The Breakdown
After making this list (and checking it more than twice) here is our post-holiday Field of 65. This week's bracket was the toughest yet this season to fill. All of the 11 seeds from last week's bracket are gone, as are Virginia and Xavier. Kansas State, fueled by the debut and solid play thus far of Bill Walker, makes its bracket debut this week, as do Texas Tech (playing well as Bobby Knight chases history), New Mexico State (replacing Fresno State as the second team from the WAC), and Drexel (a winner over Syracuse this past week). Kentucky and Georgia Tech also return to the bracket after brief absences.
Here is Bracketology 101's Field of 65 for Dec. 26:
Out This Week
Virginia, Xavier, Michigan, Missouri, Georgia, Fresno State, Holy Cross, Davidson
In This Week
Kentucky, Texas Tech, Drexel, Kansas State, Georgia Tech, New Mexico State, Bucknell, Appalachian State
Last Four In
Kansas State, Texas Tech, Georgia Tech, Drexel
Last Four Out
Stanford, Georgia, Michigan, Virginia Tech
Conference Breakdown
ACC (7), Big XII (6), Big East (6), Big Ten (5), SEC (5), Pac-10 (5), MVC (4), MWC (2), WAC (2), Colonial (2)
America East - Albany
ACC - North Carolina, Duke, Clemson, Maryland, Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech
Atlantic Sun - Lipscomb
A-10 - Dayton
Big East - Pittsburgh, UConn, Notre Dame, Marquette, Georgetown, Syracuse
Big Sky - Portland State
Big South - Winthrop
Big Ten - Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan State, Purdue, Illinois
Big 12 - Oklahoma State, Kansas, Texas A&M, Texas, Texas Tech, Kansas State
Big West - UC-Santa Barbara
Colonial - Old Dominion, Drexel
C-USA - Memphis
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Penn
Metro Atlantic - Marist
MAC - Akron
MCC - Southern Utah
MEAC - Howard
MVC - Wichita State, Southern Illinois, Northern Iowa, Missouri State
MWC - Air Force, UNLV
Northeast - Sacred Heart
Ohio Valley - Eastern Kentucky
Pac-10 - UCLA, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Washington State
Patriot - Bucknell
SEC - Florida, Alabama, LSU, Tennessee, Kentucky
Southern - Appalachian State
Southland - SE Louisiana
SWAC - Alabama A&M
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky
WAC - Nevada, New Mexico State
WCC - Gonzaga
The Seeds
The 1s
UCLA, North Carolina, Florida, Wisconsin
The 2s
Ohio State, Duke, Arizona, Pittsburgh
The 3s
Kansas, UConn, Alabama, Washington
The 4s
Wichita State, Texas A&M, Oregon, Oklahoma State
The 5s
LSU, Notre Dame, Gonzaga, Tennessee
The 6s
Air Force, Memphis, Texas, Marquette
The 7s
Michigan State, Nevada, Clemson, Butler
The 8s
Georgetown, Purdue, Washington State, Maryland
The 9s
Southern Illinois, Kentucky, Boston College, Syracuse
The 10s
UNLV, Northern Iowa, Illinois, Florida State
The 11s
Dayton, Missouri State, Texas Tech, Drexel
The 12s
Kansas State, New Mexico State, Georgia Tech, Old Dominion
The 13s
Winthrop, Western Kentucky, Akron, Southern Utah
The 14s
Bucknell, Penn, Appalachian State, Marist
The 15s
Albany, Sacred Heart, Portland State, UC-Santa Barbara
The 16s
Lipscomb, Eastern Kentucky, SE Louisiana, Howard (Play-In Game), Alabama A&M (Play-In Game)
The Bracket
This Week's Bracket - Dec. 26
Questions? Comments? E-mail Bracketology 101 at bracketologyblog@yahoo.com
6 comments:
How does Texas A&M (RPI:61; Pomeroy:6) merit a 4 seed?
They've played 3 RPI top-100 teams (1-2), the only win coming against St. Louis.
Drew Barnette has made several mistakes in his recent Bracket Express projections. He has Texas Tech & Kansas in the same pod so they could play in the 2nd round already. 2 weeks ago he had Georgia Tech listed twice in the same bracket.
Paymon,
You make a very valid argument about the Aggies. Their current seeding, admittedly, is more of a projection at this point than anything else. They, like UConn, are high seeds not because they have many impressive wins, but because they have no glaring losses. A&M has lost twice, but both are very "good" ones (especially their narrow defeat to UCLA), and they surely have the talent to be one of the top 16 teams in the bracket at season's end.
That said, with a strong group of five seeds behind them, A&M better keep winning if they want to remain at a 4. One of the five seeds, Gonzaga, has a chance to pick up another quality win Saturday against Nevada.
I would say a 4seed is perfect for Texas A&M. You forget to mention that both Aggie big games were on the road.
Happy New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season. My things have changed fast for Wichita State & Gonzaga. UNLV got a nice sweep in the state of Texas before conference play. Do you guys think the Mountain West has any chance of getting more than 3 teams in this year?
How does Texas A&M (RPI:61; Pomeroy:6) merit a 4 seed?
They've played 3 RPI top-100 teams (1-2), the only win coming against St. Louis.
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