2015 NCAA Tournament Bracket: Latest Projection for the Field for the New Year

It just wouldn't be a proper start to 2015 without a brand new projection for the 2015 NCAA tournament bracket, and it wouldn't be a proper projected bracket without Kentucky as the No. 1 overall seed.

Let's make one thing clear right off the bat: If the 2014 portion of your season didn't go according to plan, you are not alone.

For the first 25-30 teams that were seeded, we were dealing with some very strong resumes. As is typically the case in the art of bracketology, it was a matter of deciding which collections of quality wins and understandable losses were better than others.

Beyond that, though, it stopped being a game of looking for the best resumes and turned into an exercise of trying to find the least awful ones. So if your favorite team isn't currently in the projected field, take solace in the fact that there are at least a dozen teams who are one quality win away from jumping on the right side of the bubble.

RPI is still a bit wonky at this point in the season, but seeding for these 68 teams was based on a combination of RPI ranking, KenPom.com (KP) ranking and the oft-mentioned, never quantifiable eye test.

As always, we'll take a look at the last five teams into the field, the first five out and a few on the horizon.

After that, we'll present each seeded region, including the subregional locations in which each pod would be played, and some commentary on the teams that moved the most since the last bracket. Then we'll defend the rankings of the No. 1 seeds, followed by a summary of the entire field broken up by conference.

Statistics on the following slides courtesy of ESPN.com and KenPom.com (subscription required). RPI and KP numbers current through the start of play on Thursday, Jan. 1. Win-loss records only include games against D-I opponents and are current through the start of play on Friday, Jan. 2.

Last 5 In

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Last Team In: Penn State (12-2, RPI: 29, KP: 83)

We want to believe in the Nittany Lions—if only to give us a third Big Ten team to actually trust—but years of ineptitude coupled with a weak nonconference schedule make that more than a little difficult.

They do have a nice win over George Washington. Outside of that, though, it's been mostly wins by single digits against below-average teams. Wednesday's road game against Wisconsin could have been a huge chance to prove they belong in the tournament discussion, but giving up 89 points in a 63-possession game isn't a promising showing, no matter the opponent.

Still, 12 wins and a top-30 RPI is enough to be considered one of the 36 best at-larges for the time being. We aren't expecting it to last, though.

Second-to-Last Team: TCU (13-0, RPI: 94, KP: 44)

Congratulations to the Horned Frogs for making it into 2015 as one of the six remaining undefeated teams in the country. Unfortunately, the road victory over Ole Miss is the only game on the resume that even remotely resembles a quality win.

Going from this nonconference schedule to 18 Big 12 games is roughly the equivalent of mastering the easy setting of Guitar Hero before transitioning straight to expert. TCU went 0-18 in conference last season, making it impossible for us to fully buy in until we see the Horned Frogs beat a couple of the conference's better teams.

Third-to-Last Team: Miami (10-3, RPI: 87, KP: 70)

With Florida and Illinois both on the outside looking in, the Hurricanes don't have a single win against a team in the projected field. Throw in the blowout losses to Eastern Kentucky, Providence and Green Bay, and we find a very bubbly team that was ranked No. 18 in the AP Top 25 just two-and-a-half weeks ago.

However, playing in the ACC is inevitably going to help their RPI immensely. By the end of the month, Miami will have played Virginia, at Duke, at Notre Dame and at Syracuse, and the Hurricanes will play Louisville twice in February. Win literally any of those games without suffering bad losses to the bottom third of the conference and they'll be in respectable shape.

Fourth-to-Last Team: BYU (9-4, RPI: 35, KP: 47)

BYU is fun to watch. The Cougars are single-handedly trying to fix college basketball's scoring problem, scoring at least 76 points in all but one game while rarely playing anything resembling defense.

Is it tournament-worthy play, though?

They held on for dear life for a home win over Stanford and needed overtime to win a home game against Massachusetts, but they could desperately use another quality win. Unfortunately, BYU already lost its home game against Gonzaga, leaving the road rematch as the only big thing left on the schedule.

If the Cougars win every other WCC game before the finale at Gonzaga and again fall to the Bulldogs, there's at least a chance that 24-5—conference tournament results pending—would be good enough to dance. However, they really can't afford to lose another game to a team not named Gonzaga.

