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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)

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

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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

Published by Michael LoCicero and Michael Wottreng

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

Published by Michael LoCicero and Michael Wottreng