Bracketology 2/16/19

Dog days of February

We’re a month out from Selection Sunday. It seems so close, yet so far away. A 31-game regular season schedule is so long. But most teams have six or seven games left, so it’s time to bring you an updated Bracketology. The bubble is getting crazier and crazier as each time I update the field. The Big Ten somehow keeps getting 10 teams in while the Pac-12 has one and the Big East has three, maybe four depending on the day. Meanwhile, the Big 12 is back to getting 80 percent of its conference in. So let’s make way for mid-majors. A lot of them stack up with the metrics and deserve to be looked at.

Previous Bracketology updates

February 8, 2019
February 4, 2019
February 1, 2019
December 14, 2018
Preseason

As always, it will be published on the Bracket Matrix.

East

1. Duke
16. Prairie View/Norfolk State

8. Texas
9. Ohio State

5. LSU
12. Minnesota/Creighton

4. Iowa State
13. Vermont

6. Virginia Tech
11. St. John’s

3. Purdue
14. UC Irvine

7. Kansas State
10. Wofford

2. Kentucky
15. Montana

West

1. Gonzaga
16. Bucknell

8. Buffalo
9. Washington

5. Louisville
12. Old Dominion

4. Maryland
13. Davidson

6. Cincinnati
11. Clemson

3. Kansas
14. Yale

7. Auburn
10. Indiana

2. North Carolina
15. Radford

South

1. Tennessee
16. St. Francis PA/Canisius

8. Baylor
9. NC State

5. Villanova
12. Florida/Nebraska

4. Texas Tech
13. Hofstra

6. Iowa
11. Butler

3. Houston
14. Northern Kentucky

7. TCU
10. Alabama

2. Michigan
15. Texas State

Midwest

1. Virginia
16. Sam Houston

8. Ole Miss
9. Oklahoma

5. Wisconsin
12. Belmont

4. Nevada
13. New Mexico State

6. Florida State
11. Lipscomb

3. Marquette
14. South Dakota State

7. Mississippi State
10. Syracuse

2. Michigan State
15. Loyola-Chicago

Last four byes

Alabama
Clemson
Butler
St. John’s

Last four in

Nebraska
Florida
Minnesota
Creighton

First four out

VCU
Utah State
Arizona State
UCF

Next out

Murray State
San Francisco
Arkansas
Seton Hall
Temple

Awesome photo courtesy of IUHoosiers.com