Fifth-to-Last Team: Butler (10-4, RPI: 28, KP: 36)

Butler picked up a pair of quality wins against North Carolina and Georgetown in the Battle 4 Atlantis, but that team never made it back to the mainland. Since the start of December, the Bulldogs have losses to Villanova, Indiana and Tennessee and struggled to win home games against Belmont and Northwestern.

Two big wins and zero bad losses is great on paper, but Butler needs to improve in the eye-test department if it expects to stay in the projected field any longer.

First 5 Out

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First Team Out: Oklahoma State (9-2, RPI: 47, KP: 27)

Since occupying the last spot in the field at the beginning of December, the Cowboys are 4-2 with a moderately impressive road win over Memphis, a blowout loss at South Carolina and a home loss to Maryland.

Yet, somehow they dropped only one spot while dozens of other teams either refuse to prove they belong or make sure to prove they do not.

Oklahoma State's schedule for the next 10 weeks is almost exclusively made up of marquee opportunities in the nation's best conference. The Cowboys made the tournament as a No. 9 seed last year with an 8-10 conference record, and that might be the magic number again this year. Heck, 7-11 might even get the job done if a couple of those wins come against the top dogs.

Second Team Out: Alabama (8-3, RPI: 34, KP: 73)

How weak are the tournament candidates right now? Alabama doesn't have a single RPI Top 100 win, but at least the Crimson Tide haven't suffered any losses to teams outside the RPI Top 50. Nothing great. Nothing awful. Still in the discussion.

Alabama has two games against Kentucky before the end of January. We're not expecting a win in either of those games, but losing by less than 10 points to Kentucky practically counts as a quality win this year.

Third Team Out: Oregon (9-3, RPI: 127, KP: 65)

Oregon has been a bit of a pleasant surprise after losing virtually everyone from the 2013-14 roster, but the computer numbers are pretty ugly because the Ducks haven't played a true road game yet. A home loss to Ole Miss doesn't help, either. But there are more than a few chances for quality wins in Pac-12 play.

Fourth Team Out: Wyoming (10-2, RPI: 114, KP: 62)

In the first 10 days of the season, it looked like the Cowboys had scored a huge, 23-point win over Colorado. As it turns out, though, the Buffaloes might not actually be any good.

Wyoming picked up a nice win over UNLV on New Year's Eve, but playing away from home has always been its problem. Wednesday at Colorado State will be critical.

Fifth Team Out: Illinois (10-4, RPI: 61, KP: 48)

On Tuesday, the Illini held a 48-35 lead at Michigan with 11 minutes remaining, only to see the Wolverines storm back for an overtime win.

Illinois does have a big, neutral-court win over Baylor, but not much else. It's probably going to take at least 10 or 11 conference wins.

Next 9 out

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Michigan State (9-5), Connecticut (6-5) and Florida (7-5)

Any bracket feels incomplete without these names, but there's simply no room for these resumes.

Connecticut has the best win of the bunch on a neutral court against Dayton, but the Huskies are otherwise 0-5 vs. RPI Top 150 teams.

Michigan State has nine wins and was at least competitive in "quality losses" to Duke, Kansas, Maryland and Notre Dame, but the best win for the Spartans either came against the fourth-best team from the Missouri Valley (Loyola Chicago) or potentially the worst team from the Big East (Marquette).

Like Michigan State, Florida has been competitive against the likes of Georgetown, Kansas, North Carolina and Miami, but the Gators simply don't have any quality wins to write off those understandable losses.

Plenty of season left to be played, but it's going to take at least 12 conference wins for these teams to go dancing—and Connecticut and Michigan State are already 0-1.

Huge game on Saturday between Connecticut and Florida. Who would have guessed two months ago that might be an elimination game?

Evansville (10-2)

Even before the upset over Northern Iowa on Thursday night, we had the Purple Aces on our radar. They had just two losses by two points each to Green Bay and Murray State but didn't yet have a quality win to hang their hat on. It will be interesting to see what D.J. Balentine and Egidijus Mockevicius can do the rest of the year in the Missouri Valley.

Minnesota (10-3)

The Golden Gophers suffered a tough loss on New Year's Eve. They led Purdue by double digits with less than 10 minutes remaining before letting it slip away. They suffered a similar fate against St. John's earlier in the year, blowing a nine-point halftime lead.

