BRACKETOLOGY – SELECTION SUNDAY MORNING!

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

Teams are ranked left to right on each seed line (except for the 16 seeds, as the #3 16 seed plays the #6 16 seed, and the #4 16 seed plays the #5 16 seed)

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

BUBBLE WATCH

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

CONTINGENCIES

• I will be at the Big Ten Championship, so I might not have time to do a full re scrub between the time that that finishes and the selection show starts. I will try to get it done, but if not, here are my contingencies.

AAC Title Game: Winner is 5 seed, Loser is 6 Seed.
A10 Title Game: If URI Wins: 11 Seed, displacing Kansas State
Big 10 Title Game: If Michigan wins: displaces Minnesota as 6 seed
SEC Title Game: If Arkansas wins: displaces Miami as 7 seed
Ivy League Title Game: If Yale wins, 14 seed, moves NMSU to a 13 seed.
Sun Belt Title Game: None