The Breakdown
Only a few changes from last week's poll...the biggest shake-up involves the Big 10, which picks up two bids thanks to two-loss weeks from Georgia Tech and San Diego State. There also was barely any change in the amount of big conference bids in this week's bracket. Besides the MVC (and in our bracket at least, the A-10), no mid-major conference has a second team that has proved worthy yet of an at-large. We love the little guy as much as anyone, but the MWC, WAC, WCC, MAC, etc. all are one-bid leagues at this point.
Here is Bracketology 101's Field of 65 for Dec. 11:
Out This Week
Georgia Tech, Villanova, San Diego State, Robert Morris, Western Carolina
In This Week
Purdue, Washington State, Illinois, Sacred Heart, Davidson
Last Four In
Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Louisville
Last Four Out
Georgia Tech, Villanova, San Diego State, Vanderbilt
Conference Breakdown
Big East (7), ACC (7), Big XII (6), Big Ten (6), MVC (5), SEC (5), Pac-10 (5), A-10 (2)
America East - Albany
ACC - North Carolina, Duke, Boston College, Clemson, Virginia. Maryland, Florida State
Atlantic Sun - Lipscomb
A-10 - Xavier, Dayton
Big East - Pittsburgh, UConn, Notre Dame, Marquette, Syracuse, Georgetown, Louisville
Big Sky - Portland State
Big South - Winthrop
Big Ten - Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Purdue, Michigan, Illinois
Big 12 - Oklahoma State, Kansas, Texas A&M, Texas
Big West - CS-Fullerton
Colonial - Old Dominion
C-USA - Memphis
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Penn
Metro Atlantic - Marist
MAC - Akron
MCC - Oral Roberts
MEAC - Howard
MVC - Wichita State, Missouri State, Southern Illinois, Creighton, Northern Iowa
MWC - Air Force
Northeast - Sacred Heart
Ohio Valley - Eastern Kentucky
Pac-10 - UCLA, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Washington State
Patriot - Holy Cross
SEC - Florida, LSU, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas
Southern - Davidson
Southland - SE Louisiana
SWAC - Alabama A&M
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky
WAC - Nevada
WCC - Gonzaga
The Seeds
The 1s
UCLA, Pittsburgh, North Carolina, Ohio State
The 2s
Florida, Duke, Wisconsin, Wichita State
The 3s
Arizona, LSU, UConn, Alabama
The 4s
Oklahoma State, Kansas, Gonzaga, Texas A&M
The 5s
Washington, Memphis, Notre Dame, Oregon
The 6s
Texas, Boston College, Marquette, Michigan State
The 7s
Butler, Nevada, Clemson, Syracuse
The 8s
Air Force, Virginia, Georgetown, Missouri State
The 9s
Maryland, Southern Illinois, Xavier, Tennessee
The 10s
Purdue, Florida State, Creighton, Washington State
The 11s
Northern Iowa, Dayton, Michigan, Louisville
The 12s
Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Old Dominion
The 13s
Winthrop, Western Kentucky, Oral Roberts, Akron
The 14s
Albany, Penn, Holy Cross, Marist
The 15s
Sacred Heart, Lipscomb, Portland State, Davidson
The 16s
CS-Fullerton, Eastern Kentucky, SE Louisiana, Howard (Play-In Game), Alabama A&M (Play-In Game)
Questions? Comments? E-mail Bracketology 101 at bracketologyblog@yahoo.com
6 comments:
wow, the comments are flying about on here......
How fatal will Purdue's loss to Butler be at the end. Or will this be termed a "good loss".
A couple quick hits...
Bryan - You're right on about the Seminoles...they are in the bracket as of now thanks to their earlier win over the Gators. That win gave them the one thing they lacked last year - and what in the end kept them out of the dance - a signature non-conference win. If FSU can go 9-7 in conference, and pull off one of their seemingly annual big upsets (ala Duke last year), they should be dancing. As of now, their strong OOC scheduling is paying off; they may have lost a couple games, but they got the one big win their resume needs.
Purdue's loss to Butler is still a "good" one, considering they came into the game as underdogs. The win would have been sweet for the Boilermakers' OOC resume, but they do have victories over Missouri and Virginia, at least, to fall back on at this point.
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I havnt been paying attention to wichita st. so im just wondering why a 2 seed????
Anonymous,
Here's what you missed: Wichita is No. 2 in the RPI, ranked 8th in the country, and already has wins at LSU and at Syracuse. They are a solid 2 seed at this point, and have been one of the really nice stories thus far this season.
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