Monday, January 31, 2005

Bracketology 101's Field of 65 - Jan. 31

Here are Chris and Craig's Bracketology 101 selections for Jan. 31:

The Breakdown
LSU gets in this week because they are 4-2 in the SEC and they have two winnable road games this week. UAB gets the nod over Marquette because they are two games better then them in conference and we predict that UAB will win at Marquette on Wednesday night. Texas A & M gets the axe because of there upcoming tough schedule which we predict they will not fair well with.

Seeding of teams will start next week.

Conference Breakdown: Big East (7), ACC (6), PAC-10 (5), Big XII (5), Big Ten (5), C-USA (5), SEC (5), MVC (2), WAC (2), WCC (2).

Last Four In
LSU, UAB, Minnesota, Miami-Fla.

Last Four Out
Marquette, Western Michigan, Texas A&M, Oregon

The Field Of 65

America East
Vermont

A-10
George Washington

ACC
North Carolina, Duke, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami-Fla.

Atlantic Sun
Gardner-Webb

Big 12
Kansas, Oklahoma St., Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech

Big East
Syracuse, Boston College, Pitt, Notre Dame, Connecticut, Villanova, Georgetown

Big Sky
Portland State

Big South
Winthrop

Big Ten
Illinois, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota

Big West
Pacific

Colonial
Old Dominion

C-USA
Cincinnati, Louisville, Charlotte, DePaul, UAB

Horizon
Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Ivy
Princeton

MAAC
Rider

MCC
UMKC

MAC
Miami-Ohio

MEAC
Coppin St.

MVC
Southern Ill., Wichita State

MWC
Utah

Northeast
Monmouth

Ohio Valley
Tennessee Tech

PAC-10
Washington, Arizona, Stanford, UCLA, Arizona State

Patriot
Bucknell

SEC
Kentucky, Miss. St., Alabama, Florida, LSU

Southern
Davidson

Southland
SE Louisiana

SWAC
Miss. Valley St.

Sun Belt
UL-Lafayette

WCC
Gonzaga, St. Mary's

WAC
UTEP, Nevada

*Note - In the conferences where mulitple bids were given the first place team was given the automatic bid. In the case of a tie, overall record was the tie-breaker.

Monday, January 24, 2005

Bracketology 101's Field of 65 - Jan. 24

Here are Chris and Craig's Bracketology selections for Jan. 24:

Week In Review
The PAC-10 was tough this week. Stanford has been on a roll, while Oregon, UCLA, and ASU have all been stumbling. ASU gets in ahead of the other 3 because of their wins over Vandy, Temple, and Santa Clara out of conference and they have won at both Oregon and Stanford in conference. Oregon has the strongest RPI and no bad losses and although Stanford had some bad out of conference losses early in the season they have won four in a row including a win against Arizona and at UCLA. UCLA has the worst RPI out of the 4 and has lost its last 3 games which overshadows their previous wins over Oregon, Washington, and ASU.

Some may still think that UCLA deserves a bid over GW or Temple. Temple gets the automatic bid out of the A-10 since they will probably only lose 2 or 3 games in conference since they have already won at Xavier and UMass and have an easy schedule from here on out. GW still deserves an at-large bid because of their out of conference wins against Michigan State and Maryland. Minnesota and UAB have yet to beat anyone so they don't deserve a bid and Indiana still has some work to do to make up for their poor start.

We welcome your comments and questions.

Conference Breakdown: Big East (7), ACC (6), Big XII (6), PAC-10 (5), C-USA (5), Big Ten (4), SEC (4), A-10 (2), MVC (2), WAC (2), WCC (2).

