Daniel Evans – Rush The Court

RTC Bracketology: Selection Sunday Final Edition

Daniel Evans (@bracketexpert) — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 21:45:02 +0000

Daniel Evans (@bracketexpert) is Rush the Court’s resident bracketologist. He will update his brackets at least twice a week through the rest of the regular season here at RTC, but his updated brackets can be viewed daily at Bracketology Expert. As we approach March Madness, he’ll also provide occasional blind resumes. Evans has been ranked by the Bracket Matrix as the nation’s 11th-best bracketologist out of hundreds of entries.

I promised myself last year that I would learn from picking Tennessee over Middle Tennessee for the final spot in the bracket. The committee always throws in a surprise mid-major at the end. It’s been UAB, [...]

RTC Bracketology: Selection Sunday AM Edition

Daniel Evans (@bracketexpert) — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 15:45:56 +0000

It’s Selection Sunday! My final bracket will be posted at some point this afternoon, so stay tuned. It should look a lot like the one below, but I expect to make a few tweaks to the [...]

RTC Bracketology: March 15 (2:00 PM ET) Edition

Daniel Evans (@bracketexpert) — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 19:48:32 +0000

Here’s what has changed on Friday and earlier today:

Albany (America East) and Tulsa (Conference USA) have clinched bids by winning their conference tournaments.

The NCAA Tournament Picture (full S-curve after the jump)

NCAA Tournament Locks (38): Arizona, Florida, Syracuse, [...]

RTC Bracketology: March 14 Edition

Daniel Evans (@bracketexpert) — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:45:12 +0000

Here’s what changed on Thursday:

After big wins Thursday, I have moved both Colorado and Stanford into lock status. That brings us to 37 total locks, meaning we are running out of spots for bubble teams in [...]

RTC Bracketology: March 13 Edition

Daniel Evans (@bracketexpert) — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:10:13 +0000

Thursday is typically the busiest day of championship week because we get to find out which “bid thieves” are going to possibly throw a wrench into the hopes of the nation’s nervous bubble teams. Not a [...]

RTC Bracketology: March 12 Edition

Daniel Evans (@bracketexpert) — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 14:40:13 +0000

Monday and Tuesday were the last two “quiet” days of the season. Sure, several automatic bids were handed out to the NCAA Tournament, but all in all not a lot changed in my NCAA Tournament bracketology. [...]

RTC Bracketology: March 10 Edition

Daniel Evans — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 18:31:45 +0000

It’s the best week of the year as we all count down the hours to Selection Sunday. It may take every minute to figure out this field, which continues to produce loops with some of the [...]

RTC Bracketology: March 9 Edition

Daniel Evans — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:35:26 +0000

Here are quick thoughts and notes following Saturday’s games:

Lock them up: Florida is now guaranteed a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, regardless of what happens in the SEC Tournament. The Gators pummeled Kentucky and then [...]

RTC Bracketology: March 8 Edition

Daniel Evans — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 16:01:30 +0000

This is a quick update to the March 3 field. Remember, this weekend we are awarding automatic bids. The race for the final No. 1 seed is heating up and will come down to conference tournament play [...]

RTC Bracketology: March 3 Edition

Daniel Evans — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:01:48 +0000

Selection Sunday is almost here and the field is starting to take shape. Everything will obviously clear up a lot more when conference tournaments get underway this week and next as teams play themselves into and out of the 68-team field. This time of the year is like a whirlwind, though. It’s hard to keep up with all of it because there are still so many things we do not know. But if we focus on what we do know, things get a lot easier. Let’s do that with today’s RTC Bracketology.

Unless something unbelievable happens down the stretch, Wichita State is going to [...]

RTC Bracketology: February 24 Edition

Daniel Evans (@bracketexpert) — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:01:59 +0000

This weekend was supposed to clear up the NCAA Tournament picture, but it didn’t really help much at all. However, a couple of things are obvious right now. Florida had moved to my No. 1 overall seed [...]

RTC Bracketology: February 20 Edition

Daniel Evans (@bracketexpert) — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:01:27 +0000

With Syracuse‘s surprising loss to Boston College Wednesday night, the Orange are still a top seed but they are no longer the top overall seed. I now have Florida, which has won 18 straight games after [...]

RTC Bracketology: Presidents Day Edition

Daniel Evans — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:31:19 +0000

A handful of teams made statements over the past week, but Florida made the biggest statement of all. The Gators went into Rupp Arena, where the Wildcats rarely lose under John Calipari, and won by 10 [...]

RTC Bracketology: February 13 Edition

Daniel Evans (@bracketexpert) — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:01:45 +0000

With Selection Sunday getting closer every second, below is a second batch of bracketology for this week. West Virginia is the team making the biggest move after the Mountaineers dominated Iowa State Monday night. Florida and Syracuse also survived big games this week, although each in very different ways.

First Four Out: West Virginia, Baylor, Dayton, Missouri At-Large Bids by Conference: Big 12 (6), ACC (6), Big Ten (6), Pac-12 (6), AAC (5), Big East (5), SEC (4), Atlantic 10 (4), Mountain West (2), WCC (2)

RTC Bracketology: February 10 Edition

Daniel Evans — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:31:11 +0000

The movement in my latest bracket is not at the top.

The No. 1 seeds remain the same with Syracuse, Arizona, Florida and Wichita State on the top line. After winning at Northern Iowa, the Shockers have survived [...]