Midwest
1 INDIANA
16 SOUTHERN/NORFOLK STATE

8 Colorado
9 N.C. State

5 Pittsburgh
12 LOUISIANA TECH

4 Kansas State
13 MID TENNESSEE ST.

6 Ohio State
11 Cincinnati

3 Michigan
14 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

7 MEMPHIS
10 La Salle

2 FLORIDA
15 MERCER

South
1 KANSAS
16 NIAGARA

8 San Diego State
9 CREIGHTON

5 OREGON
12 Tennessee/Villanova

4 Oklahoma State
13 BUCKNELL

6 VCU
11 St. Mary's

3 Michigan State
14 HARVARD

7 ST. LOUIS
10 California

2 MIAMI
15 STONY BROOK

East
1 Duke
16 NORTHEASTERN/CHARLESTON SOUTHERN

8 Oklahoma
9 Minnesota

5 Unlv
12 BELMONT

4 Marquette
13 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

6 Butler
11 Boise State

3 Syracuse
14 VALPARAISO

7 Illinois
10 UCLA

2 GEORGETOWN
15 LONG BEACH STATE

West
1 GONZAGA
16 ROBERT MORRIS

8 Missouri
9 North Carolina

5 Wisconsin
12 Iowa State/Kentucky

4 Arizona
13 AKRON

6 Notre Dame
11 Temple

3 NEW MEXICO
14 HARVARD

7 Colorado State
10 Wichita State

2 Louisville
15 MONTANA

1s
INDIANA, Duke, GONZAGA, MIAMI

2s
FLORIDA, GEORGETOWN, KANSAS, Syracuse

3s
Louisville, NEW MEXICO, Michigan State, Michigan

4s
Arizona, Butler, Kansas State, Wisconsin

5s
Oklahoma State, Marqutte, Ohio State, Pittsburgh

6s
Colorado State, OREGON, Illinois, Notre Dame

7s
Vcu, Unlv, MEMPHIS, ST. LOUIS

8s
San Diego State, Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri

9s
N.C. State, WICHITA STATE, Minnesota, North Carolina

10s
Creighton, California, Ucla, La Salle

11s
Temple, Cincinnati, Ole Miss, Kentucky

12s
AKRON, LOUISIANA TECH, BELMONT, Virginia, St. Mary's


13s
BUCKNELL, STEPHEN  F. AUSTIN, MID TENNESSE ST. Tennessee, Boise State

14s
VALPORAISO, DAVIDSON, LONG BEACH STATE, HARVARD

15s
MONTANA, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE, MERCER, STONY BROOK

16s
NIAGARA, NORTHEASTERN, ROBERT MORRIS, HIGH POINT, TEXAS SOUTHERN, NORFOLK STATE

play-in games
12s Virginia vs. 12s St. Mary's
13s Tennessee vs. 13s Boise State

16s Robert Morris vs. 16s Texas Southern
16s Norfolk State vs. 16s High Point

1's KANSAS, MICHIGAN, Indiana, FLORIDA

2's SYRACUSE, Louisville, Arizona, Duke

3's Michigan State, MIAMI, GONZAGA, Ohio State

4's Butler, OREGON, WICHITA STATE, NEW MEXICO

5's N.C. State, Minnesota, Kansas State, Creighton

6's Missouri, Marquette, Cincinnati, Kansas State

7's San Diego State, Ole Miss, Georgetown, Unlv

8's Memphis, VCU, Notre Dame, Colorado

9's Wisconsin, Temple, Oklahoma, Colorado State

10's North Carolina, Pittsburgh, UCLA, SOUTHERN MISS

11's Kentucky, St. Louis, Baylor, Illinois

12's AKRON, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE Indiana State, Oklahoma State, La Salle, Virginia

13's BELMONT, LOUISIANA TECH, BUCKNELL, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

14's VALPARAISO, NORTH DAKOTA STATE, DAVIDSON, NIAGARA

15's STONY BROOK, FLORIDA GULF COAST, MONTANA, NORTHEASTERN

16's LONG BEACH STATE, NORFOLK STATE, BRYANT, SOUTHERN, HARVARD, CHARLESTON SOUTH

Play-in Games
16s Norfolk State vs. 16s Southern; 16s Bryant, vs. 16s Charleston South

Last four in
12s Indiana State vs. 12s Oklahoma State; 12s La Salle vs. 12s Virginia

First four out: Villanova, Iowa State, Arizona State, St. Mary's

Next Four out: Maryland, St. John's, Alabama, Charlotte

In the hunt: Florida State, Ohio, Texas A&M, BYU, Rutgers, Murray State, Wyoming, Air Force, Boise State, UMASS

Hello again everyone! I waited a little longer this year to get started with this, so this is my first bracketology thread of the season.  This bracket also takes into account tonight's Georgetown victory over Notre Dame.

