The Bracket Everyone Loves to Hate is Back.
We are fast approaching Selection Sunday and Conference Tournaments are almost here. This is the latest bracketology update. There have been some changes.
Some highlights:
- Rhode Island is OUT.
- Kentucky is a #4 seed and so is Michigan State.
- Florida falls to a #9 seed and Auburn moves up to a #6 seed.
- Florida State remains as a #2 seed even with the loss at Clemson.
- Wisconsin continues rising and they are now a #5 seed.
- West Virginia keeps falling, they are now an #8 seed and their poor souls would draw Florida.
- Utah State, Providence, Richmond, and Indiana are the last four in.
- First Four Out are: Rhode Island, Texas, Memphis, and Mississippi State.
- Houston moves up to a #5 seed.
- Virginia makes a big leap to a #7 seed, the NET metric hates them, but this metric also like West Virginia and Arizona way too much.
- Teams in conference tournaments that can rock this bracket:
- Mississippi State
- Memphis
- UCLA
- Pacific
- St. John's
- Purdue
- South Carolina
- Clemson
- Saint Louis
| Conference | Conference | |||
| SOUTH – Houston | MIDWEST – Indianapolis | |||
| St. Louis | Omaha | |||
| 1) Baylor | Big XII | 1) Kansas | Big XII | |
| 16) Prairie View A&M/Siena | SWAC/MAAC | 16) NC A&T/St. Francis (PA) | MEAC/NEC | |
| 8) LSU | SEC | 8) Marquette | Big East | |
| 9) Wichita St. | American | 9) Saint Mary's | WCC | |
| Sacramento | Tampa | |||
| 5) Butler | Big East | 5) Houston | American | |
| 12) Liberty | A-Sun | 12) Indiana/Richmond | Big Ten/A-10 | |
| 4) Michigan St. | Big Ten | 4) Kentucky | SEC | |
| 13) Stephen F. Austin | Southland | 13) Akron | MAC | |
| Greensboro | Cleveland | |||
| 6) Auburn | SEC | 6) Penn St. | Big Ten | |
| 11) ETSU | SoCon | 11) Northern Iowa | MVC | |
| 3) Ohio St. | Big Ten | 3) Creighton | Big East | |
| 14) Belmont | OVC | 14) Wright St. | Horizon | |
| Tampa | St. Louis | |||
| 7) Arizona | Pac-12 | 7) Illinois | Big Ten | |
| 10) Oklahoma | Big XII | 10) Arizona St. | Pac-12 | |
| 2) Florida St. | ACC | 2) Louisville | ACC | |
| 15) UC-Irvine | Big West | 15) Little Rock | Sun Belt | |
| EAST – New York | WEST – Los Angeles | |||
| Cleveland | Spokane | |||
| 1) Dayton | A-10 | 1) Gonzaga | WCC | |
| 16) Radford | Big South | 16) Montana | Big Sky | |
| 8) West Virginia | Big XII | 8) Stanford | Pac-12 | |
| 9) Florida | SEC | 9) Texas Tech | Big XII | |
| Albany | Spokane | |||
| 5) Wisconsin | Big Ten | 5) Oregon | Pac-12 | |
| 12) Yale | Ivy | 12) Cincinnati | American | |
| 4) Villanova | Big East | 4) Maryland | Big Ten | |
| 13) Vermont | America East | 13) North Texas | C-USA | |
| Greensboro | Omaha | |||
| 6) Michigan | Big Ten | 6) Iowa | Big Ten | |
| 11) Utah St./Providence | MWC/Big East | 11) USC | Pac-12 | |
| 3) Duke | ACC | 3) BYU | WCC | |
| 14) Hofstra | Colonial | 14) North Dakota St. | Summit | |
| Albany | Sacramento | |||
| 7) Virginia | ACC | 7) Colorado | Pac-12 | |
| 10) Rutgers | Big Ten | 10) Xavier | Big East | |
| 2) Seton Hall | Big East | 2) San Diego St. | MWC | |
| 15) Colgate | Patriot | 15) New Mexico St. | WAC |