February 12 Bracketology

February 12 Bracketology

We will now have two brackets per week (Sunday and Thursday) until the end of the conference tournament season.

Conference breakdown

Big East: 8

Big Ten: 8

ACC: 6

SEC: 5

Big 12: 5

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 3

West Coast: 3

Conference USA: 2

Missouri Valley: 2

Pac 12: 2

Last Four In

Colorado State

Purdue

Xavier

BYU

First Four Out

Seton Hall

Alabama

VCU

Northern Iowa

Next Four Out

Wyoming

Arkansas

UCF

Texas

Additions (case for, case against)

BYU

▪   Non conference SOS: 51

▪   10-2 in last 12 games

▪   8-3 in road/neutral games

▪   Loss at Utah State (RPI: 147), at home against Loyola Marymount (RPI: 111)

Valparaiso new Horizon league representative

Michigan State now the AQ for Big 10 due to head-to-head tiebreaker

Subtractions (case against, case for)

Alabama

▪   Loss at South Carolina (RPI: 171)

▪   6-6 in road/neutral games

▪   Lost five of last eight games

▪   Non conference RPI: 24

▪   SOS: 28

▪   Have only played five games against RPI sub-150

Published by: Michael LoCicero (@michaellocicero) and Michael Wottreng (@MWottreng)