While you’re waiting impatiently (You are impatient, right? Tell me you are. Please.) for my latest at espn.com to get posted, you can check out our boy Yoni’s piece on how the road rage RPI is possibly affecting the selection process. Let’s just say the CAA will owe a big thank you to the new formula if they get an at-large bid or two.

Also, reader Sean McGrath took the log5 formula and applied it to the Pythagorean Ratings to come up with some probabilities for the Big East and ACC tourneys. Enjoy.

Seed Team         Quarters Semis  Finals Champion
  1  UConn         100.00% 81.66% 61.21%  39.71%
  2  Villanova     100.00% 80.60% 52.64%  28.00%
  6  Pitsburgh      66.54% 37.86% 17.53%   7.66%
  3  West Virginia 100.00% 48.79% 19.52%   7.33%
  4  Marquette     100.00% 47.14% 14.17%   5.34%
  5  Georgetown     55.89% 30.99% 10.67%   4.56%
 12  Notre Dame     44.11% 21.86%  6.50%   2.42%
 11  Louisville     33.46% 13.35%  4.19%   1.22%
  8  Cincinnati     57.95% 11.77%  5.10%   1.70%
 10  Rutgers        51.81% 10.33%  3.33%   0.80%
  9  Syracuse       42.05%  6.57%  2.35%   0.63%
  7  Seton Hall     48.19%  9.06%  2.79%   0.63%

Seed Team         Quarters Semis  Finals Champion
  1  Duke          100.00% 83.06% 65.29%  40.83%
  2  UNC           100.00% 84.94% 66.47%  38.08%
  3  Boston Col.   100.00% 61.49% 18.74%   6.11%
  4  NC State      100.00% 54.43% 15.37%   5.34%
  5  Florida St.    67.02% 34.33% 10.01%   3.58%
  6  Maryland       61.73% 26.40%  6.65%   1.80%
  9  Clemson        51.78%  9.02%  3.97%   1.15%
  8  Miami          48.22%  7.92%  3.35%   0.93%
 10  Va. Tech       53.86%  8.60%  3.54%   0.81%
  7  Virginia       46.14%  6.46%  2.42%   0.50%
 12  Wake Forest    32.98% 11.24%  1.99%   0.45%
 11  Georgia Tech   38.27% 12.12%  2.18%   0.42%

Line o’ the Night

                           FG    3pt  FT   Reb
                      Min  M-A   M-A  M-A  O-T  A F  S TO BLK Pts
Karandick Ogunride     32  5-10  0-0  8-12 9-16 0 0  2  4  0   18
Result: Win. Norfolk St. 73, UMES 71.