3/6/13 BSD Bracketology

After the first crack at it last night and messing around with the bracket and the seedings a little more I finally established an S-Curve that will make it easy for me to move teams around when they lose or other teams around them win.

That means there are a fair amount of changes to the bracket today from yesterday's initial release. A lot of the seedings are the same because they are still projections for where teams will fall on Selection Sunday, but with more games played it narrows down where teams are headed a little bit better than we had yesterday afternoon.

Here is the link to yesterdays (3/5/13) BSD Bracketology, and our updated bracket, along with Ken Pomeroy's updated bracket are below. Enjoy!

Blogger So Dear 3/6/13 Bracket

1-Seeds- Florida, Gonzaga, Kansas, Duke

2-Seeds- Louisville, Indiana, Miami, Georgetown

3-Seeds- Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Syracuse

4-Seeds- Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Wisconsin, UNLV

5-Seeds- New Mexico, Arizona, Missouri, Minnesota

6-Seeds- Saint Louis, Pittsburgh, VCU, Memphis

7-Seeds- San Diego State, UNC, Butler, Marquette

8-Seeds- Colorado State, N.C. State, Oregon, UCLA

9-Seeds- Notre Dame, Wichita State, Creighton, Cincinnati

10-Seeds- Illinois, Oklahoma, California, St. Marys

11-Seeds- Colorado, Middle Tennessee State, Kentucky, Iowa State

*12-Seeds (6)- Temple, Belmont, Virginia, La Salle, Villanova, Ole Miss

13-Seeds- Denver, Akron, Bucknell, Valparaiso

14-Seeds- Davidson, Stephen F. Austin, North Dakota State, Stony Brook

15-Seeds- Robert Morris, Princeton, Niagara, Montana

16-Seeds (6)- Texas Southern, NCCU, Mercer, Northeastern, Charleston Southern, Long Beach State

*I put both First Four games in the 12 seed for ease (may be 12-14 seeds)

Last Four In (68-65)- Ole Miss, Villanova, La Salle, Virginia

Last Four Out (69-72)- Iowa, Tennessee, Arizona State, Boise State

Next Four Out (73-76)- Maryland, Alabama, Baylor, Southern Mississippi

As we predicted, Boise State lost to UNLV, and since they were right on the bubble they are currently on the outside looking in. They do have plenty of chances to get the big win they need coming up, as they face off against New Mexico, and then have the Mountain West Conference Tournament (currently the third best conference in America according to KP).

Iowa did a lot for themselves with a win against Illinois, and now find themselves as the first team out of our bracket. Ken Pom has them at 31st overall, but the Bracket Matrix voters disagree, with only 2 of the 97 voters putting them in the tournament right now. If they beat Nebraska (as they should), and steal a win in the Big Ten Tournament against a top 4 seed, they will sneak into the Big Dance. We are higher on Iowa than most, but believe they can make it in with a couple of good wins.

Southern Miss is all but eliminated with their loss to Marshall last night (200+ in KP), but can still steal a spot if they beat Memphis in the conference tournament.

Ken Pomeroy Bracket (3/5/13)

1-Seeds- Florida, Indiana, Louisville, Gonzaga

2-Seeds- Duke, Kansas, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin

3-Seeds- Ohio State, Syracuse, Michigan State, Michigan

4-Seeds- Miami, Minnesota, Oklahoma State, Georgetown

5-Seeds- VCU, Virginia, Missouri, St. Marys

6-Seeds- Creighton, Arizona, Saint Louis, Marquette

7-Seeds- New Mexico, San Diego State, Middle Tennessee State, Colorado State

8-Seeds- UNC, UNLV, Iowa, Notre Dame

9-Seeds- Kentucky,Wichita State, N.C. State, Cincinnati

10-Seeds- Kansas State, Belmont, Oregon, Memphis

11-Seeds- Denver, Illinois, UCLA, Oklahoma

12-Seeds- Iowa State, La Salle, Colorado, Cal vs. Boise

13-Seeds- Ole Miss vs. Stanford, Akron, Stony Brook, Bucknell

14-Seeds- Valparaiso, Davidson, Stephen F. Austin, North Dakota State

15-Seeds- Princeton, Weber State, Iona, Robert Morris

16-Seeds- Long Beach State, Mercer, George Mason vs. North Carolina Central, Charleston Southern vs. Southern

First Four Out (69-72): Villanova, Baylor, Providence, Southern Mississippi

Next Four Out (73-76): Butler, Illinois State, Maryland, Louisiana Tech

For KP it was a lot of procedural stuff since he obviously has his S-Curve formula well set for the Tournament (and the rest of the year too). His was a much easier to fix than the essential overhaul that we had to make with ours.

Any oversights or questions are always welcome and I'll do my best to explain why we slotted teams where we did. Enjoy it guys!