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BRACKETOLOGY: Is UNC IN or OUT? | BUBBLE WATCH | STREAKIN THE COURT GAME: LOUISVILLE OR UCONN?
After tonight's loss by North Carolina, I'm sure the main topic in bracketology is going to be about the Tar Heels and whether they should be in the field right now. Due to that, I decided to make an entire blog post motivated to the Tar Heels.

So, here's some common questions I expect to be asked:

1) Is North Carolina in the field right now?
North Carolina continues to keep losing. Tonight’s loss to Virginia marked the fifth loss in seven games for the Tar Heels. That left me with a tough decision when trying to make my field. First off, would the selection committee really leave out North Carolina ?

When I got past that, this is a North Carolina team with wins over Ohio State and Michigan State, two locks for the NCAA Tournament. The losses, outside tonight’s to the Cavaliers, are all to teams that are in my field.  Their RPI has now entered danger zone range at 76, but the wins gainst OHST and MSU save them for now.

 

2) What does UNC need to do to make the field?
Well first off, they are North Carolina. A victory against Duke (meaning winning one of the two) would be huge, but the main thing UNC needs to do is avoid awful losses like the ones to Virginia and Charleston. Virginia Tech and Maryland, two ACC bubble teams, are up next for the Tar Heels. Wins over both would really solidify UNC's shorterm status and help raise their RPI numbers.

 

3) Do you think the Tar Heels will get in the field?
I do. The wins against Michigan State and Ohio State will be tough to ignore and games against Virginia Tech, Maryland, N. C. State, Boston College, and Miami FL provide the Tar Heels with a great chance to get to seven ACC wins. Games against Duke (twice), Georgia Tech, Florida State, and Wake Forest can be looked at as chances for the Tar Heels to boost their resume with a win. If UNC gets to eight ACC wins then it's going to be hard to leave them out, although a lot depends on what else happens around the country between now and then,

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And for those wanting to see it........here's North Carolina's remaining schedule:

North Carolina's Remaining Schedule:
Feb 4 at Virginia Tech 16-4 (3-3)  
Feb 7 at Maryland 13-6 (4-2)    
Feb 10 Duke 17-4 (5-2)    
Feb 13 N.C. St. 14-8 (2-5)  
Feb 16 at Georgia Tech 15-5 (4-3)  
Feb 20 at Boston College 12-10 (3-5)    
Feb 24 Florida St. 16-5 (4-3) 
Feb 27 at Wake Forest 14-5 (4-3)   
March 2 Miami (FL) 15-5 (2-5)
March 6 at Duke 17-4 (5-2)

 

 

The second day of my "Streakin the Court" game is now underway. Here is where you pick your matchups (which I've posted below to show everyone how the game works).

Today's Matchups:

#1 Which result will take place: Illiniois at Penn State? (5:30 CT)
Illinois wins by double digits
Illinois wins by single digits or loses

#2 More Points Scored? (6 CT)
Scottie Reynolds (NOVA, vs. Notre Dame)
Luke Harangody (ND, vs. Villanova)

#3 Who Wins? (6 CT)
Vanderbilt (15-3, 4-0)
AT Tennessee (15-3, 3-1)

#4 Who Wins? (6 CT)
Texas A&M (14-5, 3-2)
AT Oklahoma State (15-4, 3-2)

#5 Who Wins? (7 CT)
Memphis (14-5, 4-1)
AT Marshall (14-5, 4-1)

#6 Who Wins? (7:05 CT)
Creighton (10-10, 5-4)
AT Bradley (10-9, 5-4)

#7 Total Points+ Assists for Jon Scheyer (DUKE)? (8 CT)
22 or less total points and assists
23 or more total points and assists

#8 Which tesult will happen: Texas Tech at Texas? (8 CT)
Texas wins by 13 or more
Texas wins by 12 or less or loses

#9 Who Wins? (9 CT)
Nebraska (12-7, 0-4)
AT Colorado (10-9, 1-4)

#10 Who Wins? (9 CT)
BYU (20-1, 5-0)
AT New Mexico (18-3, 4-2)

 

If anyone has ever played the "Streak for the Cash", I created the "Streakin' the Court" game for college basketball only. The game is going to be played on my personal website (I got my forums back up today and have been wanting to play this kind of game for a while). I would run the game over here, but it would be much harder to keep up with who posted when and with what screename and see if someone had multiple accounts and so on and so on.

The game will work just like ESPN's Streak for the Cash. Players will pick a college basketall matchup from the games I list each day and get a winning streak of 1 if they win. Each time they lose their streak restarts (unless they had lost the game before, then they'd be at -2). I'm up for discussion on what the winner gets, although I plan to do three different segments (Now-End of Feb, March 1-Conf. Tournaments, and NCAA Tournament) before the year is over.

Once a game is over, a player can pick the next game.

If you are interested in playing I have the first day's matchups up:
First Day Matchups: Streakin' the Court
NOTE: As always I recommend all of you guys play the Pick Em' game that Beer is nice enough to run and keep up with for all of us. To me, it is the best college basketball pick em on the Internet. The crazy scoring system truly gives anyone joining now a legitimate chance to win.

My newest bracketology is out, but I decided not to just leave it at a bracket this time around. There are always lots of questions and with all the changes I made in this version, I decided it was time to do a breakdown. Below is the breakdown, which is also on my site.

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On Sunday Michigan’s win over Connecticut added to the craziness of doing a bracket at this point. After a wild weekend, I decided that my bracketology update was so big that I needed to break it down in a blog to make all the updates make sense.