Last Four In
George Washington, Oregon, Texas A&M, Stanford

Last Four Out
UCLA, Minnesota, UAB, Indiana

The Field Of 65

America East
Vermont

A-10
Temple, George Washington

ACC
North Carolina, Duke, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Miami, Maryland

Atlantic Sun
Mercer

Big 12
Oklahoma St., Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Texas Tech

Big East
Syracuse, Boston College, Pitt, UConn, Notre Dame, Villanova, Georgetown

Big Sky
Portland State

Big South
Winthrop

Big Ten
Illinois, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Iowa

Big West
Pacific

Colonial
Old Dominion

C-USA
Cincinnati, Marquette, Louisville, Charlotte, DePaul

Horizon
Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Ivy
Princeton

MAAC
Fairfield

MCC
UMKC

MAC
Western Michigan

MEAC
Norfolk State

MVC
Southern Ill., Wichita State

MWC
Utah

Northeast
Monmouth

Ohio Valley
Samford

PAC-10
Washington, Arizona, Oregon, Arizona State, Stanford

Patriot
Bucknell

SEC
Kentucky, Miss. St., Alabama, Florida

Southern
Davidson

Southland
SE Louisiana

SWAC
Southern

Sun Belt
Ark.-Little Rock

WCC
Gonzaga, St. Mary's

WAC
UTEP, Nevada

*Note - In the conferences where mulitple bids were given the first place team was given the automatic bid. In the case of a tie, overall record was the tie-breaker.

Monday, January 17, 2005

Bracketology 101's Field of 65 - Jan 17.

Here are Chris and Craig's Bracketology selections for the week of Jan. 17:

A reminder...we make more of a prediction then projection with this picks. You may be asking what is the difference. The other bracketologists out there make projections and tell you who they think would make the tournament if they picked the field today. We do a little bit of that in our picks but we also try to look ahead to March and predict what will happen. That is why we don't have 7 teams in from any major conferences and why we have given many small conferences two spots. That is how things will shake out come conference tourney time when there are upsets in conference tourney's and small conference powers who should be getting the automatic bids start stealing at-large spots. So its not realistic to give 7 conferences all 34 of the at-large bids because it simply will not happen. This is typically what many other bracketologists do and is a major reason why this site was started. Our picks are more realistic and give you better insight into what your team needs to do to make the tourney.

We welcome your comments and responses to our picks and we stand behind them (except for the small conferences-- we put little to no thought into the MEAC's and SWAC's of the college basketball world, but we will once their conference schedule progresses). Keep in mind that these picks were posted Jan. 17 and this week's will surely change them.

Conference Breakdown: ACC (6), Big East (6), Big XII (6), Big Ten (6), SEC (5), PAC-10 (5), C-USA (5), WAC (2), WCC (2)

Last Four In
Vanderbilt, Arizona State, Minnesota, UTEP

Last Four Out
NC State, West Virginia, UAB, Wichita St.

*Note - In the conferences where mulitple bids were given the first place team was given the automatic bid. In the case of a tie, overall record was the tie-breaker.

America East
Vermont

A-10
George Washington

ACC
North Carolina, Duke, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Miami, Maryland

Atlantic Sun
Mercer

Big 12
Oklahoma St., Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Texas Tech

Big East
Syracuse, Boston College, Pitt, UConn, Notre Dame, Georgetown

Big Sky
Portland State

Big South
Winthrop

Big Ten
Illinois, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota

Big West
Pacific

Colonial
Old Dominion

C-USA
Cincinnati, Marquette, Louisville, Charlotte, DePaul

Horizon
Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Ivy
Princeton

MAAC
Fairfield

MCC
UMKC

MAC
Western Michigan

MEAC
Norfolk State

MVC
Southern Ill.

MWC
Utah

Northeast
Monmouth

Ohio Valley
Samford

PAC-10
Washington, Arizona, UCLA, Oregon, Arizona State

Patriot
Bucknell

SEC
Kentucky, Miss. St., Alabama, Florida, Vanderbilt

Southern
Davidson

Southland
SE Louisiana

SWAC
Southern

Sun Belt
Ark.-Little Rock

WCC
Gonzaga, St. Mary's

WAC
UTEP, Nevada

Saturday, January 15, 2005

Bracketology 101's Field of 65 - Jan. 14

Here are Chris and Craig's long-awaited first Bracketology selections of the season...

