Tourney Watch 2/22/22

[stever20]

1 Gonzaga(a)-Thu @ San Francisco-won 89-73
2 Arizona(a)-Thu @ Utah-won 97-77
3 Auburn(a)-Wed vs Ole Miss-won 77-64
4 Kansas(a)-Tue vs Kansas St-won 102-83
5 Baylor-off until Sat
6 Kentucky-Wed vs LSU-won 71-66
7 Purdue(a)-off until Sat
8 Duke(a)-Wed @ Virginia-won 65-61
9 Texas Tech-Tue vs Oklahoma-won 66-42
10 Villanova-Tue @ UConn-lost 69-71
11 Tennessee-Tue @ Missouri-won 80-61
12 Illinois-Thu vs Ohio St-lost 83-86
13 Wisconsin-Wed @ Minnesota-won 68-67
14 UCLA-Thu @ Oregon-lost 63-68
15 Providence-Wed vs Xavier-won 99-92
16 Houston(a)-Wed @ Tulane-won 81-67
17 Texas-Wed vs TCU-won 75-66
18 Arkansas-Tue @ Florida-won 82-74
19 Ohio St-Thu @ Illinois-won 86-83
20 Alabama-Tue @ Vandy-won 74-72
21 UConn-Tue vs Villanova-won 71-69
22 Mich St-Tue @ Iowa-lost 60-86
23 LSU-Wed @ Kentucky-lost 66-71
24 USC-Thu @ Oregon St-won 94-91
25 Marquette-off until Sat
26 Iowa St-Wed vs West Virginia-won 84-81
27 Xavier-Wed @ Providence-lost 92-99
28 Colorado St-Wed vs Wyoming-won 61-55
29 Iowa-Tue vs Mich St-won 86-60
30 Wyoming-Wed @ Colorado St-lost 55-61
31 Boise St(a)-Tue vs San Diego St-won 58-57
32 St Mary's-Thu @ San Diego-won 60-46
33 Seton Hall-Wed vs Butler-won 66-60
34 TCU-Wed @ Texas-lost 66-75
35 Rutgers-Wed @ Michigan-lost 62-71
36 Wake Forest-Wed @ Clemson-lost 69-80
37 Creighton-Wed @ St John's-won 81-78
38 Notre Dame-Wed vs Syracuse-won 79-69
39 Miami-Tue @ Pittsburgh-won 85-64
40 Murray St(a)-Thu vs Belmont-won 76-43
41 San Francisco-Thu vs Gonzaga-lost 73-89
42 Davidson(a)-Wed @ Duquesne-won 74-50
43 North Carolina-off until Sat
44 Loyola-Chi(a)-Wed vs Evansville-won 82-31
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45 Indiana-Thu vs Maryland-won 74-64
46 Michigan-Wed vs Rutgers-won 71-62
47 BYU-Thu vs Loyola Marymount-won 79-59
48 San Diego St-Tue @ Boise St-lost 57-58
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69 SMU-Wed vs Tulsa-won 75-61
70 Memphis-Thu vs Temple-won 78-64
71 Florida-Tue vs Arkansas-lost 74-82
72 Oregon-Thu vs UCLA-won 68-63
73 Virginia-Wed vs Duke-lost 61-65
74 St Bonaventure-Tue vs Rhode Island-won 73-55
75 Dayton-Wed vs UMass-won 82-61
76 VCU-Wed vs George Mason-won 72-66
77 Kansas St-Tue @ Kansas-lost 83-102
78 Miss St-Wed @ South Carolina-lost 56-66
79 Oklahoma-Tue @ Texas Tech-lost 42-66
80 Belmont-Thu @ Murray St-lost 43-76
81 St John's-Wed vs Creighton-lost 78-81
82 Va Tech-Wed @ Ga Tech-won 62-58
83 St Louis-Tue vs St Joe's-won 72-61
84 West Virginia-Wed @ Iowa St-lost 81-84

