Tuesday, January 30, 2018

ACC Tracking for 9 Teams

Duke-UVA lived up to expectations as a hard fought heavyweight battle.  Not a lot of movement on the 1 through 3 lines.   

Bracketology
My field prognostication as of today is as follows:
  • #1 seeds:  Villanova, Virginia, Purdue, Duke
  • #2 seeds:  Xavier, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma
  • #3 seeds:   Auburn,  Clemson, Tennessee, Texas Tech
  • #4 seeds:  Arizona, Cincinnati, Kentucky, Michigan State
  • #5 seeds:  TCU, Miami (FL), West Virginia, Ohio State
  • #6 seeds:  Nevada, Rhode Island, Seton Hall, Wichita State
  • #7 seeds:   Louisville, Creighton, Florida, Butler
  • #8 seeds:  Arkansas, Alabama, Florida State, Saint Mary's
  • #9 seeds:  Providence, Arizona State, Michigan, Texas
  • #10 seeds:  USC, Houston, Gonzaga, Syracuse
  • #11 seeds:  NC State, SMU, Middle Tennessee State*, play-in: Kansas State / Boise State
  • #12 seeds:  New Mexico State*, Louisiana-Lafayette*, East Tennessee State*, play-in:  Texas A&M / Washington
  • #13 seeds:  Northern Kentucky*, Belmont*, Vermont*, South Dakota*
  • #14 seeds:  Bucknell*, Buffalo*, Loyola-Chicago*, Penn*
  • #15 seeds:  Iona*, Florida Gulf Coast*, Montana*, SF Austin* 
  • #16 seeds:  College of Charleston*, UC Santa Barbara*, play-in: Wagner* / Radford*, play-in: Jackson State* / North Carolina A&T*  
  • First Six Out:  Marquette, Missouri, Western Kentucky, Maryland, Georgia, VA Tech
   * presumed automatic qualifiers

Bubble Talk
NC State surges into the field.  Now 4-4 against the RPI top 25.  Marquette falls out of the field at 1-6 against the RPI top 25, 2-7 against the RPI top 50.  Texas A&M still in the field, for now, but needs to improve upon its 2-6 conference record.  Still a lot of teams in play on the bubble so I lengthened the list from First Four Out to First Six Out.   

Bracket Matrix

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