Joe Lunardi has PC as a 12 seed in a First Round play-in game against Missouri in the East Region.
Jerry Palm has PC as an 11 seed playing Oklahoma in the Midwest Region.
Bracket Matrix, which updated today at 7:17am, has PC’s average seed as a 12 and they are in 62 of 74 brackets.
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Continue reading #pcbb Bracketology Update 2/10/14
There were no games of significance for RPI boostability last night for the Friars. PC’s RPI is now at 50 (was 50).
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 | 2.23 | 1.70 | 19.05 | 20.20 | -1.38 | -1.01 |
| Boston College | ACC | 2.18 | 1.67 | 23.81 | 24.22 | -1.14 | -0.86 |
| Fairfield | MAAC | 2.13 | 1.67 | 21.74 | 24.35 | -1.20 | -0.85 |
| DePaul | BE | 2.64 | 4.08 | 43.48 | 40.30 | -0.34 | -0.79 |
| Marist | MAAC | 2.17 | 1.69 | 40.91 | 39.73 | -0.39 | -0.35 |
Top 5 Positive
| Team | Conf | Curr Wgt | Fut Wgt | Curr W/L | Exp W/L | Curr Impact | Exp Impact ▴ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | BE | 26.31 | 26.31 | 64.00 | 60.48 | 7.37 | 5.52 |
| Villanova | BE | 2.63 | 4.10 | 90.91 | 87.81 | 2.15 | 3.10 |
| Creighton | BE | 2.58 | 4.07 | 90.48 | 86.10 | 2.09 | 2.94 |
| Xavier | BE | 4.58 | 4.07 | 70.00 | 64.22 | 1.83 | 1.16 |
| Massachusetts | A10 | 2.18 | 1.72 | 80.95 | 77.37 | 1.35 | 0.94 |
| Kentucky | SEC | 2.13 | 1.64 | 77.27 | 75.86 | 1.16 | 0.85 |
Three opportunities tonight for PC to get some RPI assistance.
Per Jerry Palm’s “Palm Reader”:
Here’s how PC can boost their RPI today:
There were two games of significance for RPI boostability last night for the Friars. URI fell to VCU and Marist took down Rider. With those two results PC’s RPI is now at 50 (was 51).
Three opportunities tonight for PC to get some RPI assistance.
Per Jerry Palm’s “Palm Reader”:
Here’s how PC can boost their RPI today:
Yale needs to beat Dartmouth
Brown needs to beat Harvard
Fairfield needs to beat Monmouth
There were two games of significance for RPI boostability last night for the Friars. Boston College fell against Virginia but Vanderbilt took down Tennessee. With those two results PC’s RPI is now at 51 (was 52).
Two opportunities tonight for PC to get some RPI assistance.
Per Jerry Palm’s “Palm Reader”:
Here’s how PC can boost their RPI today:
Rhode Island needs to beat Virginia Commonwealth
Marist needs to beat Rider
There were two games of significance for RPI boostability last night for the Friars. Kentucky took care of Ole Miss but Maryland couldn’t beat North Carolina. With those two results and the home loss against St. John’s, PC’s RPI is now at 52 (was 37).
Two opportunities tonight for PC to get some RPI assistance.
Per Jerry Palm’s “Palm Reader”:
Here’s how PC can boost their RPI today:
Boston College needs to beat Virginia
Vanderbilt needs to beat Tennessee
In the only RPI boost game last night, Fairfield fell at Rider. In Big East action, Xavier hung with Villanova in Philly for a little while but Nova pulled away and won handily. In the late game on Fox Sports 1, Georgetown traveled to Chicago to take on DePaul and eventually pulled away to winn 71-59. PC’s RPI is now at 37 (was 37).
Two opportunities tonight for PC to get some RPI assistance.
Per Jerry Palm’s “Palm Reader”:
Here’s how PC can boost their RPI today:
Kentucky needs to beat Ole Miss
Maryland needs to beat North Carolina
CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm just came out with his new bracket and he has PC as a 10 seed in the South bracket (Raleigh) playing old Big East foe Pittsburgh who just dropped back to back ACC games against Duke and Virginia. I’ll have a full Bracketology update on Thursday at noon as I do every week.
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