Saturday, March 9, 2013

Bracketology Brief Before the Last weekend

As a weekend of big games is upon us, I wanted to talk about top seeds & bubbles before the action got going big-time.

After Miami's loss this week, it's Duke, Gonzaga, Louisville & IU in the top slots.  But IU isn't playing well and I'd be tempted to say this slot is up to who wins the Michigan-IU game Sunday.

On the other end, Kentucky is playing Florida now.  They probably need to win to get in.

Purdue is playing Minnesota.  A Minnesota loss after Wednesday's loss to Nebraska wouldn't help, though Lunardi has them a 9 seed.

On our other "watches" -- LaSalle seems safe, but Temple and Virginia (which I'm told isn't really "local") are on the bubble.

Temple has VCU tomorrow in a tough game.  A win in that will seal them in.

Virginia and Maryland play each other tomorrow.  We've been watching both.  At 20-9 and 20-10, respectively, and the win helps the winner (of course). Right now Virginia is in and Maryland on the outside of the bubble.  There are some great games, but this one has a lot of meaning for the combatants.

We'll be back on the watch tomorrow evening.

Go Purdue!

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