Tag: basketball

I tweaked my model a bit yesterday, so expect some teams to move around a bit for no apparent reason. I plan to work on some commentary tomorrow. Here’s the 2/28 Bracket (automatic bids in bold):

Seed	Team 1	Team 2	Team 3	Team 4	Team 5	Team 6
1	Kansas	Baylor	Dayton	Creighton
2	Villanova	Maryland	Gonzaga	San Diego St.
3	Seton Hall	Florida St.	Duke	Oregon
4	Auburn	West Virginia	Louisville	Penn St.
5	Butler	Colorado	Kentucky	Michigan St.
6	Ohio St.	Wisconsin	Marquette	Arizona
7	LSU	BYU	Iowa	Michigan
8	Illinois	Arizona St.	Houston	Xavier
9	Florida	St. Mary’s	Wichita St.	Texas Tech
10	Indiana	Oklahoma	Virginia	Rutgers
11	USC	Stanford	Providence	Arkansas	Cincinnati	Utah State
12	N. Iowa	E. Tenn. St.	North Texas	Yale
13	Akron	Vermont	Stephen F. Austin	Hofstra
14	Belmont	Little Rock	UC Irvine	E. Washington
15	S. Dakota St.	Liberty	New Mexico St.	Colgate
16	Wright St.	Radford	Siena	St. Francis (PA)	Prairie View A&M	NC A&T

Checking In: Arkansas, Stanford, E. Washington

Dropping Out: NC State, Rhode Island, Montana

Last 4 Byes: Virginia, Rutgers, USC, Stanford

Last 4 In: Providence, Arkansas, Cincinnati, Utah St.

First 4 Out: NC State, Rhode Island, Georgetown, Mississippi State

Next 4 Out: Purdue, Richmond, UCLA, Syracuse

Seed	Team 1	Team 2	Team 3	Team 4	Team 5	Team 6
1	Kansas	Baylor	Dayton	Creighton
2	Villanova	Seton Hall	Gonzaga	San Diego St.
3	Auburn	Florida St.	Maryland	Oregon
4	Colorado	Duke	Kentucky	Butler
5	West Virginia	Louisville	Penn St.	Iowa
6	Michigan	Wisconsin	Marquette	Michigan St.
7	LSU	Arizona	Ohio St.	Arizona St.
8	Illinois	BYU	Florida	Xavier
9	Providence	St. Mary’s	Oklahoma	Indiana
10	Houston	Wichita St.	Virginia	Texas Tech
11	Rutgers	NC State	Utah State	Rhode Island	USC	Cincinnati
12	N. Iowa	E. Tenn. St.	Vermont	Yale
13	Akron	N. Texas	Stephen F. Austin	Liberty
14	Hofstra	Little Rock	UC Irvine	Colgate
15	Belmont	Montana	New Mexico St.	Wright St.
16	S. Dakota St.	Radford	Siena	St. Francis (PA)	Prairie View A&M	NC A&T

Dropping Out: Georgetown, St. Peter’s

Last 4 Byes: Wichita St., Virginia, Rutgers, NC State

Last 4 In: Utah State, Rhode Island, USC, Cincinnati

First 4 Out: Georgetown, Arkansas, Stanford, UCLA

Next 4 Out: Richmond, South Carolina, Texas, Mississippi St.

2/26 Bracket (automatic bids in bold):

Seed	Team 1	Team 2	Team 3	Team 4	Team 5	Team 6
1	Kansas	Baylor	Dayton	Creighton
2	Villanova	Seton Hall	Gonzaga	San Diego St.
3	Auburn	Florida St.	Maryland	Oregon
4	Colorado	Duke	Kentucky	Louisville
5	West Virginia	Butler	Penn St.	Iowa
6	Michigan	Wisconsin	Marquette	LSU
7	Michigan St.	Arizona	Ohio St.	Arizona St.
8	Illinois	BYU	Indiana	Xavier
9	Providence	St. Mary’s	Oklahoma	Florida
10	Houston	Wichita St.	Virginia	Texas Tech
11	Rutgers	Georgetown	NC State	Rhode Island	USC	Cincinnati
12	N. Iowa	E. Tenn. St.	Vermont	Yale
13	Akron	N. Texas	Stephen F. Austin	Liberty
14	Hofstra	Little Rock	UC Irvine	Colgate
15	Belmont	Montana	New Mexico St.	Wright St.
16	S. Dakota St.	Radford	St. Peter’s	Merrimack	Prairie View A&M	NC A&T

Last 4 Byes: Wichita St., Virginia, Rutgers, Georgetown

Last 4 In: NC State, Rhode Island, USC, Cincinnati

First 4 Out: Arkansas, Stanford, UCLA, South Carolina

Next 4 Out: Mississippi St., Richmond, Texas, Alabama