5 BOROUGH SPORTS

Thru the games of Monday February 27th…

#1: Kentucky, Syracuse, Kansas, North Carolina

#2: Duke, Michigan State, Ohio State, Missouri

#3: Marquette, Baylor, Georgetown, Michigan

#4: Wisconsin, Indiana, Wichita State, Florida

#5: Louisville, UNLV, Temple, Murray State

#6: Florida State, Vanderbilt, Gonzaga, New Mexico

#7: Notre Dame, Creighton, Virginia, St. Mary’s

#8: San Diego State, Kansas State, Iowa State, Southern Miss

#9: Memphis, Saint Louis, California, Purdue

#10: Alabama, Harvard, Connecticut, Seton Hall

#11: BYU, Washington, West Virginia, Northwestern

#12: Colorado State, Texas, Miami FL, Xavier, Cincinnati, Mississippi State

#13: Oral Roberts, Iona, Middle Tennessee State, Long Beach State

#14: Akron, Belmont, Nevada, Drexel

#15: Bucknell, Valparaiso, Weber State, Davidson

#16: UNC Asheville, Texas-Arlington, Long Island, Stony Brook, Mississippi Valley State, Savannah State

Last Four In:

Mississippi State, Cincinnati, Xavier, Texas

Last Six Out:

Arizona, NC State, St. Joseph’s, VCU, USF, Dayton

By Conference:

Big East-9

Big Ten-7

Big 12-6

ACC-5

SEC-5

MWC-4

WCC-3

A10-3

CUSA-2

MVC-2

Pac 12- 2

This past weekend was bracket busters and it provided a lot of answers to our questions about many mid majors. Murray State claimed the biggest win of the day by beating St. Mary’s. Murray State showed me and everyone else in America that are weren’t fading and were totally a legit team. St. Mary’s is a very good team and both teams are now very solid for at-large bids. Creighton beat Long Beach State in Omaha at the buzzer and both teams showed us how they can really score. Both teams will need to improve defensively but they are both going to be very tough outs in the NCAA Tournament. Wichita State once again showed us why they are perhaps the best of the mid major ranks by beating Davidson on the road. New Mexico beat up UNLV in Albuquerque in front of an electric crowd. The Lobo’s are now ahead in the MWC and are moving up seed lines with their impressive play beating San Diego State this week on the road as well.

The Big Ten had a good chance to get as many as nine bids this year but Minnesota and Illinois are both struggling mightily in conference. Northwestern beat the Gophers this weekend and are now back in despite their lack of impressive wins. The bubble is pretty weak right now and its possible some of these marginal in conference teams will make it in.

#1- Syracuse, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina

#2- Duke, Kansas, Michigan Sttae, Ohio State

#3- Georgetown, Marquette, Michigan, Baylor

#4- Indiana, Wichita State, Florida, Florida State

#5- UNLV, Louisville, Temple, Wisconsin

#6- Murray State, New Mexico, Creighton, Vanderbilt

#7- Gonzaga, Virginia, St. Mary’s, Notre Dame

#8- San Diego State, Southern Mississippi, St. Louis, California

#9- Kansas State, Iowa State, West Virginia, Harvard

#10- Connecticut, Purdue, Alabama, BYU

#11- Memphis, Mississippi State, Seton Hall, Texas

#12- Miami FL, Xavier, Northwestern, NC State, Colorado State, Washington

#13- Oral Roberts, Iona, Middle Tennessee State, Long Beach State

#14- Drexel, Akron, Davidson, Nevada

#15- Weber State, Cleveland State, Bucknell, Belmont

#16- Vermont, UNC Asheville, Mississippi State State, Norfolk State, Texas-Arlington, Long Island

Last Four In:

Northwestern, NC State, Colorado State, Northwestern

Last Eight Out:

Arizona, South Florida, Cincinnati, Mississippi, St. Joseph’s, Illinois, Minnesota, Wyoming

By Conference:

Big East-8

Big 10-7

ACC-6

Big 12-6

SEC-5

MWC-4

A10-3

WCC-3

MVC-2

CUSA-2

It’s been a while since I got a copy of the Bracketology up. The tournament field is starting to separate from the pack and the bubble is actually much smaller than I expected at this point. The only real confusing thing to deal with is some teams with some very different results in their non-conference and conference schedules. The RPI’s of teams like Seton Hall, Cincinnati, and Washington are not very representative of their resume’s and have had incredibly inconsistent seasons. In the end I decided to keep some teams in but they are on very thin ice. Here are the seed lines for now and check back soon for an update.

#1- Kentucky, Syracuse, Ohio State, UNC

#2- Missouri, Baylor, Kansas, Duke

#3- Michigan State, Georgetown, Florida, Marquette

#4- UNLV, Florida State, Wisconsin, St. Mary’s

#5- Michigan, Indiana, Louisville, Creighton

#6- Murray State, San Diego State, Virginia, Wichita State

#7- Vanderbilt, Temple, Mississippi State, West Virginia

#8- Southern Miss, Gonzaga, Connecticut, Alabama

#9- Illinois, Kansas State, Memphis, Iowa State

#10- Notre Dame, Harvard, St. Louis, New Mexico

#11- California, Purdue, Minnesota, BYU

#12- Miami FL, Washington, NC State, Colorado State, Xavier, Seton Hall

#13- Iona, Oral Roberts, Long Beach State, Middle Tennessee State

#14- Davidson, Akron, Cleveland State, Nevada

#15- Weber State, Bucknell, VCU, Belmont

#16- Mississippi Valley State, Vermont, Norfolk State, Texas-Arlington, UNC-Asheville, Long Island

Last Four In-

Washington, Xavier, Seton Hall, Colorado State

Last Six Out-

Northwestern, Texas, Cincinnati, Arkansas, Arizona, Dayton

By Conference-

Big East-8

Big Ten-8

ACC-6

SEC-5

Big 12-5

MWC- 4

A10-3

WAC-3

Pac 12-2

MVC-2

CUSA-2