Bracketology: Final NCAA Tournament Projection
5:30 PM Sunday: Saint Bonaventure's A10 title knocks Northwestern out of the final at-large bid. Florida St moves up to a 4 seed, while there are multiple changes in the 13-14 change to account for Saint Bonaventure's entry. Michigan St locks up a #1 seed after winning the Big Ten. Seton Hall and Tennessee are my last two in, just edging out South Florida and Mississippi St. I'm about 50/50 on each of those 4 schools, and have little conviction about any of them.
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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 updates about teams on the NCAA Tournament Bubble, and NITology for a ranking of the best of the rest.
Arrows
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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.
Conference Champion.
| ONE |
| TWO |
| THREE |
| FOUR |
| FIVE |
| SIX |
| SEVEN |
| EIGHT |
|
NINE |
|
TEN |
| ELEVEN |
| TWELVE |
| THIRTEEN + 2 |
| FOURTEEN |
|
FIFTEEN |
| SIXTEEN + 2 |
Vermont / Mississippi Valley St
Last In: Tennessee, Seton Hall, Texas, NC State
First Out:
Mississippi St, South Florida, Drexel, Northwestern
Further Four:
Marshall, Washington, Iona, Ole Miss
Dropped
Out Of Field (at-large):
New
(at-large):
| Conference Bids |
- Multiple Bid Leagues
Big East - 9
Big Ten - 7
Big 12 - 6
ACC - 5
SEC - 5
MWC - 4
A-10 - 3
WCC - 3
CUSA - 2
MVC - 2
Pac-12 - 2
------------------- (20 one-bid leagues)
| League Leaders/Winners (31) |
- #1 team according to current standings
- New leaders in green
- Locked Up Bid
America East - Vermont
A-10 - St Bonaventure
ACC - Florida St
Atlantic
Sun - Belmont
Big 12 - Missouri
Big East - Louisville
Big Sky - Montana
Big South - UNC-Asheville
Big Ten - Michigan St
Big West - Long Beach
CAA - VCU
Conference USA - Memphis
Horizon - Detroit
Ivy - Harvard
MAAC - Loyola (MD)
MAC - Ohio
MEAC - Norfolk St
MVC - Creighton
MWC - New Mexico
Northeast - Long Island
Ohio Valley - Murray St
Pac-12 - Colorado
Patriot - Lehigh
SEC - Vanderbilt
Southern - Davidson
Southland - Lamar
SWAC - Mississippi Valley St
Summit - South Dakota St
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky
WAC - New Mexico St
WCC - Saint Mary's
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