Projecting the Field of 65: December 10

Some top teams have faltered since I revealed my first projections on Dec. 4.  UConn struggled to win at Buffalo, Duke lost to Michigan and Notre Dame fell to Ohio State.  How will all this affect the early bracket picture?  Let's find out. As always, I like to break teams down into three categories.  "Wallflowers" are bubble teams.  Everyone wants to get into the Big Dance, but not all have the guts to ask a girl out onto the dance floor.  Elite teams safely in the field are "Dancing with a hottie" and in the middle are the schools which are "Dancing with a butterface." ACC Dancing with a hottie: North Carolina (1 seed), Duke (2), Wake Forest (3) Dancing with a butterface: Maryland (7), Clemson (8), Florida St (8), Miami (9) Wallflowers: Boston College (out) Duke drops off the top line after its first loss at Michigan.  Maryland's 23-point thrashing on the road at George Washington boosts the Terps' computer numbers (18 RPI, 11 SOS) and moves them up ... (link)