Tuesday, March 11, 2014

S-Curve 3/12

Note for the Bracket Matrix:  in the past I've been artificially editing the timestamps on the posts, to make the S-Curve show up at the top.  However, given you're likely going with more constant updates, to avoid confusion, I will stop doing that.

Tweaks to the Tuesday bracket:
1) Kansas down from 6 overall to 8.  Adjusting for Embid.
2) Milwaukee to the 15 line.  2 road wins against Green Bay is there, but those are the only two Top 100 wins.  They'll probably worm their way to the 14 line after attrition in the other conference tournaments.
3) 6 teams between BYU and the bubble.  Let the watching begin.
4) Mount St Mary's is headed to Dayton with Coastal Carolina and the SWAC winner.  Wofford is the Dayton bubble team.
5) I'll do an updated NIT bracket very soon.  Bid poaching is a significant development.

The 1 line:  Florida (29-2), Arizona (28-3), Wichita St (33-0), Villanova (28-3)
The 2 line:  Wisconsin (25-6), Michigan (23-7), Syracuse (27-4), Kansas (23-8)
The 3 line:  Duke (24-7), San Diego St (25-3), Virginia (25-6), Cincinnati (26-5)
The 4 line:  North Carolina (23-8), Louisville (26-5), Creighton (24-6), Iowa St (23-7)
The 5 line:  Michigan St (23-8), St Louis (25-5), Oklahoma (23-8), Texas (22-9)
The 6 line:  UConn (24-7), Ohio St (23-8), UMass (23-7), VCU (24-7)
The 7 line:  Memphis (22-8), UCLA (23-8), New Mexico (24-6), George Washington (23-7)
The 8 line:  Gonzaga (27-6), Kentucky (22-9), Oregon (22-8), Baylor (19-10)
The 9 line:  Kansas St (20-11), SMU (23-8), Colorado (21-10), Oklahoma St (20-11)
The 10 line:  Iowa (19-11), Arizona St (21-10), Pittsburgh (23-8), Xavier (19-11)
The 11 line:  BYU (22-10), Stanford (19-11), St Joseph's (21-9), Nebraska (19-11), Arkansas (21-10)
The 12 line:  Tennessee (19-11), Dayton (22-9), Louisiana Tech (24-6), North Dakota St (22-6), Manhattan (25-7)
The 13 line:  Harvard (25-4), Mercer (23-8), Delaware (25-9), Boston (24-9)
The 14 line:  Western Michigan (20-9), Stephen F Austin (25-2), UC Irvine (20-10), North Carolina Central (23-5)
The 15 line:  Georgia St (22-7), Milwaukee (20-13), Eastern Kentucky (22-9), Stony Brook (22-9)
The 16 line:  Utah Valley (17-10), Weber St (15-11), Wofford (17-12), Coastal Carolina (18-12), Texas Southern (15-14), Mount St Mary's (16-16)

Tail end of the lockbox:
Oregon
Baylor
Kansas St
SMU

Bubble in:
Colorado
Oklahoma St
Iowa
Arizona St
Pittsburgh

Next 4 in:
Xavier
BYU
Stanford
St Joseph's

Last 4 in:
Nebraska
Arkansas
Tennessee
Dayton

Last 4 out:
California (19-12)
Minnesota (18-12)
Georgetown (17-13)
Providence (20-11)

Next 4 out:
Southern Miss (24-5)
St John's (20-11)
Missouri (21-10)
Florida St (18-12)

Bubble inception:  WE NEED TO GO DEEPER
West Virginia (17-14)
Green Bay (21-6)
*Louisiana Tech

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