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Bracket Predictions UpdatedFeb 24, 11:27am

First Four

First Round

South

1

Auburn
16

Lexington

8

New Mexico
9

Gonzaga

5

Marquette
12

Drake

Denver

4

Purdue
13

High Point

6

Memphis
11

Providence

3

St. John's
14

James Madison

7

Maryland
10

San Diego St.

Wichita

2

Texas A&M
15

Montana

Midwest

1

Alabama
16

Bryant

Lexington

8

Illinois
9

Baylor

5

Clemson
12

McNeese

Seattle

4

Missouri
13

Lipscomb

6

Oregon
11

Milwaukee

3

Iowa St.
14

Utah Valley

7

Louisville
10

Nebraska

Cleveland

2

Michigan St.
15

Norfolk St.

West

1

Florida
16

Neb.-Omaha

Raleigh

8

Saint Mary's
9

UConn

5

Miss. St.
12

UC San Diego

Seattle

4

Texas Tech
13

Akron

6

Kansas
11

Oklahoma

Milwaukee

3

Wisconsin
14

Chattanooga

7

UCLA
10

BYU

Wichita

2

Houston
15

CCSU

East

1

Duke
16

Raleigh

8

Utah St.
9

Vanderbilt

5

Arizona
12

Liberty

Denver

4

Kentucky
13

Yale

6

Ole Miss
11

VCU

Providence

3

Michigan
14

Towson

7

Creighton
10

West Virginia

Cleveland

2

Tennessee
15

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Last 4 In

Team		Net
	Indiana(16-11)	56
	Arkansas(16-11)	40
	Wake Forest(19-8)	63
	Xavier(18-10)	53

First 4 Out

Team		Net
	Texas(16-11)	38
	N. Carolina(17-11)	45
	Boise St.(19-8)	46
	Georgia(16-11)	41

