Two Bracketology updates within a week. It’s almost like we’re at the end of February. But really, it’s the end of May and the early entrant NBA Draft deadline has come and gone. It was actually a really exciting day. Almost felt like the election or something. I had Jeff Goodman and Jon Rothstein on tweet alerts and watched the updates pile in all day. We had a few guys make decisions before the final day, but the ones that didn’t made this whole thing entertaining.
That of course prompted us to update a Bracketology. We had a few interesting calls and here are the ones that stood out to me:
Oregon lost their two borderline guys. Creighton lost Martin Krampelj. St. John’s lost both of their guys making it easy to pick them last in the Big East. Rayjon Tucker left Memphis, which dropped them out of the top 16. Iowa State lost three players, and UCLA couldn’t get Jaylen Hands or Kris Wilkes back. LSU had six guys test the waters, but only two are leaving. And Houston lost Armoni Brooks which hurt them really really bad.
Louisville lost VJ King, which was bad, but Jordan Nwora made a last-minute call by returning. Seton Hall has Myles Powell predicting a national championship for the Pirates. Xavier has all four guys returning. Indiana is getting three guys back, Oregon State returns both great scorers and Kansas had some up and down news. The Jayhawks were told Quentin Grimes and Devon Dotson were both withdrawing, but only Dotson is returning to Kansas. Last but not least, Maryland is having a party for Anthony Cowan returning for his senior year.
So here’s a MUCH clearer picture on what the college basketball world looks like in our latest Bracketology.
South
- Kentucky
- Grambling/Howard
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Davidson
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Marquette
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Baylor
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South Florida/Illinois
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Virginia
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UTSA
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Saint Mary’s
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Colorado
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Maryland
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Rider
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NC State
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Georgia
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Texas Tech
- UCSB
Midwest
- Michigan State
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Weber State/Sacred Heart
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Oklahoma State
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Creighton
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Xavier
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Notre Dame/Oregon State
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LSU
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Bradley
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Cincinnati
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Purdue
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Arizona
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North Dakota State
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Alabama
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Indiana
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Louisville
- UT-Arlington
East
- Duke
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Colgate
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Texas A&M
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Iowa State
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Florida
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Liberty
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Utah State
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New Mexico State
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Auburn
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Arizona State
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Ohio State
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Wright State
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Florida State
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Furman
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Villanova
- Delaware
West
- Kansas
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Abilene Christian
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Tennessee
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Iowa
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Memphis
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Belmont
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Seton Hall
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Stony Brook
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VCU
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Michigan
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Gonzaga
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Bowling Green
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Wisconsin
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Harvard
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North Carolina
- Radford
Last four byes
Colorado
Arizona State
Purdue
Michigan
Last four in
South Florida
Illinois
Notre Dame
Oregon State
First four out
Houston
Ole Miss
Butler
Providence
Next four out
BYU
Dayton
Texas
USC