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Well, I'm back with another seed list! Bracket may accompany tomorrow. Few things I'd like to mention: 1) Don't forget the seed list snakes. This means that it's like an s-curve, the top 2 seed is Indiana, the top 4 is New Mexico, etc. 2) I turned the Next 4 out section into the Next 7 out. The number of teams in that section will vary, it's sort of an "also considered" list. 3) Bubble teams just keep losing. Boise State and Temple are now in very precarious positions after losses. La Salle gets 2 huge wins against the top of the A-10 to become an 11 seed, Iowa State gets a big win over Kansas State as well. Wyoming is in a precarious position after a 2-3 start to conference play.  4) I made some re-evaluations. I realized Memphis' resume sucks, for example, and Belmont's resume is better. 5) A quick, random note about BYU and Southern Miss. How can so many people have Southern Miss in and BYU out? Their resumes are practically identical, save ...

Bracket and seed list this time! Note that some teams had to switch seed lines in the bracket to maintain bracketing principles (Georgetown/Mississippi) East Region (Washington DC): Lexington 1 Duke vs. 16 (Mercer/Bryant) 8 Missouri vs. 9 Oklahoma State Austin 4 Cincinnati vs. 13 Akron 5 Ohio State vs. 12 Stephen F. Austin San Jose 3 Gonzaga vs. 14 Davidson 6 Colorado State vs. 11 Memphis Dayton  2 Indiana vs. 15 Niagara 7 Marquette vs. 10 Colorado West Region (Los Angeles): Austin 1 Florida vs. 16 Weber State 8 Notre Dame vs. 9 Illinois Philadelphia 4 VCU vs. 13 Louisiana Tech 5 UNLV vs. 12  (Indiana State/Iowa State) Kansas City 3 Minnesota vs. 14 Valparaiso 6 Miami (FL) vs. 11 Belmont San Jose 2 Arizona vs. 15 Pacific 7 San Diego State vs. 10 Oklahoma Midwest Region (Indianapolis): Auburn Hills 1 Michigan vs. 16 (North Carolina Central/Charleston Southern) 8 Pittsburgh vs. 9 North Carolina Salt Lake City 4 Creighton vs. 13 Middle Tenne...

Well, certainly some changes this time around. Florida gets the last #1 seed, and the Iowa hate coming from the crowd is now at a deafening roar. Saint Louis suffered a bad loss at home to Rhode Island, Boise fell to Air Force in a game they shouldn't have. Lots of other bubble teams faltered, leading the way for Saint Mary's and Indiana State to sneak into the bracket. 1:  Duke,  Michigan,  Kansas,  F lorida 2:  Indiana,   Arizona,    Syracuse,  Louisville  3:  Butler,  Gonzaga,  New Mexico,  Minnesota,  4:  VCU,  Kansas State,  C reighton,  North Carolina State 5:  Cincinnati,  Michigan State,  Ohio State,  Oregon,  6:  UCLA,  Notre Dame,  Illinois,  UNLV,  7:  Miami (FL),  Oklahoma State,  San Diego State,  W ichita State 8:  Memphis,  Wyoming,  Missouri,  Colorado State 9:  Mississippi,...

Game 1: San Francisco @ Atlanta +4 I'm short on time here so I will be brief. San Francisco is really, really good. Kaepernick is once of the best young QB's to come around in a while. I think they'll win this game, they're better in all aspects of the ball. Atlanta looked awful against Seattle last week, especially their secondary. However, I can't pick against Atlanta because I've never seen a one seed get this much disrespect. It's ridiculous. Both teams have very good offenses, the over is the play here. San Francisco -4 (0 units) +-$0 Over 48 (1 unit) +$100 Game 2: Baltimore @ New England -7.5 The Ravens have the "team of destiny" label on them as they're on Ray Lewis' retirement tour. They are quite a solid team, and don't be surprised to see me taking the over on their overall wins in my futures next year (a long with a big wager on under for the Eagles). New England has the experience of winning this game. I considered pla...

1:  Duke,  Louisville,  Michigan,  Kansas,  2:  Indiana,   Arizona,  F lorida ,  Gonzaga,   3: Syracuse,  New Mexico,  Ohio State,  UNLV 4:  Butler,  North Carolina State,  C reighton,  Minnesota,  5:  VCU,  Kansas State,  Cincinnati,  Michigan State  6:  Georgetown,  Oregon,  San Diego State,  UCLA 7:  Missouri,  Illinois,  Notre Dame,  Miami (FL) 8:  Wisconsin,  Memphis,  Oklahoma State,  North Carolina,  9: Marquette,  Temple,  W ichita State,  Colorado State 10:  Pittsburgh,   Colorado,  Oklahoma,  Mississippi 11:   Kentucky,  Wyoming,  Boise State,  Belmont 12:  North Dakota State, Maryland/Iowa State, Iowa/Saint Louis,  Baylor,  13:  Akron,  Middle Tennessee, Valparaiso,  Bucknell 14:  Stephen F Austi...

