Big East Bracketology Update 3/9/15

Joe Lunardi considers the following Big East teams to have a 90% or better chance of making it to the NCAA Tournament:

• Villanova
• Georgetown
• Butler
• Providence
• St. John’s
• Xavier

That means it appears the Big East will get 60% of it’s teams into the field of 68. The only conference to have a higher percentage of their team’s in Lunardi’s bracket on March 9th is the Big 12 who has 70% of their league in the field.

Here is a breakdown of where the 6 Big East teams fall on the seed lines Lunardi’s latest bracket:

• Villanova – #1 seed in Wast vs. #16 St. Francis (NY) – AQ for Big East
• Georgetown- #6 seed in East vs. #11 Oklahoma State
• Butler- #6 seed in South vs. #11 Temple/Texas
• Providence – #6 seed in West vs. #11 Purdue
• St. John’s – #8 seed in East vs. #9 Dayton
• Xavier – #9 seed in South vs. #8 Davidson

Conference Breakdown

• Big 12 (7)
• Big Ten (7)
• ACC (6)
• Big East (6)
• SEC (5)
• American (3)
• Atlantic 10 (3)
• Mountain West (3)
• Pac-12 (3)
• Missouri Valley (2)
• West Coast (2)

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: 6.15
• Numbers of Brackets Providence appears in: 91/91
• Best Seed: 4
• Worst Seed: 10
• Last updated: 3/9/15 8:54am

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