BRACKETOLOGY 2/27 – PLENTY OF BUBBLE MOVEMENT

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, Villanova is the #1 overall seed, Kansas is #2 overall, et cetera.

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

Dropped Out: Kansas State, TCU, Valparaiso, North Dakota State

BUBBLE WATCH

Off the bubble (in a good way) – Michigan State

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

Off the bubble (in a bad way) – Clemson, Tennessee

BY CONFERENCE

ACC (9), Big Ten (7), Big East (7), Big 12 (5), Pac-12 (5), SEC (5), Atlantic 10 (2), American (2), West Coast (2), Missouri Valley (2)

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

America East – Vermont

American – Cincinnati, SMU

Atlantic 10 – Dayton, VCU

Atlantic Sun – Florida Gulf Coast

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

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

Big Sky – North Dakota

Big South – NC-Asheville

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

Big West – UC Irvine

Colonial – NC-Wilmington

Conference USA – Middle Tennessee

Horizon – Oakland

Ivy – Princeton

MAAC – Monmouth

MAC – Akron

MEAC – North Carolina Central

Missouri Valley – Wichita State, Illinois State

Mountain West – Nevada

Northeast – Mount St. Mary’s

Ohio Valley – Belmont

Pac-12 – Oregon, Arizona, UCLA, USC, California

Patriot – Bucknell

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

Southern – East Tennessee State

Southland – New Orleans

Summit – South Dakota

Sun Belt – Texas-Arlington

SWAC – Texas Southern

WAC – CSU Bakersfield

WCC – Gonzaga, St. Mary’s (CA)