Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Gonzaga to the top line

The Eye projection model is a quantitative approach that uses a formula derived from the overall seed list released the last two years.  Gonzaga to the top line after a tweak to the methodology, despite an SoS rank of 103.        

Bubble Talk

Watching for bid stealers in the Big 12, Atlantic 10, Big Ten, ACC, Pac-12, Big East, SEC and American conference tournaments.

Bracketology

#1 seeds:  Kansas Baylor Gonzaga Duke
#2 seeds:  Florida State Louisville Dayton Creighton
#3 seeds:  Villanova West Virginia Maryland Oregon
#4 seeds:  Michigan State San Diego State Seton Hall Auburn
#5 seeds:  BYU Ohio State Kentucky Houston
#6 seeds:  Wisconsin Butler Colorado Arizona
#7 seeds:  LSU Virginia Michigan Marquette
#8 seeds:  Rutgers Florida Oklahoma Saint Mary's
#9 seeds:  Illinois Iowa Providence Wichita State
#10 seeds:  Penn State Xavier USC Richmond
#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:  Bradley* Hofstra* UC Irvine Colgate
#15 seeds:  S.F. Austin NDSU* Northern Kentucky* Eastern Wash
#16 seeds:  Winthrop* Ark. Little Rock    
#16 play-ins: Siena Robert Morris* 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/