BRACKETOLOGY 3/9 – CUSE, WAKE, AND ILLINOIS STATE ALL LOSE, BUT DO THEY FALL OUT?

Teams in GREEN have moved up one or more seed lines, teams in RED have moved down one or more seed lines, teams in BOLD are new to the field

Teams are ranked left to right on the S-Curve, Kansas is the #1 overall seed, Villanova is 2, UNC is 3, Gonzaga is 4 and Oregon is #5

1 Seeds: Kansas, Villanova, North Carolina, Gonzaga
2 Seeds: Oregon, Kentucky, Baylor, Louisville
3 Seeds: UCLA, Arizona, Florida State, Butler
4 Seeds: Florida, Duke, West Virginia, Purdue
5 Seeds: Virginia, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, SMU
6 Seeds: Minnesota, Saint Mary’s, Maryland, Iowa State
7 Seeds: Wisconsin, Creighton, Dayton, Oklahoma State
8 Seeds: South Carolina, Miami, Virginia Tech, Wichita State
9 Seeds: Arkansas, Michigan, VCU, Northwestern
10 Seeds: Marquette, Michigan State, Providence, Seton Hall
11 Seeds: Wake Forest, USC, Middle Tennessee State, Vanderbilt/Xavier
12 Seeds: Syracuse/Illinois State, UNC-Wilmington, Nevada, UT-Arlington
13 Seeds: Vermont, Princeton, East Tennessee State, Akron
14 Seeds: Bucknell, Florida Gulf Coast, Winthrop, CSU-Bakersfield
15 Seeds: Iona, Northern Kentucky, UC Irvine, Texas Southern
16 Seeds: South Dakota State, North Dakota, New Orleans/Jacksonville State, North Carolina Central/Mount Saint Mary’s

Dropped Out: UNC-Greensboro, Wisconsin-Green Bay, Monmouth, South Dakota

BUBBLE WATCH

8th Last In – Providence
7th Last In – Seton Hall
6th Last In – Wake Forest (Trending Up)
5th Last In – USC
4th Last In – Vanderbilt (Trending Up)
3rd Last In – Xavier (Trending Down)
2nd Last In – Syracuse (Trending Down)
Last Team In – Illinois State (Trending Down)
—CUTLINE—
1st Team Out – Rhode Island
2nd Team Out – Kansas State
3rd Team Out – Iowa (Trending Up)
4th Team Out – Illinois
5th Team Out – Houston
6th Team Out – California (Trending Down)
7th Team Out – Georgia
8th Team Out – Clemson

BY CONFERENCE

ACC (10), Big Ten (7), Big East (7), Big 12 (5), SEC (5), Pac-12 (4), Atlantic 10 (2), American (2), West Coast (2), Missouri Valley (2)

ACC – North Carolina, Louisville, Duke, Florida State, Notre Dame, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Miami (FL), Syracuse, Wake Forest

America East – Vermont

American – Cincinnati, SMU

Atlantic 10 – Dayton, VCU

Atlantic Sun – Florida Gulf Coast

Big 12 – Kansas, Baylor, West Virginia, Iowa State, Oklahoma State

Big East – Villanova, Butler, Creighton, Providence, Seton Hall, Xavier, Marquette

Big Sky – North Dakota

Big South – Winthrop

Big Ten – Purdue, Minnesota, Maryland, Wisconsin, Michigan, Northwestern, Michigan State

Big West – UC Irvine

Colonial – NC-Wilmington

Conference USA – Middle Tennessee

Horizon – Northern Kentucky

Ivy – Princeton

MAAC – Iona

MAC – Akron

MEAC – North Carolina Central

Missouri Valley – Wichita State, Illinois State

Mountain West – Nevada

Northeast – Mount St. Mary’s

Ohio Valley – Jacksonville State

Pac-12 – Oregon, Arizona, UCLA, USC

Patriot – Bucknell

SEC – Kentucky, Florida, South Carolina, Arkansas, Vanderbilt

Southern – East Tennessee State

Southland – New Orleans

Summit – South Dakota State

Sun Belt – Texas-Arlington

SWAC – Texas Southern

WAC – CSU Bakersfield

WCC – Gonzaga, St. Mary’s (CA)