BRACKETOLOGY 3/2 – WAKE MOVES INTO TOURNEY AFTER WIN OVER LOUISVILLE

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

Dropped Out: Wake Forest, UNC-Ashville, East Tennessee State

BUBBLE WATCH

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

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN

ACC (10), Big Ten (7), Big East (7), Big 12 (5), Pac-12 (5), SEC (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 – 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 – Kentucky, Florida, South Carolina, Arkansas

Southern – NC-Greensboro

Southland – New Orleans

Summit – South Dakota

Sun Belt – Texas-Arlington

SWAC – Texas Southern

WAC – CSU Bakersfield

WCC – Gonzaga, St. Mary’s (CA)