Couple of explanations... I do not have Virginia in my bracket right now because they have too many bad losses.  I didn't just look at their RPI (120s) and throw them out, but even though they have wins at Wisconsin and against North Carolina and FSU, the losses are terrible and too much to overcome at this point. 

I chose Rutgers as my last team in over Alabama and BYU for two reasons; 1. They have solid computer numbers right now (RPI and SOS in the low 40s), and 2. they only have one bad loss and it was the first game of the season. That and some decent top 100 wins compared to no good wins for BYU and a few BAD losses for Alabama and I gave the nod to Rutgers for the time being.

Obviously, at this point it's like throwing darts, there just is not a lot of seperation with the final few at-large teams, so let's hope teams begin to separate themselves over the next 6 weeks.

As always, I do the bracket the way I feel it would look like if the tournament started TODAY, not how I think it will look in March.  Automatic bids are in all CAPS


1's Duke, SYRACUSE, Michigan, KANSAS

2's FLORIDA, Arizona, Indiana, MICHIGAN STATE

3's GONZAGA, Minnesota, Kansas State NEW MEXICO

4's Ohio State, OREGON, CREIGHTON, Butler

5's VCU, N.C. State, MIAMI, Cincinnati

6's Georgetown, Marquette, Temple, Missouri

7's Mississippi, Wisconsin, Notre Dame Wichita State

8's Unlv, UCLA, Baylor, San Diego State

9's Memphis, Illinois, North Carolina, SOUTHERN MISS

10's Colorado State, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State

11's Pittsburgh, Iowa State, Texas A&M, Colorado

12's AKRON, BELMONT, Maryland, Rutgers, St. Mary's, Iowa

13's STEPHEN F. AUSTIN, MID TENNESSEE STATE, ALBANY, LOUISIANA TECH

14's VALPARAISO, BUCKNELL, NORTH DAKOTA STATE, WEBER STATE

15's LONG BEACH STATE, NORTHEASTERN,  BRYANT, HARVARD

16's STETSON, CHARLESTON SOUTH, NORFOLK ST., SOUTHERN, NIAGARA, VMI

Play-in Games
16's VMI vs. 16s STETSON; 16s SOUTHERN vs. 16s NORFOLK ST.

Last four in
12s Maryland vs. 12s St. Mary's; 12s Rutgers vs. 12s Iowa

First four out: Alabama, BYU, Virginia Tech, Florida State

Next six out: Boise State, Virginia, UCF, Washington, Arizona State, Ohio

Taking UCF out of my bracket tonight because of what is happening right now against Memphis, but not including the Xavier/St. Louis game because it's tight and could go either way. All other games are being counted from tonight.

As always is based on if the tournament started today.
1s- Kentucky, Syracuse, Kansas, Duke

2s- UNC, Michigan State, Missouri, Marquette

3s- Ohio State, Baylor, Georgetown, Indiana

4s- Michigan,  Florida, Wisconsin, Louisville

5s- UNLV, Wichita State, Florida State, San Diego State

6s- Creighton, Murray State, Vanderbilt, Florida State

7s- Virginia, Notre Dame, Temple, Kansas State

8s- New Mexico, St. Mary's, Gonzaga, Iowa State

9s- Harvard, Purdue, California, Alabama

10s- UConn, West Virginia, BYU, Seton Hall

11s-Mississippi State, Memphis, Saint Louis, Texas

12s- Long Beach State, Drexel, Xavier, Miami

13s- Mid Tennessee, Oral Roberts, Xavier, Washington, Colorado State, Cincinnati

14s-WEBER State, Belmont, Nevada, Davidson

15s-Akron, Iona, Valpo, Long Island

16s-Mississippi Valley State, Stony Brook, Savannah State, Bucknell, Texas-Arlington, UNC-Asheville


Top 4 seeds in each region
Midwest
1s Kentucky 2s Michigan State, 3s Ohio State, 4s Louisville
West
1s Duke, 2s UNC, 3s Indiana, 4s Michigan,
East
1s Syracuse, 2s Missouri, 3s Baylor, 4s Wisconsin
South
1s Kansas, 2s Marquette, 3s Georgetown, 4s Florida



play-in games: 13s Xavier vs. 13s Washington, 13s Colorado State vs. 13s Cincinnati, 16s Stony Brook vs. 16s Savannah State, 16s Mississippi Valley State, vs. 16s UNC-Asheville

last four in: Xavier, Washington, Colorado State, Cincinnati
first four out: VCU, Northwestern, Oregon, Arizona
next eight out: Illinois, UCF, South Florida, St. Josephs, Dayton, N.C. State, LSU, New Mexico State.