Friday, February 2, 2018

Happy Groundhog Day

Auburn just keeps winning and moves up to the 2 line.   

Bracketology
My field prognostication as of today is as follows:
  • #1 seeds:  Villanova, Virginia, Purdue, Duke
  • #2 seeds:  Xavier, Kansas, Auburn,  Oklahoma
  • #3 seeds:  Clemson, Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas Tech 
  • #4 seeds:  Cincinnati, Arizona, Kentucky, Michigan State
  • #5 seeds:  Seton Hall, Miami (FL), Ohio State, Nevada
  • #6 seeds:  Rhode Island, TCU, Wichita State, Creighton
  • #7 seeds:  Louisville, Butler, West Virginia, Saint Mary's
  • #8 seeds:  Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Texas
  • #9 seeds:  Alabama, Florida State, USC, Gonzaga
  • #10 seeds:  Providence, Houston, Arizona State, Syracuse 
  • #11 seeds:  NC State, Washington, Middle Tennessee State*, play-in: Missouri / Western Kentucky
  • #12 seeds:  Buffalo*, New Mexico State*, Loyola-Chicago*, play-in:  Texas A&M / 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: Jackson State* / North Carolina A&T*  
  • First Six Out:  Kansas State, VA Tech, SMU, Georgia, Utah, Marquette
   * presumed automatic qualifiers

Bubble Talk
Missouri and Western Kentucky (early win against Purdue is the resume highlight) move into the field.  SMU and Kansas State fall out.  Both have woeful RPIs in the mid 60s.  Texas A&M still in the field, for now, but needs to improve upon its 3-6 conference record.     

Bracket Matrix

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