Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Auburn Joins the Giants

Auburn just keeps winning and replaces Duke on the 1 line.  Clemson pushes up to the 2 line fueled by a 3-2 record against the RPI top 25.      

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

Bubble Talk
Last two in are Western Kentucky and Boise State with minimal wins against the RPI top 50.  UCLA and Mississippi State move into consideration.  Texas A&M now safely in the field after improving conference record to two games below .500.     

Bracket Matrix

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