FINAL BRACKETOLOGY 3/16/14

FINAL BRACKETOLOGY 3/16/14

*Automatic bids in italics

1 SEEDS: Florida; Arizona; Wichita State; Virginia.

2 SEEDS: Michigan; Wisconsin; Kansas; Iowa State.

3 SEEDS: Duke; Louisville; Syracuse; Villanova.

4 SEEDS: Creighton; Michigan State; UCLA; San Diego State.

5 SEEDS: Cincinnati; Baylor; VCU; North Carolina.

6 SEEDS: Connecticut; Ohio State; New Mexico; Oklahoma.

7 SEEDS: Texas; Kentucky; Massachusetts; Memphis.

8 SEEDS: Oregon; George Washington; Saint Louis; Kansas State.

9 SEEDS: Oklahoma State; Colorado; Stanford; St. Joseph’s.

10 SEEDS: Pittsburgh; Gonzaga; Iowa; Providence.

11 SEEDS: Arizona State; Dayton; SMU; Tennessee vs. Florida State.

12 SEEDS: Nebraska vs. Xavier; Harvard; North Dakota State; Stephen F. Austin.

13 SEEDS: Tulsa; Manhattan; New Mexico State; Mercer.

14 SEEDS: Delaware; Western Michigan; LA Lafayette; NC Central.

15 SEEDS: Eastern Kentucky; American; Wisconsin Milwaukee; Wofford.

16 SEEDS: Weber State; Coastal Carolina; Albany vs. Cal Poly; Mount St. Mary’s vs. Texas Southern.

LAST FOUR BYES: Iowa; Arizona State; Dayton; SMU.

LAST FOUR IN: Tennessee; Nebraska; Xavier; Florida State.

FIRST FOUR OUT: BYU; Minnesota; California; Arkansas.

NEXT FOUR OUT: St. John’s; Southern Miss; NC State; Georgetown.

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN: Big 12 (7); Big Ten (6); Pac-12 (6); Atlantic 10 (6); ACC (6); AAC (5); SEC (3); Big East (4); Mountain West (2).

Jamal Murphy has been making tournament predictions since 2010. He will be updating his predictions frequently until the Committee’s selection on Sunday, March 16th.

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