2013 Summit League Postseason Projections–3/10

Very little to update today and no seeding change as the Jackrabbits have been sitting at 14.1 in our average for almost two weeks. I will note that Denver is a team that might get seeded slightly ahead of South Dakota State as a #13 seed now instead of Louisiana Tech. Having a future Summit member as a #13 and perhaps one current one would be a great statement to make, especially if they could get on a run against a #4/#5 seed area that has some weaknesses. The attention it could bring to our little league heading into next year would be a big deal.

Of the Summit’s nine members for next year, five should finish this year in the top 150 RPI and three in the top 100. We need to see a league wide push to take care of some of those non-conference games and help the league RPI as a whole. The potential is there for this league to take the next step.

Matchups currently projected (out of 6 brackets):
Miami – 3
Arizona – 1
Michigan State – 1
Louisville – 1

2/13

2/20

2/27

3/6

3/7

3/8

3/9

3/10

3/11

3/12

3/13

3/14

3/15

3/16

South Dakota State

14

13.4

14.1

14.1

14.1

14.1

14.1

14.1

North Dakota State

14

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Western Illinois

15.6

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

I’ve found the sites I’m using for the projections from http://bracketproject.50webs.com/matrix.htm It’s a fantastic site linking you to tons of information about various projections out there.

I decided to use seven of their best brackets from last year along with three very prominent brackets. Here’s our panelists:
1. – Lobofan2003’s Bracketology
2. – D1scourse/USA Today’s – Patrick Stevens
3. – Beer’s Bracket
4. – Busting the Bracket
5. – Bracketville
6. – The Bracket Project
7. – Brad-ketology
8. – Yahoo Sports – Brad Evans
9. – CBS Sports – Jerry Palm
10.– ESPN Bracketology – Joe Lunardi

Now yes some of the names may scare you but these guys have been doing brackets for at least three years and have scored the best, all of them better than Joe Lunardi who is the expert of the field.

Here’s the projections they have. Green indicates an improvement in seed. Red shows a falling seed.

Predictor	Team In	Seed	Opponent/Rank	Location	Regional	Date of Prediction
Lobofan2003	South Dakota State	14	Michigan State	Lexington	South	3/8/13
Patrick Stevens	South Dakota State	14	Miami	Austin	West	3/9/13
Beer’s Bracket	South Dakota State	14	Miami	Austin	South	3/9/13
Busting the Bracket	South Dakota State	14	2nd #14 seed			3/6/13
Bracketville	South Dakota State	15	Louisville	Lexington	Midwest	3/8/13
The Bracket Project	South Dakota State	14	1st #14 seed			3/8/13
Brad-ketology	South Dakota State	14	1st #14 seed			3/8/13
Brad Evans	South Dakota State	14	1st #14 seed			3/9/13
Jerry Palm	South Dakota State	14	Arizona	Salt Lake City	West	3/10/13
Joe Lunardi	South Dakota State	14	Miami	Austin	Midwest	3/8/13

Here’s some other predictions that include NIT (and occasionally CBI/CIT) … just for a taste of what people think.
Bracket Predictions – 3/8 NIT – No Summit League Teams
Brad-Ketology – 3/8 NIT – South Dakota State a #7 seed if they don’t make the NCAA tournament.
Bracket Project – 3/4 NIT – North Dakota State a 7 seed vs. Iowa.
Beer’s Bracket – 3/9 CBI – Has North Dakota State a #1 seed vs. Northwestern State. He also has Western Illinois as a #2 seed in the CIT vs. Arkansas State.