Bracketology 1/24/2022

We’ve seen some decent movement around the buble in the last week. Marquette has been a big winner, picking up back to back wins against Villanova and Xavier to move from an 11 seed to a 7 seed. North Carolina has moved out of the field for the first time all year after losses to Miami and Wake Forest.

1: Auburn, Baylor, Arizona, Gonzaga

2: Kansas, Villanova, LSU, Houston

3: Purdue, Wisconsin, Michigan State, UCLA

4: Texas Tech, USC, Duke, Tennessee

5: Kentucky, Alabama, Providence, Xavier

6: Illinois, Ohio State, BYU, Iowa State

7: Colorado State, Seton Hall, Marquette, Connecticut

8: Davidson, Texas, Loyola Chicago, West Virginia

9: Indiana, Murray State, St. Mary’s, Iowa

10: Wake Forest, San Francisco, Wyoming, TCU

11: Boise State, Creighton, San Diego State, Iona

12: Florida, (Miami (FL)/Oklahoma), (Arkansas/Florida State), UAB

13: Chattanooga, Toledo, Wagner, Vermont

14: South Dakota State, New Mexico State, Oakland, Towson

15: Liberty, Princeton, Weber State, Colgate

16: South Alabama, Winthrop, (Cal State Fullerton/New Orleans), (Southern/Norfolk State)

First Four Out: UAB, Mississippi State, Michigan, Texas A&M

Next Four Out: North Carolina, Minnesota, Oregon, Belmont

Bids by Conference:

Big 12: 8

Big East: 7

Big Ten: 7

SEC: 7

ACC: 4

Mountain West: 4

West Coast: 4

Pac-12: 3