Joe Lunardi’s latest Selection Sunday bracket and “Bracket Math” are out Sunday morning. Within the Big East the only real movement since yesterday is that Butler falls off the 6 line and the Bulldogs are now a 7 seed. There’s also an intriguing potential matchup for Providence and an old head coach of theirs. One other thing to check out below is that, per a suggestion on Twitter, I have included the percentage of teams in the field from each conference in the “Conference Breakdown” portion of this post.
Here is a breakdown of where the 6 Big East teams fall on the seed lines Lunardi’s latest bracket:
Joe Lunardi has updated his bracket through action on Friday night and he still has 6 Big East teams in with half of those teams on the 6 line. Villanova made a big move from the 4th 1 seed to the 2nd 1 seed with the losses of Virginia and Duke in the ACC semifinals last night. The biggest thing for Villanova is they are now locked into a 1 seed even with a loss tonight in the Big East Tournament finals. If they win they get to stay in the East region and that would be nice for their fans.
Here is a breakdown of where the 6 Big East teams fall on the seed lines Lunardi’s latest bracket:
Joe Lunardi considers the following Big East teams to have a 90% or better chance of making it to the NCAA Tournament:
Villanova
Georgetown
Butler
Providence
St. John’s
Xavier
That means it appears the Big East will get 60% of it’s teams into the field of 68. The only conference to have a higher percentage of their team’s in Lunardi’s bracket on March 9th is the Big 12 who has 70% of their league in the field.
Here is a breakdown of where the 6 Big East teams fall on the seed lines Lunardi’s latest bracket:
There were 4 games yesterday that could help boost the Friars’ RPI in addition to their own road game at Seton Hall. The result was 3-1. Notre Dame used a big first half to defeat Louisville at the Yum Center, 71-59. Albany dispatched Bob Walsh’s Maine squad in the first round of the America East Tournament, 83-66. UMass fell at home to Richmond, 56-53. Miami (FL) went on the road and got a win against Pittsburgh at the difficult to play at Peterson Center, 67-63.
There were 3 games yesterday that could help boost the Friars’ RPI. The result was 2-1 . URI lost on the road at Dayton, 75-59. Navy beat Army in the first round of the Patriot League tournament, 56-52. Kentucky had a scare at Georgia but was able to get their 30th win and remain undefeated, 72-64.
There was 1 game yesterday that could help boost the Friars’ RPI. The result was 1-0. Boston College traveled to Virginia Tech and took care of Buzz’s Hokies, 66-59.
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