I’m putting out a quick bracketology while we just had a lull in the schedule. This should’ve been done for Friday, but I was traveling. I know I’m competing with the football semifinals, but I’m hoping this will be on the bracketmatrix before things start to heat up again.
1 seeds: Duke, Kansas, Ohio State, Gonzaga
2 seeds: Oregon, Butler, Baylor, Louisville
3 seeds: Auburn, San Diego State, Michigan, Florida State
4 seeds: Maryland, Dayton, Villanova, Memphis
5 seeds: West Virginia, Michigan State, Wichita State, Iowa
6 seeds: Penn State, Seton Hall, Colorado, Indiana
7 seeds: Virginia, Arizona, Tennessee, Creighton
8 seeds: Washington, Oklahoma, Georgetown, Arkansas
9 seeds: Houston, Marquette, Xavier, Utah State
10 seeds: Kentucky, NC State, Stanford, Texas Tech
11 seeds: VCU, BYU, *Saint Mary’s, *Oklahoma State, Northern Iowa
12 seeds: *Purdue, *Florida, Liberty, Yale, East Tennessee State
13 seeds: Vermont, Louisiana Tech, Kent State, Stephen F. Austin
14 seeds: Belmont, New Mexico State, Wright State, Rider
15 seeds: Delaware, Campbell, Arkansas State, St. Francis
16 seeds: Sacramento State, Hawaii, *Lafayette, *South Dakota, *Grambling, *Bethune-Cookman
*Play-in teams
Last four byes
NC State
Stanford
Texas Tech
BYU
Last four in
Saint Mary’s
Oklahoma State
Purdue
Florida
First four out
DePaul
Texas
Cincinnati
North Carolina
Next four out
St. John’s
Iowa State
Rutgers
Illinois
Photo courtesy of Maryland Athletics
Austin has found a love for blogging and will rant about anything. He may not always be right about college football, but he’s a great follow on twitter @watlher924 during hoops season.