Bracketology 3/11/2023

I’ve been at the Big Ten Tournament this week and have enjoyed some great basketball. The Big Ten started the week as the bubbliest conference but the last few days have given us some clarity. Penn State has surely played their way into the tournament with two thrilling wins over Illinois and Northwestern. Wisconsin and Michigan are almost surely out after losing their opening games. The team that I still have questions about is Rutgers- there is not much precedent for a team with such a high loss count and 4 Q3 losses making the field but they do have that road win at Purdue. I have the Scarlet Knights barely in the field as my penultimate team in the field.

Enjoy today’s games, the Saturday of conference tournament weekend is always one of the best days of the season.

1: Kansas, Alabama, Houston, Purdue

2: UCLA, Texas, Arizona, Gonzaga

3: Marquette, Baylor, Kansas State, Connecticut

4: Xavier, Indiana, Tennessee, Virginia

5: San Diego State, Miami (FL), St. Mary’s, Iowa State

6: Texas A&M, TCU, Duke, Kentucky

7: Missouri, Michigan State, Northwestern, Creighton

8: Florida Atlantic, Arkansas, Maryland, Iowa

9: Auburn, Memphis, West Virginia, Illinois

10: USC, Boise State, Utah State, Penn State

11: Providence, NC State, (Mississippi State/Arizona State), (Rutgers/Nevada)

12: Charleston, Oral Roberts, Drake, VCU

13: Toledo, Louisiana, Yale, Iona

14: Furman, Kennesaw State, UC Santa Barbara, Southern Utah

15: Colgate, Montana State, UNC Asheville, Vermont

16: Grambling State, Northern Kentucky, (Howard/Texas A&M CC), (SE Missouri State/Fairleigh Dickinson)

First Four Out: Vanderbilt, Pittsburgh, Oklahoma State, North Carolina

Next Four Out: Clemson, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Texas

Moving In: UC Santa Barbara, Southern Utah

Moving Out: UC Irvine, Sam Houston State

Bids by Conference:

Big Ten: 9

SEC: 8

Big 12: 7

Big East: 5

ACC: 4

Mountain West: 4

Pac-12: 4

American: 2

West Coast: 2