Friday, January 26, 2018

Final Weekend in January

My four projected #1 seeds are holding steady.  Is Duke-UVA this weekend a Final Four preview?   

Bracketology
My field prognostication as of today is as follows:

  • #1 seeds:  Villanova, Duke, Virginia, Purdue
  • #2 seeds:  Xavier, North Carolina, Kansas, Oklahoma
  • #3 seeds:   Auburn,  Clemson, Tennessee, Texas Tech
  • #4 seeds:  West Virginia, Arizona, TCU, Cincinnati
  • #5 seeds:   Miami (FL), Michigan State, Ohio State, Rhode Island
  • #6 seeds:  Kentucky, Nevada, Seton Hall, Wichita State
  • #7 seeds:   Louisville, Creighton, Butler, Florida
  • #8 seeds:  Texas A&M, Michigan, Florida State, Arizona State
  • #9 seeds:  Saint Mary's, Arkansas, Providence, Texas
  • #10 seeds:  Alabama, Houston, SMU, Gonzaga
  • #11 seeds:  Kansas State, USC, Middle Tennessee State*, play-in: Marquette / Syracuse
  • #12 seeds:  New Mexico State*, Louisiana-Lafayette*, East Tennessee State*, play-in:  Boise State / 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:  William & Mary*, Hawaii*, play-in: Robert Morris* / Radford*, play-in: Jackson State* / North Carolina Central*  
  • First Four Out:  Missouri, Western Kentucky, Georgia, Maryland
   * presumed automatic qualifiers

Bubble Talk
The fringe teams have been fading so I moved Middle Tennessee State up to the 11 line and moved the second play-in game down to the 12 line.  Georgia and Missouri move out of the field, Syracuse and Washington move in (that win at Kansas is a huge resume booster for the Huskies).   

Bracket Matrix

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