WALNUT CREEK, Ca--Late last night I clicked on to Jerry Palm's College RPI website to take a look at his conference and team rpi's. His numbers are always reliable and updated daily. I peruse the numbers three or four times a week. Jerry publishes his own "bracket," which is as accurate as anyone elses, and it is always fun to see who he might, or might not, include.
Since Jerry's site is a "pay-to-view," I thought I would share how he placed teams from the six western conferences in his bracket:
Mountain West: BYU, 6; New Mexico, 5; UNLV, 7.
Big West: Pacific, 13.
WCC: Gonzaga, 4; St. Mary's, 12.
WAC: Utah State, 12.
Big Sky: Weber State, 12.
Pac-10: California, 12.
Jerry's is the second, or third, bracket I've seen that gives the Pac-10 just one bid to the Dance. It is hard for me to believe that they will not get at least one at-large. The BCS bunch sticks together and they will not shoutout a brother conference, no matter how bad the at-large team is. It'll depend on the outcome of the conference tourney. Likely candidate: Arizona.
I believe, Jerry gave all the 12 seeds to the west: Cal, Weber State, St. Mary's and Utah State.
Hard to quarrel with Jerry's picks. The teams he chose are doing the best in their respective conferences.
Have a good day!
