Friday, January 8, 2016

1/8 S-CURVE

Preface to the bracket:  starting today, I project the current leader in the conference standings as the autobid winner for the conference.  This leads to the following oddities in the bracket:
-Houston has the AAC autobid, not UConn or Cincy
-Green Bay has the Horizon autobid, not Valpo
-St Mary's has the WCC autobid, not Gonzaga
-UTA has the Sun Belt autobid instead of UALR
-Iona has the MAAC autobid, not Monmouth
-Omaha has the Summit autobid, not South Dakota St
-also, San Diego St has the MWC autobid as of now

This is an unusual time for the update, but wanted to fix a few things and introduce the conference standing rule for the rest of the year.  No bracket today.

The 1 line:  Kansas (12-1), Oklahoma (12-1), Michigan St (15-1), Xavier (14-1)
The 2 line:  North Carolina (14-2), Villanova (13-2), Maryland (14-1), Virginia (12-2)
The 3 line:  Iowa St (12-2), Duke (13-2), Miami (12-1), Providence (14-2)
The 4 line:  Iowa (12-3), Purdue (14-2), Kentucky (11-3), Louisville (13-2)
The 5 line:  Dayton (12-2), Arizona (13-2), West Virginia (13-1), Texas A&M (12-2)
The 6 line:  Butler (12-3), Oregon (11-3), Pittsburgh (12-1), Utah (10-4)
The 7 line:  South Carolina (13-0), Indiana (13-3), California (12-4), USC (13-3)
The 8 line:  George Washington (12-3), Colorado (11-3), Gonzaga (11-3), Michigan (11-4)
The 9 line:  Oregon St (9-3), Texas (9-5), Seton Hall (12-3), Wichita St (8-5)
The 10 line:  Monmouth (10-4), Ole Miss (11-3), Texas-Arlington (11-2), Ohio St (11-5)
The 11 line:  Florida (9-5), Valparaiso (9-3), Arizona St (10-5), UCLA (10-6), Arkansas-Little Rock (11-1), St Mary's (13-1)
The 12 line:  San Diego St (8-6), Chattanooga (11-2), Northeastern (10-5), Green Bay (8-5)
The 13 line:  UC-Irvine (10-5), Kent St (9-4), Omaha (9-6), Houston (13-2)
The 14 line:  Stony Brook (8-4), Yale (8-5), UAB (11-3), Iona (8-6)
The 15 line:  Tennessee Tech (9-5), North Florida (9-6), High Point (8-4), New Mexico St (8-7)
The 16 line:  Montana (5-6), Sam Houston St (4-7), Bucknell (5-8), Hampton (6-7), Mount St Mary's (6-10), Jackson St (5-8)

Next 4 in:
Monmouth
Ole Miss
Texas-Arlington*
Ohio St
Florida

Last 4 in:
Valparaiso
Arizona St
St Joseph's
Arkansas-Little Rock

Last 4 out:
UConn (10-4)
Cincinnati (11-5)
St Joseph's (11-3)
Notre Dame (10-4)

Next 4 out:
Stanford (8-5)
St Mary's*
Baylor (10-3)
Texas Tech (11-2)
Georgia Tech (10-5)

The consideration board:  South Dakota St, LSU, Alabama, Northern Iowa, Davidson, Wake Forest

Break it down!:
(this will be the weirdest Break It Down in Bracketball history)
Pac-12 9
B1G 7
ACC 6
Big 12 5
Big East 5
SEC 5
A-10 2
Horizon 2
West Coast 2
Sun Belt 2
MAAC 2
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American 1
Mountain West 1
MVC 1

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