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http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

Xavier 1 seed

Villanova 1 seed

Providence 3 seed

Butler 6 seed

Seton Hall 10 seed

Hard to imagine two one seeds but 5 bids looks about right.

Five teams in would be great. Two number one seeds would be phenomenal.

Lots of basketball left to be played however. Excited to watch things unfold.

To kind of hop on top of this, WBR's Bracketologist, The Bracketeer, put out his first bracket of the season this year. 2 teams in the Big East a #1 seed right now. That is definitely exciting.

http://whiteandbluereview.com/the-bracketeer-11816/

wildjays wrote:To kind of hop on top of this, WBR's Bracketologist, The Bracketeer, put out his first bracket of the season this year. 2 teams in the Big East a #1 seed right now. That is definitely exciting.

http://whiteandbluereview.com/the-bracketeer-11816/

I think any bracketology we see right now at the top will have Nova as a 1. Xavier a bit tougher as they are just a smidge behind Oklahoma, Kansas, and UNC right now in a lot of folks minds.

Awesome. Couldn't be any happier for you guys. It'd be fun to again cross paths like in recent tournaments.

MUPanther wrote:http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

Villanova 1 seed
Xavier 1 seed

Providence 3 seed
Butler 6 seed
Seton Hall 10 seed

Villanova and Xavier are locks.

The other 3, not even close to being locks. Both Butler and Providence are reeling, play each other this week, and continue to have to face the other frontrunners and fellow midpack teams. One of them, possibly both of them, are not gonna make the long march.
Seton Hall plays well inconsistently and are far from securing a bid. They too have a tough slate ahead.

Any 2 of Prov, Butler, and SH can easily be replaced by G'twn, Creighton, and Marquette. Gonna be fun watching the rest of the season unfold. I will not be surprised to see G'twn and Creighton make the dance, with 1 of Prov/SH/Butler on the bubble.

here's bracket matrix update for today:
Nova 1.23 #3
Xavier 1.52 #4
Providence 5.27 #20
Butler 7.39 #26
Seton Hall 10.38 #44(3rd team in)

PC and Butler seem just about right there. Seton Hall as well.

Thanks for posting. Jerry Palm is one of the best in the biz. All class too.

Butler- needs 20-10- 93.38% chance- 49.8 RPI
PC- Needs 20-11- 85.61% chance- 50.4 RPI
Seton Hall- needs 20-10- 51.04% chance- 54.1 RPI
Georgetown- needs 18-13- 18.38% chance- 53.4 RPI
Creighton- needs 21-10- 16.44% chance- 52.6 RPI
Marquette- needs 22-9- .58% chance- 59.1 RPI

X and Nova locks right now.

will be interesting to see the impact of tonight's game tomorrow with Butler/PC. KP PC is a 60% favorite, while RPI Forecast(using Sagarin) has Butler as a 57% favorite.