So how's your bracket? Yeah, me too. But is it all that bad to blow up your bracket if the tournament is so completely enthralling? I would gladly lose two of my Final Four teams in the first weekend (which I did, thank you Kansas and Villanova) if I was rewarded with the action of this past weekend. What this shakeup does result in is a reconfiguring of favorites and certain matchups. Today's write up begins with the Sweet 16 pairings (featuring the overall performance rankings in parentheses), followed by the individual by-day rankings of each team from Day 3 and 4, the conclusion is the complete 64 team rankings (One note, of those which made the Sweet 16 only Purdue is ranked outside of the top 16 performances. An argument could be made for dropping Michigan State out of the top 16, but for now, they remain at 15).
(For a more entertaining look at the first weekend, please click here)
Sweet 16 Match-ups:
(1) Kentucky v. (5) Cornell
(2) Syracuse v. (12) Butler
(3) Duke v. (17) Purdue
(4) Kansas State v. (8) Xavier
(6) West Virginia v. (7) Washington
(9) Ohio State v. (11) Tennessee
(10) Northern Iowa v. (15) Michigan State
(13) St. Mary's v. (14) Baylor
Day 3
- Kentucky (30 pt win over Wake Forest)
- Washington (18 pt win over New Mexico)
- Kansas State (12 pt win over BYU)
- Northern Iowa (2 pt win over Kansas)
- St. Mary's (7 pt win over Villanova)
- Tennessee (15 pt win over Ohio)
- Baylor (8 pt win over Old Dominion)
- Butler (2 pt win over Murray State)
- Villanova (7 pt loss to St. Mary's)
- Murray State (2 pt loss to Butler)
- Old Dominion (8 pt loss to Baylor)
- Kansas (2 pt loss to Northern Iowa)
- BYU (12 pt loss to Kansas State)
- Ohio (15 pt loss to Tennessee)
- New Mexico (18 pt loss to Washington)
- Wake Forest (30 pt loss to Kentucky)
Day 4
- Syracuse (22 pt win over Gonzaga)
- Cornell (18 pt win over Wisconsin)
- Duke (15 pt win over California)
- West Virginia (9 pt win over Missouri)
- Michigan State (2 pt win over Maryland)
- Xavier (3 pt win over Pittsburgh)
- Ohio State (9 pt win over Georgia Tech)
- Purdue (2 pt OT win over Texas A&M)
- Maryland (2 pt loss to Michigan State)
- Texas A&M (2 pt OT loss to Purdue)
- Pittsburgh (3 pt loss to Xavier)
- Missouri (9 pt loss to West Virginia)
- Georgia Tech (9 pt loss to Ohio State)
- California (15 pt loss to Duke)
- Gonzaga (22 pt loss to Syracuse)
- Wisconsin (18 pt loss to Cornell)
Complete Rankings:
- Kentucky (29 pt win over East Tennessee State, 30 pt win over Wake Forest)
- Syracuse (23 pt win over Vermont, 22 pt win over Gonzaga)
- Duke (29 pt win over Arkansas Pine Bluff, 15 pt win over California)
- Kansas State (20 win over North Texas, 12 pt win over BYU)
- Cornell (13 pt win over Temple, 18 pt win over Wisconsin)
- West Virginia (27 pt win over Morgan State, 9 pt win over Missouri)
- Washington (2 pt win over Marquette, 18 pt win over New Mexico)
- Xavier (11 pt win over Minnesota, 3 pt win over Pittsburgh)
- Ohio State (17 pt win over UC Santa Barbara, 9 pt win over Georgia Tech)
- Northern Iowa (1 pt win over UNLV, 2 pt win over Kansas)
- Tennessee (3 pt win over San Diego State, 15 pt win over Ohio)
- Butler (18 pt win over UTEP, 2 pt win over Murray State)
- St. Mary's (9 pt win over Richmond, 7 pt win over Villanova)
- Baylor (9 pt win over Sam Houston State, 8 pt win over Old Dominion)
- Michigan State (3 pt win over New Mexico State, 2 pt win over Maryland)
- Pittsburgh (23 pt win over Oakland, 3 pt loss to Xavier)
- Purdue (8 pt win over Siena, 2 pt OT win over Texas A&M)
- Texas A&M (16 pt win over Utah State, 2 pt OT loss to Purdue)
- Maryland (12 pt win over Houston, 2 pt loss to Michigan State)
- Georgia Tech (5 pt win over Oklahoma State, 9 pt loss to Ohio State)
- Murray State (1 pt win over Vanderbilt, 2 pt loss to Butler)
- Ohio (14 pt win over Georgetown, 15 pt loss to Tennessee)
- California (15 pt win over Louisville, 15 pt loss to Duke)
- BYU (7 pt 2OT win over Florida, 12 pt loss to Kansas State)
- Missouri (8 pt win over Clemson, 9 pt loss to West Virginia)
- Kansas (16 pt win over Lehigh, 2 pt loss to Northern Iowa)
- Wake Forest (1 pt OT win over Texas, 30 pt loss to Kentucky)
- Gonzaga (7 pt win over Florida State, 22 pt loss to Syracuse)
- New Mexico (5 pt win over Montana, 18 pt loss to Washington)
- Marquette (2 pt loss to Washington)
- Old Dominion (1 pt win over Notre Dame, 8 pt loss to Baylor)
- Wisconsin (4 pt win over Wofford, 18 pt loss to Cornell)
- Villanova (3 pt OT win over Robert Morris, 7 pt loss to St. Mary's)
- Texas (1 pt OT loss to Wake Forest)
- New Mexico State (3 pt loss to Michigan State)
- Florida (7 pt 2OT loss to BYU)
- Robert Morris (3 pt OT loss to Villanova)
- San Diego State (3 pt loss to Tennessee)
- Wofford (4 pt loss to Wisconsin)
- Oklahoma State (5 pt loss to Georgia Tech)
- Notre Dame (1 pt loss to Old Dominion)
- UNLV (1 pt loss to Northern Iowa)
- Florida State (7 pt loss to Gonzaga)
- Vanderbilt (1 pt loss to Murray St)
- Sam Houston State (9 pt loss to Baylor)
- Clemson (8 pt loss to Missouri)
- Siena (8 pt loss to Purdue)
- Montana (5 pt loss to New Mexico)
- Houston (12 pt loss to Maryland)
- Minnesota (11 pt loss to Xavier)
- Louisville (15 pt loss to California)
- Lehigh (16 pt loss to Kansas)
- Utah State (16 pt loss to Texas A&M)
- Richmond (9 pt loss to St. Mary's)
- Temple (13 pt loss to Cornell)
- UC Santa Barbara (17 pt loss to Ohio State)
- UTEP (18 pt loss to Butler)
- Georgetown (14 pt loss to Ohio)
- Morgan State (27 pt loss to West Virginia)
- Oakland (23 pt loss to Pittsburgh)
- Vermont (23 pt loss to Syracuse
- North Texas (20 pt loss to Kansas State)
- Arkansas Pine Bluff (29 pt loss to Duke)
- East Tenn State (29 pt loss to Kentucky)
GRM
