"Field of 65" Projection (2/16/10)

[SelectionSunday]

***Joe Lunardi and I have 4 differences at this point. He has Northeastern, St. Mary's, UAB and Virginia Tech "in", in their place I have Cincinnati, Florida, Ole Miss and William & Mary.

*Denotes conference leader (or best RPI if tie for lead) in multiple-bid league.

America East (1): Stony Brook (140)

ACC (6): *Duke (2), Wake Forest (11), Georgia Tech (29), Clemson (31), Maryland (40), Florida State (44)

Atlantic Sun (1): Belmont (130)

Atlantic 10 (6): Temple (12), Xavier (20), Rhode Island (22), *Richmond (27), Dayton (33), Charlotte (42)

Big East (8): *Syracuse (3), West Virginia (5), Villanova (6), Georgetown (8), Pitt (13), Louisville (32), Cincinnati (48), Marquette (60)

Big Sky (1): Weber State (75)

Big South (1): Coastal Carolina (146)

Big 10 (5): Purdue (10), Wisconsin (16), *Michigan State (26), Ohio State (30), Illinois (70)

Big 12 (7): *Kansas (1), Kansas State (7), Baylor (17), Texas A&M (18), Texas (28), Oklahoma State (39), Missouri (45)

Big West (1): UCSB (121)

Colonial (2): *Old Dominion (34), William & Mary (51)

Conference USA (1): UTEP (55)

Horizon (1): Butler (15)

Ivy (1): Cornell (54)

Metro Atlantic (1): Siena (35)

MAC (1): Kent State (63)

MEAC (1): Morgan State (128)

Missouri Valley (1): Northern Iowa (25)

Mountain West (3): *New Mexico (9), BYU (24), UNLV (36)

Northeast (1): Robert Morris (156)

Ohio Valley (1): Murray State (81)

Pac 10 (1): Cal (23)

Patriot (1): Lehigh (175)

SEC (5): *Kentucky (4), Vanderbilt (14), Tennessee (21), Ole Miss (49), Florida (61)

Southern (1): Charleston (113)

Southland (1): Sam Houston State (73)

SWAC (1): Jackson State (217)

Summit (1): Oakland (65)

Sun Belt (1): Arkansas State (168)

West Coast (1): Gonzaga (19)

WAC (1): Utah State (43)


Non-BCS At-Larges (7): Temple (12), Xavier (20), Rhode Island (22), BYU (24), Dayton (33), UNLV (36), Charlotte (42)

Last 4 In: Maryland (40), Ole Miss (49), William & Mary (51), Marquette (60)

First 4 Out: UAB (37), Virginia Tech (52), Mississippi State (57), Arizona State (64)

In the Mix (11): Texas Tech (38), San Diego State (41), St. Mary's (46), Wichita State (47), UConn (50), Washington (53), South Florida (56), Seton Hall (58), Memphis (59), Northeastern (62), South Carolina (71), Northwestern (74)

Next Field of 65 Projection: Monday, Feb. 22

 

[SelectionSunday]

Bubble Watch (February 16)

NM, wrong place

 

[mnboiler]

SS, I don't know if you seed teams at all or create a "S-Curve" but after last night where do you have Purdue. I know Bracketology had them as the "1st 2 seed" but with Nova loss last night does Purdue move up to the "4th 1 seed"?

 

[SelectionSunday]

Sorry, I only project the teams, not the seeds. I leave that up to Lunardi, Palm, etc.

 

[Blizzard]

I know Bracketology had them as the "1st 2 seed" but with Nova loss last night does Purdue move up to the "4th 1 seed"?

If this is accurate of all the brackets out there, it has them as a 2 across the board as of last night.

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/matrix.htm

 

[Winona Gopher]

William and Mary is still in? I know they had some good OOC wins but they have struggled in the CAA. I cant see them being an at-large at this point

 

[SelectionSunday]

A valid point about William & Mary. At this point I'm higher on Bill & Mary than Lunardi, Palm, etc., but I suspect unless they run the table prior to the CAA Tournament, that would be about it for them.

That said, I'm still not willing to ignore the impressive out-of-league wins @ Maryland and @ Wake Forest, as well as a home win over A-10 leader Richmond. If they can win two this week (@ George Mason tonight, @ top-100 Iona for Bracket Busters this weekend), they'll still be solidly in the mix, in my opinion.