The big news from yesterday is the jockeying for the last #1 seed. First it's Alabama, then it's Tennessee, now it's Florida. Resumes are very similar although I would put Florida behind the other 2 based on just that. Recency Bias squarely puts Florida as the last 1 seed. The last weekend and maybe the conference tournament decides it. Marquette lost to Connecticut and they are going to be a 5/6 seed ripe for an upset.
Michigan lost to Maryland and look for my next article about why no team except for 1 from the Big Ten can make the Final Four. Spoiler...it isn't "March is Tom Izzo"
On the bubble side, Xavier got another win and look good right now. Underneath the hood their 1-9 Q1 record isn't much better than North Carolina. Xavier will have a big game vs Connecticut in the Big East Tournament. On the outside, both Cincinnati and Pittsburgh lost and will be dropped from Consideration.
Tonight we have little real action as Conference Tournaments kick off. Only games of note are FAU at UAB and Charlotte at North Texas. UAB and North Texas don't really have an at-large resume but I'm going to monitor them to see if there's a chance. One of them will win the auto-bid as you can't trust Memphis.
No comments:
Post a Comment