Their next two games are against Maryland and Ohio State, so at least they immediately get a chance to redeem themselves.

Pittsburgh (9-3)

Wake us up when you have a win against the RPI Top 100.

California (10-3)

As little as one week ago, California would have been in the field with plenty of room to spare. Funny how quick a home loss to a CSU Bakersfield team without another RPI Top 300 win can change things.

Davidson (8-2)

Nice showing in the first half against Virginia earlier this week, but we're not buying it. This team merely shoots a ton of three-pointers and plays no defense. That said, the Wildcats will get a chance at a huge resume-building win at VCU on Wednesday.

South Carolina (7-3)

The offense is a work in progress, but the Gamecocks have played great defense and do have a semi-quality win over Oklahoma State in blowout fashion (75-49). After Kentucky, the SEC is completely up for grabs. Why not South Carolina?

East Region (Syracuse)

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Charlotte, North Carolina

No. 1 Duke (12-0, RPI: 6, KP: 3)
No. 16 St. Francis (Pennsylvania)/High Point

No. 8 Georgetown (8-4, RPI: 38, KP: 39)
No. 9 Georgia (8-3, RPI: 13, KP: 32)

Pittsburgh

No. 4 Maryland (13-1, RPI: 17, KP: 21)
No. 13 Stephen F. Austin (Southland auto bid)

No. 5 Baylor (11-1, RPI: 25, KP: 12)
No. 12 Miami/BYU (Last 5 In)

Louisville, Kentucky

No. 3 Kansas (10-2, RPI: 2, KP: 14)
No. 14 Hawaii (Big West auto bid)

No. 6 Iowa (10-4, RPI: 62, KP: 33)
No. 11 Butler (Last 5 In)

Pittsburgh

No. 2 Villanova (13-0, RPI: 5, KP: 6)
No. 15 Stony Brook (America East auto bid)

No. 7 Notre Dame (13-1, RPI: 74, KP: 18)
No. 10 George Washington (10-3, RPI: 26, KP: 38)

Commentary

Villanova is not only one of the six undefeated teams remaining in the country, but the Wildcats are one of the nation's six best teams. It was more than a little tempting to give them the fourth No. 1 seed, but we'll save that jump until they play their upcoming road games against Seton Hall, St. John's and Georgetown.

Who could have guessed two months ago that Maryland would be in a position to earn a No. 4 seed? The Terrapins have been one of the biggest (positive) surprise stories of the season. They have nice wins away from home against Iowa State, Michigan State and Oklahoma State despite spending most of the season at significantly less than 100 percent health.

Baylor being this impressive was also an unexpected development, though we're still waiting to see what the Bears can do against a quality team. They have played a good number of above-average teams, but nothing quite like the games against Iowa State, Kansas and Texas shortly coming their way.

Iowa has a pair of very nice road wins over North Carolina and Ohio State that should only get better with age. The Hawkeyes will get a bunch of opportunities to add to that list in the next five-plus weeks. Between now and Feb. 8, they'll host Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Maryland while also traveling to Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.

Expectations for Notre Dame are all over the map, mostly because the Fighting Irish haven't proven anything yet. Their offense has been incredible, but they haven't played any true road games or any particularly great opponents. Don't worry, though. They'll get their fill of quality opponents in ACC play.

Beyond that, this ended up being the Region of George.

Georgetown remains in great shape despite the recent loss to Xavier. Georgia is riding a five-game winning streak that includes wins over Seton Hall, Colorado and Kansas State. And George Washington had an outstanding Christmas vacation in Hawaii, upsetting Wichita State to win the Diamond Head Classic.

Midwest Region (Cleveland)

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Louisville, Kentucky

No. 1 Kentucky (13-0, RPI: 1, KP: 1)
No. 16 Texas Southern/North Carolina Central

No. 8 Northern Iowa (11-2, RPI: 11, KP: 25)
No. 9 Ohio State (11-3, RPI: 84, KP: 22)

Seattle

No. 4 West Virginia (12-1, RPI: 18, KP: 15)
No. 13 Georgia State (Sun Belt auto bid)

No. 5 VCU (10-3, RPI: 4, KP: 13)
No. 12 Harvard (Ivy auto bid)