For instance, how do I explain seeding Purdue (4 seed) and West Virginia (5 seed) after their recent slides? Remember, my bracketology is based on if the season ended today. If the season were to end today, neither the Boilermakers or Mountaineers have played very well down the stretch. The Boilermakers started out undefeated (and were a 1 seed in my last update) and have a win over WVU, but have lost to Wisconsin, Ohio State, and Northwestern since.  WVU slides a bit farther with losses to Purdue, Syracuse, and Notre Dame. Both teams would be top five seeds for sure if the season ended today, but their seeded lower than most would have them in my bracket due to their recent slides.

But those two teams aren’t the biggest storylines in my bracketology. Connecticut (8 seed) and North Carolina (8 seed), two traditional powerhouses, are the big stories. Neither team feels comfortable dwith what their NCAA Tournament resume show right now. Both could very realistically miss the Big Dance.

The Huskies have lost three straight games–all to teams that look like NCAA Tournament squads–while the Tar Heels have lost three of four (including one to Chattanooga). Combined the two teams are 23-12. At this point, you could combine the records of a lot of teams and get a better win percentage than that. As always these teams played good teams out of conference, but that hasn’t really helped their computer numbers.

Here’s a breakdown of everything else to discuss with today’s bracket:

#1 Seeds: The number one seeds are very easy to pick out at this point. Texas, Kentucky, Kansas, and Syracuse would be the 1s if the season ended today. Only Villanova (16-1, 5-0) would have an argument about being left off of the #1 line right now.

Pittsburgh on the Rise: The Panthers were a fringe bubble team in my mind to begin the year, but now they are an easy top three seed. Pittsburgh (15-2, 5-0) is tied for the lead in the Big East and has wins over Syracuse, Cincinnati, Connecticut, and Louisville.

BYU Could Be Extremely High Seed: The Cougars are a 5 seed at this point and could continue to rise. Imagine a Cougars team that ends with one or two losses that ends up winning both the Mountain West regular season title and conference tournament title. That could in turn earn BYU an unconventional high seed for a mid major.

Where Would Butler Be? Imagine for a second that you don’t see the word “Butler” on the Bulldogs jersey. With the resume Butler has, would any other mid major (without the preseason expectations the Bulldogs had) be in the field? I’m not sure. What I am sure of is that Butler, a team that has been under-seeded the last three years, could be over-seeded this year. For some reason I get the feeling that everyone is giving the Bulldogs credit for accomplishing less than what they have other the last few years. In turn, I kept with my thought process and over-seeded them as a 6.

Any Other Questions? Please post them and let me know.

Hopefully there's no major mistakes tonight.....I was exhausted when I put this together.

There is only ONE Pac 10 team in the bracket tonight. I'm tired of waiting on teams like Washington to win games they should. As of now, the Huskies are out.

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My newest bracket is out. You can see the seedings below, but you have to click here to see the bracket .

Bracketology Seedings (Teams in No Particular Order):
1s: Kansas, Purdue, Texas, Kentucky
2s: Duke, Villanova, West Virginia, Syracuse
3s: Mississippi, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Kansas State
4s: Tennessee, Florida State, Georgetown, Gonzaga
5s: North Carolina, New Mexico, Pittsburgh, Michigan State
6s: Clemson, BYU, Washington, Georgia Tech
7s: Ohio State, UNLV, Florida, Temple
8s: Texas Tech, Northern Iowa, Butler, Minnesota
9s: Rhode Island, Louisville, Dayton, Oregon
10s: Oklahoma State, Baylor, UAB, California
11s: Memphis, St. Marys, Wake Forest, William & Mary
12s: Texas A&M, Vanderbilt. Cincinnati, Cornell
13s: South Alabama, Western Carolina, Siena, Akron
14s: Louisiana Tech, Murray State, Charleston Southern, Vermont
15s: Stephen F. Austin, Campbell, Pacific, Oakland
16s: Bethune-Cookman, Prarie View A&M, Weber State, Army, Robert Morris

This weekend we picked the following games:

#1 Kansas (12-0) at #19 Temple (11-2)
Louisville (10-3) at #3 Kentucky (14-0)
Pittsburgh (11-2) at #5 Syracuse (13-0)
#8 Villanova (11-1) at Marquette (9-4)
Notre Dame (10-2) at #10 Connecticut    
#11 Michigan State (10-3) at Northwestern (10-2)
Oregon (9-4) at #16 Washington (10-2)
#22 Gonzaga (10-3) at Illinois (9-4)
#20 Georgia Tech (10-2) at Charlotte (10-2)
UAB (11-2) at Arkansas (7-6)    
Baylor (10-1) at South Carolina (8-4)
Arizona (6-7) at UCLA (6-7)
Oklahoma State (11-1) at Rhode Island (10-1)   
Cincinnati (9-3) at Rutgers (9-3)
Stanford (6-6) at California (8-4)   
Utah (6-7) at LSU (8-4)         
#18 Clemson (12-2) at #7 Duke (11-1)    
Florida (10-3) at N. C. State (10-3)
#15 Ohio State (10-3) at Michigan (6-6)
UTEP (9-2) at #24 Texas Tech (10-2)    
Wisconsin (11-2) at Penn State (8-5)    
Missouri State (11-1) at Northern Iowa (10-1)
Xavier (8-4) at Wake Forest (10-2)        
Providence (8-5) at St. Johns (10-3)