Bracketology: Duke Regains #1 Seed
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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 rankings
and standings of teams on the NCAA Tournament Bubble
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
| ONE |
Syracuse**
Kentucky**
Duke**
| TWO |
Kansas**
| THREE |
| FOUR |
| FIVE |
Illinois**
| SIX |
| SEVEN |
| EIGHT |
Harvard**
|
NINE |
|
TEN |
Dayton**
| ELEVEN |
Marshall**
| TWELVE + 1 |
Iona**
BYU / Florida St
| THIRTEEN + 1 |
Memphis / Iowa St
| FOURTEEN |
Belmont**
Nevada**
Davidson**
Akron
**
|
FIFTEEN |
Milwaukee**
George Mason
**Weber St**
Bucknell**
| SIXTEEN + 2 |
Long Island**
Norfolk St**
UNC-Asheville** / Texas Southern**
Texas-Arlington** / Stony Brook**
Last In: Iowa St, Memphis, Florida St, BYU
First Out: Minnesota, NC State, Arkansas, Arizona
Further Four: Colorado St, Oregon, Northern Iowa, St. Joseph's
Dropped
Out Of Field (at-large): Arizona, Virginia Tech
New
(at-large): Florida St, Memphis
| Conference Bids |
- Multiple Bid Leagues
Big East - 8
Big Ten - 8
Big 12 -
6SEC - 5
ACC - 4
A-10 - 4
CUSA - 3
MWC - 3
WCC - 3
MVC - 2
Pac-12 - 2
------------------- (20 one-bid leagues)
| League Leaders/Winners (31) |
- #1 projected team for now.
- New leaders in green
America East - Stony Brook
A-10 - Dayton
ACC - Duke
Atlantic Sun - Belmont
Big 12 - Kansas
Big East - Syracuse
Big Sky - Weber St
Big South - UNC-Asheville
Big Ten - Illinois
Big West - Long Beach
CAA - George Mason
Conference USA - Marshall
Horizon - Milwaukee
Ivy - Harvard
MAAC - Iona
MAC - Akron
MEAC - Norfolk St
MVC - Creighton
MWC - San Diego St
Northeast - Long Island
Ohio Valley - Murray St
Pac-12 - California
Patriot - Bucknell
SEC - Kentucky
Southern - Davidson
Southland - Texas-Arlington
SWAC - Texas Southern
Summit - Oral Roberts
Sun Belt - Middle Tennessee
WAC - Nevada
WCC - St. Mary's
Check out the companion Bubble Watch for a more in-depth look at teams on the NCAA Bubble.
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