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Bracket Update – After 7:00 games

Posted by GJE in Uncategorized on March 7, 2011

ODU up to a 6 seed. VCU out, Clemson in. St. Peters in as a 15 seed.

Bracket Notes – Last 4 Teams In Still Have Work to do

Posted by GJE in Uncategorized on March 7, 2011

None of the last 4 teams in today’s bracket will likely make it to the tournament without winning games this week. Here’s the breakdown:

VCU is not a viable at-large candidate. They have too many losses and their schedule has been too weak. They need to win tonight to get into the tournament.

Colorado has the worst RPI of all the at-large teams in today’s bracket. In fact, their RPI ranking of 77 would be the worst of any at-large team in the tournament’s history. Colorado likely needs 2 wins in the Big 12 tournament to make the Big Dance.

Penn State has one of the strongest schedules in the country, but their record of 16-13 is not good enough to be a tournament team. I don’t think 17-14 will be good enough either so they probably have to win 2 games in the Big Ten tournament to make the dance. Interestingly enough, Penn State’s profile is very similar to Michigan State’s, so Michigan State could be in the same boat.

Team	Win Pct	SOS	RPI Top 25 Wins	RPI Top 50 W-L	RPI 51-100 W-L	RPI 100+ Losses	Road W-L	Neutral W-L	Conf W-L
Michigan St.	0.5517	0.5923	1	3-9	6-3	1	2-8	2-2	9-9
Penn St.	0.5517	0.5951	1	3-7	5-5	1	3-8	0-0	9-9

Richmond has the worst Strength of Schedule of all the at-large teams under consideration. Typically, the committee does not reward teams that play such a weak schedule. The Spiders may have to do some significant damage in the Atlantic 10 tournament.

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March 7th Bracket

Posted by GJE in Uncategorized on March 7, 2011

Southwest				East
1	Kansas			1	Pitt
16	Sam Houston St			16	Boston U/Texas Southern
Denver				Cleveland
8	George Mason			8	Xavier
9	UAB			9	Illinois

4	San Diego St			4	Georgetown
13	Harvard			13	Belmont
Tucson				Tulsa
5	St Johns			5	Kentucky
12	Penn St/Richmond			12	Colorado/VCU

3	Syracuse			3	Purdue
14	Indiana St			14	Morehead St
Washington DC				Chicago
6	Vanderbilt			6	Villanova
11	Michigan			11	Utah St

7	UCLA			7	Texas A&M
10	Marquette			10	Memphis
Charlotte				Charlotte
2	Duke			2	North Carolina
15	Bucknell			15	Long Island


West				Southeast
1	Notre Dame			1	Ohio St
16	Long Beach St			16	WKU/UNC-Asheville
Chicago				Cleveland
8	Tennessee			8	Missouri
9	Temple			9	Georgia

4	Wisconsin			4	West Virginia
13	Iona			13	Charleston
Tucson				Tampa
5	Connecticut			5	Arizona
12	Butler			12	Gonzaga

3	Texas			3	Louisville
14	Kent St			14	Oakland
Tulsa				Washington DC
6	Cincinnati			6	Kansas St
11	Boston College			11	Michigan St

7	Old Dominion			7	UNLV
10	Washington			10	Florida St
Denver				Tampa
2	BYU			2	Florida
15	Montana			15	Hampton

	In The Mix	In Today	Out Today		By Conference
	Clemson	Richmond	Marshall		Big East – 11
	Virginia Tech	VCU	Clemson		Big Ten – 7
	Marshall	Indiana St	Missouri St		Big 12 – 6
	St Marys	WKU	Florida Atlantic		SEC – 5
	USC	Boston U	Vermont		ACC – 4
	Southern Miss	Long Island	Robert Morris		MWC – 3
	UCF				Pac Ten – 3
	Nebraska				A10 – 3
	Minnesota				CAA – 3
	California				CUSA – 2

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March 6th Bracket

Posted by GJE in Uncategorized on March 6, 2011

Southwest				East
1	Kansas			1	Pitt
16	Robert Morris			16	UNC-Asheville/Texas Southern
Tulsa				Cleveland
8	UAB			8	UNLV
9	Illinois			9	Temple

4	San Diego St			4	Georgetown
13	Harvard			13	Belmont
Tucson				Tampa
5	St Johns			5	Kentucky
12	Gonzaga			12	Colorado/Penn St

3	Syracuse			3	Purdue
14	Morehead St			14	Vermont
Washington DC				Chicago
6	Vanderbilt			6	Villanova
11	Michigan			11	Utah St

7	UCLA			7	Texas A&M
10	Marquette			10	Memphis
Charlotte				Charlotte
2	Duke			2	North Carolina
15	Kent St			15	Florida Atlantic


West				Southeast
1	Notre Dame			1	Ohio St
16	Long Beach St/Sam Houston St			16	Hampton
Chicago				Cleveland
8	Xavier			8	Missouri
9	George Mason			9	Georgia

4	Wisconsin			4	West Virginia
13	Missouri St			13	Charleston
Tulsa				Denver
5	Connecticut			5	Arizona
12	Marshall/Clemson			12	Butler

3	Texas			3	Louisville
14	Iona			14	Oakland
Tucson				Washington DC
6	Cincinnati			6	Kansas St
11	Boston College			11	Michigan St

7	Tennessee			7	Old Dominion
10	Washington			10	Florida St
Denver				Tampa
2	BYU			2	Florida
15	Montana			15	Bucknell

	In The Mix	In Today	Out Today		By Conference
	Virginia Tech	Michigan	UCF		Big East – 11
	Richmond	Colorado	Nebraska		Big Ten – 7
	St Marys	Marshall	Southern Miss		Big 12 – 6
	UCF	Clemson	Virginia Tech		ACC – 5
	Minnesota	Morehead St	Murray St		SEC – 5
	USC	UNC-Asheville	Coastal Carolina		CUSA – 3
	Southern Miss	Harvard	Princeton		MWC – 3
	Nebraska				Pac Ten – 3
					A10 – 2
					CAA – 2