Jacksonville, Florida

No. 3 Texas (11-2, RPI: 32, KP: 11)
No. 14 Iona (MAAC auto bid)

No. 6 San Diego State (10-3, RPI: 27, KP: 35)
No. 11 Syracuse (9-4, RPI: 79, KP: 29)

Columbus, Ohio

No. 2 Louisville (12-1, RPI: 30, KP: 7)
No. 15 Northeastern (Colonial auto bid)

No. 7 SMU (9-3, RPI: 54, KP: 28)
No. 10 Stanford (8-3, RPI: 53, KP: 40)

Commentary

If we learned one thing about Louisville in its loss to Kentucky, it's that the Cardinals have one of the best defenses in the nation. If there's a second thing we learned—Rick Pitino included—it's that Chris Jones isn't efficient enough or reliable enough to play 30 minutes per game. They're still figuring out their ideal lineup, but this is going to be a scary good team once they get there.

Similarly, we're still waiting to see Texas play up to its full potential. Isaiah Taylor should be back in the next week, but the Longhorns' starting point guard has been out for more than a month with a broken wrist. Moreover, Myles Turner was just finally given a spot in the starting lineup this week. Texas has already been very good, but could be a serious national championship contender in the near future.

What an unbelievable 4/5/12/13 pod this would be. West Virginia and VCU are two of the most aggressive defenses in the country, and Harvard and Green Bay are arguably the two biggest threats to win multiple tournament games after earning a double-digit seed.

San Diego State has a quality resume, but the Aztecs desperately need to find some offense. They are just barely shooting 40.0 percent from the field as a team. Even with an incredible defense, that kind of offensive efficiency is going to eventually be a problem.

SMU just recently got Markus Kennedy back from academic ineligibility and he hasn't done much yet, but the Mustangs are working on an eight-game winning streak anyway. They're pretty clearly the best team in the AAC right now. Whether that's actually a compliment is in the eye of the beholder.

That brings us to a pair of teams from which much more was expected.

Ohio State is 0-3 vs. RPI Top 75 teams and has played miserably in the first half of each of those games. The Buckeyes absolutely beat the tar out of just about everyone else they have played, but they're going to need some quality wins soon—particularly away from home.

Syracuse at least has a nice neutral-court win over Iowa, but the Orange blew a huge lead against Villanova and had every opportunity to win against Michigan before letting that one slip away as well. They should win their next six games against the bottom teams in the ACC, but whether they dance will depend on what they can do later on against the upper-echelon conference opponents.

South Region (Houston)

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Charlotte, North Carolina

No. 1 Virginia (12-0, RPI: 3, KP: 2)
No. 16 New Mexico State (WAC auto bid)

No. 8 Arkansas (10-2, RPI: 24, KP: 37)
No. 9 Temple (10-4, RPI: 31, KP: 57)

Portland, Oregon

No. 4 Utah (9-2, RPI: 21, KP: 19)
No. 13 Buffalo (MAC auto bid)

No. 5 Wichita State (10-2, RPI: 9, KP: 17)
No. 12 TCU/Penn State (last five in)

Omaha, Nebraska

No. 3 Iowa State (10-1, RPI: 50, KP: 16)
No. 14 Murray State (OVC auto bid)

No. 6 St. John's (10-2, RPI: 10, KP: 23)
No. 11 Dayton (10-2, RPI: 16, KP: 59)

Seattle

No. 2 Gonzaga (12-1, RPI: 7, KP: 5)
No. 15 Lafayette (Patriot auto bid)

No. 7 Xavier (10-3, RPI: 40, KP: 26)
No. 10 Indiana (11-3, RPI: 83, KP: 41)

Commentary

Gonzaga has played extremely well to this point in the season and will be heavily favored in each of its remaining games before the NCAA tournament. There's a pretty good chance the Bulldogs will earn a No. 1 seed for the second time in three years.

Remember when the Big 12 coaches picked Iowa State to finish in fifth place behind Kansas State? Good times. The Cyclones might be the best team in the conference. They definitely have the best offense. And they should only get better as Jameel McKay—who just became eligible on Dec. 20—gets acclimated to regular-season D-I basketball. The big man had 10 points, six rebounds and three blocks this week against Mississippi Valley State.

