Continuing the absurdity started by CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm on Monday with his release of preseason bracketology, Joey Brackets himself put out his first stab at bracketology on Wednesday. His bracket looks a little bit different than Palm’s. Friar fans may be a bit confused to see the ESPN bracket including them while CBS Sports’ did not.
Here are the notable Big East results from Lunardi’s bracket:
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If you were annoyed with all the way-too-early season predictions that began months ago then get ready to be super annoyed by the release of Jerry Palm’s PRESEASON BRACEKTOLOGY. PRESEASON. BRACKETOLOGY.
Ken Pomeroy, or Kenpom as he and his website are more commonly known, came out with his preseason rankings for the 2014-15 season on Sunday night. While these rankings aren’t meant to be 100% accurate they do give a decent guideline and perspective on how teams compare within each conference and how the conferences compare to each other. Before I get into the rankings, here is an excerpt from Pomeroy’s blog post last October after he released the 2013-14 preseason rankings:
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The Friars were big winners yesterday not only on the court at MSG, but they also were winners because some other bubble teams were losers in their conference tournaments. The key teams that fell on Thursday were Arkansas, California, Utah and of course, St. John’s who was 1 spot ahead of the Friars prior to yesterday’s game. Some other bubble teams did win (Pitt, Stanford, Dayton, Xavier, Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado) but most of those were already ahead of PC so them winning isn’t the worst thing.
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has moved PC from his last four out, to the last team of the last four in category. CBS’ Jerry Palm has PC 2 spots better but still in the last four in category. Obviously that’s still pretty precarious and you’d like to take things out of the hands of the committee and just keep winning but Seton Hall has shown that they won’t lay down and die without putting up a fight. It’s not a total guarantee that the Friars will be in with a win tonight, though a loss would seem to knock them at least back to the bottom of the bubble pile because SHU’s RPI is over 100 so it would be considered another “bad loss”.
After yesterday’s road win against St. John’s and the rest of the action around college basketball, Providence’s RPI is sitting at 51.
Two games that could help boost PC’s RPI tonight are:
Kentucky needs to beat LSU
Massachusetts needs to beat George Washington
There were no games for RPI boostability last night for the Friars. PC’s RPI at 53 (was 53).
A new portion of this daily post will include the 10 teams with the biggest impact (5 positive plus PC themselves, 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 | 1.69 | 1.69 | 18.52 | 18.52 | -1.07 | -1.07 |
| DePaul | BE | 4.08 | 4.08 | 37.93 | 37.93 | -0.98 | -0.98 |
| Fairfield | MAAC | 1.66 | 1.66 | 22.58 | 22.58 | -0.91 | -0.91 |
| Boston College | ACC | 1.67 | 1.67 | 24.14 | 24.14 | -0.86 | -0.86 |
| Marist | MAAC | 1.69 | 1.69 | 40.00 | 40.00 | -0.34 | -0.34 |
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 | 63.16 | 63.16 | 6.92 | 6.92 |
| Villanova | BE | 4.10 | 4.10 | 89.66 | 89.66 | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Creighton | BE | 4.07 | 4.07 | 82.14 | 82.14 | 2.62 | 2.62 |
| St. John’s | BE | 4.08 | 4.08 | 65.52 | 65.52 | 1.26 | 1.26 |
| Xavier | BE | 4.07 | 4.07 | 64.29 | 64.29 | 1.16 | 1.16 |
| Massachusetts | A10 | 1.72 | 1.72 | 75.86 | 75.86 | 0.89 | 0.89 |
Per Jerry Palm’s “Palm Reader”:
Two games tonight for PC to get some RPI assistance:
Boston College needs to beat Georgia Tech
Vanderbilt needs to beat Mississippi State
There were no games for RPI boostability last night for the Friars. PC’s RPI at 53 (was 54).
A new portion of this daily post will include the 10 teams with the biggest impact (5 positive plus PC themselves, 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 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 18.52 | 18.52 | -1.07 | -1.07 |
| DePaul | BE | 4.08 | 4.08 | 37.93 | 37.93 | -0.98 | -0.98 |
| Fairfield | MAAC | 1.66 | 1.66 | 22.58 | 22.58 | -0.91 | -0.91 |
| Boston College | ACC | 1.67 | 1.67 | 25.00 | 24.95 | -0.83 | -0.84 |
| Marist | MAAC | 1.69 | 1.69 | 40.00 | 40.00 | -0.34 | -0.34 |
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 | 63.16 | 63.16 | 6.92 | 6.92 |
| Villanova | BE | 4.10 | 4.10 | 89.66 | 89.66 | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Creighton | BE | 4.07 | 4.07 | 82.14 | 82.14 | 2.62 | 2.62 |
| St. John’s | BE | 4.08 | 4.08 | 65.52 | 65.52 | 1.26 | 1.26 |
| Xavier | BE | 4.07 | 4.07 | 64.29 | 64.29 | 1.16 | 1.16 |
| Massachusetts | A10 | 1.72 | 1.72 | 78.57 | 77.96 | 0.98 | 0.96 |
Per Jerry Palm’s “Palm Reader”:
No games tonight for PC to get some RPI assistance:
There were no games for RPI boostability last night for the Friars. PC’s RPI at 54 (was 54).
A new portion of this daily post will include the 10 teams with the biggest impact (5 positive plus PC themselves, 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 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 18.52 | 18.52 | -1.07 | -1.07 |
| DePaul | BE | 4.08 | 4.08 | 37.93 | 37.93 | -0.98 | -0.98 |
| Fairfield | MAAC | 1.66 | 1.66 | 22.58 | 22.58 | -0.91 | -0.91 |
| Boston College | ACC | 1.67 | 1.67 | 25.00 | 24.95 | -0.83 | -0.84 |
| Marist | MAAC | 1.69 | 1.69 | 40.00 | 40.00 | -0.34 | -0.34 |
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 | 63.16 | 63.16 | 6.92 | 6.92 |
| Villanova | BE | 4.10 | 4.10 | 89.66 | 89.66 | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Creighton | BE | 4.07 | 4.07 | 82.14 | 82.14 | 2.62 | 2.62 |
| St. John’s | BE | 4.08 | 4.08 | 65.52 | 65.52 | 1.26 | 1.26 |
| Xavier | BE | 4.07 | 4.07 | 64.29 | 64.29 | 1.16 | 1.16 |
| Massachusetts | A10 | 1.72 | 1.72 | 78.57 | 77.96 | 0.98 | 0.96 |
Per Jerry Palm’s “Palm Reader”:
No games tonight for PC to get some RPI assistance:
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