Sunday, March 1, 2015

S-Curve 3/2

I'm going to break down the bubble in greater detail in another post below.  I'm just pinning the actual seeds to the top.  Scroll down and beyond to get the analysis.

NIT projections are coming Monday afternoon/night.

The 1 line:  Kentucky (29-0), Virginia (27-1), Duke (26-3), Villanova (27-2)
The 2 line:  Arizona (26-3), Gonzaga (28-2), Wisconsin (26-3), Kansas (23-6)
The 3 line:  Maryland (24-5), Utah (21-6), Notre Dame (24-5), Oklahoma (20-8)
The 4 line:  Baylor (21-7), Northern Iowa (27-3), Wichita St (26-3), Iowa St (20-8)
The 5 line:  North Carolina (20-9), Louisville (23-6), Providence (20-9), Arkansas (23-6)
The 6 line:  Butler (21-8), Georgetown (18-9), West Virginia (22-7), SMU (22-6)
The 7 line:  St John's (19-9), VCU (21-8), Cincinnati (20-9), Dayton (22-6)
The 8 line:  Michigan St (19-10), San Diego St (21-7), Oklahoma St (16-11), Xavier (18-12)
The 9 line:  Indiana (19-10), Colorado St (23-5), Oregon (21-8), Ohio St (21-8)
The 10 line:  Iowa (19-10), North Carolina St (17-12), LSU (21-8), Georgia (19-9)
The 11 line:  Mississippi (19-10), Purdue (19-10), Boise St (20-7), UCLA (18-12), Davidson (20-6), Temple (20-9)
The 12 line:  Tulsa (21-6), Stephen F Austin (21-4), Wofford (23-6), Murray St (24-4)
The 13 line:  Iona (24-7), Harvard (18-6), Louisiana Tech (22-7), Valparaiso (23-5)
The 14 line:  William & Mary (16-11), UC-Davis (20-5), Central Michigan (18-6), North Carolina Central (19-6)
The 15 line:  South Dakota St (19-9), Albany (21-8), New Mexico St (17-10), Texas Southern (16-12)
The 16 line:  Georgia Southern (17-7) Sacramento St (17-8), Charleston Southern (16-10), North Florida (17-11), St Francis(NY) (20-10), Bucknell (17-13)

Bubble in:
St John's
VCU
Cincinnati
Dayton
Michigan St
San Diego St
Oklahoma St
Xavier
Indiana
Colorado St
Oregon
Ohio St

Next 4 in:
Iowa
North Carolina St
LSU
Georgia

Last 4 in:
Mississippi
Purdue
Boise St (currently in the field as the Mountain West leader)
UCLA
Davidson (currently in the field as the A-10 leader)
Temple

Last 4 out:
Tulsa (currently in the field as the American leader)
BYU (21-8)
Stanford (18-10)
Texas (17-12)
Texas A&M (20-8)

Next 4 out:
Kansas St (15-15)
Pittsburgh (18-11)
Miami (18-11)
Old Dominion (22-6)

Bubble inception:  we have to go deeper:
Illinois (18-11)
Stephen F Austin (currently in the field as the Southland leader)
UConn (17-11)

Teams for which a major run in a conference tournament might bring them back into contention:  UMass, Rhode Island, Seton Hall, Clemson

3 comments:

Chris Miller said...

Hey Andrew,

I agree with you on a lot of your projections. Ole Miss & Texas A&M resume are not that impressive. I believe we are the only two bracketologists to have TAMU out this morning. Gonna be an awesome month! Cheers!

Chris Miller said...

Link to my bracket this morning - http://t.co/GcX5wtHW3r (RM on bracketmatrix.com)

Andrew said...

Looks like we're the only SEC truthers out there