Sunday, March 2, 2014

March 3, 2014 Bracketology

   1 Seeds-   Arizona,   Florida,   Wichita St.,   Syracuse
   2 Seeds-   Kansas,   Wisconsin,   Villanova,   Michigan
   3 Seeds-   Creighton,   Iowa St.,   Virginia,   Duke
   4 Seeds-   Michigan St.,   San Diego St.,   Texas,   St. Louis
   5 Seeds-   North Carolina,   Oklahoma,   Massachusetts,   UCLA
   6 Seeds-   New Mexico,   Cincinnati,   Connecticut,   Louisville
   7 Seeds-   Kansas St.,   VCU,   Iowa,   Arizona St.
   8 Seeds-   George Washington,   St. Joseph's,   Kentucky,   Ohio St.
   9 Seeds-   Oklahoma St.,   Baylor,   Colorado,   Pittsburgh
 10 Seeds-   Stanford,   Xavier,   Memphis,   Florida St.
 11 Seeds-   Oregon,   California,   Arkansas/Dayton,   Stephen F. Austin
 12 Seeds-   Providence/SMU,   Gonzaga,   Green Bay,   Harvard
 13 Seeds-   Toledo,   Louisiana Tech,   Belmont,   North Carolina Central
 14 Seeds-   Delaware,   North Dakota St.,   Iona,   Boston U
 15 Seeds-   Georgia St.,   Davidson,   UC Irvine,   Mercer
 16 Seeds-   Vermont,   Robert Morris,   Utah Valley/Alabama St.,   Weber St./High Point

Last four byes:  Memphis,   Oregon,   California,   Florida St.
Last four in:   SMU,   Providence,   Dayton,   Arkansas
First four out:   Minnesota,   Missouri,   Marquette,   BYU
Next four out:   Southern Miss,   Utah,   Tennessee,   Nebraska 
Hanging onto a prayer:   St. John's,   Indiana,   Illinois,   Richmond,   Clemson,   Georgetown

The seeds are listed in true seed order (i.e. Arizona(#1overall 1 seed) and Syracuse(#4 overall 1 seed) throughout.  With that said there were a number of teams who either moved a seed for their convenience or had to be moved so that they could fit into the bracket and they will be listed below.

North Carolina-  They were moved from a 4 seed on the S-Curve to a 5 seed so they could play in Buffalo instead of having to travel to Spokane.  That moved St. Louis to a 4.

Oregon- Oregon fell from a 10 to an 11 seed because another PAC 12 team could not fit into the bottom of the bracket.  Florida St. was moved up because they were the next seed in the seed order who could fit (California was ahead of them but obviously could not fit as well.)  So Florida St. was the last team with a bye but they had to move up a seed line in this particular bracket.  

Providence/SMU- SMU due to all four brackets having an AAC team in the bottom half of the bracket could not be an 11 so they and Providence were bumped to a 12 for their play-in game.   Note that they were both in ahead of Dayton and Arkansas but had to be bumped a seed line accordingly.  



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