Bracket Projections

Lots of bracket projection sites updated their brackets on Monday, and here's a look at where Wisconsin stands on a few of them.

Current RPI: 38
Current SOS: 11

Bracket Matrix: 9 seed
Bracketology 101: 9 seed
Crashing the Dance: 9 seed
Joe Lunardi (ESPN): 9 seed vs. (8) Oklahoma State in Dayton, OH
Jerry Palm (CBS Sports): 9 seed vs. (8) Texas A&M in Dayton, OH
Bracketography: 10 seed vs. (7) Tennessee in Kansas City, MO
Warren Nolan: 10 seed vs. (7) Butler in Greensboro, NC

The conference tournaments will still have a lot of impact on the final seedings, but consensus is that the Badgers fall in that 9-10 seed range. On the plus side, this means a very winnable game in the first round. On the negative side, it means a date with a No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the round of 32.

I included the projected locations for mostly selfish reasons: I'll be going to the game if the Badgers wind up in Dayton, Minneapolis, Kansas City or Philadelphia, so I'll definitely be rooting for them to wind up in one of those four spots (hopefully not Philly - 15 hours in the car would not be fun). Minneapolis would obviously be ideal - Sconnies could make the relatively short drive to the Twin Cities and infiltrate the Vikings' HHH Metrodome, giving the Badgers a decided home-court edge.

One more note: the All-Big Ten teams were announced tonight. Congrats to the following Badgers:
Marcus Landry: Second-team (coaches), third-team (media), Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
Trevon Hughes: Honorable mention (coaches, media)
Joe Krabbenhoft: Honorable mention (media)