We had high hopes for Utah before the season began, and the Utes have even been a little better than we expected—and have done so for much of the season without Jordan Loveridge. Delon Wright has been incredible and Jakob Poeltl might give Arizona's Stanley Johnson a run for his money for Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors.

Wichita State has had some trouble getting to 10-2, but the Shockers still have a very strong resume. Same goes for St. John's and even Dayton. The Flyers dismissed Jalen Robinson and Devon Scott from the team two weeks ago, but they have somehow gotten even better without them.

Speaking of in-season roster changes, how great has Jesse Morgan been for Temple over the past couple weeks? Morgan hadn't played a single game since January 2013, but he has scored at least 15 points in each of his first four games back on the hardwood, leading the Owls to crucial wins over Kansas and Connecticut.

Last but not least, if you're surprised to see Xavier as a No. 7 seed, it's time to start paying attention to the Musketeers.

As noted in our most recent AP Top 25 Winners and Losers piece, Xavier has been the most disrespected quality team in the country. While you were watching the ball drop in Times Square, the Musketeers were taking care of business against a very good Georgetown team. They are now No. 14 in ESPN's BPI rankings.

West Region (Los Angeles)

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Omaha, Nebraska

No. 1 Wisconsin (13-1, RPI: 8, KP: 4)
No. 16 South Dakota State (Summit auto bid)

No. 8 Old Dominion (11-1, RPI: 22, KP: 54)
No. 9 Seton Hall (11-2, RPI: 15, KP: 34)

Columbus, Ohio

No. 4 Oklahoma (9-3, RPI: 44, KP: 10)
No. 13 Eastern Washington (Big Sky auto bid)

No. 5 Washington (11-1, RPI: 37, KP: 46)
No. 12 Green Bay (Horizon auto bid)

Jacksonville, Florida

No. 3 North Carolina (10-3, RPI: 23, KP: 9)
No. 14 Wofford (Southern auto bid)

No. 6 Colorado State (13-0, RPI: 18, KP: 58)
No. 11 Cincinnati (9-3, RPI: 55, KP: 42)

Portland, Oregon

No. 2 Arizona (12-1, RPI: 12, KP: 8)
No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun auto bid)

No. 7 LSU (10-2, RPI: 18, KP: 52)
No. 10 Providence (11-3, RPI: 14, KP: 45)

Commentary

It's hard to believe that Arizona isn't a No. 1 seed, but the Wildcats will have no problem getting there if they can take care of business against the Pac-12. After all, Duke and Virginia can't both stay undefeated all season.

Not only do the Blue Devils and Cavaliers play each other, but they'll need to contend with North Carolina as well. The Tar Heels—as has been their annoying habit in recent years—have a few quality nonconference wins to go along with a couple of surprising losses. Roy Williams' teams always seem to hit their stride in mid-January, so get ready to find out what this team's ceiling is.

Oklahoma is one of five Big 12 teams on the top four lines, but even though I made the projection, I'm not entirely sure why. The Sooners don't have any great wins on their resume, but they do have a questionable loss to Creighton. If they're frauds, we'll find out in a hurry. They face Baylor on Saturday and Texas on Monday.

One of the other losses on Oklahoma's schedule came courtesy of Washington, which was looking like a great team until it lost at home to Stony Brook last week. The Huskies have a tendency to suffer an inexplicable home loss during the nonconference portion of every season. Sometimes they bounce back from it, but they'll need to bounce quick with road games against California and Stanford on the docket for this weekend.

Colorado State and Old Dominion have been the two biggest mid-major surprises this season.

ODU has wins over VCU, LSU and Georgia State. Colorado State also has a win over Georgia State in addition to semi-quality victories over UTEP, Colorado, Boise State and UC Santa Barbara. We'll see how much staying power these two teams have, but they've done more than enough thus far to be able to swallow a bad loss or two and still be in the at-large discussion.

Finally, can anyone make sense of Providence? The Friars have wins over Notre Dame, Miami, Massachusetts, Creighton and Rhode Island and hung with Kentucky for a solid 25 minutes, but they also lost at Boston College and were beaten at home by Brown by a 10-point margin. A No. 10 seed feels right for the time being, but there's no telling where this team is going.

Ranking the No. 1 Seeds

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No. 4 Wisconsin (13-1, RPI: 8, KP: 4)

Why the Badgers over one-loss Arizona and undefeated Villanova?

