Bracketology 3/13/2022 AM

Selection Sunday is upon us, and the bubble is extremely fluid. I’d be pretty surprised if I get all 68 teams right this year, the last few spots on the bubble are wide open. What’s nice about this year’s bubble is that there’s a lot of different flavors of teams to choose from. There’s a traditional high loss count power team (Oklahoma), a team with big wins and bad losses (Rutgers), a team getting hot at the right time (Texas A&M) and a team getting cold at the wrong time (Xavier).

I’ll have my final update this afternoon right after the Big Ten championship game ends. We could have some changes between now and then, Richmond is lurking as a potential bid thief and will slot into the bracket as a 13 seed should they beat Davidson today.

1: Gonzaga, Arizona, Kansas, Baylor

2: Kentucky, Auburn, Tennessee, Villanova

3: Purdue, Duke, Texas Tech, Wisconsin

4: Illinois, UCLA, Arkansas, Providence

5: Houston, Connecticut, St. Mary’s, Iowa

6: Colorado State, USC, Texas, Alabama

7: LSU, Michigan State, Murray State, Boise State

8: Ohio State, Seton Hall, Iowa State, San Diego State

9: Marquette, TCU, North Carolina, Creighton

10: Memphis, Miami (FL), San Francisco, Loyola Chicago

11: Davidson, Wyoming, Indiana, Virginia Tech

12: (Michigan/Texas A&M), (Rutgers/SMU), UAB, South Dakota State

13: Chattanooga, New Mexico State, Vermont, Princeton

14: Montana State, Longwood, St. Peter’s, Akron

15: Jacksonville State, Delaware, Cal State Fullerton, Colgate

16: Georgia State, Norfolk State, (Bryant/Wright State), (Texas Southern/Texas A&M Corpus Christi)

First Four Out: Notre Dame, Xavier, Wake Forest, Oklahoma

Next Four Out: VCU, Florida, North Texas, BYU

Moving In: Texas A&M, SMU, Texas Southern, Akron, Cal State Fullerton

Moving Out: Xavier, Notre Dame, Alcorn State, Kent State, Long Beach State

Bids by Conference:

Big Ten: 9

SEC: 7

Big East: 6

Big 12: 6

ACC: 4

Mountain West: 4

American: 3

Pac-12: 3

West Coast: 3