Lobofan2003 Bracketology- 2/24/13

The latest edition of my bracket can be found at [http://lobofan2003.webs.com/apps/bl
og/].

#1 seeds: Indiana, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas
#2 seeds: Michigan State, Michigan, Miami, Florida
#3 seeds: Arizona, New Mexico, Georgetown, Louisville
#4 seeds: Syracuse, Kansas State, Marquette, Wisconsin

Last 4 IN: Kentucky, Boise State, Charlotte, Saint Mary's
First 4 Out: Maryland, Mississippi, St. John's, Massachusetts
Next 4 Out: Virginia, Baylor, Arizona State, Southern Miss     
     


  

Give Mr Numero uno here some love.

Only 1 of the 115 people on Bracket Matrix got all 68 teams last year.  Only 7 of the 115 had Iona in the field (I had Drexel over Iona for mine).

I like your bracket...it says Kentucky is in!

That 12 seed play-in looks scary.  Not sure if we'll see Cincy in at all given their recent play.  What a turn-around.  Also, Illinois is on their way toward the bubble unless they win a game.

I see you have Arizona State in your "next 4 out" which is pretty accurate in my opinion based on their RPI of 88 as of today.  Only 2 teams that I know of have ever received an large bid in the 70s.  New Mexico at RPI 74 in 1999 and Air Force at RPI 70 in 2004 (amazingly I got that at large bid correct I had Air Force in the field in 2004).

I seen a few other sites have Arizona State in the field based on their 4 top 50 RPI wins but I really don't think any team with an RPI in the 80s will ever make the NCAA tournament.

Illinois is on their way toward the bubble unless they win a game.

I disagree on this one you could not expect Illnois to win this game today.  I think it has little bearing on their current status.

Current RPI is 33 unlikely to move much after a loss today.  5 top 50 wins blows a lot of teams away.  Win vs Indiana.

That 12 seed play-in looks scary.  Not sure if we'll see Cincy in at all given their recent play.  What a turn-around.  Also, Illinois is on their way toward the bubble unless they win a game.

Illinois is fine unless they collapse down the stretch, the Illini had won 5 in a row coming into today's game. Cincy is certainly going the wrong way; surprising to see how far they've fallen. I have them as an 8 seed right now, but they can certainly play their way onto the bubble if they keep losing.
 

9 days until the 1st Conf starts their touranment.  Then the fun really begins.

I notice you have Memphis as a 9 seed which is a huge difference from 2 other brackets I just looked at.

Joe Lunardi has Memphis as a 5 seed.

Andy Glockner of SI has Memphis as a 6 seed.

It seems that Memphis has no great wins (both their top 50 wins are against Southern Miss who somehow has RPI 34 with a paper thin resume not even fitting a bubble team.

How did Memphis go from "need to beat Southern Miss" to stay off bubble to 5 seed ?

Correction, Andy has Memphis as a 7 seed and it was Dave at Bracketville who had Memphis as a 6 seed.