Because they have looked completely unstoppable with a healthy Sam Dekker.

Dekker dealt with an ankle injury early in the year and scored five or fewer points four times in a span of six games. Outside of that stretch, though, he has scored at least 13 points in every game while the Badgers have won those eight games by an average margin of 27.8 points.

I noted multiple times early in the season that this will be an incredible team if it stays healthy. Even at less than 100 percent, they lost by only 10 points to a very good Duke team.

No. 3 Virginia (12-0, RPI: 3, KP: 2)

The Cavaliers might not have a single household name outside the city limits of Charlottesville, but what they do have is a defensive genius for a coach. Tony Bennett's teams have always defended at a championship level, only now he has multiple players draining shots at the other end of the court.

For a couple years there, it felt like Virginia's offense was Joe Harris and not much else.

Now, the Wahoos have Justin Anderson hitting 60.9 percent of his three-pointers, Anthony Gill working like a monster in the paint and Malcolm Brogdon quietly having an even more efficient season than 2013-14.

Throw in the contributions from Darion Atkins and Mike Tobey as they share the duties at center and Virginia has one of the most efficient offenses in the nation despite a starting point guard who is scoring 4.0 points per 40.0 minutes.

No. 2 Duke (12-0, RPI: 6, KP: 3)

The Blue Devils have won each of their 12 games by double digits.

Jahlil Okafor is not only going to be the national Freshman of the Year but quite possibly the Wooden Award recipient, as well. Tyus Jones has been a dream at point guard and Quinn Cook has adapted admirably to being the team's primary shooting guard. Amile Jefferson is averaging 8.9 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, and he's the least talked about starter on the team.

In any other season, Duke would be the No. 1 overall seed without so much as a second thought.

No. 1 Kentucky (13-0, RPI: 1, KP: 1)

Undefeated and likely to stay that way for at least another month, Kentucky is unanimously No. 1 in the AP Top 25 and is the No. 1 overall seed in any projected bracket worth its weight in keystrokes.

Anything can happen in the tournament, but it has been a foregone conclusion for months that these Wildcats will earn the No. 1 overall seed.

All this despite the fact that they aren't even starting the right players in the backcourt, according to 36 NBA scouts (ESPN Insider subscription required.)

Seeding by Conference

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In case seeded regions aren't for you and you just want to know where the "top" 68 teams stand in relation to one another, here is the list of each team's overall seed, broken out by conference (first five out in italics).

Atlantic 10: 17, VCU; 37, George Washington; 42, Dayton

American: 28, SMU; 35, Temple; 41, Cincinnati

ACC: 2, Duke; 3, Virginia; 7, Louisville; 12, North Carolina; 25, Notre Dame; 43, Syracuse; 46, Miami

Big 12: 9, Iowa State; 10, Texas; 11, Kansas; 14, Oklahoma; 16, West Virginia; 19, Baylor; 47, TCU; 69, Oklahoma State

Big East: 6, Villanova; 23, St. John's; 26, Xavier; 32, Georgetown; 34, Seton Hall; 39, Providence; 44, Butler

Big Ten: 4, Wisconsin; 15, Maryland; 22, Iowa; 33, Ohio State; 40, Indiana; 48, Penn State; 73, Illinois

Missouri Valley: 20, Wichita State; 30, Northern Iowa

Mountain West: 21, Colorado State; 24, San Diego State; 72, Wyoming

Pac-12: 5, Arizona; 13, Utah; 18, Washington; 38, Stanford; 71, Oregon

SEC: 1, Kentucky; 27, LSU; 31, Arkansas; 36, Georgia; 70, Alabama

West Coast: 8, Gonzaga; 45, BYU

Other: 29, Old Dominion; 49, Harvard; 50, Green Bay; 51, Buffalo; 52, Georgia State; 53, Eastern Washington; 54, Stephen F. Austin; 55, Iona; 56, Hawaii; 57, Wofford; 58, Murray State; 59, Florida Gulf Coast; 60, Stony Brook; 61, Northeastern; 62, Lafayette; 63, South Dakota State; 64, New Mexico State; 65, North Carolina Central; 66, Texas Southern; 67, High Point; 68. St. Francis (Pennsylvania)

Kerry Miller covers college basketball for Bleacher Report. You can follow him on Twitter @kerrancejames.