2/25 Bracket

1. Indiana, Duke, Miami, Florida
2. Gonzaga, Michigan, Michigan State, Kansas
3. Louisville, Syracuse, Arizona, New Mexico
4. St. Louis, Georgetown, Kansas State, Marquette
5. Wisconsin, Oklahoma State, Ohio State, Pittsburgh
6. Notre Dame, Colorado State, Butler, UNLV
7. NC State, Oregon, Illinois, Memphis
8. Minnesota, SDSU, Cincinnati, VCU
9. Oklahoma, Missouri, UCLA, Wichita State
10. Colorado, Creighton, Iowa State, La Salle
11. California, St. Mary's, Middle Tennessee, Ole Miss
12. Temple, Villanova, Virginia, Belmont, Indiana State, Boise State
13. Akron, Louisiana Tech, Bucknell, Stephen F. Austin
14. Valpo, Davidson, Harvard, South Dakota State
15. Stony Brook, Montana, Long Beach State, Niagara
16. Mercer, Northeastern, Robert Morris, Charleston Southern, Norfolk State, Southern

Also Considered: Kentucky, UNC, Baylor, Maryland, Southern Miss, Charlotte, Iowa, UMass, Ohio, Arkansas

Green 100% Locks for Field
Yellow-75% to make Field
Red-50% to make field

Bracket as of 2/25 at 130pm CT

2/19 Bracket

2/19 12am
1. Miami, Indiana, Duke, Florida
2. Gonzaga, Michigan State, Michigan, Syracuse
3. Kansas, Louisville, Arizona, Georgetown
4. New Mexico, Kansas State, Marquette, Wisconsin
5. Butler, Pittsburgh, Ohio State, Oklahoma State
6. VCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati, Minnesota
7. UNLV, NC State, Illinois, Notre Dame
8. Oregon, Wichita State, SDSU, St. Louis
9. Memphis, Oklahoma, Colorado, Creighton
10. Missouri, UCLA, La Salle, Ole Miss
11. Iowa State, Middle Tennessee, North Carolina, Villanova
12. St. Mary's, Cal, UVA, Charlotte, Indiana State, Belmont
13. Akron, Louisiana Tech, Buckneell, Stephen F. Austin
14. South Dakota State, Valparaiso, Davidson, Harvard
15. Stony Brook, Montana, Long Beach State, Niagara
16. Northeastern, Mercer, Robert Morris, Norfolk State, Charleston Southern, Southern

Also Considered: Temple, Baylor, Boise State, Arizona State, Southern Miss, Ohio, St. John's, Kentucky

Points of Emphasis in my bracket

1) This year more than ever the bubble is weak, what I want to know is can you beat NCAA quality teams, this is why despite Indiana St. struggling in conference, than N-Miami is too strong to ignore, its the best win by any bubble team by far

2) Injuries- Where are you now? Kentucky gets killed by this metric... they were a solid bubble team with Noel, without him I think they are NIT bound

3) Road Games- NCAA games aren't played at home... can you win on road/Neutral... this helps Charlotte who did very well in the non-conf on the road and has a road win at Butler on the resume

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2/3 Bracket and Q/A

1. Michigan, Florida, Indiana, Kansas
2. Duke, Syracuse, Gonzaga, Arizona
3. Louisville, Miami, Ohio State, Butler
4. Cinncinati, Michigan State, Minnesota, VCU
5. New Mexico, NC State, Oregon, Ole Miss
6. Creighton, Wichita State, UCLA, Marquette
7. UNLV, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Missouri
8. SDSU, Wisconsin, Kansas State, Georgetown
9. St. Louis, Colorado State, La Salle, Baylor
10. UNC, Belmont, Kentucky, Oklahoma State
11. Oklahoma, Illinois, Iowa State, Middle Tenn State
12.  Temple, Indiana State, Villanova, Memphis, Arizona State, St. Mary's
13. Bucknell, Louisiana Tech, Akron, Stephen F. Austin
14. North Dakota State, Valpo, Harvard, Davidson
15. Stony Brook, Long Beach State, Montanta, Northeastern
16. Florida Gulf Coast, Niagara, Bryant, Southern, Charleston Southern, Norfolk State

Updated 2/3

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Q/A

Joe (Washington D.C)- Why you so low on Illinois, lots of great wins, and don't have any bad losses

Joe, completely agree that Illinois doesn't have the bad losses one would expect from an 11 seed, but the reality is that they have a ton of losses... only 1 team has ever made the tournament being 4 games under .500 in conference play, so while they have the wins to be in, the losses add up and result in a lower seed than one might think

Mary (Seattle, Washington)- Whose this year's Iona going to be that nobody had in?

Mary, I think its clear now that the committee is using the extra at-large bids to get the mid-major teams more access to the tournament, I currently have Middle Tenn State winning the Sun Belt and getting the automatic bid, but if they don't win it I think they are a team that would sneak in despite a below-average resume

Jim (South Bend, IN)- How high can ND go?

If ND wins out, they max out at a 3 seed Jim, but i can't see a way they get above a 5

Stacy (Kansas City, MO)- Kansas have a shot at the #1 overall seed still?

Loss yesterday was a tough one for them, but if they win out they have a good shot at #1 overall seed