Team Bracket Index UpdatedFeb 24, 11:27am

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Seed		Team	Conf	Net*	Quad 1*	Quad 2*	Quad 3*	Quad 4*	Sos*	Nc Sos*	Next Game
1	E	Duke(24-3)	ACC	2	6-3	5-0	8-0	5-0	55	10	Feb 25, 7:00pm ET	@ Miami
	M	Alabama(22-5)	SEC	6	9-5	7-0	4-0	2-0	2	11	Feb 25, 9:00pm ET	vs Miss. St.
	S	Auburn(25-2)	SEC	1	14-2	5-0	2-0	4-0	1	8	Feb 26, 7:00pm ET	vs Ole Miss
	W	Florida(24-3)	SEC	4	5-3	9-0	4-0	6-0	40	243	Feb 25, 7:00pm ET	@ Georgia
2	E	Tennessee(22-5)	SEC	5	9-5	3-0	4-0	6-0	10	134	Feb 25, 9:00pm ET	@ LSU
	M	Michigan St.(22-5)	Big Ten	14	8-4	5-1	4-0	5-0	47	145	Feb 26, 6:30pm ET	@ Maryland
	S	Texas A&M(20-7)	SEC	17	6-6	8-1	1-0	5-0	5	34	Feb 26, 7:00pm ET	vs Vanderbilt
	W	Houston(23-4)	Big 12	3	7-4	8-0	3-0	5-0	35	69	Feb 24, 9:00pm ET	@ Texas Tech
3	E	Michigan(20-6)	Big Ten	21	7-3	6-3	5-0	2-0	38	124	Feb 24, 8:00pm ET	@ Nebraska
	M	Iowa St.(21-6)	Big 12	8	6-5	7-0	2-1	6-0	37	103	Feb 25, 8:00pm ET	@ Okla. St.
	S	St. John's(24-4)	Big East	18	3-4	7-0	8-0	6-0	69	171	Feb 26, 9:00pm ET	@ Butler
	W	Wisconsin(21-6)	Big Ten	13	7-5	7-1	2-0	5-0	31	95	Feb 25, 9:00pm ET	vs Washington
4	E	Kentucky(18-9)	SEC	12	8-8	1-1	3-0	6-0	3	45	Feb 26, 9:00pm ET	@ Oklahoma
	M	Missouri(20-7)	SEC	15	6-7	3-0	3-0	8-0	23	220	Feb 25, 9:00pm ET	vs S. Carolina
	S	Purdue(19-9)	Big Ten	19	7-8	7-1	1-0	4-0	8	9	Feb 28, 8:00pm ET	vs UCLA
	W	Texas Tech(21-6)	Big 12	7	6-4	5-1	4-1	6-0	54	298	Feb 24, 9:00pm ET	vs Houston
5	E	Arizona(18-9)	Big 12	9	8-7	2-2	4-0	4-0	7	32	Feb 26, 9:00pm ET	vs Utah
	M	Clemson(22-5)	ACC	22	4-2	7-2	6-1	5-0	71	75	Feb 26, 7:00pm ET	vs Notre Dame
	S	Marquette(20-7)	Big East	27	5-4	5-3	5-0	5-0	43	13	Feb 25, 7:00pm ET	vs Providence
	W	Miss. St.(19-8)	SEC	28	7-7	4-1	3-0	5-0	12	117	Feb 25, 9:00pm ET	@ Alabama
6	E	Ole Miss(19-8)	SEC	26	5-8	5-0	2-0	7-0	16	77	Feb 26, 7:00pm ET	@ Auburn
	M	Oregon(20-8)	Big Ten	32	9-6	4-2	4-0	3-0	17	64	Mar 01, 4:00pm ET	vs USC
	S	Memphis(22-5)	American Athletic	47	6-2	4-1	8-2	4-0	73	3	Feb 26, 8:00pm ET	vs Rice
	W	Kansas(18-9)	Big 12	20	5-7	3-2	7-0	3-0	19	22	Feb 24, 11:00pm ET	@ Colorado
7	E	Creighton(19-8)	Big East	35	5-5	5-3	4-0	5-0	39	46	Feb 26, 9:00pm ET	vs DePaul
	M	Louisville(21-6)	ACC	24	4-4	7-2	5-0	5-0	56	30	Feb 25, 9:00pm ET	@ Va. Tech
	S	Maryland(21-6)	Big Ten	11	6-5	5-1	2-0	8-0	58	325	Feb 26, 6:30pm ET	vs Michigan St.
	W	UCLA(20-8)	Big Ten	25	7-7	5-0	1-1	7-0	34	91	Feb 28, 8:00pm ET	@ Purdue
8	E	Utah St.(24-4)	Mountain West	33	3-1	7-3	4-0	9-0	93	96	Feb 26, 10:30pm ET	@ Boise St.
	M	Illinois(17-11)	Big Ten	23	6-10	5-1	0-0	6-0	6	20	Feb 25, 9:00pm ET	vs Iowa
	S	New Mexico(22-5)	Mountain West	42	3-2	8-1	1-2	9-0	79	58	Feb 25, 11:00pm ET	@ San Diego St.
	W	Saint Mary's(25-4)	West Coast	16	4-2	6-2	4-0	10-0	86	86	Feb 27, 11:00pm ET	@ LMU
9	E	Vanderbilt(18-9)	SEC	43	3-8	4-1	3-0	8-0	27	321	Feb 26, 7:00pm ET	@ Texas A&M
	M	Baylor(16-11)	Big 12	30	5-9	3-2	2-0	5-0	4	12	Feb 25, 7:00pm ET	@ Cincinnati
	S	Gonzaga(21-8)	West Coast	10	2-6	4-2	4-0	11-0	81	27	Feb 25, 11:00pm ET	@ Santa Clara
