Joe Lunardi released an updated bracket a week ago today, the ESPN guru’s first bracketology release since the season started. On Monday night, Lunardi released his latest Bracket Math and Providence, as well as a few other Big East teams, had good showings on the seed list. Joey Brackets had both Xavier and Villanova as 3 seeds last week and that hasn’t changed this week, except that the Musketeers have jumped ahead of the Wildcats on the seed list.
Bracket Math
Seed Line | ||||
1 | 1-MICH ST | 2-OKLA | 3-Kansas | 4-UK |
2 | 8-UVA | 7-Maryland | 6-Iowa St | 5-Duke |
3 | 9-Purdue | 10-Xavier | 11-NOVA | 12-Unc |
4 | 16-Baylor | 15-Wvu | 14-Miami | 13-Louisville |
5 | 17-Butler | 18-Prov | 19-ZONA | 20-CINCI |
6 | 24-ZAGS | 23-TexA&M | 22-Vandy | 21-Oregon |
7 | 25-Pitt | 26-UConn | 27-Nd | 28-DAYTON |
8 | 32-Gtown | 31-Ucla | 30-Iowa | 29-GWash |
9 | 33-Texas | 34-Utah | 35-Indiana | 36-Syracuse |
10 | 40-Florida St | 39-SoCal | 38-SCarolina | 37-Florida |
11 | 41-Wisc | 42-Michigan | 43-VALPO | 44-Cal |
12 | 47-Unlv | 46-WICHITA | 45-Vcu | |
First 4 Out | Marquette | Arizona St | Tulsa | Richmond |
Next 4 Out | New Mexico | Oregon St | Colorado | No Iowa |
Notes: CAPS are AQ’s – Spots 48-68 would be filled by auto qualifiers.
Xavier has been excellent to start the season and Chris Mack’s bunch currently owns the #1 spot in the RPI rankings. Villanova basically flip-flopped with the Musketeers after their loss to Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor, but the Wildcats stuck on the 3 line for Lunardi. Butler and Providence remain on the 5 line and Georgetown remains an 8 seed — the same spots each team was in last week for Joey Brackets. Marquette moves up to the First 4 Out category and are the very first team OUT of the field of 68 for Lunardi right now. Michigan State stays at the top and Arizona slipped down from the 4 line to the 5 and were passed over by both Butler and Providence.
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