The Friday Appraisal: Valentine's Day's Lock, Probable, Prayer, or Out?

Thank goodness that it is Friday and I can do Lock, Probable, Prayer, or Out? rather than spending another thirty minutes ranting about how terrible the ending to that Arizona/ASU game was. Feel free to look at Twitter if you want to find out just how bad everything was.

Bracket Brief for February 14, 2014

Seed	East (1) NYC (Fr/Su)	Midwest (4) Indy (Fr/Su)	West (2) Anaheim (Th/Sa)	South (3) Memphis (Th/Sa)
Site 1 16 8 9	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Syracuse American Arizona State Oklahoma State	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Villanova Southern/Coast. Car. Geo. Wash. Memphis	San Diego (Fr/Su) Arizona Rob. Mor./Weber St. North Carolina Oklahoma	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Wichita State Davidson Kansas State New Mexico
Site 5 12 4 13	Spokane (Th/Sa) Louisville Minnesota Saint Louis North Dakota State	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Iowa State St. Mary's/Cal Kentucky UC Santa Barbara	Spokane (Th/Sa) Ohio State LA Tech San Diego State Green Bay	San Diego (Fr/Su) UCLA So. Miss/G'Town Virginia Stephen F. Austin
Site 3 14 6 11	Orlando (Th/Sa) Wisconsin Mercer Cincinnati Colorado	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Michigan Delaware Pittsburgh Missouri	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Creighton Iona Gonzaga Toledo	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Iowa New Mexico State VCU Harvard
Site 7 10 2 15	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Texas Tennessee Duke Belmont	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Massachusetts Xavier Kansas NC Central	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Connecticut Oregon Michigan State Vermont	Orlando (Th/Sa) SMU Stanford Florida Georgia State

Note: Through games of February 13, 2014. Teams in italics below represent automatic bids. The rankings at the top of each column are based on the overall seeds of the top four teams, so the winner of the regional with the team seeded #1 overall would meet the winner of the regional with the team seeded #4 overall.

The World Is Closer to Having St. John's in the Tournament

No Earth shaking games happened on Thursday, but that doesn't mean there weren't games of interest. We pinpoint games in Conference USA, the Big Ten, the Big East, and the West Coast in tonight's recap.

Bracket Brief for February 13, 2014

Seed	East (1) NYC (Fr/Su)	Midwest (4) Indy (Fr/Su)	West (2) Anaheim (Th/Sa)	South (3) Memphis (Th/Sa)
Site 1 16 8 9	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Syracuse Davidson Massachusetts Oklahoma	Orlando (Th/Sa) Florida Robert Morris North Carolina Memphis	San Diego (Fr/Su) Arizona UT Val./Weber St. Oklahoma State Geo. Wash.	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Wichita State Southern/Coast. Car. Arizona State New Mexico
Site 5 12 4 13	San Diego (Fr/Su) Louisville Cal/St. Mary's Virginia Stephen F. Austin	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Iowa State Harvard Wisconsin Delaware	Spokane (Th/Sa) Cincinnati BYU/Mizzou San Diego State UC Santa Barbara	Spokane (Th/Sa) Pittsburgh Minnesota Saint Louis North Dakota State
Site 3 14 6 11	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Michigan Green Bay Connecticut Colorado	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Creighton Iona Ohio State Oregon	Orlando (Th/Sa) Kentucky Georgia State Gonzaga Louisiana Tech	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Iowa Mercer UCLA Toledo
Site 7 10 2 15	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Kansas State Tennessee Villanova Vermont	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Texas Southern Miss Duke Belmont	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) SMU Stanford Michigan State American	St. Louis (Fr/Su) VCU Xavier Kansas NC Central

Note: Through games of February 12, 2014. Teams in italics below represent automatic bids. The rankings at the top of each column are based on the overall seeds of the top four teams, so the winner of the regional with the team seeded #1 overall would meet the winner of the regional with the team seeded #4 overall.

On Syracuse's Big Night, Upsets Are the Rule, Not the Exception

The talk of Wednesday night was Syracuse at Pitt and Tyler Ennis's buzzer beater to keep the Orange's undefeated season alive. But behind the ACC's two powers (with Duke), a number of teams were upset unexpectedly. These upsets could all drastically alter the bubble and the bracket.

San Diego State's Amazing Run Near the Top of the NCAA Ends

As the last game of the night started, I began writing my blog thinking that there would be no extremely notable wins tonight. Boy, I was wrong.

Bracket Brief for February 11, 2014

Seed	East (1) NYC (Fr/Su)	Midwest (4) Indy (Fr/Su)	West (2) Anaheim (Th/Sa)	South (3) Memphis (Th/Sa)
Site 1 16 8 9	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Syracuse Robert Morris Kansas State New Mexico	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Villanova Davidson Memphis North Carolina	San Diego (Fr/Su) Arizona UT Val./Weber St. Texas SMU	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Wichita State Southern/VMI Geo. Wash. Arizona State
Site 5 12 4 13	San Diego (Fr/Su) UCLA G'Town/LA Tech Saint Louis Delaware	Spokane (Th/Sa) Ohio State Colorado Kentucky North Dakota State	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Pittsburgh Harvard Michigan Green Bay	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Iowa State Toledo Iowa Stephen F. Austin
Site 3 14 6 11	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Wisconsin Mercer Massachusetts Missouri	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Michigan State Iona Cincinnati Oregon	Orlando (Th/Sa) Virginia UC Santa Barbara Gonzaga Minnesota	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Creighton Georgia State Louisville BYU/Cal
Site 7 10 2 15	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Connecticut Xavier Duke Belmont	St. Louis (Fr/Su) VCU Tennessee Kansas Vermont	Spokane (Th/Sa) Oklahoma State Stanford San Diego State American	Orlando (Th/Sa) Oklahoma Southern Miss Florida NC Central

Note: Through games of February 10, 2014. Teams in italics below represent automatic bids. The rankings at the top of each column are based on the overall seeds of the top four teams, so the winner of the regional with the team seeded #1 overall would meet the winner of the regional with the team seeded #4 overall.