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  Monday, January 24, 2005

Notes About The Bracket (1/24)
By Drew Barnette

CLICK href=/profile//> HERE href=/profile//> TO href=/profile//> SEE href=/profile//> THE href=/profile//> BRACKET

-These href=/profile//> projections href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> today href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> Selection href=/profile//> Sunday. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> prediction href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> future, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> checkpoint href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> currently href=/profile//> stand. href=/profile//> With href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> yet href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> projections href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> undoubtedly href=/profile//> change href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> Selection href=/profile//> Sunday

-PROJECTED href=/profile//> CONFERENCE href=/profile//> CHAMPIONS href=/profile//> (All href=/profile//> currently href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> tied href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> place href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> column href=/profile//> except href=/profile//> Princeton, href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> yet href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> game):

Duke, href=/profile//> Vermont, href=/profile//> Temple, href=/profile//> Gardner href=/profile//> Webb, href=/profile//> Boston href=/profile//> College, href=/profile//> Montana href=/profile//> State, href=/profile//> Winthrop, href=/profile//> Illinois, href=/profile//> Pacific, href=/profile//> Kansas, href=/profile//> Old href=/profile//> Dominion, href=/profile//> Louisville, href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> Milwaukee, href=/profile//> Princeton, href=/profile//> Marist, href=/profile//> Western href=/profile//> Michigan, href=/profile//> UMKC, href=/profile//> Coppin href=/profile//> State, href=/profile//> Southern href=/profile//> Illinois, href=/profile//> Utah, href=/profile//> Monmouth, href=/profile//> Arizona, href=/profile//> Bucknell, href=/profile//> Alabama, href=/profile//> Alabama href=/profile//> State, href=/profile//> UNC href=/profile//> Greensboro, href=/profile//> Northwestern href=/profile//> State, href=/profile//> Ark-Little href=/profile//> Rock, href=/profile//> UTEP, href=/profile//> Saint href=/profile//> Mary's.


-ON href=/profile//> THE href=/profile//> BOARD, href=/profile//> BUT href=/profile//> NOT href=/profile//> IN href=/profile//> THE href=/profile//> BRACKET:
Rice
Houston
San href=/profile//> Francisco
Kent href=/profile//> State
Florida
Ball href=/profile//> State
Northern href=/profile//> Iowa
Bradley
Holy href=/profile//> Cross
Vanderbilt
Miami href=/profile//> OH
LSU
Arkansas
TCU
UAB

-In href=/profile//> conferences href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Missouri href=/profile//> Valley href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> MAC, href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> appeared href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large href=/profile//> bid href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> failing href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> step href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> plate href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//> After href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> 8-2 href=/profile//> start href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> taking href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> wire href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> losses, href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 3-3 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//> Southern href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> resume, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> fell href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Wichita href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> weekend. href=/profile//> Wichita href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> 9-0 href=/profile//> start, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> dropped href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> OOC href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Manhattan href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> Indiana href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> team, href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> losses. href=/profile//>

In href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> MAC, href=/profile//> Kent href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> awful href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> 20s. href=/profile//> Western href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> dropped href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Ball href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> weekend. href=/profile//>


-Pittsburgh href=/profile//> finally href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> something href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> resume href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Connecticut. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Panthers href=/profile//> trailed href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> 20 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> half, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> minutes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> held href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> ten. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> done, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> place href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> East href=/profile//> standings href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> effect href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> does href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> improve.

-Kansas href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> hammered href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Villanova. href=/profile//> Villanova href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> undefeated href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> days. href=/profile//> After href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> seconds href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Boston href=/profile//> College, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> completely href=/profile//> blew href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> Kansas href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> despite href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Kyle href=/profile//> Lowry, href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Nova's href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> players, href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> ejected href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> halftime href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> punching href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> Kansas href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stomach.

-The href=/profile//> injury href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> suspension href=/profile//> bug href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> bit href=/profile//> Maryland href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> hard. href=/profile//> Maryland href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> DJ href=/profile//> Strawberry href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> means href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> selection href=/profile//> committee href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> weigh href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> much, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> sense href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Terps href=/profile//> must href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> prove href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> him. href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> P.J href=/profile//> Tucker href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> rest href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> due href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> academics href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> LaMarcus href=/profile//> Aldridge href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> indefinitely href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> hip href=/profile//> injury. href=/profile//> Like href=/profile//> Maryland, href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> prove href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> guys href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> hurt href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> seed. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> why href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> lower href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> expected href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> week. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> possible href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Aldridge href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> return, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> does, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> committee href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> missed href=/profile//> less href=/profile//> weight.

-Arizona href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> fire href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> clear href=/profile//> pod href=/profile//> system href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> Unfortunately href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> hosting href=/profile//> first/second href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> cannot href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> placed href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Tuscon. href=/profile//> What's href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> unfortunate href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> isn't href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> geographic href=/profile//> region href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> benefit href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> makes href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> place. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Boise href=/profile//> now, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it's href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> say href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> they'd href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> pod href=/profile//> system.

-UCLA href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> fallen href=/profile//> apart href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> sudden. href=/profile//> After href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> world href=/profile//> beaters, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Bruins href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> row. href=/profile//> All href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> losses, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> quickly href=/profile//> dropping href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> standings href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Pac href=/profile//> Ten. href=/profile//> Remember, href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> standings href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> hugely href=/profile//> important href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> selection href=/profile//> process. href=/profile//> You href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> cases href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> higher href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> standings href=/profile//> receives href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> poorer href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> someone href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> ahead href=/profile//> of.

-George href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> add href=/profile//> themselves href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> list href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> falling href=/profile//> apart. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Colonials href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> behind href=/profile//> Dayton href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> West. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> you've href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> following href=/profile//> our href=/profile//> notes href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> before, href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> I've href=/profile//> said href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> damaging href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> A-10 href=/profile//> is. href=/profile//> As href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> result, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> slipped href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> board href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> projected href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #12 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> week. href=/profile//>

-Stanford href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Indiana href=/profile//> deserve href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> mentioned. href=/profile//> After href=/profile//> posting href=/profile//> terrible href=/profile//> OOC href=/profile//> records, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> standout href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> conferences. href=/profile//> Stanford href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> games, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> UCLA. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> improved href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> 10-7 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> currently href=/profile//> third href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Pac href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> standings. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> remember, href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> poor href=/profile//> start href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> finishing href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Pac href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> earning href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> (three href=/profile//> times) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Stanford href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #9 href=/profile//> seed. href=/profile//>

Indiana href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> loss, href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> improved href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> 9-7 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> tied href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> Ten. href=/profile//> Not href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> that, href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> VERY href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> OOC href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> padded href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> resume href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> offset href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> poor href=/profile//> record. href=/profile//> Their href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> currently href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> 80s, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> certainly href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> keep href=/profile//> winning. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> current href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> hopes href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> alive. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> field href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> 65 href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> week, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> we href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go.

-Temple href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> shape. href=/profile//> Like href=/profile//> Indiana, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> killer href=/profile//> OOC href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> contributed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> why href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 8-7 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> currently href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> Ten, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> help href=/profile//> pad href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> despite href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//> Although href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 8-7 href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> now, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> resume href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> blow href=/profile//> through href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> play.


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