The Most Accurate Bracketology of the 2017-18 Season Returns!

S-Curve

GREEN – Moved up one or more seed line
RED – Moved down one or more seed line
BLUE – New to bracket
Italicized – Team will play in First Four play-in game

Changes are from: 1/24

Note: The furthest left team is considered to be the highest ranked on the seed line and the furthest right is considered to be the lowest ranked

1 Seeds: Duke, Virginia, Tennessee, Michigan
2 Seeds: Michigan State, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky
3 Seeds: North Carolina, Houston, Nevada, Marquette
4 Seeds: Purdue, Texas Tech, Louisville, Virginia Tech
5 Seeds: Villanova, LSU, Iowa State, Maryland
6 Seeds: Oklahoma, Buffalo, Wisconsin, Iowa
7 Seeds: Mississippi State, Florida State, Kansas State, Auburn
8 Seeds: Cincinnati, TCU, NC State, Ole Miss
9 Seeds: Washington, Nebraska, Minnesota, Ohio State
10 Seeds: Syracuse, Baylor, Indiana, Texas
11 Seeds: St. John’s, UCF, Alabama, Arizona State, Seton Hall, Temple
12 Seeds: Wofford, Lipscomb, VCU, Murray State
13 Seeds: Hofstra, New Mexico State, Yale, Texas State
14 Seeds: Vermont, Northern Kentucky, North Texas, UC Irvine
15 Seeds: Radford, South Dakota State, Loyola-Chicago, Montana
16 Seeds: Bucknell, Rider, Sam Houston State, Prairie View A&M, Norfolk State, Robert Morris

Dropped Out: Arizona, Butler, Georgia State, Marshall, UC Santa Barbara, Weber State

Bubble Watch

Avoiding Dayton

Indiana
Texas
St. John’s
UCF

Last Four In

Alabama
Arizona State
Seton Hall
Temple

First Four Out

Creighton
Florida
Butler
San Francisco

Next Four Out

Utah State
Arizona
Saint Louis
UNC Greensboro

By Conference

Big 12 – 8 Bids (80% of the conference)
Big Ten – 10 Bids (71%)
ACC – 8 Bids (57%)
SEC – 7 Bids (50%)
Big East – 4 Bids (40%)
American – 4 Bids (33%)
Pac-12 – 2 Bids (17%)