[PaintTouches]February 9 Bracketology

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February 9 Bracketology
      

Written by: Michael LoCicero
            



February 9 Bracketology


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Conference Breakdown

 

Big East: 8

Big 10: 8

ACC: 6

SEC: 6

Big 12: 5

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 3

Missouri Valley: 2

West Coast: 2

Conference USA: 2

Pac 12: 2

 

Last Four In

Purdue

Arizona

Minnesota

NC State

 

Last Four Out

BYU

UCF

Seton Hall

VCU

 

Next Four Out

Wyoming

Northern Iowa

Arkansas

Massachusetts

 

Teams Added (case for, case against)

Miami

• Win over Duke (RPI: 2)
• Worst loss at Purdue (RPI: 56)
• 9-3 in last 12 games

 

• 5-5 in road/neutral games
• 3-7 against RPI Top 100
• 11 of 15 wins have come against RPI sub-100

 

NC State

• Win against Miami
• Non conference SOS: 32
• 9-3 in last 12 games

 

• 1-5 against RPI Top 50
• Losses at Stanford (RPI:98), Georgia Tech at home (RPI:140)

 

Arizona

• Non conference SOS: 46
• 6-5 in road/neutral games

 

• Loss at UCLA (RPI:124)
• 4-7 against RPI Top 100

 

Teams Subtracted (case against, case for)

Arkansas

• 0-7 in road/neutral games
• Losses at Georgia (RPI:108) by 22, home against Houston (RPI:242)
• Non conference SOS: 202

 

• Three wins against RPI Top 50
• Non conference RPI: 10
• Seven of eight losses on the road

 

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