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February 12 Bracketology
      

Written by: Michael LoCicero
            



February 12 Bracketology (http://betterbracketmaker.com/#!/339e18a8883f4)


We will now have two brackets per week (Sunday and Thursday) until the end of the conference tournament season.

Conference breakdown

Big East: 8

Big Ten: 8

ACC: 6

SEC: 5

Big 12: 5

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 3

West Coast: 3

Conference USA: 2

Missouri Valley: 2

Pac 12: 2

 

Last Four In

Colorado State

Purdue

Xavier

BYU

 

First Four Out

Seton Hall

Alabama

VCU

Northern Iowa

 

Next Four Out

Wyoming

Arkansas

UCF

Texas

 

Additions (case for, case against)

BYU

▪   Non conference SOS: 51

▪   10-2 in last 12 games

▪   8-3 in road/neutral games

 

▪   Loss at Utah State (RPI: 147), at home against Loyola Marymount (RPI: 111)

 

Valparaiso new Horizon league representative

Michigan State now the AQ for Big 10 due to head-to-head tiebreaker

 

Subtractions (case against, case for)

Alabama

▪   Loss at South Carolina (RPI: 171)

▪   6-6 in road/neutral games

▪   Lost five of last eight games

 

▪   Non conference RPI: 24

▪   SOS: 28

▪   Have only played five games against RPI sub-150

 

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