Syracuse is back in the field in the Bracket Matrix. They've moved back into the field as an 11 seed after winning two straight games against Providence and DePaul. Syracuse now appears in 14 of the 29 brackets produced by websites across the internet. S.U. is in 14 of the last 22 brackets updated, but none of the seven brackets that haven't been updated before Monday.
Syracuse is the eighth and final team from the Big East in the tournament according to the Bracket Matrix. Villanova and Seton Hall are on the outside looking in as two of the last four teams out. They are in 11 and 8 brackets respectively. Providence also appears in five brackets and the 11th team out of the bracket.
Shelby's Wild Ass Guesses puts Syracuse in as a nine seed, the best seed Syracuse has received in any bracket. They would play Dayton in the first round and have a match up with Kansas in the second.
Crashing the Dance uses a formula to assign teams points. Teams are then seeded according to points. Syracuse receives the last 10 seed as the 40th best team.
March Madness '08, the Syracuse bracket blog, has Syracuse in as an 11 seed. They've somehow fallen in the bracket despite winning two straight games. He also has 11 Big East teams in the tournament. I would have to severely disagree with almost his entire bracket. Pretty much every Big East team is over seeded. He has Marquette in as a three and Pitt in as a four.
The Bracket Project which runs the Bracket Matrix has Syracuse in as an 11 seed. They would play Mississippi State in the first round, a scary match up because MSU's size. The winner would play most likely Washington State in the second round, a Georgetown type team.
Basketball Predictions says Syracuse just missed the cut, but also had this to say about Syracuse after beating Providence and DePaul:
Key wins for Syracuse and UConn here. UConn is really on a tear here, and has pushed both the RPI and the Sagarin numbers inside the Top 20. Barring a huge collapse down the stretch, they'll be in the Tournament. Syracuse is not such a big slam dunk. The RPI is 36th and the Sagarin is 47th - both numbers which are right in the fat part of the bubble. The Orangemen have no bad losses, but have also struggled to get a signature win. If they make the Tournament, they will be one of those "look at the full resume" teams. They did a great job taking care of business this week, with two key wins to drive their Big East record to 5-4. They need to be a minimum of 10-8 in the Big East to get an at-large bid, and that is certainly very possible. If they continue to take care of business, and even steal an upset or two, they will get into the Tourney.
I think Syracuse should be in the tournament as a 10 or 11 seed at this point. They have an above .500 conference record and strong non-conference schedule. They have several solid wins and no terrible losses because of what Cincinnati has done in the Big East.
They would go in as the seventh or eighth team from the Big East and since at least eight teams from the Big East should get in, they would be in right now.
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