Bracketology: February 7th, 2011
With an early end to the week because of the Super Bowl, we’ve got an early look at the numbers as we move into the second week of February. This week I summarized alot of my thoughts in my post on Saturday night, so I’ll be brief.
Yesterday UNC beat the crap out of FSU and moved to 7-1 in the ACC. Are the Tar Heels turning the corner? Maybe, lets see at this time next week. The Heels have road trips to Duke and Clemson this week and it could go alot of different ways for UNC. If they are 9-1 next week, I’ll declare them as have turned the corner, but I’m not convinced it’s going to happen.
There is a lot of craziness going on in the college basketball world this year, and I’ve never seen so many teams clumped together with mediocre resumes. For every good win, there is a bad loss or two. The NCAA tournament will be absurdly hard to pick this year, probably harder than ever before. I’ll be back later on this week to talk about what happens as the week moves on.
1 Seeds-
Ohio State
Texas
Kansas
Duke
2 Seeds-
Pittsburgh
San Diego State
Notre Dame
Georgetown
3 Seeds-
BYU
Villanova
Purdue
Wisconsin
4 Seeds-
UConn
Louisville
Syracuse
North Carolina
5 Seeds-
Florida
Texas A&M
Missouri
Arizona
6 Seeds-
West Virginia
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Cincinnati
7 Seeds-
Tennessee
Illinois
UNLV
Xavier
8 Seeds-
Washington
Temple
Marquette
St. Mary’s
9 Seeds-
St. John’s
Minnesota
Florida State
Boston College
10 Seeds-
Michigan State
Utah State
Kansas State
George Mason
11 Seeds-
Virginia Tech
Old Dominion
Georgia
UCLA
12 Seeds-
Richmond
Oklahoma State
UAB
Penn State
Memphis
Wichita State
13 Seeds-
Charleston
Oakland
Belmont
Cleveland State
14 Seeds-
Fairfield
Harvard
Bucknell
Coastal Carolina
15 Seeds-
Vermont
Murray State
Long Beach State
Buffalo
16 Seeds-
Texas Southern
Hampton
Stephen F Austin
Long Island
Florida Atlantic
Montana
Last Four In-
Penn State
UAB
Richmond
Oklahoma State
First Four Out-
Washington State
Baylor
VCU
Missouri State
Next Four Out-
Maryland
Clemson
UTEP
Duquesne
Also Considered-
Colorado State
New Mexico
Gonzaga
Butler
VCU
Nebraska
Alabama
Bids by Conference-
Big East-11
Big Ten-7
Big 12-6
ACC-5
SEC-5
Pac Ten-4
MWC-3
A10-3
CAA-2
CUSA-2
5 BOROUGH SPORTS 
February 11, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Having BYU behind SDSU is a mistake at this point. Until SDSU beats BYU, the Y should be ahead.
Ohio State and Kansas have only played two ranked teams this year and are rated in the top four (seems like all the pollsters are cool with it, I AM not).
The Big Beast does not play any tough preseason teams (with exception with Georgetown) then they drop like flies in the first rounds.
BYU and SDSU have very high RPIs based in part in their winning a lot of ROAD games. Both teams should be 2’s or better and will do very well in the Dance.
February 12, 2011 at 12:15 am
Thanks for the input chris…I had SD State ahead because of the New Mexico loss(2 vs. 1 loss), but in my new bracket they are now both 2 seeds…the win was at BYU, a tough place to play, so I’m not going to discredit sd state too much for taking the loss…I agree that kansas might be overrated, but I do believe that Ohio State belongs in top group of teams…at this point though you can’t discredit someone who doesn’t slip up….the big east did have a bad year last year in the ncaa tourney, and I agree it might happen again. There are alot of teams that are good, but none that are consistently great…I wouldn’t be surprised if only 2-3 are left come the sweet 16…I can see you’re a mountain west guy, and yes BYU and San Diego State have great rpi’s, but I’m a bit skeptical of them because neither has a whole lot of good ooc wins…SD State hasn’t beaten a tourney team away from home, and BYU just has St. Mary’s on a neutral court…both are good, but I can’t put them in the ranks of the elite right now