Skarmory's Bracketology: 02/04/22

Autobids indicated by Bold text. First four teams are in italics, first four matchups in (parenthesis) if possible. This was made during Feb. 4; all relevant teams were checked before their games ended (Creighton/SHU, Iona/Canisius notably), with the exception of Princeton, where I just ignored their game today.

1 seeds: Auburn, Baylor, Kansas, Providence

2 seeds: Wisconsin, Gonzaga, Texas Tech, Purdue

3 seeds: Arizona, Kentucky, UCLA, Duke

4 seeds: Michigan State, Marquette, Houston, Iowa State

5 seeds: Xavier, Ohio State, Villanova, Alabama

6 seeds: Tennessee, Illinois, LSU, UConn

7 seeds: Texas, TCU, Indiana, St. Mary's

8 seeds: San Francisco, Davidson, Wyoming, Miami (FL)

9 seeds: Colorado State, BYU, Murray State, USC

10 seeds: Creighton, Boise State, Iona, San Diego State

11 seeds: Seton Hall, Oklahoma, West Virginia, North Carolina

12 seeds: (Stanford, Iowa), (Arkansas, Notre Dame), Loyola-Chicago, New Mexico State

13 seeds: North Texas, Ohio, South Dakota State, Chattanooga

14 seeds: Oakland, Wagner, Vermont, Hofstra

15 seeds: Princeton, UC Irvine, Weber State, Navy

16 seeds: Liberty, Appalachian State, (Winthrop, Texas Southern), (Norfolk State, New Orleans)

Last four byes: Seton Hall, Oklahoma, West Virginia, North Carolina

Last four in: (Stanford, Iowa), (Arkansas, Notre Dame)

First four out: Mississippi State, Belmont, VCU, Oregon

Next four out: Florida State, UAB, Saint Louis, Cincinnati

Credit to bracketmatrix.com for compiling all the brackets in the bracket project, including my own! It's an honor to be on the big stage with names like ESPN and FOX...lol. 

Bids by conference:

Big 12: 8 (Baylor, Kansas, Texas Tech, Iowa State, Texas, TCU, Oklahoma, West Virginia)

Big East: 7 (Providence, Marquette, Xavier, Villanova, UConn, Creighton, Seton Hall)

Big Ten: 7 (Wisconsin, Purdue, Michigan State, Ohio State, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa)

SEC: 6 (Auburn, Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee, LSU, Arkansas)

ACC: 4 (Duke, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Notre Dame)

MWC: 4 (Wyoming, Colorado State, Boise State, San Diego State)

Pac-12: 4 (Arizona, UCLA, USC, Stanford)

WCC: 4 (Gonzaga, St. Mary's, San Francisco, BYU)