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This morning, two bracketologists, Jerry Palm of CBSSports.com and Dave Ommen (Bracket Guy) have the Coogs in the Tournament as an 8-seed. Shelby Mast of BracketWag.com projects the Coogs as a number 9-seed.
Yep, not a 10, 11, 12-seed. An 8 or 9-seed.
Joe Lunardi, espn.comâs Bracketologist, has Houston as a 10-seed.
American: Cincinnati, Houston and Wichita State are in.
I canât see a scenario where Houston doesnât get in after beating Wichita and Cincinnati as well as Arkansas at home. I know the Cougars donât have a quality road win. So, it would help to beat Temple, Memphis or SMU on the road in the final few weeks. But it may not be a necessity. Watch the Cougars. They are going to be in the NCAA tournament.
Temple lost to Wichita State Thursday night. On the road. But the Owls beat Auburn and Clemson on a neutral court. I donât care that those were in November. Those wins matter. And Temple beat Wichita State at home. The Owls are a NCAA tournament team. Temple gets Houston and UCF at home and then at UConn and Tulsa on the road. Win at least two, maybe three, and there is no debate from anyone.
If Providence was a âneutral siteâ, then ALL of our âhomeâ games have been played at a âneutral siteâ !!
Seeding generally falls within one line of what your RPI is. With the committee using Sagrin and KenPom in addition to RPI this year itâs a little tougher to judge but I would say the Coogs can be as high as a five seed. Iâd also say no lower than a seven seed. The RPI at 21 probably canât go a lot higher since there arenât any great teams left on the schedule.