Monday, March 9, 2020

Florida State moves up to the 1 line, SDSU falls

The Eye projection model is a quantitative approach that uses a formula derived from the overall seed list released the last two years.  The latest iteration has Florida State on the 1 line.  San Diego State falls to 4 line after losing in their conference tournament to Utah State.      

Bubble Talk

Bubble team Northern Iowa hanging on despite an early drubbing in their conference tournament.  Indiana currently out, reducing Big Ten to 9 teams.

Bracketology

#1 seeds:  Kansas Baylor Duke Florida State
#2 seeds:  Louisville Dayton Creighton Villanova
#3 seeds:  Maryland Oregon West Virginia Gonzaga
#4 seeds:  San Diego State Michigan State Seton Hall BYU
#5 seeds:  Auburn Ohio State Kentucky Houston
#6 seeds:  Wisconsin Butler Colorado Arizona
#7 seeds:  LSU Virginia Michigan Saint Mary's
#8 seeds:  Rutgers Marquette Florida Iowa
#9 seeds:  Oklahoma Illinois Providence Wichita State
#10 seeds:  Penn State Xavier Richmond USC
#11 seeds:  Cincinnati Utah State*    
#11 play-ins: Northern Iowa Texas Tech Stanford Mississippi State
#12 seeds:  East Tenn State Yale Vermont Belmont*
#13 seeds:  Akron New Mexico St. Liberty* North Texas
#14 seeds:  Wright State Bradley* UC Irvine Hofstra
#15 seeds:  Colgate S.F. Austin Eastern Wash Winthrop*
#16 seeds:  NDSU Ark. Little Rock
#16 play-ins: Siena St. Francis (PA) Prairie View NC Central
         
First 4 out:   Arkansas Arizona State Indiana N.C. State
* automatic bid

Bracket Matrix
Check this site out.  Great compilation of expert and amateur bracket projections:

http://www.bracketmatrix.com/