Now, some of you fellow bracketlogist wannabe's may think some of our picks are absurd but first listen to our theory. We are not like all of the other so-called bracketologists (i.e. Joe Lunardi) making our picks. That is because we make more of a prediction then projection. You may be asking what is the difference. The other bracketologists out there make projections and tell you who they think would make the tournament if they picked the field today. We do a little bit of that in our picks but we also try to look ahead to March and predict what will happen. That is why we don't have 7 teams in from any major conferences and why we have given many small conferences two spots. That is how things will shake out come conference tourney time when there are upsets in conference tourney's and small conference powers who should be getting the automatic bids start stealing at-large spots. So its not realistic to give 7 conferences all 34 of the at-large bids because it simply will not happen. This is typically what many other bracketologists do and is a major reason why this site was started. Our picks are more realistic and give you better insight into what your team needs to do to make the tourney.

We welcome your comments and responses to our picks and we stand behind them (except for the small conferences-- we put little to no thought into the MEAC's and SWAC's of the college basketball world, but we will once their conference schedule progresses). Keep in mind that these picks were posted Jan. 14 and weekend games will surely change them.

Conference Breakdown: ACC (6), SEC (6), Big XII (5), Big East (5), Big Ten (5), PAC-10 (5), C-USA (4), MAC (2), MVC (2), MWC (2), WAC (2), WCC (2)

Last Four In
Nevada, Utah, Charlotte, Kent. St.

Last Four Out
Depaul, WVU, Villanova, Virginia

*Note - In the conferences where mulitple bids were given the first place team was given the automatic bid. In the case of a tie, overall record was the tie-breaker.

America East
Vermont

A-10
George Washington

ACC
North Carolina, Duke, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Miami, Maryland

Atlantic Sun
Gardner Webb

Big 12
Oklahoma St., Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M

Big East
Syracuse, Pitt, UConn, Boston College, Notre Dame

Big Sky
Portland State

Big South
Winthrop

Big Ten
Illinois, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota

Big West
Pacific

Colonial
Old Dominion

C-USA
Cincinnati, Marquette, Louisville, Charlotte

Horizon
Wisconsin-Green Bay

Ivy
Princeton

MAAC
Niagara

MCC
Oral Roberts

MAC
Western Michigan, Kent St.

MEAC
Norfolk State

MVC
Wichita State, Southern Ill.

MWC
New Mexico, Utah

Northeast
St. Francis (PA)

Ohio Valley
Murray State

PAC-10
Washington, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon

Patriot
Bucknell

SEC
Kentucky, Miss. St., Alabama, Florida, Arkansas, Vanderbilt

Southern
UT-Chattanooga

Southland
SE Louisiana

SWAC
Southern

Sun Belt
Middle Tenn St.

WCC
Gonzaga, St. Mary's

WAC
UTEP, Nevada

Thursday, January 13, 2005

Coming Tomorrow To Bracketology 101...

COMING TOMORROW...Our first Bracketology picks of the year will be posted tomorrow. Our list of the field of 65 will include our picks, a breakdown for each conference, and rationale behind our last teams and last teams out. We will also compare our picks to those of our rival bracketologists.

Check back tomorrow afternoon...

Thursday Scoreboard

Thursday's Complete Scoreboard

The Highlights:
Duke Starts Slow, Still Gets Past N.C. State
UCLA Notches Road Win Over ASU

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Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Lunardi's First Bracketology Picks

ESPN Bracketology guru and Bracketology 101 rival Joe Lunardi posted his first projections of the season on ESPN.com Monday. We will post our correct picks later this week.

Lunardi's Bracketology - Jan. 10

Tuesday Scoreboard

Tuesday's Complete Scoreboard

The Highlights:
Gray Leads Wake Past Maryland
Marshall Hands West Virginia Second Loss

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Coming This Week To Bracketology 101...

COMING THIS WEEK...Our first Bracketology picks of the year will be posted in the coming days. In the meantime, Bracketology 101 will have daily updates of scores and weekly updates of AP and USA Today/ESPN polls and RPI rankings.

Monday Scoreboard

Monday's Complete Scoreboard

The Highlights:
Streaking Sooners Upset UConn
McNamara, 'Cuse Squeak Past Irish


Monday, January 10, 2005

AP & ESPN/USA Today Polls - Week of Jan. 10-16

llinois and Kansas remained 1-2 in the AP college basketball poll for the sixth straight week, while Marquette and Oklahoma cracked the Top 25 for the first time this season Monday.

