Bracketology

The January 2, 2014 edition of "Bracketology" by Joe Lunardi project 3 Big East teams to qualify for the NCAA Tournament:
Villanova as a #3 seed, Creighton as a #7 seed, and Xavier as a # 12.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology/_/iteration/216

Four. He has Georgetown as a #9 seed as well.

Lunardi is useless until the end of the season. His value is reading the current data not predicting how the games will pan out. Xavier is 11-3 (with 8 games against major conference opponents) and ranked #25 in the RPI. If the season ended right now, there is no way Xavier would be any less than an 8 seed.

I dont understand how he can give Xavier a 12 seed, but he gives Cincy--9 spots lower in his own RPI rankings--a 10 seed after Xavier beat them by 17 on a neutral court.
 
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