...The Dutch
1) I second Dutch's opinion. Everyone knows Iowa is going to shoot themselves into the Big Ten Tournament title and thus should be included (albeit as a 15 seed).
ReplyDelete2) I stumbled upon this site thinking it was a blog in search of an Updated Nintendo 64 model. Boy was I mistaken . .
Dutch,
ReplyDeleteI respectfully decline your request to swap Lipscomb and Jack-St. First, this does not impace the QPI since they are both on the 16 line and in the play-in game. Second, Lipscomb has an RPI of 200 with an ASM of -0.5 whereas Jack-St. has an RPI of 252 with an abysmal ASM of -8.9. Jack-St. is the only team in the projected field with a losing record at 10-11. Don't bring that weak sauce to The Quest.
Dutch/Tyler,
We do the analysis based on if the Tourney were to begin today. When Iowa wins the Big 10 Tourney, you'll see that reflected appropriately.