A wild weekend brings some major changes to the bracket! A couple teams on a sharp decline (Texas Tech, Missouri) while others have been on the rise (North Carolina) and one sneaky team has snuck its way onto the bubble and into the bracket with the latest win (Duke). Maybe the blue bloods aren’t dead yet!
One more to bracket to go on Saturday, and then we’ll be in March on Monday. Starting then, bracket posts will be more frequent, maybe every other day instead of twice a week. But I’ll be sure to let you know what the decision is when I get to that point.
Alright, here it is: the Wednesday morning edition of Bauertology for Feb. 24.
THE BRACKET
THE TRUE SEED LIST
1 SEEDS
1. Gonzaga (22-0)
2. Baylor (18-0)
3. Michigan (16-1)
4. Ohio State (18-5)
2 SEEDS
5. Alabama (18-5)
6. Illinois (16-6)
7. Villanova (15-3)
8. Iowa (17-6)
3 SEEDS
9. West Virginia (16-6)
10. Houston (18-3)
11. Florida State (13-3)
12. Virginia (15-5)
4 SEEDS
13. Texas (14-6)
14. USC (19-4)
15. Oklahoma (14-6)
16. Kansas (17-8)
5 SEEDS
17. Creighton (16-5)
18. Purdue (15-8)
19. Tennessee (15-6)
20. Wisconsin (16-8)
6 SEEDS
21. Texas Tech (14-8)
22. Arkansas (17-5)
23. Clemson (13-5)
24. Missouri (14-7)
7 SEEDS
25. Oklahoma State (15-6)
26. Virginia Tech (14-5)
27. BYU (17-5)
28. Colorado (17-7)
8 SEEDS
29. Florida (12-6)
30. LSU (14-7)
31. Loyola Chicago (19-4)
32. San Diego State (17-4)
9 SEEDS
33. Rutgers (12-9)
34. UCLA (16-5)
35. Maryland (14-10)
36. North Carolina (14-7)
10 SEEDS
37. Boise State (18-4)
38. Louisville (12-5)
39. Oregon (14-5)
40. VCU (17-5)
11 SEEDS
41. Drake (23-2)
42. Seton Hall (13-9)
43. Xavier (12-4)
44. St. Bonaventure (11-3)
12 SEEDS
*45. UConn (11-6)
*46. Indiana (12-10)
*47. Stanford (14-9)
*48. Duke (11-8)
49. Western Kentucky (15-4)
50. Belmont (24-1)
13 SEEDS
51. Winthrop (20-1)
52. Toledo (18-6)
53. UC Santa Barbara (16-3)
54. Colgate (11-1)
14 SEEDS
55. Wright State (18-5)
56. Abilene Christian (18-3)
57. UNC Greensboro (17-7)
58. Liberty (19-5)
15 SEEDS
59. Eastern Washington (12-6)
60. Vermont (10-4)
61. Grand Canyon (13-4)
62. Texas State (16-6)
16 SEEDS
63. Siena (9-3)
64. James Madison (13-5)
*65. South Dakota (12-9)
*66. Wagner (10-5)
*67. Prairie View A&M (9-4)
*68. Norfolk State (12-7)
THE BUBBLE
LAST FOUR BYES
1. Drake (23-2)
2. Seton Hall (13-9)
3. Xavier (12-4)
4. St. Bonaventure (11-3)
LAST FOUR IN
1. UConn (11-6)
2. Indiana (12-10)
3. Stanford (14-9)
4. Duke (11-8)
FIRST FOUR OUT
1. Minnesota (13-10)
2. Colorado State (14-4)
3. Wichita State (13-4)
4. Georgia Tech (12-8)
NEXT FOUR OUT
1. Ole Miss (13-9)
2. Richmond (13-5)
3. Utah State (14-7)
4. Saint Louis (11-5)
ALSO CONSIDERED
Dayton (12-7)
Georgia (14-9)
Memphis (12-6)
Michigan State (12-9)
Penn State (8-12)
St. John’s (14-10)
Syracuse (13-7)
SMU (11-4)
BIDS BY CONFERENCE
Big Ten: 9
ACC: 7
Big 12: 7
SEC: 6
Big East: 5
Pac-12: 5
Atlantic 10: 2
Missouri Valley: 2
Mountain West: 2
WCC: 2