Paint Touches

After Marquette got off to another one of its patented slow start, the Golden Eagles responded with a 43-17 run the rest of the first half en route to a 95-78 victory over Cincinnati on Saturday afternoon. After a Dion Dixon layup gave Cincinnati (17-8, 7-5 Big East) a 16-4 lead just 4:41 into the […]

February 9 Bracketology

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Conference Breakdown

Big East: 8

Big 10: 8

ACC: 6

SEC: 6

Big 12: 5

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 3

Missouri Valley: 2

West Coast: 2

Conference USA: 2

Pac 12: 2

Last Four In

Purdue

Arizona

Minnesota

NC State

Last Four Out

BYU

UCF

Seton Hall

VCU

Next Four Out

Wyoming

Northern Iowa

Arkansas

Massachusetts

Teams Added (case for, case against)

Miami

• Win over Duke (RPI: 2)
• Worst loss at Purdue (RPI: 56)
• 9-3 in last 12 games

• 5-5 in road/neutral games
• 3-7 against RPI Top 100
• 11 of 15 wins have come against RPI sub-100

NC State

• Win against Miami
• Non conference SOS: 32
• 9-3 in last 12 games

• 1-5 against RPI Top 50
• Losses at Stanford (RPI:98), Georgia Tech at home (RPI:140)

Arizona

• Non conference SOS: 46
• 6-5 in road/neutral games

• Loss at UCLA (RPI:124)
• 4-7 against RPI Top 100

Teams Subtracted (case against, case for)

Arkansas

• 0-7 in road/neutral games
• Losses at Georgia (RPI:108) by 22, home against Houston (RPI:242)
• Non conference SOS: 202

• Three wins against RPI Top 50
• Non conference RPI: 10
• Seven of eight losses on the road

Washington, La Salle are no longer automatic qualifiers

Marquette used one of its better second halves of basketball of the season to fuel a comeback for an 89-76 win over DePaul Monday night. The Golden Eagles (20-5, 9-3 Big East) outscored the Blue Demons 49-33 in the second half, and shot 53.1 percent from the field while turning the ball over just three […]

A team finally took advantage of Marquette’s deficiency to close out on three-point shooters. Notre Dame (15-8, 7-3 Big East) knocked down 11 3-pointers, including five from freshman guard Pat Connaughton, in a 76-59 win over the Golden Eagles on Saturday. The loss snapped Marquette’s (19-5, 8-3 Big East) seven-game winning streak and dropped it […]

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Conference Breakdown

Big East: 8  

Big 10: 8  

SEC: 7  

Big 12: 5  

ACC: 4  

Atlantic 10: 4  

Mountain West: 4  

Missouri Valley: 2  

West Coast: 2  

Conference USA: 2  

Pac 12: 2    

Last Four In

Iowa State  

New Mexico  

Arkansas  

Colorado State  

First Four Out  

NC State  

BYU  

UCF  

VCU

Next Four Out

Seton Hall  

Marshall  

Stanford  

Dayton    

New Additions (case for, case against)

Iowa State

• Won four of last five games
• Worst loss at Drake (RPI: 100) on Nov. 15

New Mexico

• Won three straight games
• 10-2 in last 12 games
• 8-2 in road/neutral games

• Non conference strength of schedule: 253
• Lost to Santa Clara (RPI: 254) on Nov. 24

Colorado State

• 9-3 in last 12 games
• Strength of schedule: 1
• Beat San Diego State (77-60) on Jan. 28 

Washington – Cal moves to at-large based on conference standings  

Dropped Out (case against, case for)

Dayton  

• Three straight losses, including a home loss to Rhode Island (RPI: 242) 
• 7-5 in last 12 games 
• Loss at Miami Ohio (RPI: 249) on Nov. 15

Seton Hall  

• Five straight losses 
• 6-6 in last 12 games 
• 2-4 against RPI Top 50 

North Carolina State  

• Lost two of last three games 
• Best win: at RPI No. 49 Miami 1-5 against RPI Top 50 

Stanford  

• Lost three of last four games
• 1-2 against RPI Top 50
• Non conference strength of schedule: 289

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January 26 Bracket Projection

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Conference breakdown

Big East: 9
Big Ten: 8
SEC: 7
ACC: 5
Atlantic 10: 5
Big 12: 4
Pac 12: 2
Mountain West: 2
Missouri Valley: 2
West Coast: 2

Last Four In

Stanford
Alabama
North Carolina State
Arkansas

First Four Out

BYU
New Mexico
Iowa State
Texas

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