Who exactly is this guy Joe Lunardi and why does every college coach need his help these days?
Joseph Lunardi (AKA Joey Brackets) has been a fixture on ESPN and ESPN.com since his first Bracketology was pushed online back in 2008. His first post collected over 250,000 hits the first day and now it routinely receives millions from the second week of the season until the final selection of NCAA tournament teams. The busiest days are of course this coming weekend from Friday through Sunday at 6PM EST prior to the selections when he is adding and subtracting teams that have folded during their conference tournaments.
Lunardi correctly predicted all 65 teams to appear in the 2008 NCAA Tournament and correctly selected 63 out the 65 teams in the 2009 field by placing both Creighton and St. Mary’s incorrectly in his final bracket on March 15. Last year Lunardi only incorrectly left Arizona off his bracket so needless to say he really knows his stuff. A lot will be determined in the next few days and you can rest assured that Lunardi will be all over the action and constantly updating his predictions for the tourney.
According to Joey Brackets here are the latest bubble teams:
Last Four In
* Memphis
* Arizona State
* San Diego State
* Illinois
First Four Out
* Washington
* Seton Hall
* Rhode Island
* Ole Miss
Next Four Out
* Dayton
* UAB
* Mississippi State
* Minnesota