2/28 Bracket

1- Ohio State, Kansas, Duke, Pitt

2- BYU, Purdue, Texas, Notre Dame

3- Wisconsin, SDSU, Syracuse, Louisville

4- North Carolina, Florida, Georgetown, UCONN

5- St. Johns, Villanova, Arizona, Vanderbilt

6- West Virginia, Texas A&M, Xavier, Kentucky

7- Missouri, Temple, George Mason, Cincinnati

8- Washington, Old Dominion, Kansas State, UCLA

9- UNLV, Marquette, Florida State, Illinois

10- Tennessee, Michigan State, Georgia, Virginia Tech

11- Alabama, Richmond, Utah State, Gonzaga,

12- Butler/Clemson, Colorado/St. Mary's, UAB, Missouri State

13- Belmont, Princeton, Oakland, College of Charleston

14- Coastal Carolina, Kent State, Fairfield, Vermont

15- Long Beach State, Bucknell, Murray State, UW-Milwaukee

16- Montana, Long Island, Florida Atlantic/Bethune Cookman, McNesse State/Texas Southern

Comments:

-Washington still has to play, but they are the best team on the 8 line, so I will leave them there even if they lose tonight.

-I moved Colorado in for Memphis. I see CUSA as a 1 bid league. The only possible scenario where they get an at large is if UAB wins their last 2 regular season games and loses in the championship game. And even that might not be enough.

-One thing I would look for is there to be a lot of smaller conference teams in the new play in games. I have Butler and St. Mary's in those slots for now. And if Utah State or Gonzaga lose in their conference tournaments, they could fall there as well. Richmond is also at about that level and could easily play in one of those games.

-Michigan is my last team out right now... and I think the Wolverines have a good chance to make it in the end.... if they are close, the committee will like that they have finished strong (7-3 in last 10 games) and have played highly seeded teams like OSU, Kansas, and Wisconsin very closely. Sweeping the Spartans would make their profile look pretty darn similar to the MSU's