AP Poll - Week of Jan. 10-16

1.

ILLINOIS (58)
16-01,7831
2.KANSAS (13)11-01,7302
3.NORTH CAROLINA (1)13-11,6363
4.WAKE FOREST13-11,5534
5.DUKE11-01,4965
6.OKLAHOMA ST11-11,4127
7.SYRACUSE15-11,4056
8.GEORGIA TECH11-21,3019
9.KENTUCKY10-21,1898
10.TEXAS12-21,08515
11.MISSISSIPPI ST14-290918
12.CONNECTICUT9-290410
13.BOSTON COLLEGE13-082325
14.WASHINGTON13-274212
15.MICHIGAN ST10-273420
16.GONZAGA11-372311
17.ARIZONA12-366613
18.CINCINNATI13-163123
19.LOUISVILLE12-350217
20.PITTSBURGH11-237316
21.GEO WASHINGTON10-237024
22.MARQUETTE13-1345--
23.ALABAMA12-325919
24.IOWA12-319414
25.OKLAHOMA11-2143--
Others Receiving Votes:
MARYLAND 109, WEST VIRGINIA 105, NOTRE DAME 47, WISCONSIN 37, UCLA 23, TEXAS EL PASO 21, VANDERBILT 20, ARKANSAS 19, OREGON 18, ARIZONA ST 17, VIRGINIA 12, WICHITA ST 11, MIAMI FLA 9, NO CAROLINA ST 8, NEW MEXICO 8, OHIO ST 8, SOUTHERN ILL 4, ST MARYS CA 4, CHARLOTTE 3, OLD DOMINION 2, TEXAS A&M 2, BUCKNELL 1, NEVADA 1, SOUTH CAROLINA 1, UAB 1, WESTERN KY 1

ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll - Week of Jan. 10-16

1.ILLINOIS (25)16-07681
2.KANSAS (4)11-07382
3.WAKE FOREST13-16963
4.NORTH CAROLINA (2)13-16954
5.DUKE11-06535
6.OKLAHOMA ST11-16086
7.SYRACUSE15-15977
8.GEORGIA TECH11-253610
9.TEXAS12-250711
10.KENTUCKY10-24978
11.CONNECTICUT9-24139
12.MICHIGAN ST10-240019
13.CINCINNATI13-135120
14.WASHINGTON13-231414
15.MISSISSIPPI ST14-230722
16.ARIZONA12-329913
17.BOSTON COLLEGE13-0250--
18.PITTSBURGH11-224412
19.LOUISVILLE12-323016
20.GONZAGA11-320317
21.ALABAMA12-312918
22.GEO WASHINGTON10-210625
23.IOWA12-38915
24.WEST VIRGINIA11-18623
25.OKLAHOMA11-285--
Others Receiving Votes:
MARQUETTE 81, MARYLAND 55, WISCONSIN 25, VANDERBILT 16, NEW MEXICO 13, NOTRE DAME 12, ST MARYS CA 12, FLORIDA 10, UAB 8, SOUTHERN ILL 7, TEXAS A&M 7, WICHITA ST 7, ARIZONA ST 6, OREGON 6, OREGON ST 5, MINNESOTA 3, VIRGINIA 1


RPI Rankings - Jan. 10

RPI Rankings - Jan. 10

Sunday, January 09, 2005

Coming This Week To Bracketology 101...

COMING THIS WEEK...Our first Bracketology picks of the year will be posted in the coming days. In the meantime, Bracketology 101 will have daily updates of scores and weekly updates of AP and USA Today/ESPN polls and RPI rankings.

Sunday Scoreboard

Sunday's Complete Scoreboard

The Highlights:
Miami Upsets N.C. State In ACC Debut
Kansas Beats Kentucky, Stays Perfect


Friday, January 07, 2005

Friday Scoreboard

Friday's Complete Scoreboard

Another Reminder - Coming Soon On Bracketology 101...

Our first Bracketology picks of the year will be posted in the coming weeks. In the meantime, Bracketology 101 will have daily updates of scores and weekly updates of AP and USA Today/ESPN polls and RPI rankings.

