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Marquette forward Jae Crowder is among the top candidates for Big East Player of the Year. The senior has helped carry an injury-riddled Marquette team to 13 conference wins and has it in position for the second seed in the Big East Championship tournament and a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. By all […]

March 1 Bracket

Conference Breakdown

Big East: 10

Big 12: 6

Big 10: 6

SEC: 5

ACC: 4

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 3

West Coast: 3

Colonial: 2

Conference USA: 2

Missouri Valley: 2

Pac 12: 2

Last Four In

Seton Hall

Texas

USF

Xavier

First Four Out

NC State

Miami

Arizona

Ole Miss

Next Four Out

Oregon

Northwestern

UCF 

Saint Joseph’s

Additions (case for, case against)

USF

• SOS: 24
• 12-5 in Big East
• 9-3 in last 12 games

• Three losses against RPI 100-150 (Old Dominion, Penn State, Auburn)
• 5-10 in road/neutral games
• 6-6 in non conference play (best win vs. Cleveland State RPI: 78)

New Mexico, Montana new automatic qualifiers

Subtractions (case against, case for)

Miami

• Non conference SOS: 124
• 5-8 in road/neutral games
• Ten of 17 wins against RPI Sub 150

• Wins at Duke (RPI: 3), vs. Florida State (RPI: 29)
• SOS: 35

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