	W	UConn(18-9)	Big East	37	5-5	4-3	4-1	5-0	50	66	Feb 26, 6:30pm ET	vs Georgetown
10	E	West Virginia(16-11)	Big 12	48	5-9	3-2	3-0	5-0	13	60	Feb 25, 9:00pm ET	vs TCU
	M	Nebraska(17-10)	Big Ten	54	5-8	4-2	2-0	6-0	30	180	Feb 24, 8:00pm ET	vs Michigan
	S	San Diego St.(18-7)	Mountain West	49	4-5	3-1	2-1	8-0	60	7	Feb 25, 11:00pm ET	vs New Mexico
	W	BYU(19-8)	Big 12	29	4-7	4-1	5-0	6-0	51	299	Feb 26, 9:30pm ET	@ Arizona St.
11	E	VCU(22-5)	Atlantic 10	31	0-1	7-3	3-0	11-1	136	278	Feb 25, 7:00pm ET	@ Richmond
	M	Arkansas(16-11)	SEC	40	4-9	1-2	4-0	7-0	14	176	Feb 26, 9:00pm ET	vs Texas
	M	Xavier(18-10)	Big East	53	1-9	5-1	5-0	7-0	57	129	Mar 01, 4:30pm ET	vs Creighton
	S	Indiana(16-11)	Big Ten	56	4-11	3-0	5-0	4-0	25	156	Feb 26, 8:30pm ET	vs Penn St.
	S	Wake Forest(19-8)	ACC	63	2-6	5-1	6-1	6-0	59	50	Feb 26, 9:00pm ET	vs Virginia
	W	Oklahoma(17-10)	SEC	51	5-8	2-1	3-1	7-0	15	141	Feb 26, 9:00pm ET	vs Kentucky
12	E	Liberty(22-5)	Conference USA	70	0-0	2-2	9-3	8-0	249	307	Feb 27, 7:00pm ET	vs Jax. State
	M	McNeese(22-6)	Southland	66	0-2	1-2	5-2	14-0	186	35	Feb 24, 7:00pm ET	vs UT-Rio Grande Valley
	S	Drake(25-3)	Missouri Valley	58	1-0	4-1	10-2	8-0	195	246	Feb 26, 8:00pm ET	@ Evansville
	W	UC San Diego(24-4)	Big West	36	2-1	1-1	7-1	12-1	210	207	Feb 27, 10:00pm ET	@ CSNorthridge
13	E	Yale(18-6)	Ivy	68	0-1	1-3	3-1	13-1	254	203	Feb 28, 5:00pm ET	@ Dartmouth
	M	Lipscomb(20-9)	Atlantic Sun	90	0-2	1-2	5-3	12-2	230	109	Feb 24, 7:00pm ET	@ Austin Peay
	S	High Point(25-5)	Big South	86	0-0	1-1	5-2	17-2	350	350	Feb 26, 7:00pm ET	vs SC Upstate
	W	Akron(21-6)	Mid-American	97	0-1	1-2	4-3	14-0	276	191	Feb 25, 7:00pm ET	@ Ball St.
14	E	Towson(19-10)	Coastal Athletic	145	0-1	1-2	5-6	12-1	239	166	Feb 27, 7:00pm ET	vs William & Mary
	M	Utah Valley(20-7)	WAC	119	0-0	0-4	7-2	11-1	284	279	Mar 01, 4:00pm ET	vs So. Utah
	S	James Madison(19-10)	Sun Belt	143	0-2	0-2	7-6	10-0	247	155	Feb 25, 7:30pm ET	@ UL-Monroe
	W	Chattanooga(21-8)	Southern	128	0-3	1-0	7-3	11-2	207	137	Feb 27, 7:00pm ET	@ UNCG
15	E	Robert Morris(22-8)	Horizon	155	0-1	1-0	7-3	13-4	337	322	Feb 27, 6:30pm ET	@ IUI
	M	Norfolk St.(19-8)	MEAC	175	0-2	1-2	3-1	12-3	199	106	Feb 24, 8:00pm ET	vs Morgan St.
	S	Montana(20-8)	Big Sky	153	0-4	1-2	3-2	13-0	123	19	Feb 27, 10:00pm ET	@ Sacramento St.
	W	CCSU(21-6)	Northeast	154	0-0	1-2	1-0	17-4	358	306	Feb 27, 7:00pm ET	vs Le Moyne
16	E	SE Missouri St.(19-10)	Ohio Valley	184	0-1	0-2	1-3	15-4	332	121	Feb 27, 8:30pm ET	@ SIUE
	E	Quinnipiac(17-10)	MAAC	183	0-2	0-1	0-3	16-4	311	165	Feb 28, 7:00pm ET	vs Saint Peter's
	M	Bryant(17-11)	America East	162	0-1	0-3	1-2	14-5	310	215	Feb 27, 6:00pm ET	@ UMass Lowell
	S	American(18-11)	Patriot	236	0-1	0-3	1-3	15-4	319	183	Feb 26, 7:00pm ET	vs Navy
	S	Southern U.(18-9)	SWAC	214	0-5	1-0	0-2	14-2	157	21	Mar 01, 5:30pm ET	@ Bethune-Cook.
	W	Neb.-Omaha(18-12)	Summit League	194	0-1	1-6	4-1	11-4	220	188	Mar 01, 2:00pm ET	vs Oral Roberts

