Monday, February 27, 2017

16 days until the NCAA tournament field of 68 tips off!

Bracketology
My field prognostication as of today is as follows:

  • #1 seeds:  Villanova, Kansas, N. Carolina, Gonzaga
  • #2 seeds:  Louisville, Baylor, Kentucky, Oregon
  • #3 seeds:  Duke, Florida St., Butler, Florida 
  • #4 seeds:  UCLA, Arizona, Purdue, Virginia
  • #5 seeds:  Minnesota, West Virginia, Notre Dame, Creighton
  • #6 seeds:  Cincinnati, St. Mary's, SMU, Wisconsin 
  • #7 seeds:  Dayton, Maryland, Oklahoma St., Xavier 
  • #8 seeds:  VCU, South Carolina, Iowa St., Miami (FL) 
  • #9 seeds:  Michigan St., Arkansas, Virginia Tech, Michigan  
  • #10 seeds:  USC, Wichita St., Seton Hall, Providence
  • #11 seeds:  Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Syracuse, Marquette, California, Rhode Island
  • #12 seeds:  Middle Tenn. St.*, TX Arlington*, N.C. Wilmington*, Monmouth*
  • #13 seeds:  Nevada*, Vermont*, Princeton*, Akron*
  • #14 seeds:  Belmont*, N.C. Asheville*, E. Tennessee St.*, Valparaiso*
  • #15 seeds:  CSU Bakersfield*, Bucknell*, Fla Gulf Coast*, N. Dak. St.*, 
  • #16 seeds:  North Dakota*, UC Irvine*, North Carolina Central*, Mount St Mary's*, New Orleans*, Texas Southern*
  • First four out:  Houston, Illinois, Kansas St., TCU

* presumed automatic qualifiers

    Bubble talk
    Kansas State and TCU both fall out of the field with identical 6-10 conference records.  K State coming off a 30 point loss to Oklahoma and TCU riding a 5-game losing streak.  Cal back in after stopping a 3-game losing streak against a putrid Oregon State team.  Rhode Island in after beating a solid VCU team by 10.

    Bracket Matrix
    Check this site out.  Great compilation of expert and amateur bracket projections.
    http://www.bracketmatrix.com/