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Bracket Matrix - bracketmatrix.com – last updated March 2020

Bracketology - Jerry Palm, CBS Sports - updated November 23, 2020

1. Villanova
3. Creighton
9. Seton Hall
10. UConn

Last Four In:
SMU
Georgia Tech
Arizona
Minnesota

First Four Out:
Providence
Utah State
Utah
USC

Bracketology – Joe Lunardi, ESPN – updated November 24, 2020

1. Villanova
3.Creighton
9. UConn
9. Providence
10. Seton Hall
12. Marquette (play-in game vs. #12 seed)

Last Four In:
USC
Marquette
BYU
Dayton

First Four Out:
Arizona
Arkansas
Minnesota
Maryland

The Rundown:
Big Ten - 9 teams
ACC - 7
Big 12 - 6
Big East - 6
SEC - 5
Pac-12 - 5
Atlantic 10 - 3
American - 2
West Coast - 2
Missouri Valley - 2

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Related: AP Top 25 Poll – Associated Press – November 9, 2020

1 Gonzaga (28 First-place votes) 0-0 1541
2 Baylor (24) 0-0 1540
3 Villanova (11) 0-0 1501
4 Virginia (1) 0-0 1540
5 Iowa 0-0 1273
6 Kansas 0-0 1221
7 Wisconsin 0-0 1150
8 Illinois 0-0 1105
9 Duke 0-0 1073
10 Kentucky 0-0 1038
11 Creighton 0-0 922
12 Tennessee 0-0 919
13 Michigan State 0-0 820
14 Texas Tech 0-0 790
15 West Virginia 0-0 651
16 North Carolina 0-0 465
17 Houston 0-0 438
18 Arizona State 0-0 402
19 Texas 0-0 380
20 Oregon 0-0 375
21 Florida State 0-0 351
22 UCLA 0-0 336
23 Ohio State 0-0 270
24 Rutgers 0-0 190
25 Michigan 0-0 160

Others receiving votes: LSU 146, Memphis 69, Florida 69, Alabama 50, Indiana 48, Louisville 41, Richmond 40, Stanford 14, Providence 9, Saint Louis 8, Auburn 8, San Diego State 6, Connecticut 6, BYU 4, Loyola Chicago 3, Seton Hall 2, UNC Greensboro 1, Northern Iowa 1

Related: Bracketology 2019-20 – HLOH thread – 263 posts dated December 2, 2019 to March 9, 2020

Nice that we got 6 teams in with Marquette in the First Four (does Joe listen to GTMO? )

Like Lunardi's new format, (https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story ... cketologyd) nice to not worry about LOCATION any more. The NCAA needs to get all 68 teams fully vaccinated, have vaccine cards for all fans and let's get this show on the road to Indy!

Vaccine for athletes by March is not going to happen.

To simplify the distribution plan, Phase 1a is higher risk health care providers and First Responders, 1B is LTC staff and residents, 2 is higher risk general public, 3 is lower risk general public and 4 is everybody else. Collage athletes will be considered 4 unless there is some individual complicating factor.

I'm working with some groups looking to get involved in Phase 2. The current working assumption (which admittedly can and has changed wildly) is that Phase 2 will begin in February. They are currently predicting "summer" for phase 3 and "fall" for phase 4. Again, this could and will change.

Unless they bring in the potential financial impact of losing another March Madness, I don't see earlier vaccinations happening.

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Jerry Palm has not updated his Bracketology picks as of today. Joe Lunardi updated his on Tuesday, as usual:

Bracketology – Joe Lunardi, ESPN – updated December 1, 2020

1. Villanova
4.Creighton
10. UConn
10. Providence
10. Seton Hall
11. Marquette

Last Four In:
Maryland
Syracuse
Arkansas
BYU

First Four Out:
Minnesota
Colorado
Miami
NC State

The Rundown:
Big Ten - 10 teams
ACC - 8
SEC - 6
Big 12 - 6
Big East - 6
Pac-12 - 4
American - 2
West Coast - 2
Atlantic 10 – 2

Lunardi updated his bracket and still has 5 teams in: Nova, Creighton, UConn, PC (somehow?) and Marquette.

Nothing but white noise.....absolutely irrelevant in this Covid nightmare. We may end up with a drastically reduced field due to lack of games played.

Oh, I just thought of something. Flyer....why are you posting here????????

Although I know Lunardi, I have not spoken irt Marquette or their season with him.

The Warrior/GE's have work to do, but they have sufficient talent to win enough to make the dance.

RDW/GE's...

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Bracketology – Joe Lunardi, ESPN – updated December 8, 2020

1. Villanova
4.Creighton
9. Marquette
10. UConn
11. Xavier (Play-in game)

Last Four In:
NC State
Xavier
Syracuse
Memphis

First Four Out:
SMU
Miami
Colorado
Seton Hall

The Rundown:
Big Ten - 10 teams
ACC - 9
SEC - 7
Big 12 - 6
Big East - 5
Pac-12 - 4
American - 2
Atlantic 10 – 2

Did Flyer get banned?

Why did his annoying KemPom thread disappear?

I guess that X bashing is suddenly out of style.

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Bracketology – Joe Lunardi, ESPN – updated December 15, 2020

1. Villanova
4.Creighton
9. Xavier
10. UConn
12. Marquette

Last Four In:
USC
Virginia Tech
Marquette
Alabama

First Four Out:
Kentucky
Arizona
Minnesota
Penn State

The Rundown:
Big Ten - 10 teams
ACC - 9
Big 12 - 7
SEC - 6
Pac-12 - 5
Big East - 5
Atlantic 10 – 2