Thursday, February 22, 2018

2017-18 Bracketology: Games Thru Wed, Feb 21 - Seton Hall-Providence Update


The Seton Hall @ Providence game began yesterday evening but did not finish yesterday evening! It was completed today. The below seed list has been updated to include this result. 

Seton Hall picks up a Quadrant 1 win and moves from #41 (11 seed) to #34 (9 seed). As this jump suggests, the margins between seeds in this neighborhood are razor thin.

Providence, on the other hand, loses a key home game. Before this game they were my 2nd team out. Now they're my 5th team out. 

This re-shuffling assumes the following:

-Desi Rodriguez, who slipped on the court and suffered an ankle injury, doesn't miss significant time.
-The selection committee considers this game just like any other game.

1
1
Virginia166.49650ACC
2Villanova264.18374Big East
3Xavier364.04465Big East
4Kansas462.35851Big XII
5
2
North Carolina559.11824ACC
6Auburn658.25698SEC
7Duke757.11692ACC
8Cincinnati855.08724American
9
3
Texas Tech954.58156Big XII
10Michigan State1054.14247Big Ten
11Purdue1153.49768Big Ten
12Wichita State1253.29896American
13
4
Arizona1352.66947Pac-12
14Tennessee1452.51318SEC
15West Virginia1551.52697Big XII
16Clemson1648.72134ACC
17
5
Ohio State1748.71234Big Ten
18Kentucky1848.27424SEC
19Gonzaga1947.63454West Coast
20Houston2047.28661American
21
6
Nevada2147.00323Mountain West
22Rhode Island2246.62389Atlantic 10
23Michigan2345.61103Big Ten
24Oklahoma2444.56765Big XII
25
7
Virginia Tech2544.55445ACC
26TCU2644.50723Big XII
27Texas A&M2744.41256SEC
28Arizona State2844.13547Pac-12
29
8
NC State2944.08310ACC
30Florida3043.88280SEC
31Kansas State3143.86121Big XII
32Saint Mary's3243.04952West Coast
33
9
Butler3342.86370Big East
34Seton Hall3442.84533Big East
35Missouri3542.80157SEC
36Creighton3642.62170Big East
37
10
Arkansas3741.97514SEC
38UCLA3841.82025Pac-12
39USC3941.65187Pac-12
40Marquette4041.44390Big East
41
11
Texas4141.28661Big XII
42Middle Tennessee4241.20323Conference USA
43Florida State4341.02578ACC
44
11
Alabama4440.84058SEC
45Utah4540.25769Pac-12
46
12
Miami4640.23735ACC
47Baylor4739.94649Big XII
48
12
Loyola Chicago5736.59671Missouri Valley
49New Mexico State6133.62174WAC
50Vermont6233.53909America East
51
13
Louisiana Lafayette6333.43974Sun Belt
52Buffalo7031.31518MAC
53South Dakota State7130.48350Summit League
54East Tennessee State7329.09926Southern
55
14
Belmont7428.51804Ohio Valley
56Northeastern7626.88352Colonial Athletic
57UC Santa Barbara7724.99138Big West
58Montana7924.06814Big Sky
59
15
Rider8023.62803MAAC
60Bucknell8122.58368Patriot League
61Northern Kentucky8220.47679Horizon
62Stephen F Austin8320.27575Southland
63
16
Penn8419.51968Ivy
64Wagner8516.59591Northeast
65
16
Florida Gulf Coast8615.40716Atlantic Sun
66Winthrop8715.15076Big South
67NC A&T88-2.64183Mid-Eastern
68Southern89-10.24687SWAC
69
First 4 Out
Washington4839.77854Pac-12
70Saint Bonaventure4939.63764Atlantic 10
71LSU5039.26154SEC
72Louisville5138.29645ACC
73
Next 4 Out
Providence5238.17003Big East
74Oklahoma State5337.81307Big XII
75Syracuse5437.30497ACC
76Boise State5537.26639Mountain West
77
In The Hunt

(Partial List)
Mississippi State5636.86826SEC
78Nebraska5835.44276Big Ten
79Notre Dame5935.36943ACC
80Penn State6034.10279Big Ten
81Maryland6433.10630Big Ten
82Georgia6533.04346SEC
83Temple6632.88451American
84UCF6732.61039American
85Western Kentucky6832.29894Conference USA
86South Carolina6931.48278SEC
87Old Dominion7230.29127Conference USA
88South Dakota7527.61520Summit League
89Toledo7824.42167MAC
Key
Conference Auto-Bid
At-Large
First Four Seed