Bracketology 3/11/13

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News/Notes:
1) Can Liberty get the "Worst team ever in the tournament" award? Their RPI is 299. Their best win prior to the Big South tournament was against RPI #245 Western Carolina. I'm not kidding.
2) Yesterday I talked about how Minnesota is 8-10 in conference. Well, Illinois is too, now. I'm not going to drop the pair down to the 10-line or so as others are, but the alarm bells for a first round exit are ringing loud.
3) Oh, man. That loss for Middle Tennessee was ill-timed. I think they'll make it into the tournament, following the precedent set by Iona last year (this is a softer bubble and MTSU has a better resume). But they will be sweating it on Sunday.
4) Quality win by Indiana, and I'm putting them ahead of Gonzaga. Michigan is sitll on the two line, for now. If they lose to Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tourney, that may be in jeopardy.
5) Seed list snakes, blah blah blah. You know the drill by now.

1: Duke, Indiana, Gonzaga, Louisville
2: Michigan, Michigan State, Kansas, Georgetown
3: Ohio State, New Mexico, Miami (FL), Florida
4: Kansas State, Arizona, Oklahoma State, Marquette
5: Syracuse, Butler, Wisconsin, Saint Louis
6: Colorado State, VCU, UNLV, Pittsburgh
7: UCLA, Memphis, Illinois, Notre Dame
8: North Carolina State, North Carolina, Cincinnati, Minnesota
9: San Diego State, Creighton, Oregon, Colorado
10: Wichita State, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Missouri
11: California, Villanova,  Saint Mary's, Belmont
12: (La Salle/Kentucky), (Middle Tennessee/Tennessee), Boise State, Temple
13: Lousiana Tech, Akron, Bucknell, Stephen F Austin
14: Davidson, Harvard, Valparaiso, South Dakota State
15: Florida Gulf Coast, Montana, Vermont, Long Beach State
16: (Iona/LIU-Brooklyn), (Norfolk State/Liberty), Southern, Northeastern


Last Four Byes:
Villanova
Saint Mary's
Temple
Boise State

Last Four In:
La Salle
Middle Tennessee
Tennessee
Kentucky

First Four Out:
Baylor
Virginia
Mississippi 
Arkansas
Next Four Out:
Iowa
Alabama
Southern Miss
Maryland


Also Considered:
Massachusetts
Xavier
Louisiana Tech
Akron
Saint John's
Stanford
Air Force

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