2012 NCAA Tournament Bracket: Top Lines Are In Flux
by Bracket Update | February 22nd, 2012
The bracket on the home page has been updated to reflect games through Tuesday, February 21st.
A few thoughts:
- That one seed that we said would go to either Missouri or Kansas? It’s looking like it may be headed Kansas’s way, given Missouri’s home loss to Kansas State.
- Ohio State continues their downward slide, and is no longer even the top-rated team from the Big Ten, as Michigan State takes their place. The Spartans still have a shot at a #1 seed, but the last one may end up going to Duke.
- It’s unlikely that there will be a playoff game between two #13 seeds, but remember that some of those conference tourney winners projected in the #11 and #12 seed lines will get upset, moving the last at larges up a seed line.
- Similarly, Nevada would be a very strong #15 seed. They’ve already knocked off a couple of Pac-12 teams (Washington and Arizona State), and they played UNLV close on the road. But some surprise conference tourney winners will probably be slotted below them, bumping them up to #14 (assuming they take care of business themselves).
This bracket hasn’t been scrubbed for rematches. So if you catch a mistake, please leave a comment, and it will be fixed as soon as possible.
I don’t believe that Nevada and Kansas have played this year…
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 at 8:54 am | Comment PermalinkThanks, I’ve changed the text. Sorry, that was originally written about Davidson, and then I forgot to change the rest once I switched it to Nevada.
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 at 9:47 am | Comment PermalinkHaving Illinois in the field has to be a mistake right?
Posted on February 23rd, 2012 at 3:47 pm | Comment PermalinkNo, no mistake. They wouldn’t be in today, but today is one loss later, and they were barely in last time. They may have a terrible Big Ten record, but remember that: A) non-conference play counts, and they beat went 11-2 with a win over Gonzaga while only losing to UNLV and Missouri; B) they have beaten both Ohio State and Michigan State, which is a pair of wins as good as nearly any team in the country.
Posted on February 23rd, 2012 at 4:52 pm | Comment PermalinkVery true on their quality wins. Also didn’t realize that this was posted earlier in the week before they lost again. My bad.
Posted on February 23rd, 2012 at 8:03 pm | Comment PermalinkNo problem! My initial reaction to all those teams near the bubble is that there must have been some mistake.
Posted on February 23rd, 2012 at 8:14 pm | Comment PermalinkWhere’s Southern Mississippi?
Posted on March 3rd, 2012 at 4:32 pm | Comment Permalink