BRACKETOLOGY/BUBBLE WATCH 1/17 – A NEW 1 SEED + A NEW LOCK
BUBBLE WATCH BY CONFERENCE
ACC
Locks: Louisville (Up)
North Carolina
Near Locks: Duke
Florida State
Notre Dame
Virginia
Probably In: None
Bubble: Clemson
Miami (Up)
Work To Do: Pittsburgh
Virginia Tech (Down)
Big Ten
Locks: None
Near Locks: Purdue
Wisconsin
Probably In: Indiana
Maryland (Up)
Michigan State
Minnesota
Bubble: Northwestern
Work To Do: Michigan
Dropped Out: Illinois
Big 12
Locks: Baylor
Kansas
West Virginia
Near Locks: None
Probably In: Iowa State
Bubble: TCU (Up)
Work To Do: Kansas State
Oklahoma State (Up)
Texas Tech (Down)
Big East
Locks: Butler
Creighton (Up)
Villanova
Near Locks: Xavier
Probably In: None
Bubble: Marquette
Work To Do: Seton Hall
SEC
Locks: Florida
Kentucky
Near Locks: None
Probably In: South Carolina
Bubble: Arkansas
Georgia
Work To Do: Alabama (Up)
Dropped Out: Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Pac-12
Locks: Arizona
Oregon
UCLA
Near Locks: None
Probably In: USC (Up)
Bubble: California
Work To Do: Utah
American
Locks: Cincinnati
Near Locks: SMU
Probably In: Houston
Bubble: None
Work To Do: UCF (Up)
PROJECTED 1-6 SEEDS
East
1 – Villanova
2 – Florida State
3 – West Virginia (Down)
4 – Florida
5 – Duke (Down)
6 – Saint Mary’s
South
1 – Baylor
2 – Kentucky (Down)
3 – Louisville (Up)
4 – Notre Dame (Up)
5 – Arizona (Down)
6 – Xavier (Down)
Midwest
1 – Kansas
2 – North Carolina (Up)
3 – Creighton
4 – Oregon (Down)
5 – Wisconsin (Up)
6 – Purdue (Down)
West
1 – UCLA (Up)
2 – Gonzaga
3 – Butler (Up)
4 – Virginia (Down)
5 – Cincinnati (Up)
6 – Minnesota