No need for a big introduction this time. Bauertology content is now coming out every day until Selection Sunday.
Four more auto-bids lock spots into the field: Loyola Chicago (Missouri Valley), Winthrop (Big South), UNC Greensboro (SoCon) and Appalachian State (Sun Belt). There are also a few new faces in the field due to top seeds losing their conference tournaments, and one new bubble team in the field that has a résumé a lot better than most people are realizing.
Here’s the Tuesday morning edition of Bauertology for March 9.
THE BRACKET
THE TRUE SEED LIST
1 SEEDS
1. Gonzaga (25-0)
2. Baylor (21-1)
3. Michigan (19-3)
4. Illinois (20-6)
2 SEEDS
5. Alabama (21-6)
6. Iowa (20-7)
7. Ohio State (18-8)
8. Houston (21-3)
3 SEEDS
9. West Virginia (18-8)
10. Arkansas (21-5)
11. Kansas (19-8)
12. Oklahoma State (18-7)
4 SEEDS
13. Villanova (16-5)
14. Purdue (18-8)
15. Texas (17-7)
16. Virginia (17-6)
5 SEEDS
17. Florida State (15-5)
18. USC (21-6)
19. Creighton (18-7)
20. Colorado (20-7)
6 SEEDS
21. Texas Tech (17-9)
22. Missouri (15-8)
23. Tennessee (17-7)
24. Oregon (19-5)
7 SEEDS
25. Clemson (16-6)
26. Oklahoma (14-9)
27. BYU (20-5)
28. San Diego State (20-4)
8 SEEDS
29. Loyola Chicago (24-4)
30. Wisconsin (16-11)
31. LSU (16-8)
32. UConn (14-6)
9 SEEDS
33. Florida (13-8)
34. Virginia Tech (15-5)
35. Rutgers (14-10)
36. North Carolina (16-9)
10 SEEDS
37. St. Bonaventure (15-4)
38. UCLA (17-8)
39. Georgia Tech (15-8)
40. Michigan State (15-11)
11 SEEDS
41. VCU (19-6)
42. Maryland (14-12)
43. Louisville (13-6)
44. Drake (25-4)
12 SEEDS
*45. Wichita State (15-4)
*46. Colorado State (17-5)
*47. Boise State (18-7)
*48. Ole Miss (15-10)
49. Winthrop (23-1)
50. Western Kentucky (18-6)
13 SEEDS
51. UC Santa Barbara (19-4)
52. Toledo (20-7)
53. Colgate (12-1)
54. Liberty (23-5)
14 SEEDS
55. UNC Greensboro (21-8)
56. Abilene Christian (21-4)
57. Morehead State (23-7)
58. Southern Utah (19-3)
15 SEEDS
59. Grand Canyon (15-6)
60. Cleveland State (18-7)
61. Siena (12-4)
62. Drexel (11-7)
16 SEEDS
63. Bryant (15-5)
64. Oral Roberts (15-10)
*65. Hartford (14-8)
*66. Appalachian State (17-11)
*67. Prairie View A&M (14-4)
*68. Norfolk State (14-7)
THE BUBBLE
LAST FOUR BYES
1. VCU (19-6)
2. Maryland (14-12)
3. Louisville (13-6)
4. Drake (25-4)
LAST FOUR IN
1. Wichita State (15-4)
2. Colorado State (17-5)
3. Boise State (18-7)
4. Ole Miss (15-10)
FIRST FOUR OUT (NIT 1 SEEDS)
1. Xavier (13-7)
2. Utah State (18-7)
3. Syracuse (15-8)
4. Saint Louis (14-6)
NEXT FOUR OUT (NIT 2 SEEDS)
1. Seton Hall (13-12)
2. St. John’s (16-10)
3. Memphis (15-7)
4. SMU (11-4)
NIT 3 SEEDS
1. Duke (11-11)
2. Stanford (14-12)
3. Belmont (26-4)
4. NC State (13-9)
NIT 4 SEEDS
1. Indiana (12-14)
2. Minnesota (13-14)
3. Providence (13-12)
4. Richmond (13-8)
BIDS BY CONFERENCE
Big Ten: 9
ACC: 7
Big 12: 7
SEC: 7
Pac-12: 4
Big East: 3
Mountain West: 3
American: 2
Atlantic 10: 2
Missouri Valley: 2
WCC: 2