{"id":423829,"date":"2010-03-13T11:06:17","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T15:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,yhoo:20050301:fantasy,article,yhoo-ept_sports_fantasy_experts-227734:1"},"modified":"2010-03-13T11:06:17","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T15:06:17","slug":"bracket-big-board-cougars-dance-break-young-male-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/423829","title":{"rendered":"Bracket Big Board: Cougars dance, break young male hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bracket Big Board takes into consideration past returns,
\ncurrent performance and expected future gains in determining who should
\nbe included among the field of 65 (31 automatic and 34 at-large bids).
\nEssentially, the Bracket Big Board is a cheat sheet designed for
\namateur bracketologists if they were filling out a Tourney Pick ‘Em ’10<\/a>
\n(SIGN UP NOW!!!<\/a>)
\n entry today. <\/em><\/p>\n

*Updated Sunday at 2:48 PM CST <\/p>\n

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*For games played through Sunday, March 14
*RPI data provided
\nby Rivals<\/a>
*Efficiency
\n stats from kenpom.com<\/a>
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On
\n the Bubble:<\/strong> Virginia Tech (23-8), Florida (21-12), Mississippi St. (23-11)<\/p>\n

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Dropped
\n Out: <\/strong>Virginia Tech<\/p>\n

Conference<\/p>\n

Breakdown: <\/strong>American
\nEast
\n (1), ACC (6), Atlantic Sun (1), Atlantic 10 (3), Big 12 (7), Big
\nEast (8), Big Sky (1), Big South (1), Big Ten (6), Big West (1),
\nColonial (1), Conference USA (2), Horizon (1), Ivy (1), Metro (1),
\nMid-American (1), Mid-Eastern (1), Missouri Valley (1), Mountain West
\n(4), Northeast (1), Ohio Valley (1), Pac-10 (2), Patriot (1), SEC (3),
\nSouthern (1), Southland (1), SWAC (1), Summit (1), Sun Belt (1), West
\nCoast (2), WAC
\n(2) <\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of Getty <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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