Bracketology 1/21/19
There was chaos on the top line as Virginia, Michigan and Kansas all lost on Saturday. I spent a while trying to order the top few teams and originally settled on this configuration. Virginia and Michigan don't quite have the depth of quality wins of the other two, Michigan in particular. It's real close between all 5 teams though- they're all legitimate contenders for the #1 overall seed. Gonzaga is getting close to the top line as well.
Down at the bubble, Temple is the only team that took a bad loss over the weekend, falling at home to Florida. I've bumped Wofford up to the 11 line above the First Four teams at they notched a Q2 win against Furman. Baylor is also rocketing towards the bracket with a big win over Texas Tech, they've righted the ship after two ugly Q4 losses in the non-con. Pittsburgh is also moving up the seed list, looking to erase a really ugly loss at home to Niagara.
A little bit of a bracketing quirk today as I have a potential 2nd round Duke/Syracuse matchup, this is pretty unavoidable as I have 2 ACC teams on the 1 line, 2 on the 8 line and 1 on the 9 line.
1: Duke, Tennessee, Michigan State, Virginia
2: Michigan, Gonzaga, Kansas, North Carolina
3: Marquette, Texas Tech, Houston, Kentucky
4: Nevada, Maryland, Virginia Tech, Buffalo
5: Villanova, Oklahoma, Iowa, LSU
6: Iowa State, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Florida State
7: Wisconsin, Purdue, Auburn, Kansas State
8: Mississippi, Louisville, North Carolina State, Texas
9: Syracuse, Cincinnati, Indiana, Ohio State
10: UCF, Arizona, St. John's, TCU
11: Washington, Minnesota, Wofford, (San Francisco/Florida)
12: (Seton Hall/Alabama), VCU, Murray State, Lipscomb
13: Hofstra, New Mexico State, Vermont, Yale
14: Loyola Chicago, Old Dominion, South Dakota State, Northern Kentucky
15: Radford, Texas State, Montana, UC Irvine
16: Bucknell, Rider, (Texas Southern/Sam Houston State), (Robert Morris/Norfolk State)
First Four Out: Butler, Utah State, VCU, Baylor
Next Four Out: Saint Louis, Temple, Murray State, Arizona State
Also Considered: Clemson, Fresno State, Creighton, Northwestern, Pittsburgh
Moving In: Florida, Texas State, Old Dominion, Bucknell, Robert Morris, Sam Houston State
Moving Out: Temple, Georgia State, North Texas, Lehigh, Wagner, Abilene Chrstian
Big Ten: 10
ACC: 8
SEC: 8
Big 12: 7
Big East: 4
American: 3
Pac-12: 2
WCC: 2
MAC: 1
Mountain West: 1
Southern: 1
Down at the bubble, Temple is the only team that took a bad loss over the weekend, falling at home to Florida. I've bumped Wofford up to the 11 line above the First Four teams at they notched a Q2 win against Furman. Baylor is also rocketing towards the bracket with a big win over Texas Tech, they've righted the ship after two ugly Q4 losses in the non-con. Pittsburgh is also moving up the seed list, looking to erase a really ugly loss at home to Niagara.
A little bit of a bracketing quirk today as I have a potential 2nd round Duke/Syracuse matchup, this is pretty unavoidable as I have 2 ACC teams on the 1 line, 2 on the 8 line and 1 on the 9 line.
1: Duke, Tennessee, Michigan State, Virginia
2: Michigan, Gonzaga, Kansas, North Carolina
3: Marquette, Texas Tech, Houston, Kentucky
4: Nevada, Maryland, Virginia Tech, Buffalo
5: Villanova, Oklahoma, Iowa, LSU
6: Iowa State, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Florida State
7: Wisconsin, Purdue, Auburn, Kansas State
8: Mississippi, Louisville, North Carolina State, Texas
9: Syracuse, Cincinnati, Indiana, Ohio State
10: UCF, Arizona, St. John's, TCU
11: Washington, Minnesota, Wofford, (San Francisco/Florida)
12: (Seton Hall/Alabama), VCU, Murray State, Lipscomb
13: Hofstra, New Mexico State, Vermont, Yale
14: Loyola Chicago, Old Dominion, South Dakota State, Northern Kentucky
15: Radford, Texas State, Montana, UC Irvine
16: Bucknell, Rider, (Texas Southern/Sam Houston State), (Robert Morris/Norfolk State)
First Four Out: Butler, Utah State, VCU, Baylor
Next Four Out: Saint Louis, Temple, Murray State, Arizona State
Also Considered: Clemson, Fresno State, Creighton, Northwestern, Pittsburgh
Moving In: Florida, Texas State, Old Dominion, Bucknell, Robert Morris, Sam Houston State
Moving Out: Temple, Georgia State, North Texas, Lehigh, Wagner, Abilene Chrstian
Big Ten: 10
ACC: 8
SEC: 8
Big 12: 7
Big East: 4
American: 3
Pac-12: 2
WCC: 2
MAC: 1
Mountain West: 1
Southern: 1
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