Kurly - Can You Get Any of This?

http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/02/1163060/calipari-to-grace-makers-mark.html

Last Night

Not much movement last night. Georgetown lost again to fal lto 9-8 in the Big East. They are now a 5 seed due to their RPI of 13. Some big games tonight to be highlighted later.

Step One Begins Tonight

The conference tournaments start tonight with the Horizon, Ohio Valley, and Big South conference tournaments tipping off. In the Horizon I look for Butler to run through and win the automatic bid; not that they need it. In the Ohio Valley this is Murray State's to lose. I think they'll meet up with Kenneth Faried and his Morehead State buddies in the finals but the Racers get the win. The Big South is wide open. Coastal Carolina has the one seed while Radford and Winthorp are tied for second. I see Coastal Carolina getting upset while Radford ends up getting the auto-bid and we get to cheer for Artisom Parkaruskishfskahski, their stiff 7-1 center, as a 15 seed.

The Real Final Four

Kansas
Syracuse
Duke
Kansas State

Also Considered:
Ohio State
Wisconsin
BYU

My Final Four 3-1

Of course, it all depends on matchups once we get to the tournament.

Kansas
Syracuse
Kentucky
Ohio State

I feel confident with Kansas and Ohio State, not so much with Kentucky and Syracuse. The second tier is Duke, BYU, Michigan State & West Virginia. I'd have Purdue up there but if they play like they did Sunday w/o Hummel, they're in K-Mart/Cincinnati territory.

Monday Morning Bracketology

I'm getting this in so Lunardi can copy me this week.

1 seed vs 16 seed
Kansas - B12 vs Jackson St - SWAC/LeHigh - Patriot
Kentucky - SEC vs Robert Morris - NEC
Syracuse - Beast vs Stony Brook - AEast
Duke - ACC vs Jacksonville - Asun
2 seed vs 15 seed
Kansas State vs Coastal Carolina - BigSouth
West Virginia vs North Texas - Sbelt
New Mexico - Mwest vs Morgan State - MEAC
Purdue vs UC-Santa Barbara - Big West
3 seed vs 14 seed
Vanderbilt vs Wofford - SoCon
Villanova vs Weber State - Big Sky
Ohio State - Big10 vs Sam Houston St - Southland
Pittsburgh vs Murray State - OVC
4 seed vs 13 seed
Butler - Horizon vs Oakland - Summit
Tennessee vs Kent State - MAC
Georgetown vs Notre Dame
Temple - A10 vs Dayton
5 seed vs 12 seed
BYU vs Connecticut
Michigan State vs Mississippi State
Wisconsin vs San Diego State
Gonzaga - WCC vs Florida
6 seed vs 11 seed
Xavier vs Cornell - Ivy
Baylor vs St. Mary's
Northern Iowa - MVC vs Louisville
Maryland vs Siena - MAAC
7 seed vs 10 seed
Texas vs Marquette
Richmond vs UAB
Wake Forest vs Utah State - WAC
Texas A&M vs California - Pac10
8 seed vs 9 seed
Clemson vs UNLV
UTEP - CUSA vs Florida State
Georgia Tech vs Missouri
Oklahoma State vs Old Dominion - CAA

Last Four Out
Mississippi
Illinois
Rhode Island
Virginia Tech
Next Four Out
Charlotte
Seton Hall
Cincinnati
Arizona State
Also Considered
Northeastern
Washington
Memphis
South Florida
Marshall
William & Mary
New Mexico State
Wichita State
Minnesota
St. Louis

Two Weeks!

No movement in or out of the bracket this morning all though Uconn is just barely hanging on. Purdue falls off the top line and Duke is right there for a #1 seed. The bubble is shrinking and shrinking fast.