Big East Bracketology Update 2/2/15

Monday brackets are out courtesy of Joe Lunardi and Jerry Palm. The weekend of games saw some upsets and teams have moved around a bit as a result. Let’s get right into it.

Here is a breakdown of Lunardi’s latest bracket:

• Villanova – #2 seed in East vs. #15 High Point- AQ for Big East
• Providence – #6 seed in Sout vs. #11 Colorado St
• Georgetown – #6 seed in Midwest vs. #11 Tulsa
• Butler – #6 seed in West vs. #11 Ole Miss/Old Dominion
• Seton Hall – #9 seed in South vs. #8 Michigan State
• Xavier – #9 seed in West vs. #8 San Diego St
• St. John’s – #12 seed in West vs. #12 NC State – Last 4 In

Lunardi has 7 Big East teams back in the field with St. John’s getting in with their win over Providence on Saturday. The Red Storm are hanging on by a thread though and will need to have a strong February to get on more steady ground for the NCAA Tournament. The Friars dropped a seed line following their loss to the Red Storm while Georgetown and Butler stood pat as 6 seeds. Moving up in the world this week is Seton Hall and Xavier who both jumped up a line to be 9 seeds.

Here’s a breakdown of Palm’s latest bracket:

• Villanova – #2 seed in Midwest vs. #15 William & Mary
• Butler – #4 seed in South vs. #13 Murray State
• Georgetown – #5 seed in Midwest vs. #12 Mississippi/Temple
• Providence – #7 seed in West vs. #10 Texas
• Seton Hall – #7 seed in Sout vs. #10 Iowa
• Xavier – #10 seed in East vs. #7 Ohio State
• St. John’s – #11 seed in West vs. #6 Arkansas

Villanova stays in the exact same spot on Palm’s latest bracket while Butler slides up from a 5 to a 4 seed. Georgetown held its ground as a 5 seed and Providence held its ground as a 7 seed. Seton Hall made a 2 line jump up to a 7 seed and Xavier dropped a line to a 10 seed. St. John’s sticks on the 11 line.

Conference Breakdown

Lunardi:

• ACC (7)
• Big 12 (7)
• Big East (7)
• Big Ten (6)
• SEC (6)
• American (3)
• Pac-12 (3)
• Atlantic 10 (2)
• Conference USA (2)
• Missouri Valley (2)
• Mountain West (2)

Palm:

The 2015 Bracket Matrix

BracketMatrix.com is a very informative site and I think it adds value to the bracketology discussion so I’ll be featuring a section in these bracketology updates with information like average seed, number of brackets Providence appears in and a few other things. The appeal of BracketMatrix.com is that they are sort of like a composite bracket.

• Bracket Matrix Average Seed for Providence: 6.26
• Numbers of Brackets Providence appears in: 77/77
• Best Seed: 4
• Worst Seed: 11
• Last updated: 2/1/15 10:47am

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