Bracketology Updates - 2021-22

[kayako]

Only having to win 2 games, first one against an exhasted team no less, is a joke. I don't like double-byes either. Strictly for conference tourneys, 12 is the perfect number of teams.

[stever20]

Lunardi today:
Villanova 3E vs Princeton, Iowa/Memphis/Xavier in Pittsburgh
Providence 4MW vs Iona, Texas in Buffalo
UConn 5S vs Rutgers/Loyola, Houston in Buffalo
Seton Hall 8E vs Wake Forest, Auburn in Greenville
Marquette 8S vs Miami, Baylor in Fort Worth
Creighton 9W vs Iowa St, Gonzaga in Portland
Xavier 11E(3rd team in) vs Memphis, Iowa, Villanova in Pittsburgh

not sure that Nova and Xavier would be allowed to play so early- thought that couldn't happen unless you play 3x which won't happen....

Bracketville with matchups:
Villanova 3E vs Towson, Alabama/Memphis/Rutgers in Pittsburgh
Providence 4MW vs Northern Iowa, LSU/South Dakota St in Portland
Connecticut 5E vs Chattanooga, Illinois in Buffalo
Seton Hall 8W vs San Diego St, Gonzaga in Portland
Marquette 8S vs Murray St, Baylor in Fort Worth
Creighton 9MW vs TCU, Arizona in San Diego
Xavier 11S vs St Mary's, Purdue in Indianapolis

[Omaha1]

If Creighton ends up a 9 seed, I will be surprised. Frankly I kind of prefer a 10 or 11. And Lunardi has us playing Iowa State, but we played them in the regular season so I don’t think that can happen.

[stever20]

DeCourcey-
Nova 3 E vs Princeton, St Marys/Memphis
Providence 4 MW vs Chattanooga, Iowa
UCOnn 5 S vs Michigan/Wyoming, Houston
Seton Hall 8 S vs Wake Forest, Baylor
Marquette 9 W vs Boise St, Gonzaga
Creighton 10 S vs TCU, Wisconsin
Xavier 12 E PIG vs SMU, Alabama, Illinois

[kayako]

Bracketville 3/6:

https://bracketville.wordpress.com/seed-list/

3 Nova (11)
4 Providence (16)
5 UCONN (18)
7 Marquette (26)
8 Seton Hall (31)
9 Creighton (35)
11 Xavier (42) 2 spots away from Dayton

[kayako]

Jerry Palm 3/6:

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/

3 Nova
3 Providence
5 UCONN
7 Seton Hall
9 Marquette
9 Creighton
10 Xavier

[kayako]

Just for fun this is Delphibracketology's 3/6 seed list. They've been consistently good in recent years (#2 over 5 year span):

https://delphibracketology.com/bracketology/seed-list/

2 Nova (7)
4 Providence (15)
5 UCONN (19)
7 Seton Hall (28)
8 Marquette (31)
10 Creighton (38)
11 Xavier (41) 3 spots above PIG

[stever20]

Bunch of the top bracketologists did a mock selection committee and here is what they have right now:
Nova 3 E
Providence 4 MW
UConn 5 W
Marquette 7 E
Seton Hall 9 S
Creighton 10 MW
Xavier 11 S FF

[kayako]

bracketville 3/7:

https://bracketville.wordpress.com/seed-list/

3 Nova (10)
4 Providence (15)
5 UCONN (17)
7 Marquette (26)
8 Seton Hall (31)
9 Creighton (36)
11 Xavier (44) 1st Dayton

espn 3/7:

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-projecting-2022-march-madness-men-field

3 Nova
4 Providence
5 UCONN
7 Marquette
8 Seton Hall
10 Creighton
12 Xavier 1st Dayton

Looks like Lunardi is starting to converge into bracketville. And people are really resistant to moving Nova up a seed line.

[stever20]

bracketville 3/7:

https://bracketville.wordpress.com/seed-list/

3 Nova (10)
4 Providence (15)
5 UCONN (17)
7 Marquette (26)
8 Seton Hall (31)
9 Creighton (36)
11 Xavier (44) 1st Dayton

espn 3/7:

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-projecting-2022-march-madness-men-field

3 Nova
4 Providence
5 UCONN
7 Marquette
8 Seton Hall
10 Creighton
12 Xavier 1st Dayton

Looks like Lunardi is starting to converge into bracketville. And people are really resistant to moving Nova up a seed line.

Xavier actually 2nd team in Dayton for Bracketville- have to remember Davidson considered to have the auto bid for the A10 right now.