Welcome back to Bracketology! This week's edition is characterized by the fact that I absolutely despise the range from like FAU to Ole Miss or so. Interestingly, there was a pretty hard cutoff about where the last at-large was; I don't think anyone, outside of maybe Providence/Seton Hall and maybe if you stretch it Wake, have much of a case to beat out Texas A&M for the last at-large spot.
Bold indicates autobids and Italics indicate first four teams; first four matchups are in (parenthesis) if possible.
1 seeds: Purdue, Houston, UConn, North Carolina
2 seeds: Tennessee, Arizona, Marquette, Kansas
3 seeds: Alabama, Wisconsin, Baylor, Auburn
4 seeds: Illinois, Iowa State, BYU, Dayton
5 seeds: San Diego State, Creighton, Duke, FAU
6 seeds: Utah State, South Carolina, New Mexico, Kentucky
7 seeds: Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Texas, Clemson
8 seeds: Colorado State, TCU, Utah, Ole Miss
9 seeds: Michigan State, St. Mary's, Boise State, Indiana State
10 seeds: Virginia, Florida, Nebraska, Cincinnati
11 seeds: Washington State, Northwestern, Mississippi State, (Colorado, Butler)
12 seeds: St. John's, Grand Canyon, Texas A&M, Princeton, McNeese
13 seeds: Samford, Appalachian State, UC Irvine, Louisiana Tech
14 seeds: Akron, Vermont, UNC Wilmington, Morehead State
15 seeds: High Point, Eastern Washington, Oakland, Colgate
16 seeds: Quinnipiac, Lipscomb, (Southern, South Dakota State), (Merrimack, Norfolk State)
Last 4 byes: Cincinnati, Washington State, Northwestern, Mississippi State
Last 4 in: (Colorado, Butler), (St. John's, Texas A&M)
First 4 out: Providence, Seton Hall, Wake Forest, Gonzaga
Next 4 out: Xavier, Villanova, Oregon, Kansas State
I also have a bubble watch, hosted at my friends' blog, The Low Major; check it out, as it gives analysis on every bubble team! Also, check out bracketmatrix.com to get an idea of the consensus of bracketologists, and to see where I differ.
Bids by conference:
Big 12: 10
SEC: 9
Big Ten: 6
Big East: 5
Mountain West: 5
ACC: 4Pac-12: 4
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