Talking Heads are on the mark...

[FOTP]

I know we talk about these guys all year, but some credit is due. I know that 60 of the teams are pretty easy, but these guys did pretty well overall and getting teams near the correct seed. It just goes to show you that tracking what they say during the year is an excellent indicator of where a team will end up.


2005 BRACKET STATS:
Bracketography
64/65 teams selected
57/65 teams w/in 1 line
29 teams exactly

Lunardi: ESPN Bracketology
64 teams selected
58 teams w/in 1 line
38 teams exactly

Palm: CollegeRPI.com
64 teams selected
54 teams w/in 1 line
38 teams exactly

Mandel: CNNSI
65 teams selected
57 teams w/in 1 line
35 teams exactly

Mejia: CBS Sportsline
64 teams selected
58 teams w/in 1 line
37 teams exactly

[SFHoya99]

Keep in mind there were only 3 at large teams that were not straight RPI picks and predicting who gets in was not all that hard.

There's also a big difference between those sources you cited and Digger Phelps or Dick Vitale.