This bracketology means the most to everyone. It’s on the anniversary of when we lost March Madness. Once the MAC, Big Ten and Big 12 tournaments tip off on Thursday morning, we will all celebrate.
The bubble was impacted on a Wednesday. Xavier could not afford to lose to Butler. The Musketeers lost in overtime. Syracuse had to win its first round ACC Tournament game. The Orange did just that. Now it’s on to playing Virginia again in a postseason game of some sort.
Duke finally picked off Louisville. It’s hard to beat a team three teams in a season. So yes, the Blue Devils are back. North Carolina put up 101 on Notre Dame. Clemson did itself no favors by losing to Miami. There were upsets galore in the MAAC. And I had to say goodbye to Stanford.
Let’s all have a lot of fun tomorrow. We deserve it.
Check us all out on the ever-growing and changing Bracket Matrix.
Automatic Qualifiers
- Loyola-Chicago
- Winthrop
- Liberty
- Morehead State
- Appalachian State
- UNCG
- Drexel
- Mount Saint Mary’s
- Cleveland State
- Gonzaga
- Oral Roberts
Pod 1
1 Gonzaga
16 PV A&M/NC A&T
8 Virginia Tech
9 St. Bonaventure
5 Texas Tech
12 Colgate
4 Florida State
13 UNCG
6 Clemson
11 Drake
3 West Virginia
14 Liberty
7 LSU
10 UCLA
2 Ohio State
15 Nicholls State
Pod 4
1 Illinois
16 Mount St. Mary’s
8 BYU
9 UConn
5 USC
12 Colorado State/Syracuse
4 Purdue
13 Toledo
6 Florida
11 Louisville
3 Kansas
14 Southern Utah
7 Oklahoma
10 Rutgers
2 Alabama
15 Oral Roberts
Pod 2
1 Baylor
16 St. Peter’s/Drexel
8 Oregon
9 Georgia Tech
5 Tennessee
12 Wichita State
4 OK State
13 Winthrop
6 Colorado
11 Maryland/Saint Louis
3 Villanova
14 Cleveland State
7 San Diego State
10 North Carolina
2 Iowa
15 Grand Canyon
Pod 3
1 Michigan
16 Appalachian State
8 Missouri
9 Loyola-Chicago
5 Texas
12 Western Kentucky
4 Virginia
13 UCSB
6 Creighton
11 Michigan State
3 Arkansas
14 Morehead State
7 Wisconsin
10 VCU
2 Houston
15 Hartford
Last four byes
UCLA
Louisville
Drake
Michigan State
Last four in
Maryland
Saint Louis
Colorado State
Syracuse
First four out
Utah State
Boise State
Ole Miss
Xavier
Next four out
Seton Hall
Duke
St. John’s
SMU