RPI 20/21 cut line tracker. Mostly status quo with only 2 games Tues. Lehigh/Navy=done; Lafayette moves into picture. Graph: 20th RPI team is locked to 0.000, so teams in the negative need to make up X amount to enter RPI T20. Will post as a comment on daily bracket starting Fri.
Conference Tourney Week Cheat Sheet, Thursday 2:00pm update. With the threat of Rutgers winning the Big Ten off the board, Duke officially locks into the field. There will be at least one - and maybe two - more updates coming today.
Conference Tourney Week Cheat Sheet, Thursday 4:00pm update. This is a minor update, but Richmond's opponent in the A10 championship game is now known. There is one more potential update today, but in case it doesn't happen, I'll say it here: Full bracket update in the morning.
Conference Tourney Week Cheat Sheet. Friday, 8:30pm update. Syracuse locks in. Yale comes off the board. The possibilities are narrowing. If Harvard beats Princeton, this is over. If Princeton beats Harvard, I think we're heading toward a Harvard/Army bubble call.
I hopped on the mic with Terry Foy this morning for a chat about where we stand with the bracket. A brisk catch up on everything before today's games. Thanks to Terry for inviting me on to chat. It was a pleasure!
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The first tickets are officially punched!
Richmond has won the A10! Likely on the road in the 1st Rd, at UNC/Duke seems most likely... at ND is also a possibility.
Towson has won the CAA! Travel flexible, but most likely at 4/5 seed.
RMU has won the NEC! Most likely to play-in
Two more bids punched: Siena has won the MAAC, and Albany has won the America East! Five teams have claimed AQs so far; five to go.
Both squads are likely headed to play-in games. Match-ups for the play-in games are still in flux, but pairing these two together could make sense.
Georgetown has won the Big East! Their program retains the crown that has been theirs since May 2018.
Same note as with Towson earlier, Georgetown is extremely travel flexible and should end up at either the 4 or 5 seed in the final bracket.
Full bracket update in the morning.
Final bracket projection. If committee includes Army in this field, listen for, "based on feedback from the regional advisory committees" - I see no other way to justify the inclusion. Up for debate: 5/6; 7/8/unseeded. I'm happy to answer questions. Selection show is at 9:30pm!