See Seeds 5 - 16

Net ranking: NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) is one of the tools used by the NCAA Selection Committee to evaluate teams
Quad 1: Home games against teams ranked 1-30, neutral games vs. top-50 teams, road games against top-75 teams
Quad 2: Home games against teams ranked 31-75, neutral games vs. 51-100, road games vs. 76-135
Quad 3: Home games against teams ranked 76-160, neutral games vs. 101-200, road games vs. 136-240
Quad 4: Home games against teams ranked 161-351, neutral games vs. 201-351, road games vs. 241-351
Sos: Strength of schedule
Nc sos: Non conference strength of schedule

On The Bubble

Team	Conf	Net*	Quad 1*	Quad 2*	Quad 3*	Quad 4*	Sos*	Nc Sos*	Next Game
Gonzaga(21-8)	West Coast	10	2-6	4-2	4-0	11-0	81	27	Feb 25, 11:00pm ET	@ Santa Clara
Nebraska(17-10)	Big Ten	54	5-8	4-2	2-0	6-0	30	180	Feb 24, 8:00pm ET	vs Michigan
San Diego St.(18-7)	Mountain West	49	4-5	3-1	2-1	8-0	60	7	Feb 25, 11:00pm ET	vs New Mexico
UConn(18-9)	Big East	37	5-5	4-3	4-1	5-0	50	66	Feb 26, 6:30pm ET	vs Georgetown
Vanderbilt(18-9)	SEC	43	3-8	4-1	3-0	8-0	27	321	Feb 26, 7:00pm ET	@ Texas A&M
Oklahoma(17-10)	SEC	51	5-8	2-1	3-1	7-0	15	141	Feb 26, 9:00pm ET	vs Kentucky
West Virginia(16-11)	Big 12	48	5-9	3-2	3-0	5-0	13	60	Feb 25, 9:00pm ET	vs TCU
Arkansas(16-11)	SEC	40	4-9	1-2	4-0	7-0	14	176	Feb 26, 9:00pm ET	vs Texas
Boise St.(19-8)	Mountain West	46	3-5	3-1	4-2	8-0	83	107	Feb 26, 10:30pm ET	vs Utah St.
Cincinnati(16-11)	Big 12	44	1-9	8-2	0-0	7-0	49	272	Feb 25, 7:00pm ET	vs Baylor
Georgia(16-11)	SEC	41	2-11	3-0	3-0	8-0	20	244	Feb 25, 7:00pm ET	vs Florida
Indiana(16-11)	Big Ten	56	4-11	3-0	5-0	4-0	25	156	Feb 26, 8:30pm ET	vs Penn St.
N. Carolina(17-11)	ACC	45	1-10	5-0	6-1	5-0	33	5	Feb 24, 7:00pm ET	@ Florida St.
SMU(20-7)	ACC	39	0-5	5-2	10-0	5-0	94	257	Feb 26, 11:00pm ET	@ California
Texas(16-11)	SEC	38	4-8	3-3	2-0	7-0	22	290	Feb 26, 9:00pm ET	@ Arkansas
VCU(22-5)	Atlantic 10	31	0-1	7-3	3-0	11-1	136	278	Feb 25, 7:00pm ET	@ Richmond
Wake Forest(19-8)	ACC	63	2-6	5-1	6-1	6-0	59	50	Feb 26, 9:00pm ET	vs Virginia
Xavier(18-10)	Big East	53	1-9	5-1	5-0	7-0	57	129	Mar 01, 4:30pm ET	vs Creighton

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Net ranking: NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) is one of the tools used by the NCAA Selection Committee to evaluate teams
Quad 1: Home games against teams ranked 1-30, neutral games vs. top-50 teams, road games against top-75 teams
Quad 2: Home games against teams ranked 31-75, neutral games vs. 51-100, road games vs. 76-135
Quad 3: Home games against teams ranked 76-160, neutral games vs. 101-200, road games vs. 136-240
Quad 4: Home games against teams ranked 161-351, neutral games vs. 201-351, road games vs. 241-351
Sos: Strength of schedule
Nc sos: Non conference strength of schedule

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