With Sunday selection less than two weeks old, it is time to dive more deeply in burning questions before the revelation of the support. It is inventible to be inventible that Aburn will win the overall seed n ° 1 later this month, because it has the best curriculum vitae in sport. It would take a collapse at the end of the season for another team to jump the tigers for the seeded n ° 1.
With Auburn tend to be the best team, the question becomes the other three seeds n ° 1? Monday, Duke, Houston and Tennessee are the other three seeds n ° 1 in the latest Bracketology projections of Jerry Palm of CBS Sports. The Alabama was the last seeded n ° 1 in the edge before losing against Tennessee on a 3-point second point by Jahmai Mashack last weekend.
In the projections of the Palm fork, Alabama, the State of Michigan, Wisconsin and Florida are listed on line n ° 2.. The champion of the regular season of Big East St. John’s is a seeded n ° 3 alongside Purdue, Texas A & M and Michigan. Could one of these teams go to a seeded n ° 1 in the next 13 days?
We asked burning questions to Palm four to answer – then we offered our opinion on her notice.
1. What would Duke fall from line 1?
What Palm says: I am not sure that two would be sufficient unless they are major upheavals. Lose to wake up at home on Monday evening and someone similar or worse in ACCT, then we can entertain the discussion. In addition, someone should also intensify and take it.
What we think: The last part of Palm’s response is the key here. Blue Devils should feel good in their chances of winning a seed n ° 1.. In my opinion, the only way Duke is not a seeded n ° 1 is that they lose one of his last two games in the regular season and have an early outing in the ACC. It is much more likely that Duke ends as a global seed n ° 2 in the support, which means that it would be on the other side of Auburn.
2. If the state of Michigan wins, can they get a seed n ° 1? Does he demand that Tennessee and Florida lose twice twice?
What Palm says: The state of Michigan has a case. They are already 10 Quad 1 victories and two other games in the first quarter in the regular season. They would probably obtain at least two others on a race to a Big Ten title, so they would have 14. This is a number that allows them to compete with the schools of the dry. Keep in mind that at least three of them will lose in the dry tournament.
What we think: On all the heads of serial n ° 2 current (Alabama, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Florida), I believe that Alabama and the state of Michigan have solid cases to return to a seeder n ° 1. The two teams would need help (more about this later) to get there, but there will be many opportunities between Sunday to add to their curriculum vitae. Alabama faces Florida and Auburn, while Michigan State plays Iowa and Michigan. Again, Tennessee should trip on the section for Michigan State or Alabama to jump, but it is always possible.
3. Would Florida go beyond Tennessee with an Alabama victory this week?
What Palm says: Tennessee should also lose Ole Miss on Wednesday.
What we think: Florida was on standard line 1 for a while before losing against Georgia last week. This loss against the bulldogs is in no way a bad loss, but that has harmed Florida to obtain a seeded n ° 1. The Florida faces Alabama and Ole Miss to end the regular season. A 2-0 section and a strong performance in the SEC tournament will make things interesting. The winner of Alabama against Florida later this week will have a chance to win a seeded n ° 1, while the loser will probably remain on line n ° 2.
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4. One way for St. John’s to a seeded n ° 1 apart from everyone who loses twice?
What Palm says: Even it may not be enough. As large in season as they had it, they only had three victories of the first quarter.
What we think: It would take a chaos at the end of the season for it to happen. The red storm does not have the curriculum vitae that the other teams have. As Palm noted, St. John’s has only three Quad 1 victories, which is not great. It is more realistic than St. John’s obtains a seeded n ° 2 on Sunday of selection, while waiting for the madness that happens elsewhere.
