Cornell's seeding

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As of 9:30 p.m. tonight, by my count, there are thirteen teams with tickets to the Tournament who have RPIs worse than Cornell. And there are a couple of close calls that can go either way. That means that the Big Red's chances of grabbing a 13-seed look good; they would need 13 teams to be placed below them.

Cornell's RPI is 65, better than Belmont, Austin Peay, Portland State, American, UMBC, San Diego, Winthrop and Mount Saint Mary's, all of whom are in.

The Coppin State-Morgan State winner, the Jackson State-Mississippi Valley State winner, the Boise State-New Mexico State winner and the Cal State Fullerton-UC Irvine winner (all decided in the next few hours) should also be seeded below Cornell, as will the winner of Texas-Arlington and Northwestern State, who play tomorrow at 1.

That's 13. Siena (67) and George Mason (62) are both close to Cornell and could concievably be ranked lower as well. The Big Red have an advantage with their perfect mark in the last 10 games, but a disadvantage in that the committee, every single year, overvalues conference tournaments. Even so, if I were a betting man, I would be pretty sure Cornell will hold on to the 13.