Date |
3/2/2020 |
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Seed |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
1 |
Kansas |
Gonzaga |
Baylor |
San Diego St. |
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2 |
Dayton |
Maryland |
Florida St. |
Seton Hall |
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3 |
Duke |
Villanova |
Louisville |
Kentucky |
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4 |
Creighton |
Oregon |
Michigan St. |
Penn St. |
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5 |
Auburn |
Iowa |
Ohio St. |
Colorado |
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6 |
Butler |
Wisconsin |
BYU |
West Virginia |
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7 |
Michigan |
Arizona |
Marquette |
Illinois |
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8 |
Houston |
LSU |
Virginia |
Texas Tech |
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9 |
Saint Mary’s |
Florida |
Arizona St. |
Xavier |
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10 |
USC |
Indiana |
Oklahoma |
Rutgers |
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11 |
Providence |
Stanford |
East Tennessee |
Northern Iowa |
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12 |
Yale |
Liberty |
Wichita St. |
Utah St. |
Cincinnati |
Rhode Island |
13 |
Stephen F. Austin |
Vermont |
North Texas |
Akron |
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14 |
New Mexico St. |
Hofstra |
Belmont |
Colgate |
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15 |
UC-Irvine |
Little Rock |
Wright St. |
South Dakota St. |
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16 |
Montana |
Radford |
Siena |
Prairie View |
St. Francis (PA) |
N.C. A&T |
Bubble Contenders
69 |
UCLA |
70 |
Mississippi St. |
71 |
North Carolina St. |
72 |
Richmond |
73 |
Memphis |
74 |
Texas |
75 |
Arkansas |
76 |
Alabama |
Notes
(1.) The last two at-large teams in the field, Cincinnati and Rhode Island, rate less than one-half point ahead of the first team out of the field, UCLA, and less then one point ahead of the next team out, Mississippi St.
(2.) Stephen F. Austin and Vermont actually rank ahead of the last two in and first two out, but we cannot put four mid-major teams in the 12-seed spot, and make the play-in games a battle of 13-seeds.
(3.) No political alterations have been made in this bracketology release. These 68 + 8 teams listed here are 100% mechanically derived using our unique statistical criteria. Had we applied some political bend to this report, some of the teams would have been moved on their seed lines, and UCLA would be moved into the field ahead of Rhode Island, because we believe the Selection Committee would be forced to take the Pac-12’s conference champion (assuming UCLA does win the Pac-12)
Coming Later Today: Conference Tournament action begins tomorrow evening. We will release the schedules and bracketing for the conference tournaments that are set to begin in the next few days.