PPI Rankings - January 11, 2010

#1 Kentucky
#2 Kansas
#3 Syracuse
#4 Purdue
#5 Texas
#6 Brigham Young
#7 Duke
#8 Butler
#9 Georgetown
#10 New Mexico
#11 Wisconsin
#12 Northern Iowa
#13 West Virginia
#14 Villanova
#15 Pittsburgh
#16 Clemson
#17 Michigan State
#18 Temple
#19 UAB
#20 Rhode Island
#21 Kansas State
#22 Louisiana Tech
#23 Louisville
#24 Oklahoma State
#25 Saint Mary's
Others receiving votes: UNLV, Tennessee, Xavier, Wichita State, Missouri State, Mississippi State, Baylor, Miami (FL), Cornell, Connecticut, William & Mary, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Missouri, Minnesota

Projected Big East Tourney Bracket - 1/11/10

Here is the projection of the Big East Tournament as of 1/11/10:

Tuesday
Game 1: #9 Cincinnati v. #16 DePaul
Game 2: #12 Marquette v. #13 South Florida
Game 3: #10 Providence v. #15 Rutgers
Game 4: #11 St. John's v. #14 Seton Hall

Wednesday
Game 5: #8 Notre Dame v. Cincinnati-DePaul winner
Game 6: #5 Pittsburgh v. Marquette-South Florida winner
Game 7: #7 Connecticut v. Providence-Rutgers winner
Game 8: #6 Louisville v. St. John's-Seton Hall winner

Thursday
Game 9: #1 Syracuse v. Game 5 winner
Game 10: #4 Villanova v. Game 6 winner
Game 11: #2 Georgetown v. Game 7 winner
Game 12: #3 West Virginia v. Game 8 winner

Friday
Game 13: Game 9 v. Game 10 winner
Game 14: Game 11 v. Game 12 winner

Saturday
Game 15: Game 13 v. Game 14 winner