On Tuesday (January 29th), ESPN’s Joe Lunardi - the original “bracketologist” of the college basketball world - released his latest version of the world-famous “Bracketology”. The 68-team bracket, which is an analytical guesstimation of how the NCAA Tournament field would look if the season ended today is just about the closest thing any college hoops junkie can get until Selection Sunday comes around.
Lunardi is arguably the best in the business at what he does. With that prowess in mind, it’s no surprise to see that the Pac-12 is scarcely represented in the projected tournament line-up, with only Washington (#8 seed in West region) and Arizona State (#11 seed in East region/First Four) as the lone representatives from the proclaimed “Conference of Champions”.