FINAL BRACKETOLOGY 2022

KEY

Italicized – Play-in game
GREEN – Moved up one or more seed lines
RED – Moved down one or more seed lines
BLUE – New to bracket
PURPLE – Contingency

CONTINGENCY:

IF Purdue beats Iowa -> Purdue 2 seed, Villanova 3 seed
IF Iowa beats Purdue -> Villanova 2 seed, Purdue 3 seed

1 Seeds: Gonzaga, Arizona, Kansas Baylor
2 Seeds: Kentucky, Auburn, Tennessee, VILLANOVA/PURDUE
3 Seeds: VILLANOVA/PURDUE, Duke, Texas Tech, Wisconsin
4 Seeds: UCLA, Arkansas, Illinois, Providence
5 Seeds: Houston, UConn, Iowa, Saint Mary’s
6 Seeds: Texas, LSU, Alabama, Colorado State
7 Seeds: Boise State, USC, Michigan State, Ohio State
8 Seeds: Murray State, San Diego State, Seton Hall, North Carolina
9 Seeds: TCU, Creighton, Marquette, Iowa State
10 Seeds: Memphis, San Francisco, Loyola-Chicago, Davidson
11 Seeds: Virginia Tech, Miami, Michigan, Indiana/Texas A&M
12 Seeds: Wyoming, Rutgers, UAB, South Dakota State, Richmond
13 Seeds: Chattanooga, New Mexico State, Vermont, Akron
14 Seeds: Montana State, Yale, Longwood, Colgate
15 Seeds: St. Peter’s, Delaware, Jacksonville State, Georgia State
16 Seeds: Cal State Fullerton, Norfolk State, Bryant, Wright State, Texas Southern, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Dropped Out: Notre Dame, SMU, Xavier, Kent State, Princeton, Long Beach State

Bubble Watch

Last Four Byes: San Francisco, Davidson, Miami, Michigan
Last Four In: Indiana, Texas A&M, Wyoming, Rutgers
First Four Out: Notre Dame, SMU, Xavier, Oklahoma
Next Four Out: Wake Forest, VCU, North Texas, BYU

Bids By Conference

Big Ten – 9 of 15 (+0 in First Eight Out)
Big East – 7 of 10 (1)
Big 12 – 6 of 10 (1)
SEC – 7 of 14 (0)
ACC – 4 of 15 (2)
Mountain West – 4 of 11 (0)
WCC – 3 of 10 (1)
Pac-12 – 3 of 12 (0)
American – 2 of 11 (1)
Atlantic 10 – 2 of 14 (1)
Conference USA – 1 of 14 (1)