Who to root for on Sunday

It's all about seeding for Penn now. The Quakers helped their cause by holding off Brown 67-64 at home tonight. Still, there are plenty of conference tournament games that can help or hurt Penn tomorrow. Penn fans should want lower-RPI teams to win conference championships, because automatic-bid teams that those conference championships produce would be seeded lower than Penn.

In the America East, root for No. 209 Maryland-Baltimore County to beat No. 76 Vermont, which sits just two places better than Penn.

No. 92 Albany would probably sit behind Penn if it were to win the league tourney, but just to be safe, root for the Danes to fall to No. 207 Boston University.

The only team in the Sun Belt conference that could threaten Penn is No. 91 Western Kentucky. But that's a longshot so don't be too scared if the Hilltoppers beat No. 143 Florida Atlantic in their tournament. New Orleans, Arkansas State, Louisiana Monroe, North Texas, Middle Tennessee State and South Alabama are all nonfactors.

The Patriot League could really help or hurt Penn. Root hard for No. 65 Holy Cross to fall to No. 187 American in the second round of the PL tourney. Also root for No. 81 Bucknell to fall to No. 233 Army. Don't count on either, although American did take HC to overtime at home during the regular season.

In the Colonial, No. 122 George Mason could help Penn by knocking out No. 33 Old Dominion. In the other CAA tourney game, both Virginia Commonwealth and Drexel (which gave Penn its best win this year) sit way above Penn.

In the West Coast Conference, root hard for No. 165 San Diego to beat Gonzaga. San Diego would be way below Penn in the field, but the Zags would not. No other WCC game matters for now.

The Missouri Valley Conference, Northeast Conference, Mid-Continent and Metro-Atlantic do not affect Penn, because the teams are all either well above or well below Penn.

So there you are. The numbers vary depending on what source you use, but the points should all hold. Be sure to check back with The Buzz for more scouting on Penn's NCAA Tournament placing all this week.