autos
49 North Texas-Thu vs So Miss-won 85-61
50 Iona--off until Fri
51 New Mexico St-off until Sat
52 South Dakota St-Thu @ Oral Roberts-won 106-102
53 Chattanoooga-Wed @ East Tennessee St-won 83-77
54 Vermont-Wed @ Binghamton-won 66-49
55 Toledo-Tue @ Western Michigan-won 92-50
56 Wagner-Thu @ Fairleigh Dickinson-lost 86-88
57 Montana St-off until Sun
58 Texas St-Wed @ South Alabama-won 55-52
59 Jacksonville St-Wed vs Eastern Kentucky-won 81-68
60 Yale-Tue @ Dartmouth-won 66-61
61 Long Beach St-Thu vs UC San Diego-won 103-87
62 Longwood-Wed vs Radford-won 71-66
63 Cleveland St-Thu @ Detroit-lost 67-74
64 UNC Wilmington-Thu @ Drexel-won 69-63
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65 Colgate-Wed @ Holy Cross-won 78-71
66 Norfolk St-off until Sat
67 Southern-off until Sat
68 New Orleans-Thu @ SE Louisiana-lost 79-84

[billyjack]

The committee will do everything possible to matchup Providence with Iona in Round One.

Iona with their Alabama win (but Niagara loss) can be shifted plausibly anywhere from a 15-seed to an 11-seed...

PC has similar "committee-unknowns" that can slide us arguably to the opposite of wherever Iona lands.

[stever20]

The committee will do everything possible to matchup Providence with Iona in Round One.

Iona with their Alabama win (but Niagara loss) can be shifted plausibly anywhere from a 15-seed to an 11-seed...

PC has similar "committee-unknowns" that can slide us arguably to the opposite of wherever Iona lands.

yeah could definitely see it- but don't think Iona can go down much further than a 13 seed at all. You go look at the 14 line(that's 55-58) and Iona is clearly stronger than any of those. Probably would need to lose another game, if not 2 to drop to 14 seed even. And pretty easy remaining schedule.

PC is interesting for sure. Remaining schedule they really need Xavier to remain top 30 so that's another Q1 game. I wonder what the ceiling is for Providence right now- especially if they were to lose to Nova again.

[stever20]

So I asked Dave(guy from Bracketville) about North Texas about where they are with the bubble...
I think both North Texas and Iona would get at-large looks. Right now, I would lean toward No Texas, although Iona has the bigger snag (Alabama). Metrics certainly favor NT. Best bet: avoid that scenario.

[stever20]

Michigan sure going to be interesting to watch these next 2 weeks with the suspension of Howard.

Will say this- they are darn lucky that they have Phil Martelli to take over.

[Novachap]

Michigan sure going to be interesting to watch these next 2 weeks with the suspension of Howard.

Will say this- they are darn lucky that they have Phil Martelli to take over.

Are they though, really? LOL... Nova glasses firmly on with that one.

[stever20]

Michigan sure going to be interesting to watch these next 2 weeks with the suspension of Howard.

Will say this- they are darn lucky that they have Phil Martelli to take over.

Are they though, really? LOL... Nova glasses firmly on with that one.

How do Nova fans view him? Seemed like when he had the talent he did pretty well.

[stever20]

Interesting- #BYU Basketball coach Mark Pope says that his program has “reached out to around 20 teams” for a possible non-conference game next week.

So looking- Big East not really realistic for them as Butler is the one with the early bye.

[Django]

Michigan sure going to be interesting to watch these next 2 weeks with the suspension of Howard.

Will say this- they are darn lucky that they have Phil Martelli to take over.

They have 4 home games then Ohio State on the road, they’ll be fine.

[stever20]

Michigan sure going to be interesting to watch these next 2 weeks with the suspension of Howard.

Will say this- they are darn lucky that they have Phil Martelli to take over.

They have 4 home games then Ohio State on the road, they’ll be fine.

Yeah home games but against Rutgers, Illinois, Michigan St, and Iowa- 4 pretty good teams. Rutgers the easiest, and they're going to be short handed there. Need to get at least 2 wins out of the 5. This week could easily go 0-2.