College Basketball Picks 2013: +$1020 (10.2 units) College Basketball Picks Jan 16-30: +$615 (+6.15 units) 1/31 Arizona State @ Washington State -3.5 The Sun Devils are an aspiring tourney team. The Cougars are not. I don't get this line. Arizona State +3.5 (1 unit) +$100 1/30 Oklahoma @ Baylor -7 I don't get this line. Oklahoma is slightly better than Baylor, so why is Baylor 3 points better? Oklahoma +7 (1 unit) +$100 Missouri @ LSU +4.5 I don't care if Bowers might not play. As previously established, LSU sucks. Missouri -4.5 (1 unit) -$110 Oregon @ Stanford -2 This is another one that is too good to be too good to be true. Oregon is more than 2 points better than Stanford, surely. Oregon +2 (1.5 units) -$165 1/29 North Carolina State @ Virginia -5 Yes, NC State is the obvious pick, but this is just too good to be too good to be true. North Carolina State +5 (1.5 units) +$150 North Carolina @ Boston College +4 Boston College sucks. Really really ba...

1:  Duke,  Louisville,  Kansas,  Michigan 2:  North Carolina State,  F lorida ,  Arizona,  Gonzaga,   3: Indiana,   Syracuse,  Minnesota,  Ohio State 4:  VCU,   Butler,  New Mexico,  Creighton 5:  Georgetown,  UNLV ,  Kansas State,  Cincinnati,  6:  UCLA,  Michigan State,  Illinois,  San Diego State  7:  Oregon,  Miami (FL),  Missouri,  Notre Dame 8:  Memphis,  Oklahoma State,  North Carolina,  Colorado 9:  Marquette,  Temple,  Wisconsin,  Wyoming 10:  Pittsburgh,   Mississippi,  Boise State,  W ichita State,  11:  Kentucky,  Colorado State,  Oklahoma,  Belmont 12:  North Dakota State,  BYU/Iowa State, Iowa/Texas A&M,  Baylor,  13:  Akron,  Middle Tennessee, Valparaiso,  Bucknell 14:  Stephen F Austin,...

Practically the same as yesterday's. Obviously some changes (Michigan/OSU, among others). 1:  Duke,  Louisville,  Kansas,  Michigan 2:  F lorida ,  Arizona,  Gonzaga,  Indiana 3:  North Carolina State,  Syracuse,  Minnesota,  Ohio State 4:  VCU,    Butler,  New Mexico,  Creighton 5:  Georgetown,  Cincinnati,  UNLV ,  Notre Dame 6:  Michigan State,  Illinois,  San Diego State,  Kansas State 7:  UCLA,  Oregon,  Miami (FL),  Missouri 8:  Memphis,  Oklahoma State,  North Carolina,  Colorado 9:  Marquette,  Temple,  Wisconsin,  Wyoming 10:  Pittsburgh,   Mississippi,  Boise State,  W ichita State,  11:  Colorado State,  Oklahoma,  Baylor,  Kentucky 12:  North Dakota State,  BYU/Iowa State, Iowa/Texas A&M,  Belmont 13:  Akron,...

Few things that I want to mention: 1) I knew I was right about having Missouri so low. They really laid an egg today against Ole Miss. It wasn't competitive. 2) So many bubble teams squandered  opportunities  today. Saint Louis and Indiana State come to mind. 3) Well, Illinois State fell out of the bubble conversation pretty fast. They're now 0-5 in MVC play. 4) Texas A&M was the real bubble winner. They got a huge road win in Lexington and jumped from my 10th team out to my 2nd team out thanks to favorable results elsewhere. With the way bubble teams are playing, I would not be surprised to see them inn the bracket soon without playing another game. 5) I decided to drop Duke to my 2nd overall seed, but strongly considered keeping them ahead of Michigan. We'll see what happens in Columbus tomorrow. 1:  Michigan,  Duke,  Louisville,  Kansas 2:  F lorida ,  Arizona,  Gonzaga,  Indiana 3: North Carolina State,  Syracuse,...

Picks will go up later today (at least the Saturday games). Game 1: Baltimore @ Denver -9 The Ravens are, in my opinion, the worst team remaining in the playoffs. However, they are still a very good football team and have lots of momentum behind them. Ray Rice can get the job done against the Broncos, and they certainly have a shot at winning this game. Denver is under a ton of pressure to succeed, a situation that the Broncos have not faced in the past few years. They were the underdog story last year, and I'm not sure they'll handle the shift in dynamic well. I'm going to place a unit on the visitor. Baltimore +9 (1 unit) +$100 Game 2: Green Bay @ San Francisco -3 In my opinion, this is the best game of the weekend. I believe that whoever wins this game will be going to the Super Bowl, and will have a very good chance of winning the Super Bowl. The Packers have experience here, but will be playing in a very hostile road environment. However, it is not to be overlooke...

Here's my bracket through the games of January 10th! No more major re-adjustments, just sliding teams up and down for wins and losses. 1:  Duke, Michigan,  Louisville,  Kansas 2:  Arizona,  Minnesota,  Indiana,  Gonzaga 3: F lorida ,  Syracuse,  Creighton ,  New Mexico 4:  VCU,  Notre Dame,  North Carolina State,  Butler 5: Ohio State,  UNLV ,  Kansas State,  Illinois 6: Colorado,  Missouri,  Cincinnati,   Georgetown,  7 :  Michigan State,  Oregon,  Oklahoma State, San Diego State 8:  UCLA,  W ichita State,  Pittsburgh,  Miami (FL) 9:  North Carolina,  Memphis, Kentucky ,  Temple 10:  Marquette,  Boise State,  Colorado State,  Wyoming,  11:  Baylor,  Wisconsin,  Belmont, Mississippi 12: North Dakota State, Saint Louis/Oklahoma, BYU/Iowa State, Maryland  13:  Akron...