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:

Continue reading Big East Bracketology Update 3/9/15 →

Joe Lunardi is now apparently releasing Wednesday brackets now. I believe he plans on released updated brackets every single day during the final week of the season. The Big East still has 6 teams in the field though there has been some movement along the seed lines.

Here is a breakdown of Lunardi’s latest bracket:

Continue reading Big East Bracketology Update 2/25/15 →

Joe Lunardi’s Monday bracket is out and he still has 6 teams in the field from the Big East. Xavier is on the bracket as an 8 seed but the Musketeers were moved down a line and swapped spots with Ole Miss due to principals and procedures rules as Xavier could have potentially met Butler in the Round of 32. That can’t happen because the principles and procedures document states “teams from the same conference shall not meet prior to the regional semifinals (Sweet 16) if they played each other twice during the regular season and conference tournament.”

Here is a breakdown of Lunardi’s latest bracket:

Continue reading Big East Bracketology Update 2/23/15 →