I have a feeling that I am going to do poorly this year – but to be honest, I think all the bracketologists will be wrong this year.

There is so much disagreement amongst the commentators on the bubble teams.   Do you value regular season championships for the small conferences (Akron, San Diego St, Wichita St, St Marys, Valparaiso, and Monmouth sure hope so).   Or do you value teams that have demonstrated the ability to beat some of the top teams but also have a lot of losses (like Syracuse or Michigan).

Right now, I found myself able to sort out who I thought were the top 23 teams, and then start to throw up my hands.   I will be excited to see who the committee picks!!!

On a side note, schedules are updated through all of Saturday’s games – just 5 more games before the Selection Committee chooses the 68 teams that will get to dance this March!   VCU and St. Joseph’s will both try to make sure they don’t have to worry about if the Selection Committee will choose them (my guess is they are both safe, but why take a chance).  Connecticut will try to ensure that Memphis won’t steal another bid from the bubble.   Michigan State will try to see if they can lock up a #1 seed by taking the Big 10 championship – while my Boilermakers will try to stop them.  Kentucky and Texas A&M will battle to see who wins the SEC.   And another top 50 RPI regular season champion from a small conference will do their best to try to earn their ticket to the dance and not leave the decision up to the committee as 28-4 Little Rock tries to win the Sun Belt conference against Louisiana-Monroe.

Should be an exciting Selection Sunday!!!!!