Joe Lunardi has PC as an 11 seed against Tennessee in a First Round play-in game in the East Region (updated on 2/27).
Jerry Palm has PC as an 12 seed playing Arkansas in a First Round play-in game in the Midwest Region (updated on 2/27).
Bracket Matrix, which updated yesterday at 7:55pm, has PC’s average seed as an 12 but they are only in 35 of 89 brackets.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology/team-comparison/PROV/PROV
Continue reading #pcbb Bracketology Update 2/27/14
There was two games for RPI boostability last night for the Friars. The result of last night’s games was 1-1. PC’s RPI is now at 59 (was 61).
A new portion of this daily post will include the 10 teams with the biggest impact (5 positive plus PC themseleves, 5 negative) on PC’s RPI. This value is via RPI Forecast. For an explanation of this value, click here.
Top 5 Negative
| Team | Conf | Curr Wgt | Fut Wgt | Curr W/L | Exp W/L | Curr Impact | Exp Impact ▾ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | AE | 1.89 | 1.70 | 16.67 | 18.65 | -1.26 | -1.06 |
| DePaul | BE | 4.27 | 4.08 | 38.46 | 37.76 | -0.99 | -1.00 |
| Fairfield | MAAC | 1.82 | 1.67 | 21.43 | 22.80 | -1.04 | -0.91 |
| Boston College | ACC | 1.85 | 1.67 | 24.00 | 24.05 | -0.96 | -0.87 |
| Butler | BE | 4.30 | 4.10 | 45.83 | 44.82 | -0.36 | -0.42 |
Top 5 Positives
| Team | Conf | Curr Wgt | Fut Wgt | Curr W/L | Exp W/L | Curr Impact | Exp Impact ▴ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | BE | 26.34 | 26.31 | 61.67 | 60.38 | 6.15 | 5.46 |
| Villanova | BE | 4.23 | 4.10 | 88.00 | 87.35 | 3.21 | 3.06 |
| Creighton | BE | 2.58 | 4.07 | 88.46 | 87.07 | 1.98 | 3.02 |
| St. John’s | BE | 4.27 | 4.08 | 65.38 | 65.76 | 1.31 | 1.28 |
| Xavier | BE | 4.23 | 4.07 | 66.67 | 62.46 | 1.41 | 1.01 |
| Massachusetts | A10 | 1.89 | 1.72 | 80.00 | 78.37 | 1.13 | 0.98 |
Per Jerry Palm’s “Palm Reader”:
Three games tonight for PC to get some RPI assistance.
Kentucky needs to beat Arkansas
Vermont needs to beat Stony Brook
Maine needs to beat UMass-Lowell
The playoffs are upon us in the NEPSAC! There are a bunch of Friar recruits and targets in the NEPSAC and seeing them play in crunch time and win or go home games is a great tool to find out more about them as players. You can be sure that Coach Cooley and staff will attend more than a few of these games over the 3 days of the tournament. Click here to view the full brackets and click here for a preview article from NERR.
Here is a list of Friar recruits/targets that Coach Cooley and staff will keep an eye on:
Brewster Academy
Cushing Academy
New Hampton School
Rivers School
St. Andrew’s School
Tilton School
Vermont Academy
There was two games for RPI boostability last night for the Friars. The result of last night’s games was 0-2. PC’s RPI is now at 61 (was 62).
A new portion of this daily post will include the 10 teams with the biggest impact (5 positive plus PC themseleves, 5 negative) on PC’s RPI. This value is via RPI Forecast. For an explanation of this value, click here.
Top 5 Negative
| Team | Conf | Curr Wgt | Fut Wgt | Curr W/L | Exp W/L | Curr Impact | Exp Impact ▾ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | AE | 1.89 | 1.70 | 16.67 | 18.65 | -1.26 | -1.06 |
| DePaul | BE | 4.27 | 4.08 | 38.46 | 37.76 | -0.99 | -1.00 |
| Fairfield | MAAC | 1.82 | 1.67 | 21.43 | 22.80 | -1.04 | -0.91 |
| Boston College | ACC | 1.85 | 1.67 | 24.00 | 24.05 | -0.96 | -0.87 |
| Butler | BE | 4.30 | 4.10 | 45.83 | 44.82 | -0.36 | -0.42 |
Top 5 Positives
| Team | Conf | Curr Wgt | Fut Wgt | Curr W/L | Exp W/L | Curr Impact | Exp Impact ▴ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | BE | 26.34 | 26.31 | 61.67 | 60.38 | 6.15 | 5.46 |
| Villanova | BE | 4.23 | 4.10 | 88.00 | 87.35 | 3.21 | 3.06 |
| Creighton | BE | 2.58 | 4.07 | 88.46 | 87.07 | 1.98 | 3.02 |
| St. John’s | BE | 4.27 | 4.08 | 65.38 | 65.76 | 1.31 | 1.28 |
| Xavier | BE | 4.23 | 4.07 | 66.67 | 62.46 | 1.41 | 1.01 |
| Massachusetts | A10 | 1.89 | 1.72 | 80.00 | 78.37 | 1.13 | 0.98 |
Per Jerry Palm’s “Palm Reader”:Two games tonight for PC to get some RPI assistance.
La Salle needs to beat St. Bonaventure
Boston College needs to beat Pittsburgh
St. John’s lost to Xavier last night at Madison Square Garden and their tournament hopes are rapidly declining. They may regret that 0-5 conference start even more if 1 win is the difference between NCAA and NIT. It looks like they will have to make a big time run in the Big East tournament if they want to dance on the blue carpet this year. Xavier got a career night out of freshman Jalen Reynolds. If he can play like he did last night down the stretch and through the Big East tournament, Xavier is a totally different team.
DePaul snapped a 10 game losing streak by beating embattled Seton Hall in Chicago. Seton Hall is such an enigma, similar to St. John’s, in that the roster is full of talented players but they haven’t been able to put things together consistently. The Pirates have dealt with a rash of injuries and suspensions and it will be interesting to see if they come out to play on Friday night against the Friars after losing to a perennial Big East doormat. It also looked like Fuquan Edwin may have injured his thumb which could play a factor on Friday. He finished the game but never looked comfortable after the injury occurred.
Just one game in the Big East tonight as Butler will travel to Villanova.
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