Bracketology: Sunday Morning Update
3:00 AM Sunday: This is the 2nd to last Bracketology projection of the season, with the last coming sometime before the Selection Show. Since Saturday evening's update, a few teams locked up conference titles, but the overall field looks quite similar. Titles went to Louisville (Big East), Missouri (Big 12), Long Beach St (Big West), Ohio (MAC), New Mexico (MWC), Mississippi Valley St (SWAC), and New Mexico St (WAC).
MVSU is headed for a First Four game, Ohio seems destined for a 14 seed, and New Mexico St will most likely be a 13. I currently have Long Beach as the first 12 seed, but an 11 is not out of the question. Missouri remains the #1 two seed for now, while Louisville stays a 5 despite the win. Its possible they move up to a 4 in final projection, replacing Wichita St. New Mexico moved into a 6 in this late night projection, replacing foe San Diego St. Those two along with UNLV form an odd threesome in the 6-7 range that I'm struggling to sort properly. The committee could conceivably place any of these teams in the 6 through 8 range.
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As always, the field below is a prediction of what the committee would do as things stand today, not what they should do. This is done by taking into account standings, polls, computer rankings, and the committee's historical biases. Check out the follow up Bubble Watch for updates about teams on the NCAA Tournament Bubble, and NITology for a ranking of the best of the rest.
Notes:
Arrows
indicate how many seeds
a team has moved up or down since the previous update.
Teams in Green are new to the field today. Teams in CAPS have locked up a
bid. **=Projected Conference Champs.
Conference Champion.
| ONE |
Kentucky**
| TWO |
Missouri**
| THREE |
| FOUR |
| FIVE |
| SIX |
| SEVEN |
| EIGHT |
|
NINE |
|
TEN |
| ELEVEN |
| TWELVE |
| THIRTEEN + 2 |
| FOURTEEN |
|
FIFTEEN |
| SIXTEEN + 2 |
Vermont / Mississippi Valley St
Last In: Northwestern, Tennessee, NC State, Seton Hall
First Out:
Mississippi St, South Florida, Drexel, Iona
Further Four:
Miami, Washington, Ole Miss, Dayton
Dropped
Out Of Field (at-large):
New
(at-large):
| Conference Bids |
- Multiple Bid Leagues
Big East - 9
Big Ten - 7
Big 12 - 6
ACC - 5
SEC - 5
MWC - 4
A-10 - 3
WCC - 3
CUSA - 2
MVC - 2
Pac-12 - 2
------------------- (20 one-bid leagues)
| League Leaders/Winners (31) |
- #1 team according to current standings
- New leaders in green
- Locked Up Bid
America East - Vermont
A-10 - Xavier
ACC - North Carolina
Atlantic
Sun - Belmont
Big 12 - Missouri
Big East - Louisville
Big Sky - Montana
Big South - UNC-Asheville
Big Ten - Michigan St
Big West - Long Beach
CAA - VCU
Conference USA - Memphis
Horizon - Detroit
Ivy - Harvard
MAAC - Loyola (MD)
MAC - Ohio
MEAC - Norfolk St
MVC - Creighton
MWC - New Mexico
Northeast - Long Island
Ohio Valley - Murray St
Pac-12 - Colorado
Patriot - Lehigh
SEC - Kentucky
Southern - Davidson
Southland - Lamar
SWAC - Mississippi Valley St
Summit - South Dakota St
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky
WAC - New Mexico St
WCC - Saint Mary's
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