Bracketology - January 1

[TheBall]

Phenominal would actually be landing 5 or 6 teams, not landing 7 in an early January hypothetical bracket. For that to happen, teams like xavier cannot be losing to depaul.

But the positive press is nice.

[Flyer75]

How Uncle Joe has Xavier in over UD is beyond me. Dayton was in last week...Xavier wasn't. Dayton won by 26. Xavier lost to DePaul.

19/45

51/69

I'll let you figure out what those numbers are right now.

BE is very tough this year but this is a head scratcher imo.

[Hall2012]

Jerry Palm just released his new bracketology as well...5 from the Big East:
Villanova (2)
Seton Hall (4)
St. John's (5)
Butler (5)
Georgetown (9)

I won't complain about him only putting 5 Big East teams in, especially because he gave 4 of the 5 higher seeds than Lunardi did (both gave Villanova a 2 seed). It's only January so the bubble is very large right now and different guys are gonna lean different way on certain teams. But I want to know what he's smoking to put 7 B1G teams in the tournament (granted, 2 of them to play in games, but in is still in). If Penn State can lose to Rutgers and stay in the tourney field, then Big East teams should have no problem surviving a loss to DePaul.

[Fieldhouse Flyer]

Lunardi has 7 Big East teams in the field as of today:

Nova - 2
Seton Hall - 5
Butler - 6
St. John's - 7
Georgetown - 9
Providence - 10
Xavier - 11 (play-in)

How Uncle Joe has Xavier in over UD is beyond me. Dayton was in last week...Xavier wasn't. Dayton won by 26. Xavier lost to DePaul.

19/45

51/69

I'll let you figure out what those numbers are right now.

BE is very tough this year but this is a head scratcher imo.

Perhaps Lunardi is aware that Archie Miller has 7 only scholarshipped players on his active roster – none taller than 6’-6” – or perhaps Lunardi just missed the boat. Again.

Jerry Palm just released his new bracketology as well...5 from the Big East:

Villanova (2)
Seton Hall (4)
St. John's (5)
Butler (5)
Georgetown (9)

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

Jerry Palm has Providence and Xavier heading to the NIT, with # 4 seed VCU, # 6 seed George Washington, and # 10 seed Dayton going to the NCAA.

These tournament projections (and all others) will fluctuate a lot between now and March. It’s still interesting to watch the fluctuations in January and February – call it light entertainment, not to be taken too seriously.

[MUPanther]

Even better thing is Joe has us alone at the top of the number o' bids list. Phenomenal gentlemen, just phenomenal.:

Big East 7
Big 12 6
ACC 6
SEC 5
Big Ten 5
Pac-12 4
American 3
Mountain West 3
West Coast 3
Missouri Valley 2
Conference USA 2
Atlantic 10 2

The might ACC has 15 schools. Only 6 is weak.

[MUPanther]

Jerry Palm just released his new bracketology as well...5 from the Big East:
Villanova (2)
Seton Hall (4)
St. John's (5)
Butler (5)
Georgetown (9)

I won't complain about him only putting 5 Big East teams in, especially because he gave 4 of the 5 higher seeds than Lunardi did (both gave Villanova a 2 seed). It's only January so the bubble is very large right now and different guys are gonna lean different way on certain teams. But I want to know what he's smoking to put 7 B1G teams in the tournament (granted, 2 of them to play in games, but in is still in). If Penn State can lose to Rutgers and stay in the tourney field, then Big East teams should have no problem surviving a loss to DePaul.

Joey Brackets had only one Big East school in the Opening Round game, Xavier. I don't use, nor does the NCAA the term "play in".

[micgoG'town]

Butler has the winner of the "play in game" Syracuse-Mich. St. Sweet

[MUPanther]

Opening round.

[TheBall]

I thought they changed it back to play in game after the ridiculousness of calling the round of 64 the 2nd round?

[Bill Marsh]

Jerry Palm just released his new bracketology as well...5 from the Big East:
Villanova (2)
Seton Hall (4)
St. John's (5)
Butler (5)
Georgetown (9)

I won't complain about him only putting 5 Big East teams in, especially because he gave 4 of the 5 higher seeds than Lunardi did (both gave Villanova a 2 seed). It's only January so the bubble is very large right now and different guys are gonna lean different way on certain teams. But I want to know what he's smoking to put 7 B1G teams in the tournament (granted, 2 of them to play in games, but in is still in). If Penn State can lose to Rutgers and stay in the tourney field, then Big East teams should have no problem surviving a loss to DePaul.

Why not 7? Lunardi's last 2 in are Xavier and Providence. How can you keep them out?

Xavier - #32 in Sagarin's power ratings, but more importantly #22 in his predictive ratings. Using what we've learned about team's relative strengths so far in the season, Xavier has to be projected to win a lot of games in conference play.

Providence - What they have going for them is quality wins and no bad losses. Wins over Notre Dame, Miami, and UMass. And just by scheduling Kentucky on the road they helped their SOS and thereby their RPI. They are a solid pick at this point.