February 12, 2015 Bracketology

I believe we need a fresh start.  After I reconfigured the numbers, which were probably more on last weeks RPI rankings, I believe I have a more up to date bracket that updates teams resumes.  It may appear quite different than last weeks but that's because I have redone all of the numbers which takes many hours because I do not have a program that can do it for me rather it is all done by hand.  This bracket includes games through Wednesday night.  The next bracket will be placed up on Sunday night.  Also I will be including the seed lines and S-curve from here on out and then in 2 weeks or so complete brackets with potential match-ups and locations.  Again if some team appears on a different seed line its in part due to how their resume has changed based on the how teams they have played have either dropped or raised in the RPI and simply based on games being played currently moving teams up and down.  Remember this is a fluid bracket and it is always changing with every game that is played so there will lots of shifting between now and Selection Sunday.  With all of that said here is todays bracket.

Seed Line

  1 seeds-  Kentucky,   Virginia,   Kansas,   Duke

  2 seeds-  Villanova,   Wisconsin,   Gonzaga,   Arizona

  3 seeds-  North Carolina,   Oklahoma,   Notre Dame,   Louisville

  4 seeds-  Maryland,   Utah,   Butler,   Baylor

  5 seeds-  Oklahoma St.,   VCU,   Providence,   Iowa St.

  6 seeds-  Georgetown,   Indiana,   West Virginia,   Northern Iowa

  7 seeds-  Iowa,   Wichita St.,   SMU,   Ohio St.

  8 seeds-  Arkansas,   Temple,   Texas,   Georgia

  9 seeds-  Colorado St.,   Mississippi,   Xavier,   San Diego St.

10 seeds-  Dayton,   Seton Hall,   Cincinnati,   St. John’s

11 seeds-  Illinois,   LSU,   Michigan St. v.s. Stanford,   Tulsa

12 seeds-  North Carolina St. v.s. Oregon,   Stephen F. Austin,   Wofford,   Murray St.

13 seeds-  Valparaiso,   NCCU,   Harvard,   Louisiana Tech

14 seeds-  UC Davis,   Iona,   High Point,   Florida Gulf Coast

15 seeds-  Albany,   Akron,   William & Mary,   New Mexico St.

16 seeds-  Alabama St.,   North Dakota St.,   UL Monroe v.s. Sacramento St.,   St. Francis (NY) v.s. Colgate 

S-Curve

  1. Kentucky                    2. Virginia                 3. Kansas                    4. Duke

  5. Villanova                    6. Wisconsin             7. Gonzaga                 8. Arizona

  9. North Carolina          10. Oklahoma           11. Notre Dame         12. Louisville

13. Maryland                   14. Utah                   15. Butler                   16. Baylor

17.Oklahoma St.             18. VCU                   19. Providence           20.  Iowa St.

21. Georgetown              22. Indiana                23. West Virginia       24. Northern Iowa

25. Iowa                          26. Wichita St.          27.  SMU                   28. Ohio St.

29. Arkansas                   30. Temple                31. Texas                   32.  Georgia

33. Colorado St.             34.  Mississippi         35.  Xavier                 36.  San Diego St.

37.  Dayton                     38.  Seton Hall          39.  Cincinnati           40.  St. Johns

41.  Illinois                     42.  LSU                    43.  Michigan St.       44.  Stanford

45.  North Carolina St.   46.  Oregon               47.   Tulsa                  48.   SFA

49.  Wofford                   50.  Murray St.          51.  Valparaiso           52.  NCCU

53.   Harvard                  54. Louisiana Tech    55.  UC Davis            56.  Iona

57.   High Point              58. Florida GC          59.  Albany                60.  Akron

61.   William & Mary    62.  New Mex St.      63.  Alabama St.         64. North Dakota St

65.   UL Monroe           66.  Sacramento St.    67.  St. Francis (NY)  68. Colgate  

First Four out:  Miami,   Texas A&M,   UCLA,   Boise St.

Next Four out:  Alabama,   Old Dominion,   George Washington,   Rhode Island,