Bracketology: Kansas pushes past Baylor in South, Northwestern falls to 7 seed

Welcome back to The Catch and Shoot’s bracket projections!

The bracket is broken down into 32 spots given as automatic bids (noted in the bracket with italics), and the remaining 36 are at-large selections.

Teams are evaluated by how they have performed to this point in the season without projecting how they will perform the rest of the season.

Here’s the full field of 68.

		EAST			SOUTH
Buffalo	1	Villanova		1	Kansas	Tulsa
	16	Mount St. Mary’s/NC Central		16	UC Davis/Weber State
	8	Minnesota		8	Virginia Tech
	9	Georgia Tech		9	Arkansas
Orlando	5	Duke		5	Wisconsin	Sacramento
	12	Valpo		12	Miami/TCU
	4	Florida		4	Oregon
	13	Arkansas State		13	New Mexico State
Orlando	6	South Carolina		6	Purdue	Milwaukee
	11	Oklahoma State		11	Clemson
	3	Florida State		3	Butler
	14	East Tennessee State		14	Belmont
Greenville	7	Marquette		7	USC	Indianapolis
	10	Middle Tennessee		10	Michigan State
	2	Virginia		2	Louisville
	15	UNC Asheville		15	Bucknell
		WEST			MIDWEST
Salt Lake City	1	Gonzaga		1	Baylor	Tulsa
	16	Sam Houston State		16	Texas Southern
	8	Iowa State		8	Xavier
	9	Indiana		9	Dayton
Milwaukee	5	Creighton		5	Notre Dame	Sacramento
	12	Illinois State		12	Nevada
	4	Cincinnati		4	UCLA
	13	Akron		13	Monmouth
Buffalo	6	Saint Mary’s		6	Maryland	Greenville
	11	VCU/Michigan		11	UNC Wilmington
	3	West Virginia		3	North Carolina
	14	Vermont		14	Florida Gulf Coast
Salt Lake City	7	SMU		7	Northwestern	Indianapolis
	10	Seton Hall		10	Kansas State
	2	Arizona		2	Kentucky
	15	North Dakota State		15	Princeton

 

 

Last four in: VCU, Michigan, Miami, TCU

On the outside looking in: Tennessee, Georgetown, Texas Tech, Cal, NC State, Utah, Wake Forest

Bids by conference:

ACC — 10

Big Ten — 8

Big 12 — 7

Big East — 6

Pac-12 — 4

SEC — 4

AAC — 2

A10 — 2

WCC — 2

 

Lead photo: Rich Sugg / KC Star