PPI and Prem's Bracket

PPI Sweet 16: Louisville, Wake Forest, Kansas, Michigan St., UConn, Washington, Missouri, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Xavier, Villanova, Duke, No. Carolina, Gonzaga, Syracuse, Oklahoma

Prem's Sweet 16: Louisville, Utah, West Virginia, Michigan State, UConn, Washington, Missouri, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin, UCLA, Duke, No. Carolina, Gonzaga, Arizona St., Oklahoma

PPI Elite 8: Louisville, Michigan State, UConn, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Duke, No. Carolina, Oklahoma

Prem's Elite 8: Louisville, Michigan State, UConn, Memphis, Pittsburgh, UCLA, Gonzaga, Oklahoma

PPI Final 4: Louisville, Memphis, Duke, No. Carolina

Prem's Final 4: Michigan State, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Oklahoma

PPI Championship: Memphis vs. UNC

Prem's Championship: Memphis vs. Oklahoma

PPI Winner: Memphis
Prem's Winner: Memphis

Fact of the Day

Mr. Anderson (my cat pictured on left), that was aptly named after Rashad Anderson, UConn sharpshooter, has only once been under the same roof as me to witness a UConn NCAA victory (2005 - UConn vs. Central Florida). We will attempt to end this streak today in the game vs. Chattanooga at 3:00 PM.

LSU & Butler were underseeded

#8 LSU is off to a 9-2 lead on Butler. While the SEC has underperformed this year, the PPI had LSU has the highest possible 6 seed and Butler as a low 7 seed. These teams should not be playing each other. Meanwhile, BC as a #7 seed is very high - they were far too inconsistent to be seeded as such, although they did beat conference leaders UNC & Duke.

Friday Projections - Prem vs. PPI

#3 Syracuse over #14 Stephen F. Austin
#9 Tennessee over #8 Oklahoma St. (Prem has #8 Oklahoma St.)
#6 Marquette over #11 Utah St. (Prem has #11 Utah St.)
#3 Kansas over #14 No. Dakota St. (Prem has #14 No. Dakota St.)
#6 Arizona St. over #11 Temple
#1 Pittsburgh over #16 Ea. Tenn St.
#6 West Virginia over #11 Dayton
#3 Missouri over #14 Cornell
#5 Utah over #12 Arizona
#1 Louisville over #16 Morehead St.
#10 USC over #7 Boston College
#4 Xavier over #13 Portland St.
#4 Wake Forest over #13 Cleveland St. (Prem has #13 Cleveland St.)
#9 Siena over #8 Ohio State
#2 Michigan State over #15 Robert Morris
#5 Florida State over #12 Wisconsin (Prem has #12 Wisconsin)

Thursday Projections - PPI vs. (Prem)

Here we go:

#8 LSU over #9 Butler
#1 Memphis over #16 Cal State Northridge
#8 BYU over #9 Texas A&M (Prem has #9 Texas A&M)
#5 Purdue over #12 Northern Iowa (Prem has #12 Northern Iowa)
#1 UNC over #16 Radford
#7 California over #10 Maryland
#1 Connecticut over #16 Chattanooga
#4 Washington over #13 Miss St.
#7 Texas over #10 Minnesota
#7 Clemson over #10 Michigan (Prem has #10 Michigan)
#3 Villanova over #14 American
#4 Gonzaga over #13 Akron
#2 Duke over #15 Binghamton
#2 Oklahoma over #15 Morgan State

Who's In? (Pre-Selection Show)

ACC (5): Duke, No. Carolina, Wake Forest, Florida State, Clemson
America East (1): Binghamton
Atlantic 10 (3): Temple, Xavier, Dayton
Atlantic Sun (1): Ea. Tenn St.
Big 12 (6): Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M
Big East (7): Louisville, Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Syracuse, Villanova, We. Virginia, Marquette
Big Sky (1): Portland St.
Big South (1): Radford
Big Ten (4): Purdue, Michigan State, Illinois, Ohio State
Big West (1): Cal State Northridge
Colonial (1): VA Commonwealth
Conference USA (2): Memphis, Tulsa
Horizon (2): Cleveland St., Butler
Ivy (1): Cornell
MAAC (1): Siena
MAC (1): Akron
MEAC (1): Morgan State
Mountain West (3): Utah, Brigham Young, San Diego State
MVC (3): No. Iowa, Creighton, Illinois St.
Northeast (1): Robert Morris
OVC (1): Morehead St.
PAC-10 (5): USC, Washington, Arizona State, UCLA, California
Patriot (1): American University
SEC (5): Miss St., LSU, Tennessee, Auburn, Florida
Southern (1): Chattanooga
Southland (1): Stephen F. Austin
Summit (1): No. Dakota State
Sun Belt (1): We. Kentucky
SWAC (1): Alabama State
WAC (1): Utah St.
West Coast (1): Gonzaga
Last 4 In: Dayton, Texas A&M, California, Florida
First 4 Out: UAB, New Mexico, St. Mary's, Michigan
Next 4 Out: Minnesota, Niagara, Wisconsin, Arizona
Other Bubble Teams: So. Carolina, Boston College, Maryland, Kentucky, Houston, Baylor, Davidson, Virginia Tech