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

A Reminder - Coming Soon On Bracketology 101...

Our first Bracketology picks of the year will be posted in the coming weeks. In the meantime, Bracketology 101 will have daily updates of scores and weekly updates of AP and USA Today/ESPN polls and RPI rankings.

Tuesday Scoreboard

Tuesday's Complete Scoreboard

Monday, January 03, 2005

RPI Rankings - Jan. 3

RPI Rankings - Jan. 3

AP & ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Polls - Week of Jan. 3-9

A pair of Big East teams - West Virginia (21) and Boston College (25) - became the newest additions to this week's AP poll. Illinois and Kansas remained 1-2.

AP Poll - Week of Jan. 3-9
1.ILLINOIS (62)14-01,7871
2.KANSAS (10)9-01,7242
3.NORTH CAROLINA12-11,6144
4.WAKE FOREST12-11,5395
5.DUKE9-01,4926
6.SYRACUSE13-11,3807
7.OKLAHOMA ST9-11,3683
8.KENTUCKY9-11,3178
9.GEORGIA TECH9-21,1739
10.CONNECTICUT8-11,05811
11.GONZAGA10-21,01412
12.WASHINGTON12-193413
13.ARIZONA11-286514
14.IOWA12-184516
15.TEXAS10-281915
16.PITTSBURGH10-172710
17.LOUISVILLE11-269419
18.MISSISSIPPI ST12-253821
19.ALABAMA11-237818
20.MICHIGAN ST8-233923
21.WEST VIRGINIA10-0310--
22.MARYLAND8-230924
23.CINCINNATI11-121622
24.GEO WASHINGTON8-219820
25.BOSTON COLLEGE11-0156--
Others Receiving Votes:
MARQUETTE 154, WISCONSIN 150, NO CAROLINA ST 115, VIRGINIA 51, OKLAHOMA 35, ARKANSAS 30, WICHITA ST 25, OREGON 16, NOTRE DAME 13, BUCKNELL 4, MIAMI FLA 3, OLD DOMINION 3, WESTERN KY 3, HOFSTRA 2, TEXAS EL PASO 2

ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll - Week of Jan. 3-9
1.ILLINOIS (27)14-07711
2.KANSAS (4)9-07422
3.WAKE FOREST12-16894
4.NORTH CAROLINA12-16725
5.DUKE9-06606
6.OKLAHOMA ST9-15743
7.SYRACUSE13-15688
8.KENTUCKY9-155710
9.CONNECTICUT8-149311
10.GEORGIA TECH9-24779
11.TEXAS10-243912
12.PITTSBURGH10-13907
13.ARIZONA11-238914
14.WASHINGTON12-138516
15.IOWA12-134318
16.LOUISVILLE11-227719
17.GONZAGA10-224021
18.ALABAMA11-223913
19.MICHIGAN ST8-222720
20.CINCINNATI11-120217
21.MARYLAND8-214323
22.MISSISSIPPI ST12-213124
23.WEST VIRGINIA10-098--
24.NO CAROLINA ST10-35915
25.GEO WASHINGTON8-25522
Others Receiving Votes:
BOSTON COLLEGE 49, WISCONSIN 49, OKLAHOMA 44, MARQUETTE 41, VIRGINIA 12, WICHITA ST 10, UAB 8, NEW MEXICO 8, IOWA ST 7, SOUTHERN ILL 7, FLORIDA 6, NOTRE DAME 6, PROVIDENCE 3, LSU 2, ARKANSAS 1, OREGON 1, TEXAS A&M 1


Sunday, January 02, 2005

Coming Up On Bracketology 101...

Our first Bracketology picks of the year will be posted in the coming weeks. In the meantime, Bracketology 101 will have daily updates of scores and weekly updates of AP and USA Today/ESPN polls and RPI rankings.


Sunday Scoreboard

Sunday's Complete Scoreboard

The Highlights:
Bucknell shocks No. 10 Pitt
West Virginia stays unbeaten with win over No. 17 N.C. State
No. 5 Wake Forest spanks No. 25 Virginia in ACC opener