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Below is this week’s Bracket Projection done once again by yours truly. Understand that I intend this to be a CHECKPOINT of CURRENT MERIT and not a prediction of what I think the bracket will actually look like on Selection Sunday. This also is not a ranking of how good I think the teams actually are, but rather how hard it is to win (or lose) the games that they have actually played up to this point. There are teams that are ranked in the top 25, and rightfully so, that don’t even make the bracket due to either playing so few games, or only playing home buy games. I’ve got more notes listed below.
OTHERS CONSIDERED: Florida, Texas Tech, Maryland, Alabama, Colorado, Dayton, TCU, Belmont, Miami FL, San Francisco, Virginia, Duke, Arizona, LSU, Minnesota, Drake, Chattanooga, East Carolina, Santa Clara, Bowling Green, Pittsburgh, UAB, Arkansas, Campbell, NC State, Georgia, Rice, Washington State
NOTES ON THE BRACKET (from David)
-I’ll start by saying that I believe Duke, Texas Tech, and Florida are not only tournament caliber teams, but will likely end up being protected seeds by the time the season is over. It’s just that as of now, they’ve done very little in terms of wins other than win home buy games, so when measuring and ranking the merit, there isn’t a whole lot there.
-Missouri is on the #1 line, and while I don’t think they’ll be there in March, I do believe them to be a damn good team! They’re unbeaten with wins against Oregon and Illinois. There aren’t four other teams with a better resume than that right now.
-Boise State is in to the field on the #11 line. They have a win at BYU and their only loss was a really competitive game against Houston. I think they’ll be inside the bubble come March.
-Virginia Tech is falling fast. They were blown out by Penn State this past week, but right now the win against Villanova hasn’t been entirely offset, so they’re still a protected seed. FOR NOW!
-If I made any bracketing errors, then it is not my fault!! I REFUSE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY OWN MISTAKES!!!
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